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FVCC ART DEPARTMENT HOSTS DAVID SECREST EXHIBIT
The Flathead Valley Community College Art Department will welcome award-winning artist David Secrest of Somers for an exhibition opening featuring his original iron and steel works. The exhibit opening will be held Oct. 28 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the FVCC Art Gallery inside the Arts & Technology building on the college’s Kalispell campus.
Free and open to the public, the exhibit will remain open for public viewing through Nov. 20. Pieces of Secrest’s works will be available for purchase.
Secrest creates sculpture and commissioned metal work from his personally-designed and constructed foundry and forging studio in Somers. His works have been showcased in various exhibitions across the United States and into Canada.
“I’m really excited to have his show on our campus,” said FVCC Art Department Assistant Professor David Regan, noting that Secrest works with iron like it is taffy.
For more information, call Regan at 756-3993.
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of planning of the set,” Harley said. “It’s a combination of songs and stories, I tell a lot of stories about growing up.”
Growing up is weird and fascinat- ing and scary and wonderful, and Har- ley said his shows are usually better received in Montana than other places, because people here really seem to con- nect with his message.
“Montana’s a very special place in my heart; it’s the place where I feel like people understand what I do,” he said. “I think you can entertain everybody.”
Part of connecting with the local audience will happen before the public Oct. 30 show, when Harley performs for more than 1,400 area elementary stu- dents during two morning assemblies
sponsored by Northwest Orthopedics & Sports Medicine.
Again, Harley said his show is for both the kids and the parents, so any adults who may be on the fence about going should relax: it will be fun for everyone, and audience participation will be kept at a minimum.
“Just come and have a good time,” Harley said. “I’ll probably ask them to do something not too embarrassing, maybe some kind of hand motion.”
Tickets are $5 for children and $10 for adults, on sale at Photo Video Plus, Imag- ineIF Kalispell and billharley.brownpap- ertickets.com. For more information on Bill Harley, visit www.billharley.com.
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