

Visual Arts Senior show opens at Idyllwild Arts
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The first Visual Arts Senior Show opened Friday night at the Parks Exhibition Center on the Idyllwild Arts campus. The wire sculpture named “Wire Man, the Thinker” represents “the unraveling of complex thought.” The two artists from left to right are Damian WonSeok Hur and Kenny GunHee Han. David Reid-Mar, the sculpture teacher, is seen on the right. Photo by Careena Chase


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