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SUMMARY:The Lindsborg Seventies Art Show
LOCATION:Primarily Smoky Valley Arts & Folklife Center\, 114 1/2 S Main St
 reet\, Lindsborg\, KS
DESCRIPTION:Smoky Valley Arts and Folklife Center will host an exhibition 
 highlighting Lindsborg’s art scene during the 1970s. The exhibition\, tit
 led "The Lindsborg Seventies Art Show\," will showcase works by Bethany C
 ollege students and residents from that era. The exhibit runs October 2-N
 ovember 8\, with an opening reception on Saturday\, October 3\, 1:00-5:00
 pm at SVAFC. With over 55 artists being represented\, the full exhibition
  will be in multiple places such as Smoky Valley Art and Folklife Center\
 , Prairie Sea Gallery\, and Bethany College’s Mingenback Gallery.\n\nIn t
 he 1970s\, a creative energy transformed Lindsborg into a true artistic h
 ub. A headline in the Wichita Eagle in 1972 proclaimed\, “Lindsborg Nouri
 shes Kansas’ Only Claim to an Art Colony." The article went on to state t
 hat “Lindsborg is the closest thing the Kansas plains have to the Left Ba
 nk.” Bethany College art majors and working professionals in Lindsborg st
 udios helped define a pivotal era in art for “Little Sweden\, USA.”\n\nRe
 nowned art historian and Bethany College graduate\, Dr. Randall Griffey w
 ill do a presentation at the Sandzén Gallery on Sunday\, October 18\, at 
 2:00pm. The title is "Stayin’ Alive: Art in Lindsborg and Beyond in the 1
 970s." Griffey is the program director for American Art at the Henry Luce
  Foundation and\, among other curatorial positions\, former curator of mo
 dern and contemporary art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.\n\nSmoky Val
 ley Arts & Folklife Center is located at 114 1/2 S Main Street and is ope
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