{"id":37728,"date":"2025-01-10T10:26:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/?p=37728"},"modified":"2025-01-10T10:26:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:26:46","slug":"latest-exhibit-to-open-tuesday-at-the-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/latest-exhibit-to-open-tuesday-at-the-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest Exhibit to Open Tuesday at The Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"block rtf align style-default align-default position-right bg-color-default\">\n\t<div class=\"block-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"rtf-content cf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kiersten Dykes takes bones, antlers and other relics and turns them into art. Instead of leaving them to rot back to earth, she cleans, brightens and revives them and uses them to adorn ceramic vessels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese shadows of life have now been redefined,\u201d Dykes said.<\/p>\n<p>Dykes\u2019 exhibit \u201cRedefined Relics\u201d will be on display from Jan. 14 to Feb. 14 at The Gallery in Sams Hall of Fine Arts on the Kansas Wesleyan University campus. A reception will be 5\u20136:30 p.m. Jan. 17.<\/p>\n<p>Dykes\u2019 work encompasses her strong faith, her family of chiropractors and hunters, and a mother who spent her life in creative endeavors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy faith is ever-present in my\u00a0creations, she said. \u201cI believe it brings me closer to my creator and offers\u00a0a\u00a0feeble\u00a0attempt at\u00a0creating as\u00a0he creates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dykes has taught two- and three-dimensional and digital art, sculpture and ceramics for 10 years at Smoky Valley High School and Salina Central High School. 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