Dogwood Lobby Gallery Exhibit: Kent Twitchell

Dogwood Lobby Gallery Exhibit: Kent Twitchell
– through August 11
Dogwood Center for Performing Arts Lobby Gallery, 4734 S. Campus Ct., Fremont, 231-924-8885
Kent Twitchell spent a lifetime making Los Angeles is his open-air gallery through his mural work. Twitchell’s signature pieces are now part of the city’s history. “He’s one of the greatest living muralists in the world,” says Eric Bjorgum, president of the board of directors of the Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles. His work has been collected by the Smithsonian, the Chicago Art Institute, the Long Beach Museum of Art, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Kent is the brother of Gloria Helgemo. The pieces on exhibit are drawings from Helgemo’s collection of famous figure’s Kent has included in his murals as well as portraits of Gloria’s family, grandchildren and a self portrait.