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Kyle Larson is the featured artist for the month of August at the Graceful Arts Gallery. The work of the late Don Bellah is also displayed.

Larson grew up in Sacramento, California, and went to graduate school at Boston University. Later, when he was called to be artist in residence at Northwestern Oklahoma State University (NWOSU) in August 2014, he liked it so well he eventually moved to Alva and joined the faculty. He is now the assistant professor and director of visual arts at Northwestern.

When asked about living in northwest Oklahoma after coming from Sacramento and Boston, he said, "It...