{"id":16041,"date":"2019-06-18T14:43:46","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T20:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=58428"},"modified":"2019-06-18T14:43:46","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T20:43:46","slug":"local-artist-to-unveil-life-size-kerouac-statue-in-fraser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/local-artist-to-unveil-life-size-kerouac-statue-in-fraser\/","title":{"rendered":"Local artist to unveil life-size Kerouac statue in Fraser"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/06\/49609864_393625791179498_6770085699472326656_n.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/06\/49609864_393625791179498_6770085699472326656_n.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/06\/49609864_393625791179498_6770085699472326656_n-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><figcaption><strong>A miniature version of local artist Howard Neville&#8217;s Jack Kerouac statue already sits at the Fraser Valley Distillery, where Neville will unveil the final, life-size statue.<\/strong><br \/><em>Courtesy<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Local artist Howard Neville will unveil and celebrate his newest work, a life-size bronze statue of literary icon Jack Kerouac, Wednesday evening in Fraser.<\/p>\n<p>Neville, who owns Neville Studios in Grand Lake, will speak about his art and Kerouac at the Fraser Valley Distillery after unveiling his statue at 6 p.m. June 19. Light snacks will be provided and the bar will be open for patrons.<\/p>\n<p>Neville has also made a limited number of miniature Kerouac statues that are available for purchase.<\/p>\n<p>Unveiling Kerouac in Fraser is fitting, as just down Highway 40 another of Neville\u2019s works, a bronze statue of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, is featured in the Lions Ponds Park area.<\/p>\n<p>Neville also created a life-size bronze statue of Glenn Miller, an illustrious big band musician who disappeared during World War II, which is located in Clarinda, Iowa.<\/p>\n<p>Kerouac is best known for his novel \u201cOn the Road,\u201d which is based on his travels around the country, and is considered a defining author of the Beat generation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/local-artist-to-unveil-life-size-kerouac-statue-in-fraser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Sky-Hi News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A miniature version of local artist Howard Neville&#8217;s Jack Kerouac statue already sits at the Fraser Valley Distillery, where Neville will unveil the final, life-size statue.Courtesy Local artist Howard Neville will unveil and celebrate his newest work, a life-size bronze statue of literary icon Jack Kerouac, Wednesday evening in Fraser. Neville, who owns Neville Studios [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16041","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 11:50:43","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16041\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}