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Cale sculpture going up at Historical Society
new slt cale wall
Great Bend artist Chet Cale works on installing bas relief scenes for the recognition wall at the Barton County Historical Society museum. The art will be framed by names of significant donors. - photo by Susan Thacker/Great Bend Tribune
The history of Barton County, from unbroken grassland to modern wind turbines, is the latest subject for Great Bend artist Chet Cale.A series of bas relief panels by the sculptor is going up at the Barton County Historical Society. Bev Komarek, executive director of the historical society, said the artwork – 8 feet wide and 6 feet high – will be the focal point of the museum’s new recognition wall. Names of significant donors will frame the artwork.The visual history of Barton County starts on the right-hand side, like a map of Kansas where the time line starts in the east and moves west.