Owens Welcomes PostSecret Author Frank Warren
PERRYSBURG TOWNSHIP, OH – Internationally acclaimed author Frank Warren, creator of the PostSecret Project, will make an appearance in Northwest Ohio to share insight into the postcard and blog phenomenon at Owens Community College as the Center for Fine and Performing Arts presents “PostSecret” on Wednesday, March 23.
Warren’s lecture presentation will take place in the College’s Student Health and Activities Center at 7:30 p.m. The Owens Toledo-area Campus is located on Oregon Road in Perrysburg Township.
“Owens Community College is proud to welcome the highly acclaimed Frank Warren to Northwest Ohio,” said Barbara Barkan, Owens Director for the Center for Fine and Performing Arts. “Mr. Warren is an extremely talented individual and is known internationally for his PostSecret Project, which has positively impacted the lives of thousands by enabling them to share their most private secrets through anonymous postcards. Attendees will certainly enjoy the simplicity of his message as well as the funny and inspiring stories behind the secrets.”
Warren is the creator of the blog phenomenon titled the PostSecret Project, a collection of highly personal and artfully decorated postcards mailed anonymously from around the world that display the soulful secrets people never voice to others. The PostSecret Project originated from a community art project based on the simple concept of asking people to anonymously send a secret on a decorated postcard. Since November 2004, Warren has received more than 400,000 postcards, with secrets spanning from sexual taboos and criminal activity to confessions of secret beliefs, hidden acts of kindness, shocking habits and fear.
He is the author of three books, including “PostSecret: Confessions of Life, Death and God”, and has for garnered national acclaim for his PostSecret.com website and community art project. The website won two Webby Awards and the PostSecret project received a special award from the National Mental Health Association for raising awareness and funds for suicide prevention.
Copies of Warren’s books will be available for purchase during the event. He will also sign copies of his books at the event’s conclusion. Tickets for the lecture are $20 for floor seating and $10 for bleacher seating. Additionally, American Sign Language interpreters will be provided during the presentation.
To purchase tickets, visit www.owens.edu or contact the College’s Box Office. For more information about this event, contact the Center for Fine and Performing Arts at (567) 661-2787 or 1-800-GO-OWENS, Ext. 2787.
Owens Community College is an accredited two-year, state-assisted institution of higher education that has served Northwest Ohio since 1965. With a commitment to providing small classes, personal attention and unmatched affordability, the College serves the diverse academic needs of credit and non-credit students on the Toledo-area and Findlay-area campuses. Owens offers associate degrees that transfer to baccalaureate degrees in the Arts and Sciences and over 130 technical program areas in Agriculture, Business, Health Sciences, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, Skilled Trades, and Engineering and Transportation Technologies. Owens students also can earn the first two years of a bachelor’s degree with a smooth transfer to any area four-year college or university. For more information, visit www.owens.edu.
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