PostSecret Founder Frank Warren to Speak at the Gallo Center, 4/1

Frank Warren, the sole founder and curator of the PostSecret Project, will speak at the Gallo Center for the Arts on Sunday, April 1 at 3:00 PM. The PostSecret Project is a collection of over 200,000 highly personal and artfully decorated postcards mailed anonymously from around the world, displaying the soulful secrets we never voice. 

Tickets range from $15 to $45. A 15% discount is available for groups of 15 or more.  For tickets and more information, visit www.galloarts.org or call (209) 338-2100. 

Warren has been called “the most trusted stranger in America.” His first book, PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessionsfrom Ordinary Lives is a New York Times best-seller. Following it are My Secret: A PostSecret Book, The Secret Lives of Men and Women: A PostSecret Book, and his most recent, A Lifetime of Secrets. In 2009, he released a PostSecretbook focusing on religion and spirituality, PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death, and God which reached #1 on theNew York Times best-seller list. In 2006, his website www.PostSecret.com (which receives over 3 million visitors each month) was awarded six weblog awards including “Best American Blog” and “Blog of the Year.” His traveling exhibition of PostSecret cards was called by the Washington Post, “One of the five best art shows in 2005.”

This performance is sponsored by Tri Counties Bank and UC Merced. The Gallo Center for the Arts’ 2011-12 Premier Partner is Boyett Petroleum.