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Local artist's work accepted by Holter Museum of Art

DEVIN WEEKS | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 3 years, 1 month AGO
by DEVIN WEEKS
Devin Weeks is a third-generation North Idaho resident. She holds an associate degree in journalism from North Idaho College and a bachelor's in communication arts from Lewis-Clark State College Coeur d'Alene. Devin embarked on her journalism career at the Coeur d'Alene Press in 2013. She worked weekends for several years, covering a wide variety of events and issues throughout Kootenai County. Devin now mainly covers K-12 education and the city of Post Falls. She enjoys delivering daily chuckles through the Ghastly Groaner and loves highlighting local people in the Fast Five segment that runs in CoeurVoice. Devin lives in Post Falls with her husband and their three eccentric and very needy cats. | August 19, 2022 1:00 AM

Retired schoolteacher, counselor and local artist Betty Fountain-Magnus is celebrating having an art piece accepted by the Holter Art Museum in Helena, Mont.

This is a particular delight, as the piece is a portrait of the late Norman Jeffrey Holter, who played an important role as an employer and patron in her life.

"It's my way of honoring the man, a patron who paid my way to college and encouraged me to do art," Magnus said.

Holter was a patron of the arts and sciences who went on to invent the Holter heart monitor, among other achievements and contributions to society.

Magnus attended Carroll College in Helena. While working as a cook at the White Tail Ranch, she met Holter's wife, Joan Treacy Holter. Magnus became nanny to the four Holter children as well as a loved part of their family.

"I wonder, was it luck or coincidence that I met this man, that I was in Montana at the time," Magnus said.

Magnus lives in Hayden Lake and enjoys all art mediums, though finds pencil drawing and portraiture to be her favorite. Her family is proud of her achievements and enjoys hearing the rich stories of her youth.

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A photo of Norman Jeffrey Holter, who played an important role as an employer and patron in Hayden Lake artist and retired teacher Betty Fountain-Magnus' life.

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Betty Fountain-Magnus' drawing of Norman Jeffrey Holter is now on display in the Holter Museum of Art in Helena, Mont.

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