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Calendar of Exhibits - Minot/Williston RegionPhone numbers and web sites are provided when possible. Area code is (701) unless otherwise stated. Please call phone numbers listed for tickets and/or more information on each event and/or exhibit. For additional events, exhibits, venue and artist information, visit: www.myndarts.com! No information currently listed... Ongoing - Turtle Mountain Tribal Arts Association, North Main Street Highway 281 North. For more information call 244-2540; E-Mail: tmtaa09@hotmail.com; or visit: www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=114030395277904; or www.tmtribalarts.com No information currently listed... No information currently listed... Thru May 30 - Minot State University art students Nichole Bennett and Cassandra Anderson will present their senior capstone exhibit, “Lives of Bones,” at the Northwest Art Center’s Gordon B. Olson Library Gallery, MSU. “Lives of Bones” is a collection of paintings and mixed media works on the theme of life and death. Both artists are interested in memory and anatomy, and use their art to connect the “mental” concept of life and death with “physical” bones. Bennett used past experiences in the medical field and time spent working in a nursing home for inspiration. “I have a strong desire to make things look right—realistic—but my challenge is accepting myself as I am and what I am capable of as my best,” said Bennett. Anderson works in scrimshaw, a technique that uses surface design to “elevate” bones “to symbolize more than death and to evoke thoughts of life.” Anderson said she adds non-objective designs to skulls and bones “to inspire the viewer to wonder about the life that animal had previously led.” Bennett is originally from Williston, ND and currently resides in Minot. She graduated in May 2012 with a B.S.E. in Art from MSU. Anderson is from Velva, ND and now lives in Rugby. She will graduate from MSU in May with a B.S.E. in Art. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public. Parking at Minot State University is unrestricted after 5pm Thru Jun 14 - Minot State University Art Education student Chelsey Lunstad will present her senior capstone exhibition, “The Art of Temptation,” in the Hartnett Hall Gallery at Minot State University. Lunstad displays her paintings, installations, ceramics, and mixed media artwork in sections that serve as scenes with which viewers can interact. Lunstad describes her art as “perspectives of human nature and temptation.” She combines scenes of temptations with another inspiration, the story of “Alice in Wonderland.” Lunstad uses her fascination with the story to bring a playful, fun expression to her artwork. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public. Parking at Minot State University is unrestricted after 5pm Thru Jun 17 - Laton Alton (L.A.) Huffman's Photographer of the American West. An exhibition of historical western photographs, this exhibit is touring the state through the network members of NDAGA. Main Gallery, Taube Museum of Art. Lower Gallery: Ceramics by Stephanie Montgomery Jun 18-Aug 1 - The Small Works Exhibit & Auction, and Kids Small Works Exhibit. Taube Museum of Art. For more info email taube@srt.com, visit our website at www.taubemuseum.org Oct 1-31 - The Poor Boy and the Mud Pony, traveling exhibition by artist Black Pinto Horse, Monte Yellow Bird Sr. Northwest Art Center No information currently listed... No information currently listed... No information currently listed... No information currently listed... No information currently listed... James Memorial Art Center, 774-3601; or jmps@nemont.net Thru May 30 - “Textures: Dakota Landscapes and Pottery” by Karla Nelson exhibit at the James Memorial Art Center. It is the observation that there is beauty in simplicity and love of nature that inspired her to produce this series of paintings. This textural technique of painting in layers was inspired by looking at some old tintype photographs with scratches and tattered edges. For the most part she used a limited palette of colors including blues, browns, greens and yellows. Her use of back-lighting in some of the early morning or evening fields adds a bit of drama to what could otherwise be an unexceptional landscape. This series of pottery is hand-made from slabs of porcelain. Using inspiration from my textural paintings, she impresses different textures onto torn pieces of pottery and reassembles them into various shapes like bowls and vases. To further enhance the textures, she rubs in stains and under-glazes. She then wiped it off which leaves color in the depressions on the clay |
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