Glass from the American Swedish
Institute and Its Local Influence
The Gage Family Art Gallery, Augsburg College
September 14 – October 26, 2007
Artist Reception & College Art Gallery Collaborative Fall Art Tour
Friday, October 5, 5 – 8 p.m.
Artist Gallery Talk
Friday, October 5, 7 p.m.
The
inaugural exhibition of the new Gage Family Art Gallery in the Oren
Gateway Center will feature more than 25 exquisite examples of Swedish
glass on loan from the American Swedish Institute. For almost a century
Swedish glass has been revered for its stylish, cutting edge design.
This exhibition includes both traditional and contemporary artworks,
ranging from classical examples by top designers for glasshouses (glasbruks)
such as Kosta, Orrefors, Boda, Åfors and Strömbergshyttan
to recent work by talented glass designers living in the Twin Cities.
On Friday, October 5, the College Art Gallery Collaborative will
sponsor its annual Fall Art Tour, with free shuttles taking visitors
to seven college art galleries around the Twin Cities. Also that evening,
Andrea C. Blum and Warren K. Olson, local glass designers, collectors,
and co-curators of Augsburg’s Swedish glass exhibition, will
give a public talk at 7 p.m.
All events are free and open to the public.
The Gage Family Art Gallery
Augsburg College
First Level, The Oren Gateway Center
22nd Avenue South at Riverside Avenue
Gallery Hours: Monday – Sunday, 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
612-330-1524
The
inaugural exhibition of the new Gage Family Art Gallery in the Oren
Gateway Center will feature more than 25 exquisite examples of Swedish
glass on loan from the American Swedish Institute. For almost a century
Swedish glass has been revered for its stylish, cutting edge design.
This exhibition includes both traditional and contemporary artworks,
ranging from classical examples by top designers for glasshouses (glasbruks)
such as Kosta, Orrefors, Boda, Åfors and Strömbergshyttan
to recent work by talented glass designers living in the Twin Cities.