Galleries and Exhibits - Charted Course
Christensen Center Art Gallery, Augsburg College
May 21 – July 9, 2010
Opening reception: Friday, May 21, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Fred Hagstrom and Linda Rossi are concerned with our culture’s growing sense of separation from the natural world. As professors of art at Carleton College, they have observed their students’ diminishing interactions with nature, which have dulled the sense of personal discovery within their students. Their joint exhibition of prints and photographs is a response to a collection of scientific charts from the mid 20th century. To the artists, these scientific documents represent a simpler time when there was curiosity about the environment and excitement about exploration. Hagstrom and Rossi’s exhibition “Charted Course” depicts nature in a poetic manner, demonstrating the inspirational qualities of nature.
Fred Hagstrom teaches printmaking and drawing at Carleton College. He earned his B.A. from Hamline University and went on to study with S.W. Hayter at Atelier 17 in Paris, France. He received his M.F.A. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His artwork can be found in the collections of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the Walker Art Center.
Linda Rossi, an associate professor at Carleton College, teaches photography and digital photography. She received her B.F.A from the University of Minnesota and earned an M.F.A. from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. Rossi has received grants from the Jerome and McKnight Foundations. Her artwork can be seen in the permanent collections of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
All events are free and open to the public.
Christensen Center Art Gallery
Main floor, Christensen Center
22nd Ave. S. at 7 1/2 St.
Minneapolis, MN 55454
612-330-1524
www.augsburg.edu/galleries
Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Images (left to right):
Fred Hagstrom, “Radiolaria,” silk screen on slate
Linda Rossi, “Migration,” ink on litho stone
