Galleries and Exhibits - Exhibition and Events Calendar

The Gage Family Art Gallery

The Christensen Center Art Gallery

July 24 – September 18, 2009

All Forms Digital: 4 Autodidacts
Greg Foley, Graham Petersburg, John Smaby, and Amrula Tahiro came to working in various digital media without any formal training.  From Photoshop image manipulation to iPhone applications—this group is riding a wave of unlimited digital possibilities.

Artist closing reception:  Friday, September 18, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

September 25 – October 23, 2009

Philip Thompson:  Collected and Still Creating, 1958 – present. Augsburg emeritus professor of art

Artist reception and College Art Gallery Collaborative Fall Art Tour. Saturday, October 3, 5 – 8 p.m.
Free buses shuttle visitors to college and university art galleries. Artist gallery talk at 6:30 p.m.

October 29 – December 18, 2009

Lucia Hwang:  What’s Up?
An Iowa-based Korean artist uses chickens, trash cans, toilet paper, and Louis Vuitton to explore how the material world challenges our emotional well-being.  

Artist reception: Thursday, October 29, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

July 24 – September 18, 2009

RE/vision: Interact Responds to Wing Young Huie
Interact Center artists created new artwork after meeting with the award-winning photographer Wing Young Huie and seeing his photographs.

Artist panel discussion:  Thursday, September 17, noon, Minneapolis Room
Artist closing reception:  Friday, September 18, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

September 25 – October 23, 2009

Norman Holen: Clay Figures and Drawings, 2001-2009
Augsburg emeritus professor of art

Artist reception and College Art Gallery Collaborative Fall Art Tour. Saturday, October 3, 5 – 8 p.m.
Free buses shuttle visitors to college and university art galleries. Artist gallery talk at 5:30 p.m.

October 29 – December 18, 2009

Pixel and Pen: Digital Artists Discuss their Process
This show will focus on 14 innovators whose work has shaped and is continuing to shape the multifaceted artistic arena of digital art.  Curated by Jim O’Brien, graphic and web design instructor at Augsburg.

Artist receptionThursday, October 29, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Artist panel discussion:  Thursday, Nov. 5 at 1:30 p.m. in the Minneapolis Room, Christensen Center