Category: Visual Art

Associate Professor of Art History, led a Los Angeles art gallery tour for alums on April 27 as part of Carleton’s regional alumni clubs program. Whether joining for part or all of the day, 32 alums, family, friends, and parents of current students enjoyed the diversity of the galleries, Professor Elfline’s expertise, and captured a glimpse of the vibrant LA art scene within three very distinct neighborhoods: Culver City, Hollywood, and Downtown. Learn more about the event and the galleries visited.

Stephen Mohring and David Lefkowitz, Professors of Art, are featured in Through the Windmill, a film about mini-golf that premiered at the Twin Cities Film Fest October 20. Their collaborative contribution to the Walker Art Center’s Artist Designed Mini-Golf Course, 18 Holes-in-One, is immortalized in this gripping documentary.

Professor of Art Linda Rossi has been awarded an Individual Artist Grant for Advancing Artists from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council (SEMAC) for her project “Photographic Puzzles of Rice County.”

Senior Lecturer in Art, Dan Bruggeman will exhibit his latest paintings, “From Voids That Are Never Empty” at Groveland Gallery.

Fred Hagstrom is part of the exhibit “Third Space: shifting conversations about contemporary art.” The Birmingham Museum of Art presents Third Space, the first large exhibition of contemporary art from the Museum’s own collection.Third Space features over 100 works of art in a variety of mediums, including painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, and video. The exhibition creates connections between the American South and other parts of the world using contemporary art.

Professor of Art, is exhibiting her visual work at Swan Vision Gallery in Maiden Rock, Wisconsin June 23 through July 28. “Photosynthesis at Maiden Rock” is a mixed media installation which explores the flora and fauna of Rice County, Minnesota.

Associate Professor of Art, has two ceramics sculptures on exhibit at the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis through July 15. The exhibition features five local artists in conjunction with The Fantastical Worlds of Kim Simmonson.

Alison M. Kettering, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Art History, Emerita, and Heidi Eyestone, Curator of the Visual Resources Collection, announce the publication of the Winter 2018 issue of  Journal of Historians of Netherlandish Art. Alison is Editor-in-Chief; Heidi is Managing Editor; and Noah Scheer ’18 and Joe Druckman ’19 are student assistants.  The journal is celebrating its tenth year.

Instructor in Art Danny Saathoff exhibits an immersive art installation about ice formation and the effects of climate change on Lake Superior. February 20-March 3 at the Grand Marais Art Colony.

Fred Hagstrom is one of 16 artists and scientists exhibiting in a show at Grinnell College Feb. 2–June 10, 2018.