The art department kicks off the first gallery show for fall semester 2024 to highlight NHCC faculty, staff, emeritus, and art alumni. The art showcases faculty who have taught at NHCC for over 40 years and new faculty who have joined the department. The artwork includes painting, photography, drawing, ceramics, sculpture, and graphic design. Students who graduated from the art department in the 70s as well as current graduates will show a variety of media that includes statements about the teachers that inspired them. (The artwork featured above was created by Jean Swanson and is titled Dancing Painting).
Art Department and Alumni Exhibit Schedule
- Monday, August 26-Friday, September 27, 2024.
- Located in the Joseph Gazzuolo Gallery at NHCC in the Fine Arts Center (FAC 135)
- Join us for the Reception on Thursday, September 12, from 12pm-1:00pm.
- Art Gallery Hours: Open 8am-8pm Monday to Friday, Saturday 8am-4pm and closed on Sunday.
Get a sneak peek of the art, below!
ARTIST: John Gregor
TITLE: Milky Way Over Hanging Tree
MATERIALS: Archival Ink Jet Photographic Print
Artist Statement Excerpt from John:
"While I was at NHCC two significant things bolstered my interest in photography and influenced me greatly. In 1978 I was awarded Best News Photo Of The Year for college newspapers by the MN Newspaper Association for my photograph of Hubert Humprey's Funeral. The other thing that greatly influenced my photographic career was meeting and studying with Will Agar. Will became my mentor and friend. His quiet demeanor and quirky classic way of seeing the world has impacted my vision, and photography throughout my life."
ARTIST: Philip R. Luoma Anderson
TITLE: Dad - Opening Fishing on Lake Minnewawa
MATERIALS: Platinum Palladium Print
Artist Statement Excerpt from Philip:
“The Platinum Palladium Print is a contact print. I coated the paper with a platinum-palladium solution, placed a digital negative the size of the print on the dried paper, and then made an exposure using an ultraviolet light box. I pursue projects to fill me up with energy and as a catharsis to life's many highs and lows. My first classes at NHCC were in 2001. I had been teaching for a few years and took classes to learn more about B&W photography and printing. I found the classes inspirational.”
ARTIST: Kat Bryan Wallace
TITLE: Santiago Golden Sunset Fall
MATERIALS: Oil on canvas
Artist Statement Excerpt from Kat:
"I graduated from North Hennepin with an Associate in Arts in December 2010 and an Associate of Fine Arts in August 2011. I had the most amazing instructors at North Hennepin and it was a wonderful experience working with the many talented instructors. In May 2014, I graduated from St. Cloud State University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Since that time I continue to paint, draw and take pictures as well as write preteen sci-fi novels under the name N. Kathleen Bryan Wallace and have just finished my third novel in a series I call Hidden Lifeforms. The painting I have furnished for the exhibit is one of several I have done of this particular tree in the woods. It is in a clearing not far off route 11 in the countryside where I have returned time after time because it is a place of peace and contentment."
We invite you to stop by the gallery on August 26 and take a look at the full art exhibit!