EXPERIENCING OUR EARTH
Installation by Chris Groth
May 15 - June 28, 2008
Presented by: The Red Wing Arts Association
St. Olaf Art Major Chris Groth exhibits new work in Red Wing, MN. Chris is a junior from Waupaca, Wi.
Opening Reception:
May 17, 2008 3-6pm
The Marjorie Gray Vogel Gallery
418 Levee Street
Red Wing, MN 55066
Gallery Hours:
Sunday through Friday 12PM-5PM
Saturday 10AM-5PM
NEW COURSE OFFERINGS IN ART/ART HISTORY:
ART 102, ART 103, and ART 104
We are offering three new foundation courses in Studio Art for non-majors and majors. These courses (or the equivalent) are prerequisites for many upper-level studio courses. Discontinued courses that fulfill prerequisites for upper-level courses are listed in the catalog.
ART 102: Foundation 2-Dimensional Media
This foundation level studio course introduces the aesthetic, conceptual, and technical foundations of two-dimensional art-making and ways two-dimensional media inform the creation and understanding of art in cultural contexts. Students explore the form and space of two-dimensional images through a wide variety of materials and media. The course emphasizes strategies for idea generation. Students engage in dynamic activity, spirited investigation, and thoughtful creative expression. Materials fee. Offered each semester.
Pre-requisite for painting and printmaking classes, advanced drawing, figure drawing and architectural drawing, recommended for photography classes but not required.
ART 103: Foundation 3-Dimensional Media
This foundation level studio course introduces the aesthetic, conceptual, and technical foundations of three-dimensional art-making and ways three-dimensional media inform the creation and understanding of art in cultural contexts. Students explore the form and space of three-dimensional images through a wide variety of materials and media. The course emphasizes strategies for idea generation. Students engage in dynamic activity, spirited investigation, and thoughtful creative expression. Materials fee. Offered each semester.
Pre-requisite for 200 level sculpture classes, recommended for ceramics but not required.
ART 104: Foundation New Media
This foundation level studio course introduces the aesthetic, conceptual, and technical foundations of new media art-making and ways new media inform the creation and understanding of art in cultural contexts. Students explore the form and space of new media images through a wide variety of materials and media. The course emphasizes strategies for idea generation. Students engage in dynamic activity, spirited investigation, and thoughtful creative expression. Materials fee. Offered each semester.
Pre-requisite for digital media classes 228 and 230, recommended for video and photography, but not required.
Go to http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/art/curriculum.html for more information on requirements for the major.
Current Class Work (and other news)
in Art & Art History
Art Apprentice show
Opens May 2 at the Northfield Arts Guild. The 2007-08 art apprentices are Jenna Erickson, Rebecca Gramdorf, Brian Kehoe, Stephanie Rogers
Art Installation
Art 122, Foundation Sculpture students have created an installation piece titled "Accumulator: plastics, like diamonds, are forever." Located in the installation room (DC 119), lower level, Dittmann
Senior Show #2
May4 - 12, Flaten Art Musum, Dittmann Center
Joseph N. Nicollet's 1838 Mapmaking Expedition Website
(NCUR/LANCY Funded Research Project)


