Current Art Exhibits in Dittmann Center, St. Olaf College |
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The gallery as workshop: Nov. 9-12 Minnesota artists James and Janice Tanner not only bring their individual mixed-media sculptures to campus to enliven our imaginations, but they join forces for the first time to create a piece right in the center of Flaten Art Museum. The artists will combine their talents Nov. 9-12 to create a work of art out of variety of objects. The public is invited to come watch, ask questions, and enjoy and learn from the process. Their work "is a reflective abstraction of the natural landscape that we experience. It contains our psychological and emotional insights and pressure that shape the work. Each piece is a process of discover." |
Gallery talk, Thursday, Nov. 19 Two tenured faculty members exhibit work produces while on sabbatical during the 2008-2009 academic year. John Saurer, who took his first sabbatical leave since receiving tenure in 2007, teaches printmaking, drawing and sculpture. He employs video, sculpture, and prints in his cross-media work. Ron Gallas, who teaches ceramics and sculpture, enjoyed his last sabbatical prior to retirement. His work engages the viewer with whimsical, colorful art that is bound to make you smile and even laugh. |
The Overby Professorship was established in February 2006. It was named in honor of past outstanding professors, who spent their long careers at St. Olaf as inspiring teachers, influential scholars and artists, and loyal and committed servants of the College. In keeping with the spirit of those for whom these professorships have been named, the recipients are senior members of the St. Olaf faculty who have, in similar fashion, spent their careers in the service of our students and the College.
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LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FINE ARTS AT ST. OLAF
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Professor Wendell Arneson, Department of Art and Art History, has been named the Oscar and Gertrude Boe Overby Distinguished Professor