Fine Arts

Category: Art & Art History

  • Senior Spotlight: Jana Blomberg

    Senior Spotlight: Jana Blomberg

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    The “Senior Spotlight” series honors graduating fine arts majors for their contributions to the Gustavus community.  Jana Blomberg is a studio art major and mathematics minor from Plymouth, Minn. Next fall she is hoping to find a job and continue to create art. Associate Professor in Art and Art History Betsy Byers, says she has…

  • Senior Spotlight: Amelia Thompson

    Senior Spotlight: Amelia Thompson

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    The “Senior Spotlight” series honors graduating fine arts majors for their contributions to the Gustavus community.  Amelia Thompson is a studio art major from Rochester, Minn. Next fall she is hoping to find a job in landscape design that will allow her to be outdoors. Associate Professor in Art and Art History Kris Lowe says…

  • Gustavus Extends Online Learning Through Spring Semester

    Gustavus Extends Online Learning Through Spring Semester

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    SAINT PETER, Minn. (March 17, 2020) — Gustavus Adolphus College will continue its suspension of in-person classes through the remainder of the academic year due to COVID-19, President Rebecca M. Bergman announced today. The College is currently preparing for a transition to online course delivery, which will commence on Monday, March 30 and continue for…

  • Gustavus professors and alumni open exhibit at Rosalux Gallery

    Gustavus professors and alumni open exhibit at Rosalux Gallery

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    Gustavus professors Priscilla Briggs and Betsy Ruth Byers will be featured in a joint exhibit at the Rosalux Gallery in Minneapolis opening this weekend. Their work was created in collaboration with recent graduates Jenna Brouse ’08 and Emily Dzieweczynski ’19. In Reading Between the Lines, Briggs and Brouse mine the media for materials to address…

  • Gustavus Fine Arts: Reflections on 2019

    Gustavus Fine Arts: Reflections on 2019

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    As the decade comes to a close, we pause to reflect and celebrate some of the most momentous moments of 2019 in Gustavus fine arts.

  • New exhibits set to open at the Hillstrom Museum of Art

    New exhibits set to open at the Hillstrom Museum of Art

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    Monday marks the opening of two new exhibits in the Hillstrom Museum of Art at Gustavus Adolphus College, Eloquent Objects: African Works from the Collection of Ruth and Raymond Reister and Watercolors in the Hillstrom Museum of Art.

  • “the patience is in the living,” works by Mara Duvra, opens at Schaefer Art Gallery

    “the patience is in the living,” works by Mara Duvra, opens at Schaefer Art Gallery

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    A new exhibit featuring the work of visual artist Mara Duvra, “the patience is in the living”, is now on display at the Schaefer Art Gallery.

  • Fine Arts Guide to the Nobel Conference

    Fine Arts Guide to the Nobel Conference

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    Sara Cronk ’22

    The arts are everywhere at this year’s Nobel Conference September 24-25, “Climate Changed: Facing Our Future.” From dances performed on a melting ice platform to a concert combining music and poetry, attendees can experience different artistic responses to the conference theme. Several events will be livestreamed as noted.  Here’s your guide to arts events at…

  • Exhibit Featuring Works from Depression Era Opens at Hillstrom Museum of Art

    Exhibit Featuring Works from Depression Era Opens at Hillstrom Museum of Art

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    “Industry, Work, Society, and Travails in the Depression Era: American Paintings and Photographs from the Shogren-Meyer Collection” opens at the Hillstrom Museum of Art September 9.

  • Futuristic Fungi

    Futuristic Fungi

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    Artist and Gustavus Adolphus College alum CV Peterson ’10 opens Mykitas Epoch – Fungal Expansion within the Plastisphere at the Schaefer Art Gallery on September 4. While the title may sound a bit complicated, it really boils down to two things: plastic and fungi.