Fine Arts

Category: Art & Art History

  • Hillstrom Museum Exhibits 150 Years of Swedish Art

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    150 Years of Swedish Art: Highlights from the Swedish National Collections in Stockholm (Moderna Museet and Nationalmuseum) will be on view at the Hillstrom Museum of Art at Gustavus Adolphus College from Monday, Sept. 10 through Sunday, Dec. 2. There will be a reception during the College’s Nobel Conference, on Tuesday, Oct. 2 from 6…

  • Work by Sesquicentennial Sculptor Greg Mueller Selected for Mankato Public Art Tour

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    Sculptor Greg Mueller, the Gustavus Sesquicentennial Sculptor, is one of 43 national artists whose works have been selected for the 2012 Mankato Public Art Tour. The piece is titled “Portal for the Agrarian” and is created from reclaimed agricultural salvage and cast iron. The 12-foot high sculpture is located just off of Veterans’ Bridge on…

  • Holly Swift & Linda Gammel Open Amidst Trees in Schaefer Gallery

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    Minnesota artists Holly Swift and Linda Gammel bring their recent works in an exhibition, Amidst Trees, to the Schaefer Gallery on the Gustavus campus. The exhibition of paintings, drawings and photography from the natural world opens April 9 and runs through May 25. The gallery is open daily from 9-5 and on weekend from noon…

  • Hillstrom Museum Showing Senior Exhibition 2012: Unveiled

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    Senior Exhibition 2012: Unveiled is on display at the Hillstrom Museum of Art from Honors Day, May 5, through Commencement, May 27. This exhibition is a culminating event in the curriculum of the ten senior studio art majors and is a required component of their studies. It demonstrates the diversity of styles and approaches taken…

  • National Gallery of Art’s Eric Denker at Gustavus Sunday

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    Eric Denker, Senior Lecturer at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., will present a public lecture titled “In the Wake of Whistler: Prints of Venice, 1900-1940,” on Sunday, April 15 at 3:30 p.m. in Wallenberg Auditorium, Nobel Hall of Science, Gustavus Adolphus College. The lecture is sponsored by the Hillstrom Museum of Art and…

  • Venice and Faculty Exhibits Continue in Hillstrom Museum of Arts

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    The Hillstrom Museum of Art presents two concurrent exhibitions on view February 20 through April 22: Now and Then: Works by Studio Art Faculty, Past and Present; and Reflections & Undercurrents: Ernest Roth and Printmaking in Venice, 1900-1940. The exhibitions are free and open to the public.

  • Student Art Exhibits Opens in Schaefer Gallery & Anderson Theatre

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    The annual Department of Art/Art History Sophomore Art Majors and Art Minors show opens Thursday, March 15th in Schaefer Gallery in the Art Building. The opening reception is scheduled between 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. on March 15.The exhibit will be open for viewing March 15 – March 29.

  • Christmas in Christ Chapel to be Broadcast Regionally

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    The 39th annual Christmas in Christ Chapel, Julljus: Light from the Old World; Light to the New, celebrating the College’s 150th academic year and honoring its Swedish immigrant heritage, was presented on the Gustavus Adolphus College campus on December 2, 3 & 4, 2011. In recognition of the Sesquicentennial Celebration at Gustavus, 25 radio stations throughout…

  • Gustavus Wind Orchestra Featured on TPT Broadcast

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    From the time of its dedication in 1929 until its towering height was surpassed by the IDS Center in 1972, the Foshay Tower was the dominant landmark on the Minneapolis skyline. At 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 7, Twin Cities Public Television will re-visit this historic Minnesota landmark as part of its Lost Cities III broadcast…

  • Julljus: Christmas in Christ Chapel 2011

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    The 39th annual Christmas in Christ Chapel celebration at Gustavus Adolphus College will be presented on December 2, 3 & 4, 2011. This year’s theme, commemorating the College’s 150th academic year and celebrating the institution’s Swedish immigrant heritage, is Julljus: Light from the Old World, Light to the New.