2008 Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition

The opening reception for the annual faculty exhibition will be held at the Gannon Gallery in the BSC Library on Tuesday, February 26, from 4 to 6 p.m.

Works by Michelle Lindblom, Brian Hushagen, Barb Jirges, and David Lewellyn include paintings, monotypes, drawings, jewelry, and mixed media.

The exhibit will run through March 30, 2008. 

Monte Yellow Bird Exhibit Opens

An opening reception for “Keepers of the Mystery,” an exhibit of paintings by Monte Yellow Bird Sr., will be held at the BSC Library’s Gannon Gallery on Wednesday, January 9, 2008, from 5 to 7 p.m.  The artist will give a talk at 6 p.m.  

The artist, better known in the art world as Black Pinto Horse, hails from the Arikara and Hidatsa Nation from White Shield, North Dakota.  His work features bright, bold colors.  Yellow Bird earned his BFA from Minot State University.   

For more information, visit the web site at http://www.blackpintohorsefinearts.com/index.htm

Student Art Graces Library

Several paintings by student artists are on display in the BSC Library.  The paintings were created for Michelle Lindblom’s Art 220 (Painting I) class as part of assignments on iconography, self-portrait, and interpreting the 2007 Campus Read book, Into the Wild. 

Several pieces from Brian Hushagen’s sculpture classes are also on display.

Winter Wreaths & Silent Auction

Wreaths decorated by BSC employees will be on display at the BSC Library, November 14 through December 14, and sold through silent auction.  Bidding will close at 4 p.m. on Monday, December 10.

Stop by to see the wreaths, place your bids, and vote for a “People’s Choice” award.

The wreath decorating contest and auction are sponsored by the Visual Arts discipline of the Arts & Communcations Department.  Proceeds will be used for the spring visual arts student trip.

For more information, contact Barb Jirges, Gallery Director and ArtsQuest 2008 Chair, at Barbara.Jirges@bsc.nodak.edu; 701.224.5601.

Art Exhibit: Evolution of an Art Education

Stop by the BSC Library to see  ”Evolution of an Art Education” by David Lewellyn.  The show will run until November 9, 2007, with an opening reception on October 16 from 4 to 6 p.m.

Artist David Lewellyn is a BSC alum  and a recent graduate of NDSU.  Currently, he is an adjunct instructor in the Arts & Communications Department and teaches Drawing I and II classes.