Upcoming MSU Moorhead art exhibits feature McKnight artists, MSUM faculty and veterans
Minnesota State University Moorhead will hold a reception for upcoming art exhibits on Thursday, Aug. 31, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts gallery. Artist remarks will begin at 5 p.m.
Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Visit the art gallery schedule for all upcoming exhibits and more information.
Seven McKnight Artists
Open now through Sept. 14
Seven McKnight Artists is an annual traveling exhibition on loan from the Northern Clay Center in Minneapolis. This exhibition will provide the unique opportunity to view works by the 2022 recipients of the McKnight Artist Fellowship for Ceramic Artists, Tony Kukich (St. Paul, MN) and Ginny Sims (Minneapolis, MN), as well as the 2021 recipients of the McKnight Artist Residency for Ceramic Artists: Claudia Alvarez (New York, NY), Eliza Au (Lake Dallas, TX), Edith Garcia (2020 Recipient, Half Moon Bay, CA), Lynne Hobaica (Bakersville, NC), and Janina Myronova (Wrocław, Poland). This exhibition, supported by the McKnight Foundation, showcases the success of each artist’s fellowship or residency.
Decades
Open now through Sept. 14
Decades is a retrospective selection of artworks spanning 30 years of work by MSUM art Professor Sherry Lee Short. It encompasses several bodies of work, including figure studies, narrative self-portraits, feminist works addressing sexual violence, and landscapes. These bodies of work reflect Short’s ongoing commitment to, publishing about, and activism around feminist and environmental issues as well as her broader interests in understanding and studying the natural world. All works are for sale. A portion of proceeds will be donated to the School of Art Printmaking Residency.
For A Limited Time Only
Aug. 24-Sept. 14
For A Limited Time Only is a visiting artist exhibition featuring pieces in a variety of media by adjunct instructors who have taught studio classes in MSUM’s School of Art. This exhibition showcases work by Laura Youngbird, Carlos Pacheco, Brett Lysne, Megan Johnson, and Danielle Gravon. The exhibition title refers to the precarious, short-term nature of adjunct employment in higher education.
True Sons of Freedom
Sept. 18 – Nov. 9
As part of MSUM’s campus-wide initiatives dedicated to veterans, the Roland Dille Center for the Arts Gallery will host True Sons of Freedom, a traveling exhibition on loan from the Library of Virginia. The exhibition uses photographs of African American soldiers from Virginia who fought overseas in World War I to defend freedoms they were denied at home. These veterans submitted the images with their responses to military service questionnaires created by the Virginia War History Commission. These pocket-sized portraits, made outdoors or in makeshift studios, became mementos for families and sweethearts. More importantly, these photographs challenge the crude and demoralizing cultural productions of an era that often reduced African Americans to stereotypes and denied them full participation as citizens of the United States. These servicemen presented themselves in these photographs as they wanted to be seen.