Past ExhibitionsExhibition History

 

Fall

Art for All: The Swedish Experience in Mid-America (co-organized with the Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery, Lindsborg, Kansas)

September 13 through November 7, 2021
Opening Reception, September 13, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

• Exhibition Catalogue
• Video Walk-Through Tour of exhibit Art for All: The Swedish Experience in Mid-America
• Article from American Art Review

Late Fall

Battle at the River Bottom: Drawings and Videos by Kristen Lowe

November 22, 2021 through January 25, 2022
Opening Reception, November 22, 2021, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. with Gallery Talk by the artist in the exhibition starting at 7:30 p.m.; additional Gallery Talk by the artist January 23, 2021 starting at 2:00 p.m.

• Exhibition Catalogue for Battle at the River Bottom: Drawings and Videos by Kristen Lowe
• Video Walk-Through Tour of exhibit Battle at the River Bottom: Drawings and Videos by Kristen Lowe
• Article from Mpls St Paul Magazine

Spring

Fevzi Yazici: DARK WHITE (drawings by imprisoned Turkish journalist/artist Fevzi Yazici, organized by the Yeh Art Gallery at St. John’s University, Jamaica, New York)

February 14 through April 24, 2022
Opening Reception, February 14, 2022 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

• Exhibition introductory video produced by Firdevs Yazici, wife of artist Fevzi Yazici
• Video Walk-Through Tour of exhibit Fevzi Yazici: DARK WHITE
• Exhibition Catalogue for Fevzi Yazici: DARK WHITE

Recent Donations and Other Acquisitions of the Hillstrom Museum of Art

February 14 through April 24, 2022
Opening Reception, February 14, 2022 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

• Video Walk-Through Tour of exhibit Recent Donations and Other Acquisitions of the Hillstrom Museum of Art
• Exhibition Catalogue for Recent Donations and Other Acquisitions of the Hillstrom Museum of Art

Late Spring

Closing Time: Senior Studio Art Majors Exhibition 2022

May 7 through May 21
Opening Reception, Honors Day, May 7, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.

• Closing time: Senior studio art majors exhibition brochure
• Video Walk-Through Tour of Closing time

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Fall

Cancer Never Had Me: Views by Artists
and
Artists Who Had Cancer: Works from the Hillstrom and Shogren-Meyer Collections

September 14 through November 8, 2020

• Video Introduction for Nobel Conference of Cancer Never Had Me and Artists Who Had Cancer
• Video Walk-Through Tour of all the works in Cancer Never Had Me and Artists Who Had Cancer
• Exhibition Catalogue (Cancer Never Had Me)
• Exhibition Catalogue (Artists Who Had Cancer)

Late Fall

Modern Movement: Arthur Bowen Davies Figurative Works on Paper from the Randolph College and Mac Cosgrove-Davies Collections
and
Arthur B. Davies: Paintings from the Randolph College Collection

November 23, 2020 through January 26, 2021

• Exhibitions Catalogue (Modern Movement, Arthur Bowen Davies Paintings)
• American Art Review article on Davies exhibits
• Video Walk-Through Tour of dual exhibits, Modern Movement: Arthur Bowen Davies Figurative Works on Paper from the Randolph College and Mac Cosgrove-Davies Collections, and Arthur B. Davies Paintings from the Randolph College Collection, organized by the Maier Museum of Art and on view at the Hillstrom Museum of Art
• Lecture on Arthur Bowen Davies by his great-grandson Mac Cosgrove-Davies

Spring

From These Hands: Fiber Art and Poetry by Gwen Westerman

February 15 through April 18, 2021 

• Exhibition catalogue (From These Hands: Fiber Art and Poetry by Gwen Westerman)
• Video Walk-Through Tour of exhibit From These Hands: Fiber Art and Poetry by Gwen Westerman
• Gallery Talk in the exhibit by artist Gwen Westerman
• Artist Gwen Westerman discusses techniques in her fiber art, including a snow-resist method, in a webinar created by the North House Folk School in Grand Marais, Minnesota

Late Spring

 6 feet apART: Senior Studio Art Majors Exhibition 2021

 May 1 through May 13, 2021

• Exhibition brochure (6 feet apART: Senior Studio Art Majors Exhibition 2021)
• Video Walk-Through Tour of 6 feet apART: Senior Studio Art Majors Exhibition 2021

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Past Exhibitions

Fall

Industry, Work, Society, and Travails in the Depression Era: American Paintings and Photographs from the Shogren-Meyer Collection

September 9 through November 10, 2019
Opening Reception, September 9, 2019 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Gallery Talk by Collector Daniel Shogren, 
September 15, 2019 3:30 p.m.
Nobel Conference Reception, September 24, 2019 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

More Information

• Exhibition catalogue
• Article from American Art Review
• Article from MPR

Late Fall

African Works from the Collection of Ruth and Raymond Reister and Watercolors in the Hillstrom Museum of Art

November 25, 2019 through January 31, 2020
Opening Reception, November 25, 2019 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Gallery Talk by African Art specialist Martha G. Anderson, November 25, 2019 7:30

Spring

The Secret World of Art Forger Elmyr de Hory: His Portraiture on Ibiza

February 17 through April 19, 2020
Opening Reception, February 17, 2020 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Public Lecture by Elmyr de Hory's biographer and heir Mark Forgy, "The Secret Life of Art Forger Elmyr de Hory--His Struggle to Emerge from Infamy," March 22, 2020, 3:30 p.m., Bjorling Concert Hall, Gustavus Adolphus College

More Information

• Exhibition catalogue
• Article from The New York Times
• 2010 Elmyr de Hory exhibition catalogue

Late Spring:

Despite Distance...Senior Studio Art Majors Exhibition 2020

Online exhibition viewable at:
https://gustavusvisualarts.com/section/491111-Despite-Distance-Senior-Studio-Art-Majors-Exhibition-2020.html

May 9 through June 6, 2020

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Fall

10 AM, Zero One, and Other Settings: Paintings by Tony Martin

FOCUS IN/ON: Cameron Booth’s Toilers

• September 10 through November 4, 2018
• Opening Reception, September 17, 2018 - 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
  • Tony Martin artist gallery talk - starting 7:30 p.m.
• Nobel Conference Reception, October 2, 2018 - 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Late Fall

Charles E. Burchfield: Oh My Heavens

• November 19, 2018 through February 1, 2019
• Opening Reception, November 19, 2018 - 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
• Gallery Talk, January 20, 2019 - 3:00 to 4:00 p.m., by Tullis Johnson, curator at the Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo, New York (the organizers of Oh My Heavens)

Spring

For the Gods: Photographs of India by Priscilla Briggs

Recent Acquisitions of the Hillstrom Museum of Art

• February 18 through April 18, 2019
• Opening Reception, February 24, 2019 - 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
• Artist Talk, March 17, 2019 - 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Late Spring

Fruition: Senior Studio Art Majors Exhibition 2019

• May 4 through June 1, 2019
• Opening Reception, Honors Day, May 4, 2019 - 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.

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Fall

September 18 through November 5, 2017

Contemporary American Painting [1945]: Selections from the Hillstrom Museum of Art, Gustavus Adolphus College, and the Perlman Teaching Museum, Carleton College

• Opening Reception, September 18, 2017, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
• Nobel Conference Reception, October 3, 2017, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

 FOCUS IN/ON: Reginald Marsh’s Manhattan Towers

Late Fall

November 20, 2017 through February 2, 2018

Stuart Klipper: The World In A Few States

Jerome Myers, The Ash Can Artist of the Lower East Side

• Opening Reception, November 20, 2017, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Spring

February 19, 2018 through April 22, 2018

Georges Rouault: Cirque de L’Etoile Filante

Scharftopia: The Far-Out World of Kenny Scharf

• Opening Reception, February 19, 2018, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Late Spring

May 5 through June 2, 2018

Senior Studio Art Majors Exhibition

• Opening Reception, Honors Day, May 5, 2018, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.

Fall

September 12 to November 6, 2016

Animal and Sporting Paintings in the Penkhus Collection: The Very English Ambience of It All

• Opening Reception: 7–9 p.m., September 12, 2016
• Nobel Conference Reception: 6–8 p.m., September 27, 2016

The exhibition features sixty-one works that provide detailed glimpses into the English countryside, its occupants, and their activities, from around 1800 to the present. Key British sporting and animal artists such as John Frederick Herring, Sr. (1795-1865), James Ward (1769-1859), and Sir Alfred Munnings (1878-1959), the latter who served as President of the Royal Academy, are represented, as is the famed Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899), the sole French artist in the exhibit, who is acknowledged as one of the greatest animal painters in the Western tradition.

View Penkhus Exhibition CatalogueWatch Penkhus Exhibition Video

November 21, 2016 to January 27, 2017

Action! The Anatomy of LeRoy Neiman's Champions

• Opening Reception: 7–9 p.m., November 21, 2016

The traveling exhibit was organized by the LeRoy Neiman Foundation in New York with the Louisiana State University Museum of Art in Baton Rouge. Neiman (1921-2012) is known for his popular and colorful, semi-abstract paintings of sports figures, but he also was a master draftsman with a remarkable ability to capture figures in motion. He was influenced by artists of New York’s Ashcan School, an important part of the Hillstrom Museum of Art’s collection. Neiman was originally from Minnesota, where his first teacher was Clement Haupers (1900-1982)), an artist well known in the state who was a friend of Museum namesake Richard L. Hillstrom, who collected his works widely.

Spring

February 13 to April 23, 2017

Made in U.S.A.: Rosenquist/Ruscha

• Opening Reception: 7–9 p.m., February 13, 2017

The exhibition features works by two of America’s top Pop artists, Ed Ruscha (born 1937) and James Rosenquist (born 1933), contrasting the cool, west coast approach of the former with the frantic, east coast work of the latter. The exhibition was formed from Collections from Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation; Schnitzer is an avid collector who generously shares his collection for exhibitions, especially in college and university galleries and museums. This exhibition is being supported by a generous grant from the Carl and Verna Schmidt Foundation.

Concurrent with Made in U.S.A.: Rosenquist/Ruscha, the Museum will present a selection of Recent Acquisitions that includes works by artists Maurice Prendergast (1858-1924), Childe Hassam (1859-1935), George Luks (1867-1933), Leon Lundmark (1875-1942), William Zorach (1887-1966), Adolf Dehn (1895-1968), Voldermars Gutmanis (1904-1988), and Dale Chilhuly (born 1941). The works on view have been acquired either by purchase using funds donated for that purpose or by direct donation or bequest, and the donors include David and Kathryn Gilbertson, Gene and Ann Basset, Dawn and Edward Michael, Richard L. Hillstrom, the Cavara Family, Kraushaar Galleries of New York, and the estate of Raymond A. Reister and Ruth A. Reister.

May 6–28, 2017

2017 Senior Studio Art Majors Exhibition

• Opening Reception: 4–6 p.m., May 6, 2017

This annual juried exhibition is a culminating even in the curriculum of the graduating Gustavus senior studio art majors and demonstrates the diversity of styles and approaches taken by the student artists.

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 Fall

September 14 to November 8, 2015

Grant Wood’s Lithographs: A Regionalist Vision Set in Stone

Art Inspiring Art: George Bellows’ Sunset, Shady Valley (focus exhibition with video by Priscilla Briggs and poetry by Joyce Sutphen)

Opening Reception, September 14, 2015, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Nobel Conference Reception, October 6, 2015, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

There will be a dance performance in the Museum during the Nobel Conference reception, related to the Conference theme of addiction and choreographed by Michele Rusinko. Titled This I Carry, it will be performed by alumna Amelia Ruth ('95).

Late Fall:

November 23, 2015 to January 29, 2016

Karl Schrag: Memories and Premonitions

Opening Reception, November 23, 2015, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Spring

February 15 to April 24, 2016

Submerge, Recent Works by Betsy Ruth Byers

FOCUS IN/ON: B. J. O. Nordfeldt’s Two Pigeons

Opening Reception, February 15, 2016, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Late Spring:

May 7—29, 2016

Senior Studio Art Majors Exhibition

Opening Reception, Honors Day, May 7, 2016, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.

Fall

September 22 to November 9, 2014

Pull Left—Not Always Right: Emerging Contemporary Artists in China

Opening Reception, September 22, 2014, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Nobel Conference Reception, October 7, 2014, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Late Fall

November 24, 2014 to January 30, 2015

Fluid Chromatics: Epoxy Paintings by Patrick Blaine

Opening Reception, November 24, 2014, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

December 5, 2014 to January 30, 2015 and February 16 to April 19, 2015

FOCUS IN/ON: Everett Shinn’s Magician with Shears

Spring

February 16 to April 19, 2015

Imagined Worlds, Large and Small: the Photographs of Sarah Hobbs and Lori Nix

Opening Reception, February 16, 2015, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Late Spring

May 2—31, 2015

Senior Studio Art Majors Exhibition

Opening Reception, , Honors Day, May 2, 2015, 4:00-6:00 p.m.

Fall

September 9 through November 10, 2013:

Associated American Artists: Art By Subscription

Nobel Conference Reception, October 1, 2013, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Recent Acquisitions and Debuts of the Hillstrom Museum of Art

Nobel Conference Reception, October 1, 2013, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

String Theory and the Superconducting Super Collider Series: Paintings by Lucinda Mason

Nobel Conference Reception, October 1, 2013, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

November 25, 2013 through January 31, 2014:

Bruce McClain: A Retrospective Exhibition

Opening Reception, November 25, 2013, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Spring

February 17 through April 17, 2014:

Minna Citron: The Uncharted Course from Realism to Abstraction

Opening Reception, February 17, 2014, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Peggy Bacon, Keeping the Realist Course

Opening Reception, February 17, 2014, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

May 3 through June 1, 2014:

Senior Studio Art Majors Exhibition

Opening Reception, May 3, 2014, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.

Spring

How Things Are: Paintings by Ann Martin

February 25 to April 21, 2013
Opening Reception, February 25, 2013, 7–9 p.m.

In conjunction with How Things Are: Paintings by Ann Martin exhibition will be performances of dance works choreographed and danced by students in the Dance Composition II class under the guidance of faculty member Melissa Rolnick, to be presented in the Museum space April 18 (5:30-6:30p.m.) and April 20 (3:00-4:00p.m.)

The Eight, the Ashcan School, and the American Scene in the Hillstrom Collection

February 25 to April 21, 2013
Opening Reception, February 25, 2013, 7–9 p.m.

Late Spring

Senior Studio Art Majors Exhibition

May 4 to June 2, 2013
Opening Reception, Honors Day, May 4, 2013, 4–6 p.m.

Fall

150 Years of Swedish Art: Highlights from the Swedish National Collections in Stockholm (Moderna Museet and Nationalmuseum)

September 10 to December 2, 2012
Nobel Conference Reception, October 2, 2012, 6–8 p.m.

Late Fall

Hena Uŋkiksuyapi: In Commemoration of the Dakota Mass Execution of 1862

December 17, 2012 to February 8, 2013
Opening Reception, December 17, 2012, 7–9 p.m.

Recent Exhibitions

Fall

A Collector’s Passion for Albrecht Dürer’s Secrets: the MAGJEKL Collection

September 12—November 6, 2011
Opening Reception, September 12, 2011, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Nobel Conference Reception, October 4, 2011 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Public Lecture, “New Secrets in Dürer’s Artworks,” by collector Elizabeth A. Maxwell-Garner, October 16, 2011 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Gallery Talk by collector Elizabeth A. Maxwell-Garner, October 17, 2011, 7:30-8:30 p.m.

“Comfort Me, Said He,” Recent Work by Kristen Lowe

September 12—November 6, 2011
Opening Reception, September 12, 2011, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Nobel Conference Reception, October 4, 2011 6:00-8:00 p.m.
In conjunction with Kristen Lowe’s exhibition a dance work will be presented, created collaboratively by Melissa Rolnick of the Department of Theatre and Dance, and Renee Guittar, senior dance major. Titled Excess and danced by Guittar, it is a site- specific, emotionally-provocative solo dance choreographed in response to Lowe’s works and exhibit, set to the music of Colin Stetson. September 12, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
October 4, 2011, 6:30 p.m.

FOCUS IN/ON: Guy Pène du Bois, Connoisseurs

September 12—November 6, 2011
Opening Reception, September 12, 2011, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Nobel Conference Reception, October 4, 2011, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Late Fall

Our Treasures: Highlights from the Minnesota Museum of American Art

November 21, 2011—January 27, 2012;
Opening Reception, November 21, 2011, 7:00-9:00 p.m.

Familiar Names, Familiar Faces: Portraiture by Paul Granlund

November 21, 2011—January 27, 2012;
Opening Reception, November 21, 2011, 7:00-9:00 p.m.

Selected Works from the Hillstrom Collection

November 21, 2011—January 27, 2012;
Opening Reception, November 21, 2011, 7:00-9:00 p.m.

Spring

Reflections and Undercurrents: Prints of Venice, 1900-1950 (exhibition of artists who, following Whistler’s lead, explored Venice as a subject matter for their art)

February 20—April 22, 2012
Opening Reception, February 20, 2012, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Lecture by collector Eric Denker, National Gallery of Art and Corcoran Gallery of Art (tentative), April 15, 2012 3:30 p.m.
Gallery talk by Eric Denker (tentative), April 16, 2012 time to be decided

Faculty Exhibition (of past and current studio art faculty at Gustavus since the department was formed, as part of the Sesquicentennial celebration of Gustavus Adolphus College)

February 20—April 22, 2012
Opening Reception, February 20, 2012, 7:00-9:00p.m.

Senior Studio Art Majors Exhibition

May 5—27, 2012
Opening Reception, Honors Day, May 5, 2012, 4:00-6:00p.m.

2010-2011 exhibitions

Past Exhibitions

2009-2010 exhibitions

Migrations: New Directions in Native American Art

February 16 to April 19, 2009
Opening Reception: 7–9 p.m., February 16, 2009

Fortune: Photos of China by Priscilla Briggs

February 16, 2008 to April 19, 2009
Opening Reception: 7–9 p.m., February 16, 2009

Senior Exhibition 2009

May 2–31, 2009
Opening Reception: 4–6 p.m., May 2, 2009

Come On!: American Posters from World War I

November 24, 2008 to January 30, 2009
Opening Reception: 7–9 p.m., November 24, 2008

Illusion & Certainty (Paintings by Martin Weinstein)

November 24, 2008 to January 30, 2009
Opening Reception: 7–9 p.m., November 24, 2007

The Art Students League of New York: Highlights from the Permanent Collection

September 10 to November 4, 2007
Opening Reception: 6–8 p.m., October 2, 2007

Highlights of the Hillstrom Museum of Art Collections

September 10 to November 4, 2007
Opening Reception: 6–8 p.m., October 2, 2007

Night Visions: The Secret Designs of Moths (photographs by Joseph Scheer)

November 19, 2007 to January 13, 2008
Opening Reception: 7–9 p.m., November 19, 2007

Destination Anywhere: A National Juried Exhibit for Young Artists with Disabilities, Ages 16-25

November 19, 2007 to January 13, 2008
Opening Reception: 7–9 p.m., November 19, 2007

This activity is made possible by a grant provided by the Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council from funds appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature.

Go Figure: Paintings by Arnoldus Grüter and Daniel Dallmann

January 23 to February 26, 2008
Opening Reception: 7–9 p.m., January 23, 2008

Rodin: In His Own Words, Selections from the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Foundation

March 8 to April 22, 2008
Opening Reception: 5–7 p.m., March 9, 2008

Public lecture by Dr. Ruth Butler, Wallenberg Auditorium, Nobel Hall of Science, March 9, 2008 at 3:30p.m.

Senior Studio Art Majors Exhibition

May 3 to June 1, 2008
Opening Reception: 4–7 p.m., May 3, 2008

Forbidden Art: The Postwar Russian Avant-Garde

September 8 to November 9, 2008
Opening Reception: 6–8 p.m., October 7, 2008

Selections from the Hillstrom Collection

September 8 to November 9, 2008
Opening Reception: 6–8 p.m., October 7, 2008

ARCHITECTURE OF SILENCE: Cistercian Abbeys of France

September 11 - November 5, 2006
Opening Reception, October 3, 2006, 6 to 8 p.m.

Highlights and Recent Acquisitions of the Hillstrom Museum of Art

September 11 - November 5, 2006
Opening Reception, October 3, 2006, 6 to 8 p.m.

Aerial Images: Recent Paintings by Bruce McClain

November 20 - January 21, 2007
Opening Reception, November 20, 2006, 7 to 9 p.m.

Spring

Fatimah in America: An Installation by Hend Al-Mansour

February 5 - March 4, 2007
Opening Reception, February 12, 2007, 7 to 9 p.m.

Don Palmgren: A Retrospective Exhibition

March 19 - April 22, 2007
Opening Reception, March 19, 2007, 7 to 9 p.m.

Senior Exhibition

May 5 - May 27, 2007
Opening Reception, May 5, 2007, 4 to 7 p.m

Senior Art Exhibition 2006

May 6 - May 28, 2006
Opening Reception May 6, 4:00-7:00 PM

Clay Bodies by Student Bodies

April 3 through April 26, 2006
Opening Reception Monday, April 3, 7 to 9 p.m.,
Awards ceremony at approximately 7:30 p.m.

The Hillstrom Museum of Art is pleased to present Clay Bodies by Student Bodies, on view from April 3 through April 26, 2006. This is the fourth iteration of this recurring exhibit, which was conceived by Professor Lois Peterson, Gustavus Adolphus College. The exhibition serves to recognize the work of emerging clay artists during their student years. It is a juried exhibit open to students in undergraduate and graduate programs in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa (earlier versions were open only to Minnesota). The opening reception for the exhibition will be Monday, April 3, 7 to 9 p.m., with a brief awards ceremony at approximately 7:30.

Marvels of Maiolica: Italian Renaissance Ceramics from the Corcoran Gallery of Art Collection

February 6 - March 19, 2006
Opening Reception February 6, 7:00-9:00 PM

Public Lecture February 12, 2006 :
In conjunction with the exhibition, the Hillstrom Museum of Art will sponsor a free public lecture by Catherine Hess, Associate Curator of Sculpture and Works of Art, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. "Italian Renaissance Maiolica and the Corcoran Gallery of Art Collection" will be presented on Sunday, February 12, 2006, at 7:00 p.m. in Wallenberg Auditorium in the Nobel Hall of Science. This lecture is presented with the assistance of the Lecture Series of Gustavus Adolphus College.

Almost Home: The Return of Holocaust Survivors and Resisters to Postwar Vienna

(by Nancy Ann Coyne)

November 21, 2005 - January 20, 2006
Exhibition extended February 6 through March 12, 2006
Opening Reception November 21, 2005, 7:00-9:00 PM

Artists Connie Herring and Nancy Ann Coyne will be in attendance at the opening reception for the exhibitions to make comments on their work.

Story Tellers: An Installation by Connie Herring

November 21, 2005 - January 20, 2006
Opening Reception November 21, 2005, 7:00-9:00 PM

Musical Performance:
In conjunction with the Hillstrom Museum of Art's exhibition Almost Home: The Return of Holocaust Survivors and Resisters to Postwar Vienna, a program of songs by Austrian-born composer Hanns Eisler (1898-1962) will be presented on Tuesday, January 10, 2006, at 7:30 in Björling Recital Hall. Eisler was the father of Georg Eisler, who is profiled in the Almost Home exhibition. Eisler studied with Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951) and was a collaborator with Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956). He left Europe because of the rise of the Nazis, and settled in California, where he later became a target of the Hollywood "witch hunt." He appeared before the HUAC in September of 1947, and was forced to leave the U.S. in 1948.

Singer David Harris and pianist Craig Randal Johnson will present a program of Eisler's songs, some in their original German, others in translations by Eric Bentley, the scholar, playwright and critic who is a foremost authority on Weimar Germany and who knew Eisler. Harris and Johnson are both experts on the composer's music and have collaborated numerous times to present it to the public. Their program, titled "Burning and Never Going Cold: The Music of Hanns Eisler," is free and open to the public. The presentation of Eisler's music by Harris and Johnson is a joint project of the Hillstrom Museum of Art, the Music Department, and the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures.

Pressure Points: Recent Prints from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation

September 12 - November 6, 2005
Opening Reception September 27, 6:00-8:00 PM

Recent Acquisitions of the Hillstrom Museum of Art

September 12 - November 6, 2005
Opening Reception September 27, 6:00-8:00 PM

Included in the Recent Acquisitions exhibition will be FOCUS IN/ON, an extended consideration of a recently acquired lithograph by Kerr Eby (1889-1946) titled Where Do We Go? and dating c. 1919-1920. Eby's print was published by him in his 1936 book War, along with numerous other eyewitnessed images from World War I and a passionate anti-war essay by the artist. The didactic material for this focus exhibition was written in collaboration with Loramy Gerstbauer, Director of the College's Peace Studies Program, and initiates this new program of the Museum, which will explore in depth particular individual objects from the Hillstrom Collection, drawing when possible on the expertise of others at the College.

Senior Art Exhibition 2005

April 25 - May 29, 2005
Opening Reception May 7, 4:00-7:00 PM

Tales of Yellow Skin: The Art of Long Nguyen
Vietnam Drawings by Gene Basset

February 14 - April 10, 2005
Opening Reception February 14, 7:00-9:00 PM

Monday, March 7 - Gallery Talk by Greg Kaster, History Department, Gustavus Adolphus College, "The Vietnam War: History, Memory, and Representation," Hillstrom Museum of Art, at 7:00p.m.

Images of New York City

November 17, 2004 - January 28, 2005
Opening Reception November 17, 7:00-9:00 PM

The Prairie Printmakers

November 17, 2004 - January 19, 2005
Opening Reception November 17, 7:00-9:00 PM

Wednesday, January 12 - Public lecture by Dr. Karal Ann Marling, Univeristy of Minnesota, "The Prairie Print Makers: Five-Dollar Culture in the Great Depression," Wallenberg Auditorium, Nobel Hall of Science, at 7:00p.m.

Nexus: Paintings by Karl Momen

September 15 - November 10, 2004
Opening Reception Wednesday, September 15, 7:00-9:00 PM
Nobel Reception October 5, 6:00-9:00 PM

Wednesday, September 15 - Informal Gallery Discussion by Karl Momen at Hillstrom Museum of Art

Monday, September 27 - Lecture by Nancy H. Yeide, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, "The Hermann Goering Collection: The Reichsmarschall's Passion," Wallenberg Auditorium, Nobel Hall of Science, at 7:00p.m.

The Hillstrom Collection at the Hillstrom Museum

June 25 - June 26, 2004

Senior Art Exhibition 2004

May 1 - May 30, 2004
Opening Reception May 1, 4:00-7:00 PM

Testimony: Vernacular Art of the African-American South

March 16 - April 25, 2004
Opening Reception March 16, 7:00-9:00 PM

Tuesday, March 23: Mr. Shelp, a trustee of the Museum of American folkArt in New York, and collector, will be on campus on for an informal gallery discussion at 7:00p.m. in the Hillstrom Museum of Art

Wednesday, March 31: Aritist "Missionary" Mary Proctor will give an artist demonstration and discussion with display of additional works by the artist (these works available for purchase) at the Arts Center of St. Peter, 315 South Minnesota Avenue at 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, April 1: Artist "Missionary" Mary Proctor will give an artist demonstration and discussion at the Schaefer Fine Arts Building (Room 105), Gustavus Adolphus College at 10:30a.m.

Thursday, April 1: Artist "Missionary" Mary Proctor will be on campus for an informal discussion of her art and its proselytizing intent at 7:00p.m. in the Hillstrom Museum of Art

Charting Time and Place: Recent Works by Wendell Arneson

February 9 - March 7, 2004
Opening Reception February 9, 7:00-9:00 PM

Public Lecture: In conjunction with Charting Time and Place, the artist will present an open public lecture by the same title on Wednesday, March 3 at 7:00p.m. in Wallenberg Auditorium, Nobel Hall of Science, Gustavus Adolphus College.

Listening at the Edge: Recent Works by Lois Peterson and Christine Baeumler

November 24, 2003 - January 30, 2004
Opening Reception November 24, 7:00-9:00 PM

Paul Granlund: A Retrospective Exhibition

September 15 - November 9, 2003
Opening Reception October 7, 6:00-9:00 PM

4 Yrs. to Life: Senior Show 2003

May 3 - June 1, 2003
Opening Reception May 3, 4:00-7:00 PM

A Community of Artists: The Collection of the Provincetown Art Association and Museum

Landscapes and Cityscapes on loan and from the Permanent Collection

February 23 - April 13, 2003
Opening Reception February 23, 7:00-9:00 PM

Public Lecture: on American Art Colonies on March 4 by Dr. Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr. at 7:00p.m. in Wallenberg Auditorium, Nobel Hall of Science.

Photographers and Authors: A Collection of Portraits of Twentieth-Century Writers

Recent Photographs by Don Palmgren: Pinholes and Others

November 25, 2002 - January 31, 2003
Opening Reception November 25, 7:00-9:00 PM

African Art and Artifacts from the Grüter Collection

The Nature and Nurture of Children: Selected Works on Loan and from the Permanent Collection

September 20 - November 10, 2002
Opening Reception October 1, 6:00-9:00 PM

Public Lecture: October 23, entitled "Wild Spirits, Beautiful Maidens, and Divine Kings: Art and Artistry in Africa" by Dr. Martha Anderson at 7:30p.m. in Wallenberg Auditorium, Nobel Hall of Science

2002 Senior Art Major Exhibition

May 4 - June 2, 2002
Opening Reception May 4, 4-7 PM

Clay Bodies by Student Bodies

March 5 - April 16, 2002
Opening Reception March 5, 7-9 PM

April 16, 2002: Guest Lecturer Dr. Rosemary A. Joyce, University of California-Berkeley. Lecture on ceramics in pre-Hispanic America. Nobel Hall Wallenburg Auditiorium 7:30 PM

Selections From the Lutheran Brotherhood Collection of Religious Art

November 26 - February 1, 2002
Opening Reception November 26, 7-9 PM

Loans to and Selections From the Hillstrom Museum of Art Permanent Collection

November 26 - February 1, 2002
Rörstrand: Swedish Art Nouveau Porcelains from the Robert Schreiber Collection

September 17 - December 13, 2001
2001 Studio Art Faculty Exhibition

September 17 - November 11, 2001
Opening Reception October 2, 6-9 PM

2001 Senior Art Major Exhibition

April 29 - May 27, 2001
Opening Reception April 29, 7-9 PM

Landscapes by Birger Sandzén

April 2 -May 27, 2001

Public Lecture: By Dr. James Kaplan, "Birger Sandzén: Landscapes of America" on April 10, 2001

Discovered Treasures: Russian and Soviet Paintings from the Pearson Collection

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February 19 - April 13, 2001
Opening Reception February 19, 2001

February 20, 2001
Guest Lecturer Dr. Jane Sharp, "The Plural and Peripheral Modalities of Soviet Nonconformist Art"

April 5, 2001
Guest Lecturer Dr. Pat Simpson, "Visions of New Soviet Women in Socialist Realiest Art"

The Hillstrom Collection: An Exhibition of Early 20th Century American Art

September 25 - December 19, 2000
Museum Dedication September 30, 2000, 10:30 AM

October 3, 2000
6 -9 PM Nobel Conference Reception

October 10, 2000
Guest Lecturer Dr. Wilford W. Scott, "Revolution in Early 20th Century American Art"

Nov. 14, 2000
Guest Lecturer Nancy Hubbard Yeide, "Nazi Art Looting, Allied Restitution, and American Museums"