Author: msousa

  • ‘Art Party! Activate Your Imagination’ opens ‘The Student Creative Suite ‘22’ at the Schaefer Gallery

    Opening Friday October 15 at Gustavus Adolphus College’s Schaefer Art Gallery Art Exhibit is “The Student Creative Suite ‘22.” This exhibit will be on display until November 10, 2022. Running for the second year in a row, this exhibit features the work of Junior Studio Art Major Summer Grant Recipients Taite Stevens Aldrich and Oleander…

  • Gustavus Artist Series: Karen Tanaka

    From October 14th through 17th, pianist and composer Karen Tanaka will be visiting Gustavus as a guest artist. She will be hosting lectures, teaching classes and individual lessons, and performing on campus for Gusties, high school students, and the community. “Tanaka is an acclaimed composer in both the U.S. and Japan”, says Professor Yumiko Oshima-Ryan.…

  • Fine Arts Weekly Preview: October 3 to 9

    This week features the continuation of the FOCUS IN/ON exhibit at the Hillstrom museum as well as the closing of the Are you ok? I am not. And that’s ok. exhibit at the Schaefer Art Gallery. The Hillstrom Museum is displaying: FOCUS IN/ON: George Ault’s Lower Broadway and His Traumatic Life / Ralston Crawford: Torn…

  • Steve Heitzeg, Emmy Award-winning alumnus, to compose for Gustavus Carillon

    As Gustavus Adolphus College host the 58th Nobel Conference, there will be a special reveal of Steve Heitzeg’s “Aequa (Equality Rings, Birds Sing)”: a musical movement specially composed for the Gustavus Carillon. Today at 12 p.m. the Gustavus students, staff, and guests attending this conference will be able to witness the premiere of “Aequa,” which…

  • Nobel Conference: Fine Arts Overview

    The theme of mental health (in)equity and young people will be presented through an art exhibition, a concert, and a dance performance. Our music ensembles will play a prelude at the start of each session. Then on Saturday and Sunday, our music ensembles will put on their annual family weekend concerts. Music Prelude Wednesday, September…

  • Are you okay? I am not, and that’s okay.

    On Wednesday, September 28, 2022, from 5:00-6:30 p.m. the Schaefer Art Gallery will host the opening public reception for its newest exhibit entitled “Are you okay? I’m not, and that’s okay”. The exhibit is the culmination of the work of Gustavus students enrolled in Dr. Colleen Stockmann’s Critical Issues in Art course and examines how…

  • Fine Arts Weekly Preview: September 26 to October 2

    This week features the annual Family Weekend Showcase at Christ Chapel, the Nobel Dance Feature Concert: Resonance, as well as the public receptions of both FOCUS IN/ON at the Hillstrom Museum of Art, and Are you ok? I am not. And that’s ok. at the Schaefer Art Gallery. Resonance: Songs, Dances, and Poems that explore…

  • Fine Arts Weekly Preview: September 19 to 25

    This week features the opening of the Hillstrom Exhibition: FOCUS IN/ON on display with Ralston Crawford’s: Torn Signs, Oscar Bluemner’s Sonnet Series, and Stuart Davies in Black and White- A trio of focused exhibits from the Vilcek Foundation, New York City, as well as the continuation of the Are you ok? I am not. And…

  • FOCUS IN/ON projects and more at the Hillstrom Museum

    The Hillstrom Museum of Art presents concurrent exhibits on view from September 19 through November 6, 2022.  These include another of the Museum’s FOCUS IN/ON projects, considering George Ault’s 1921 drawing Lower Broadway (George Ault’s Lower Broadway and His Traumatic Career), plus a trio of focused exhibits from the Vilcek Foundation in New York: Ralston…

  • Fine Arts Weekly Preview: September 12 to September 18

    This week features the opening of an exhibition based on mental health and other social issues titled, Are you ok? I am not. And that’s ok., at the Schaefer Art Gallery. Are you ok? I am not. And that’s ok. Schaefer Art Gallery Wednesday to Friday: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sunday: 1 p.m. –…