Saint Mary's University's Art Club took a weekend trip to Milwaukee to see some art. The grouped toured the Milwaukee and spent the night in a hip a hotel in the center of the city. The art club spent the next day wondering around the Milwaukee Museum of Art where they saw work from various artists such as Georgia O'Keeffe, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and many other artists. Everyone had a great time and got to experience a new place!

Hello everyone! 

Today (April 13th) is the opening for Saint Mary’s University Senior Art show titled "Defining." The reception will be from 4:30 to 6 this evening in the Lillian Davis Hogan Galleries, located in the Toner Student Center. Come to support your peers and the artists!

The student artists displaying work include Brianna Bloomquist, Jamie Cooper, Jennifer Daniels, Tommy Holme, De’Shanda Morley, Lisa-Marie Nihart, Amanda Rahman, Yuchen Ren, Jamie Stefely and Caroline Stringer. 

The show will be on display April 13 through May 11. The gallery is free and open to the public, and the gallery is open 9 a.m. to 8p.m. daily.

Upcoming Art Exhibit by Sculptor Matt Boonstra

The next exhibit coming to the Lillian Davis Hogan Galleries is a solo exhibit, Running to Conclusions, by sculptor Matt Boonstra. The exhibit will run 3/2/13  - 4/6/13.

Matt is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Oklahoma State University.

Running to Conclusions, Steel, 2012.

Following this exhibit, the annual Senior Art and Design Exhibit will be held.

Rockwell Kent and Aleksander Rodchenko

 Rockwell Kent: Prints from the Ralf Nemec Collection, and  works by graphic artists celebrating the 120th anniversary of Aleksander Rodchenko’s birth — will be on display at Saint Mary’s University until February 27th.

Example of a poster inspired by Rodchenko

Example of a poster inspired by Rodchenko

Stop by between 9:00 am 8:00 pm daily to see both shows in the Lillian Davis Hogan Galleries in Saint Mary's University's Toner Student Center.

Senior and Undergraduate Art Show, Part 2

Marie Fidler, Senior Art Major, Rooster.

Tran Nguyen's Value Study in Charcoal, Undergraduate Exhibit Honorable Mention

Annual Group Undergraduate Exhibit and Mid-Year Senior Exhibit

The current exhibit in the Lillian Davis Hogan Galleries is Clarity, the All Campus Student Art Exhibition and the senior capstone exhibit for two seniors in Art and Design, Nikki Farmer and Marie Fidler.

Nikki Farmer's work consists of mixed media sculpture, while Marie Fidler, whose work will be featured in a future post, focuses on watercolor paintings.

 Nikki Jane Farmer, Senior Studio Art Major, Grasp the Lotus, mixed media.

The awards in the undergraduate exhibit are below. Also receiving an honorable mention was Tran Nguyen's Value Study in Charcoal, which will be featured in a future post. The exhibit runs through December 13th, 2012.

First Place, Diana Hernandez, English with Writing Emphasis major, Still Life in Ink, Ink Drawing.

Second Place, Molly Duggan, Studio Art major, The Snake Charmer, oil on canvas.

Third Place, Abby Osborne, Studio Art major, Golden Braid, linoleum print.

Honorable Mention, Brianna Bloomquist, The Forsaken Call, ceramic.

Faculty Biennial

In the spring semester of the 2011/2012 academic year, the Saint Mary's University faculty biennial was held in the Lillian Davis Hogan Galleries. The exhibit, titled Verisimilitude, featured work by six members of the Saint Mary's art and design faculty.

Art and Design faculty at the opening

A digital print by Brother Roderick Robertson

Ceramic installation by Charlie Campbell

Drawing by John Whelan

Ceramic and mixed media piece by Lisa Truax

Oil painting by Preston Lawing

Mixed media by Robert McColl

Digital photography by Tony Calabrese