2016 Women’s Art Institute Summer Studio Intensive exhibition includes work by Susan Schaefer

Congratulations to Mill City Times' own Susan Schaefer, whose work is part of the upcoming 2016 Women’s Art Institute Summer Studio Intensive exhibition.

What

Group exhibition of 13 artists completing the Women’s Art Institute Summer Studio Intensive

When

July 11 – 29, 2016

Summer gallery hours are 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | Monday – Friday | Free and open to the public

Public Reception

Friday, July 8 | 5:00 – 7:00 pm | Regis East Lobby | Free and open to the public

Where

Quarter Gallery | Regis Center for Art (East) | University of Minnesota

405 21st Avenue South | Minneapolis MN 55455

Accessibility, Cost, and Parking

Parking is available nearby on the street, at the 19th and 21st Avenue South ramps, and at the 5th Street South lot; hourly or event rates apply. These parking locations and the Regis Center for Art are wheelchair-accessible. Exhibitions and related events are free and open to the public.

About the Exhibition

The Quarter Gallery at the Regis Center for Art presents the work of the artists in the just-completed 2016 Women’s Art Institute Summer Studio Intensive session: Ashley Alex, Bre Atkinson, Nancy Beatty, Chris Cinque, Marjorie Fedyszyn, Carol Elle Hettinger, Jill Johnson, Kristi Kuder, Sarah Kusa, Susana del Rosario Canteneda Quinteros, Susan Schaefer, Josie Winship, and Rebecca Zenefski. Twelve are Minnesota artists and one is based in Mexico.

About the Women’s Art Institute

The Women’s Art Institute Summer Studio Intensive is a studio art course located at St. Catherine University, St. Paul for contemporary women artists of all ages and backgrounds interested in refining their artistic process and exploring questions around women and art. Creating a community that shares, reflects and produces art in the context of questions raised by the participants, the Institute is a rich experience that offers intensive studio work and one-on-one coaching from faculty. The four-week program includes sessions Monday through Friday with some field trips and evening presentations from guest artists, critics and art historians. Participants have all-day access to the large, sunlit studios and shop facilities of the Visual Arts Building on the St. Catherine University’s beautiful campus. This innovative and rigorous program is designed for artists from a variety of disciplines who have mastered basic skills and are now seeking deeper levels of understanding and expression in their work. Women’s Art Institute Summer Studio Intensive Instructors: Anna Garski and Patricia Olson; Teaching Assistants: Zulma Davila and Annie Hejny.

About Patricia Olson

Patricia Olson, Institute director and associate professor in the Department of Art and Art History at St. Catherine University, has practiced painting and design for more than 30 years and is a founding member of the Women’s Art Resources of Minnesota (WARM). She received an MFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.   

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Sponsorship

The exhibition is co-sponsored by the Department of Art and the Katherine E. Nash Gallery at the University of Minnesota. The Women’s Art Institute is co-sponsored by the Department of Art and Art History of St. Catherine University and Minneapolis College of Art and Design.   

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Katherine E. Nash Gallery Mission

The Katherine E. Nash Gallery is a research laboratory for the practice and interpretation of the visual arts. We believe the visual arts have the capacity to interpret, critique and expand on all of human experience. Our engagement with the visual arts helps us to discover who we are and understand our relationships to each other and society. The Katherine E. Nash Gallery will be a center of discourse on the practice of visual art and its relationship to culture and community -- a place where we examine our assumptions about the past and suggest possibilities for the future. The Nash Gallery will play an indispensable role in the educational development of students, faculty, staff and the community.

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Pictured above: Patricia Olson, Self-Portrait at 60 [after Beckmann] 2011, oil on panel, 55 x 37 in.