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FEDERAL DUCK
STAMP CONTEST

October 17-18, 2008
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for the Arts

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3rd Congressional District High School Art Competition
Dates: April 4-28, 2008
Bloomington Art Center recently hosted the annual 3rd Congressional District High School Art Competition at the Bloomington Center for the Arts. The show was co-sponosred by BAC, Wells Fargo and Rep. Jim Ramstad.

To view a slide show of the award winning pieces, click here. To move to the next image just click anywhere on the picture.

The Bloomington Center for the Arts houses both the Inez Greenberg Gallery (main floor) and the Atrium Gallery (second floor). Both galleries are free and open to the public: Monday-Friday 8:00 am-10:00 pm, Saturday 9:00 am-5:00 pm, Sunday 1:00-10:00 pm. The public is invited to all receptions.

 
  INEZ GREENBERG GALLERY...

Transparent Watercolor Society of America 32nd Annual Juried Exhibition
Dates: May 16-July 24, 2008
Location: Inez Greenberg Gallery
BAC is proud to host the annual juried exhibition of the Transparent Watercolor Society of America. While there are many water-based painting mediums on the market today, TWSA recognizes an important distinction between “transparent watercolor” and “water-based mediums.” TWSA’s members must only use transparent watercolor in the paintings they submit.
Watercolor artists from all over the country have entered their paintings for consideration, and 85 have been chosen for the exhibit. Nationally known artist Ted Nuttall is the juror for this year’s competition, and he is offering a watercolor workshop at BAC June 9-13. For more information visit the TWSA website at www.watercolors.org



The Russian Girl, watercolor
Judy Lieber, TWSA member

Fleeting Bits of the Ordinary
Dates: August 1-September 5, 2008
Artists: Gregory Graham and Joy Liberman
Location: Inez Greenberg Gallery
Artists’ Reception: Fri., Aug. 1, 6-8 pm “Every day is an unbroken string of extraordinary moments; fleeting bits of the ordinary we transform through careful attention.”
Graham believes that “beauty is often born of contradiction,” and this conflict is seen in his oil and acrylic paintings. Serene, yet somehow disquieting, his work depicts a private world that is both common and profound.
Liberman’s paintings also illuminate the ordinary in a personal way that makes them familiar, and yet evocative. Influenced by the art of the European masters and her travels to Italy, her work has a timelessness that compels reverence.


Exhaling Green, acrylic
Gregory Graham


Freedom of Choice, oil
Joy Liberman


2011 EXHIBITION PROGRAM
Bloomington Art Center encourages artists in the five state region to submit their artwork for consideration in our Greenberg & Atrium Gallery Exhibition Program. The next deadline is March 31, 2009. Eligible only if you have not exhibited through the BAC within the last two years, (excluding Member's Juried Exhibit). Call BAC at 952-563-8570 to request program guidelines or click here for guidelines in PDF format.

(Open to artists, age 18 and
older, who live in Minnesota,
North Dakota, South Dakota,
Wisconsin or Iowa.)

For questions or comments about the Exhibition Program contact Rachel Flentje, Exhibit Director, at (952) 563-8570 or e-mail her at rachel@bloomingtonartcenter.com.

This activity is made possible in part by a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature as well as a grant from the McKnight Foundation.



  ATRIUM GALLERY...

Bloomington Public Elementary Schools Art Show
Dates: May 6-30, 2008
Location: Atrium Gallery
Reception: Tue., May 13, 6-7:30 pm in the Schneider Theater
Bloomington’s ten public elementary schools will present their annual art exhibit with work selected by their art teachers This year, over 150 pieces of artwork by talented Bloomington students will be on display.

Traces of Eden
Dates: June 5-July 11, 2008
Artist: Nish Gunawardena
Location: Atrium Gallery
This exhibit will feature Gunawardena ‘s lush photographs of the American landscape from his book by the same title. “Gunawardena’s photographs eloquently remind us of the Eden that greeted Meriwether Lewis and William Clark some two hundred years ago, but cautions us that if we do not embrace this gift with our minds as well as our hearts we are in danger of squandering it completely,” wrote Michael Zajakowski, Chicago Tribune.



Kayaks, Alaska, photograph
Nish Gunawardena

Waterbourne Witness
Elegies for My New Orleans
Dates: July 17-August 29, 2008
Artist: Shelley Holl
Closing Reception: Fri., Aug. 29, 6-8 pm
Location: Atrium Gallery
This is an exhibit of paintings by former New Orleanian writer and artist Shelley Holl. Holl was a travel columnist for the Times-Picayune Newspaper for five years and published Louisiana Dayride: 52 Short Trips from New Orleans. She responds to Hurricane Katrina in collages of fabric and oil that draw inspiration from media images, and combines paintings she made while living in New Orleans with new imagery. Proceeds from the sale of paintings and her accompanying book will benefit continuing relief efforts in New Orleans. The closing reception will be held on the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

Evy's Funeral, oil
Shelley Holl