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This Splendid Promise, This Magnificent Dream: St. Catherine University Juried Alumni Exhibition

East Gallery
September 11, 2021
to
October 23, 2021
Artists:
AK Garski ’12, Anne Spooner ’00, Annie Irene Hejny ’12, Brenda Olson ’97, Daralyn Peifer ’71, Elizabeth Jacobson ’12, Emelin Ventura ’20, Georgia Greeley ’82, Jacqueline Mosio ’67, Jean Kubes-Werremeyer ’81, Jo-Anne Reske Kirkman ’76, Jorden Renee Priebe ’14, Kat Corrigan ’94, Kimber Olson ’98, Leslie Carpenter-Holt ’91, Mandy Trimble Leonard ’00, Margaret Hilger ’02, Mary "Morgan" McQuillan ’96, MaryJane Eischen ’20, Nancy Laverdure Kolacke ’83, Robin Cerio ’01, Sarah Curtner ’07, Sarah Kiczula ’14 BSN ’20, Susan Koefod ’81, Susan Ryan ’72, Sheri Klem ’84, ’86

Alumni artists will greet gallery visitors on Saturdays throughout the exhibition:
September 11, 1-3 pm: Mary “Morgan” McQuillan
September 18, 1-3 pm: Mandy Trimble Leonard & Leslie Carpenter-Holt
September 25, 1-3 pm: Susan Koefod
October 2, 1-3 pm: Jacqueline Mosio
October 9, 1-3 pm: Sarah Curtner & Jean Kubes-Werremeyer
October 16, 1-3 pm: Susan Beran-Ryan & MaryJane Eischen

AWARDS: The following alumni artists received awards from the juror for their work in the exhibition.
First Prize: AK Garski
Second Prize: Annie Irene Hejny
Third Prize: Anne Spooner
Honorable Mention: Sarah Kiczula

ABOUT THE JUROR: Laura Wertheim Joseph is a curator interested in collaborative, experimental, and interdisciplinary methods. As Curator of Exhibitions at the Minnesota Museum of American Art, she enjoys and appreciates supporting and exchanging ideas with artists, as well as creative people from different fields. Through her work, Laura seeks to draw attention to what is at the margins and in the shadows, with a particular investment in emotion, materiality, and embodiment. Some of her curatorial projects include Harriet Bart: Abracadabra and Other Forms of Protection (Weisman Art Museum), Testify: Americana from Slavery to the Present (Hennepin County Library), and A Feast of Astonishments: Charlotte Moorman and the Avant-Garde (Mary and Leigh Block Museum, Northwestern University). Before joining the M, Laura worked alongside artists with disabilities at Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts to challenge perceptions of disability. She has a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota where she specialized in contemporary art and critical theory with a focus on feminism, gender and performance studies.

Please review our campus COVID policies prior to your visit. Health screenings are not required for gallery visitors. Thank you for wearing a mask and observing posted capacity limits in the gallery!

 

EXHIBITION CATALOG

Image Gallery

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A worn, battered portfolio that says "gingher - a tradition of quality" on its face.
Three drawings: 1) a clip of red/maroon hair in a plastic bag that's tacked to a background and has an A on it (exhibit A?); 2) a sealed jar with a purple fish(?) in it against a bleck background (water?); and 3) a drawing of a tooth.
Looks like a cylinder wrapped with strips of paper with writing on it. The cylinder has an open mouth at the top.
A pink plate with strips of paper glued on it that contain (parts of) Article II, Sections 1-4 of the United States Constitution. There's also some pink bric-a-brac on the plate. To the right of the plate is pink bric-a-brac with an old-fashioned key on each end.
Portrait of a Black woman.
Portrait of a woman with pink hair on her partially-shaved head.
Patchy gray background with someone's forearms and hands outlined in white. The hands look as if they're holding a bowl, or as if they'd form a heart if they were touching. There are branches with leaves and berries drawn/painted in black.
Colorful buildings with people standing on balconies and also on the roof. Andador Turistico is a tourst attraciton in Oaxaca, Mexico.
A piece of lavender paper on the left and a piece of pink paper on the right. A white piece of paper is centered over them with a poem in the middle (titled "In the History Museum") and seven squares cut out on either side, so that the lavender and pink show through.