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Porcelain with black crackle glaze

Reflections and Conversations: Monica Rudquist and Jerry Rudquist

Exhibited February 1, 2025 to March 16, 2025

Image is a compilation of art included in the gallery

Latina and Latinx MN: Re/claiming Space in Times of Change

Exhibited September 7, 2024 to December 8, 2024

detailed of a red textile

Dress Codes

Exhibited April 13, 2024 to May 19, 2024

Bridge surrounded by trees with the title overarching in a mythical world.

Terabithia

Exhibited April 13, 2024 to May 19, 2024

Large Mural created by smaller individual abstract drawings

Even Now

Exhibited February 3, 2024 to March 17, 2024

a oversize sculture of a body made of Mixed media including wool felt, fiber fill, sewing patterns, cotton thread, sewing hardware.

Bewitch

Exhibited February 3, 2024 to March 17, 2024

A grey cloud casting a yellow net holding back a flock of black birds

Aesthetics of Loss

Exhibited November 4, 2023 to December 10, 2023

Black banner with the words Inducted on it.

Inducted

Exhibited September 9, 2023 to October 22, 2023

Red blood vessel like shapes over a dark sky

All Tomorrow’s Parties: A Retrospective of Selected Works by Carol Lee Chase

Exhibited September 9, 2023 to October 22, 2023

Living Room

The Living Room

Exhibited April 15, 2023 to May 21, 2023

A girl in a white shirt with abstract items behind her.

When Women Were Girls

Exhibited April 15, 2023 to May 21, 2023

Four rectangles, each with silhouettes/shadows at the center, bordered at top and bottom by three ribbons, with a band of print (usually floral) above and below the ribbons

(Re)Connected

Exhibited February 4, 2023 to March 19, 2023

Picture of a woman collecting clay

She Holds Water

Exhibited February 4, 2023 to March 19, 2023

A black faather holding his child on a painting of colorful ribbons of various fabric textures

Between the Stripes, Under the Stars

Exhibited November 5, 2022 to December 11, 2022

Black and white photo of a lake with trees

Shaping a Creative Life

Exhibited September 10, 2022 to October 23, 2022

Containment Strategies," 2022, mixed media. Photo by Jeff Cords. Red/white cubes that look like cells for containment.

Containment Strategies

Exhibited September 10, 2022 to October 23, 2022

"Trip Journals:" New York, 2004; Tamarac Trip, 2019; Nova Scotia, 2000; notebooks with photographs and collage, various sizes.

Not Here

Exhibited April 9, 2022 to May 22, 2022

Rooted Forward Text, White Writing on Brown Background

Rooted Forward

Exhibited April 9, 2022 to May 22, 2022

Psychedelic Orange Green flower-like object.

Reverberating Bodies

Exhibited February 5, 2022 to March 20, 2022

Visual art of yellow lights depicting fire

what opens—like a blaze of fire (for Joyce Sutphen & Galilee Peaches)

Exhibited November 6, 2021 to December 12, 2021

Red dress hung in gallery

The REDress Project

Exhibited October 23, 2021 to November 14, 2021

In an art studio, students are seated in front of easels, drawing or painting.

Juried Alumni Exhibition

Exhibited September 11, 2021 to October 23, 2021

Whale Statue

Drawing from a Collection

Exhibited September 11, 2021 to October 23, 2021

Inside gallery showing 9 paintings

The Mysteries Revisited

Exhibited September 9, 2015 to October 21, 2021

Multi-red colored fabric with pattern

Work from the 2021 Women's Art Institute Summer Studio Intensive

Exhibited July 17, 2021 to July 31, 2021

Colorful abstract painting - 2018, oil on canvas, 30 x 32"

The Heart's Bright and Dark Light

Exhibited April 18, 2021 to May 24, 2021

All That Is Mine / I Carry With Me

All That Is Mine / I Carry With Me

Exhibited April 2, 2021 to May 23, 2021

Painting of orange human torsos, green leaves, black arrows, yellow hand on blue background

Journey; Body Guiding Soul

Exhibited April 30, 2021 to May 23, 2021

Two hands with an acorn-like item in between

Speculative Futures, Present Imaginations

Exhibited March 1, 2021 to April 30, 2021

A 6x3 grid of thumbnails of works from the exhibit.

Pandemic Art Lessons: A Women’s Art Institute Online Initiative

Exhibited October 26, 2020 to December 11, 2020

Kristin Maija Peterson, "Brave Chickadee Red Forest". A chickadee on a red leafless branch, surrounded by many other red leafless branches.

Pandemic Art Annex

Exhibited October 26, 2020 to December 11, 2020

Dr. Martha Rogers Ripley (1843-1912), standing in a nursery holding a baby.

Minnesota Suffragists

Exhibited October 1, 2020 to October 31, 2020

Photo of a concrete wall covered in water stains and pock marks

Re:constructed – St. Catherine University Senior Juried Exhibition

Exhibited May 1, 2020 to May 24, 2020

Student looking at art hung up on a white gallery wall

apART: Virtual Programming for Our Pandemic Time

Exhibited October 1, 2020 to April 30, 2020

Two women in a public restroom. One is holding a baseball cap and looking in the mirror; the other is adjusting her sari.

Cartography of Desire

Exhibited February 8, 2020 to March 20, 2020

Vintage white beaded purse with turquoise beaded flowers and metal clasp

lifecycles objects

Exhibited November 2, 2019 to December 14, 2019

A black and white photo of a Hmong woman.

After the Fall of Hmong Tebchaw

Exhibited November 2, 2019 to December 14, 2019

Logo for Women's Art Institute celebrating 20 years

What is Forbidden? The Women's Art Institute 20th Anniversary Exhibition

Exhibited September 7, 2019 to October 19, 2019

Artist checking artwork in gallery

Work from the 2019 Women's Art Institute Summer Studio Intensive

Exhibited July 13, 2019 to July 27, 2019

Water images with text: Curious - Senior Juried Exhibition

Curious - Senior Juried Exhibition

Exhibited March 13, 2019 to May 26, 2019

Three self portraits of the artist: the center panel (2011) with a brush in her hand; images to the right (1986) and left (1992) wearing robes with vertical stripes.

A Body of Work: A Retrospective Look at Patricia Olson's Art

Exhibited April 13, 2019 to May 26, 2019

Japanese print of a woman in a tea ceremony

Nostalgic Femininity: Japanese Woodblock Prints from the St. Catherine University Archives & Special Collections

Exhibited April 13, 2019 to May 26, 2019

Abstract wall art in white, with shadow at left. Looks like pieces of bowls joined in ways that don't at all resemble the originals.

Accumulation: New Work by Monica Rudquist & Judy Onofrio

Exhibited February 9, 2019 to March 30, 2019

Colorful logo for Claytopia with examples of ceramic artwork on either side

NCECA @ St. Kate's

Exhibited March 25, 2019 to March 30, 2019

The word WARM written in teal-colored, stylized script

Roots and Fruits

Exhibited November 3, 2018 to December 15, 2018

Multi-colored geometric abstract painting

Thresholds

Exhibited September 8, 2018 to October 20, 2018

Large roundish boulder-shaped image, white with streaks of gray, and a blue diagonal ray coming from the left to connect with the point at the top of the "boulder".

Beyond the Kármán Line

Exhibited September 8, 2018 to October 20, 2018

Abstract painting of yellow and black lines under a big blue sky

Work from the 2018 Women's Art Institute Summer Studio Intensive

Exhibited July 14, 2018 to July 28, 2018

Oil paint and enamel on fabric, painted in a wild abstract of twisting and turning colors all over the place

Dissonance and Repair

Exhibited April 14, 2018 to May 20, 2018

 Bright red and blue stylized brain on a black background with text reading "Dismantling Mindset"

Dismantling Mindset

Exhibited April 14, 2018 to May 20, 2018

Silkscreen of faceless human figures floating, in purples greens and blues

Judy Chicago's Birth Project: Born Again

Exhibited February 3, 2018 to March 16, 2018

Coin purses turned inside out with various sizes and colors representing female genitalia

After: Birth

Exhibited February 3, 2018 to March 16, 2018

painting of a jungle in lush green colors

After the End

Exhibited November 4, 2017 to December 15, 2017

Two older women sitting in chairs, the one in front  in a purple dress and the one in the back a dark red dress.

Space Between Us

Exhibited November 4, 2017 to December 15, 2017

Like A Girl

Like A Girl

Exhibited September 9, 2017 to October 20, 2017

Closeup of blue and white multi-pattern dress

Vinyasa: Connecting Global Textiles and Sustainable Design

Exhibited September 9, 2017 to October 20, 2017

image of two girls in background

Work from the 2017 Women's Art Institute Summer Studio Intensive

Exhibited July 13, 2017 to July 28, 2017

Detail of a mixed media painting with thich red and green brush strokes interrupted by plaid and chalk drawings

First Thought, Best Thought: Paintings by Greg Dickerson and Gregory Fitz

Exhibited April 8, 2017 to May 21, 2017

Wood floor in a dark room, with streams of white and blue light

Still I Tension: St. Catherine University Juried Sr. Exhibition

Exhibited April 8, 2017 to May 21, 2017

acrylic painting of river water and sediment

Vision + Vocation

Exhibited January 30, 2017 to March 17, 2017

Close-up photo of a terra cotta figurine of an animal person dressed up in a goth punk style

Emergence: Unforseen Occurrence

Exhibited November 5, 2016 to December 18, 2016

De Mundo: The Small Fascinating World of B.J. Christofferson

De Mundo: The Small Fascinating World of B.J. Christofferson

Exhibited November 5, 2016 to December 18, 2016

Empty outdoor swimming pool at night, with trees, cityscape, and lake in background

The Absence of Water

Exhibited September 12, 2016 to October 31, 2016

The top of a white desk full of crafting materials with fabric and buttons and sewing supplies

Between Rivers

Exhibited September 12, 2016 to October 21, 2016

Rectangle with five diagonal bands: 1) a fern frond; 2) part of a face; 3) the exhibit's title, "material navigation"; 4) clouds in the sky; and 5) several rockets ready to launch. (The rockets look like they could be made of individual bullets or the nibs of fountain pens.)

Material Navigation

Exhibited March 9, 2016 to May 22, 2016

Colorful print art with figures and text in reds and oranges

"Look at this, and look again, and see anew." - Corita

Exhibited February 1, 2016 to May 21, 2016

shades of brown painting of a man looking out from a very small window

David Byrd - War Is Always With Us

Exhibited November 2, 2015 to December 18, 2015

A large collection of candles dipped the same number of times as the lifespans of people attached to them; they hang from the cieling in various arrangements.

Form & Memory

Exhibited November 2, 2015 to December 18, 2015

Tiled portraits of adoptees Andy Tulenchikandy, Matthew Johnson, and Nathan Twedt.

Diaspora

Exhibited September 9, 2015 to October 21, 2015

Banner made from I Am the Vine and You Are the Branches tempura painting of Jesus Christ

Adé Bethune: The Power of One Person

Exhibited September 8, 2014 to December 19, 2014

Mixed media, Ulu Camii detail

Anastylosis: Mary Griep

Exhibited January 30, 2012 to March 31, 2012

Wide shot of five different sculptures set up in the exhibition hall.

Everyday Epic

Exhibited January 30, 2012 to March 31, 2012

C print photograph of shadows across a sidewalk and street

Elemental Neighborhood by Jeff Krolick

Exhibited November 12, 2011 to December 18, 2011

Students from art show holding up frames in front of their face with colorful backgrounds

Framed! Senior Juried Exhibition

Exhibited April 16, 2011 to May 22, 2011

The World Behind The World: A mid-career survey, Carol Lee Chase

Exhibited February 5, 2011 to April 3, 2011

The Catherine Portrait: Paintings by Patricia Olson, Sister Mona Riley Endowed Professor in the Humanities

Exhibited February 5, 2011 to April 3, 2011

The Waiting Room

Exhibited November 6, 2010 to December 19, 2010

Painting of a room

New World/Old World: 2010 Mid America Print Council Members Juried Exhibition

Exhibited September 13, 2010 to October 31, 2010

Judith Roode's drawing

Body Songs: A 25-Year Retrospective

Exhibited January 28, 2008 to March 2, 2008

Full shot of the exhibit in the arts building.

Art Therapists' Show

Exhibited to September 21, 2005

Woman working on ceramic pots

Costa Rican Ceramics - Ceramica Costarricense

Exhibited November 2, 2002 to December 15, 2002

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