Gallery Exhibits & Talks
The Center for Western Studies presents, in the Madsen/Nelson/Elmen Galleries:
Crossing the Threshold:
Paintings and Prose
Art Show & Sale
December 5, 2011 –
February 25, 2012
Where are we? The exhibit is a response to this question by an artist, Sheila Agee, and a writer, Ann Pederson. This exhibition is intended to be a window for reflection on our place in the world. Places are like icons—the spiritual windows from which God looks into our world. Art is like that as well—revelations of the places we inhabit. During the development of this project, the artists felt like they were on a treasure hunt or a backpack. They wandered through the places Sheila has painted, even lingering in some for awhile. Sometimes they stayed in the most unanticipated settings. And so Sheila and Ann wrote about these places to help us interpret the world around us. The paintings and prose in this exhibit are the spiritual icons of the places in our lives where we have crossed the threshold into the sacred.
Augustana College students from the fall 2011 section of Religion 332 will also contribute to this exhibit through artwork and writing.
Above: Left, Sheila Agee, right, Ann Pederson
The exhibition is sponsored by LuAnn M. Eidsness, MD
Crossing the Threshold exhibition catalog (3.9 MB PDF, 36 pages)
Upcoming Exhibitions...
Interpretations of Wounded Knee 1973 and 1890
On December 29, 1890, Miniconjou Lakota chief Spotted Elk (Big Foot) and some 300 of his followers were gunned down on the banks of Wounded Knee Creek. Eighty-three years later, 200 Oglala Lakota seized and occupied the town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, for 71 days.
The theme for the 44th Annual Dakota Conference is “Wounded Knee 1973: Forty Years Later.” In observance of the 40th anniversary of the occupation of Wounded Knee in 1973, the Dakota Conference will address questions related to Wounded Knee 1973, the 1890 massacre, as well as any and all aspects of Northern Plains Indian history and culture.
The art exhibition, “Interpretations of Wounded Knee 1973 and 1890,” will be displayed in conjunction with and during the Dakota Conference.
This is a one-time art show intended to recognize the impact of these two events in Northern Plains, Indian, and American history.
Twenty-four artists will be exhibiting their work, including:
Kevin Bierbaum, Sioux Falls
Randall Blaze, Buffalo Gap
Stuart Brings Plenty, Sioux Falls
Lynn Burnette, Sr., Loveland, CO
Gerald Cournoyer, Kyle
Russell Cournoyer, Sioux Falls
Rodger Ellingson, Sioux Falls
Jerry Fogg, Sioux Falls
Chris Francis, Madison
Sharon Gray, Vermillion
Bonnie Halsey-Dutton, Spearfish
Terry Hecker, Lakeside, CA
Emil Her Many Horses, Washington, D.C., recipient of 2008 Alumni Achievement Award
Del Iron Cloud, Rapid City
Glenn Krupka, Sioux Falls
Dennis Linn, Rapid City
Leah Maltbie, Hay Springs, NE
Alan Montgomery, Madison
Donald F. Montileaux, Rapid City
Kevin Pouirer, Scenic
Bruce Preheim, Vermillion
Arthur Short Bull, Estes Park, CO
Margaret Sisley, Rapid City
Asher Srednas, Sioux Falls
The exhibition will be on display March 5 – May 26, 2012
Artwork above by Randall Blaze
The Center for Western Studies is located in the Fantle Building at 2121 S. Summit Ave., Sioux Falls. Hours are 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. weekdays and
10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. on Saturdays. Closed Sundays and major holidays.
Admission is free, donations are accepted.
