Pictured: Dana Fritz, “Toadstool Park 1,” gelatin silver print
The Eide/Dalrymple Gallery at Augustana University opens “Views Removed: Photographs by Dana Fritz,” which will be on view from Thursday, March 24, through Saturday, April 23. A gallery reception will take place on Friday, March 25, with a public lecture from 6:15-7 p.m. in Room 123 of the Fryxell Humanities Center and gallery talk at 7:30 p.m.
Fritz holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Kansas City Art Institute and Master of Fine Arts from Arizona State University. Her honors include an Arizona Commission on the Arts Fellowship, Rotary Foundation Group Study Exchange to Japan and Society for Photographic Education Imagemaker Award.
Fritz uses photography to investigate the ways we shape and represent the natural world in cultivated and constructed landscapes. Fritz’s work has been exhibited in more than 140 venues, including four U.S. museums and four international museums. Her work is in five public collections and she has books in four library collections. She has also been awarded seven artist residencies around the world.
About the Eide/Dalrymple Gallery
As a part of Augustana University, the mission of the Eide/Dalrymple Gallery is to contribute to the educational and cultural vitality of the university, the surrounding community and the state of South Dakota. The Eide/Dalrymple Gallery inspires the artists of today and tomorrow, and serves as a resource for teaching and promoting life-long learning through its permanent collection and temporary exhibition program with accompanying artist visits, gallery talks and educational materials.
The Eide/Dalrymple Gallery is named after pioneering Augustana University art professors Palmer Eide and Ogden Dalrymple. Many of their collaborative works are spread throughout the campus.
The Eide/Dalrymple Gallery is located at 30th Street and Grange Avenue, in the Center for Visual Arts at Augustana University. The gallery is open to the public and free of charge. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., and Saturday, from 1-4 p.m. The gallery is closed Sundays and major holidays. Guests must wear face masks and abide by physical distancing requirements.