Art related events going on around the community
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Pioneer Staff Report | 7:40 am, Feb. 13, 2021 ×
BSU professor, photographer featured at MacRostie Art Center
GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. Photography from Bemidji State University adjunct professor and photographer Monika Lawrence will be featured in MacRostie Art Center s February exhibitions.
MacRostie Art Center will host a Virtual Artist Talk event with Lawrence at 6 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 17, via Zoom, it is free and the public is invited to attend.
When photographer Monika Lawrence moved from Germany to northern Minnesota, she learned a lot about the long, cold winters. She also discovered a beauty and mystery in the monochrome, windblown snowscapes. “Beyond Whiteness” is a photographic series that captures her discovery of the joys and challenges of a Minnesota winter, the life that exists beneath the thick white blanket, and the people that call this region home, a release said.
Black History Month exhibit at the ARTfactory
In celebration of Black History Month and René Dickerson’s current exhibit at the ARTfactory, the Prince William County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. will host a free Virtual Artist Talk on Saturday, February 6, 11 a.m. to noon via Zoom.
Hear from the artist firsthand about his artwork and creative process, followed by a Q&A.
René’s body of work spans more than four decades with various awards and accolades from the art world. He uses acrylic on canvas in a masterful marriage of colors that reaches each person on a unique level.
MacRostie Art Center will host a Virtual Artist Talk event with interdisciplinary feminist scholar, writer and visual artist Kandace Creel Falcón, Wednesday, January 20th from 6-7 p.m. The event will take place online via Zoom and the public is invited to attend.Â
Kandace Creel Falcón holds a Ph.D. in Feminist Studies from the University of Minnesota and taught Womenâs and Gender Studies from 2005-2019. Fatigued by words in 2018 as she drafted a book manuscript, Creel Falcón enrolled in a visual arts class at the local community college on a whim. Through pursing an Associates of Fine Arts Degree, she shifted from analyzing the meaning of visual art, popular culture mediums, and narrative formations toward making. Drawn to mixed-media methods of painting, fabric arts, and writing, Creel Falcón brings together various mediums to make sense of the world around them, as she lives and works in rural Erhard, MN.Â
Cesar Cornejo Courtesy photo
Cesar Cornejo will discuss the relationship between art, architecture and society in a virtual artist talk at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Monday, Jan. 11, 7 p.m.
The event is free but registration is required.
Cornejo is influenced by having lived and worked in four different cultures: Peru, Japan, England and the United States, and each has motivated his way of thinking and working.Â
He works in several media, including sculpture, installation, painting, drawing, photography and performance. Cornejo is also the founder of the project Puno Museum of Contemporary Art, an alternative museum model that places community at its center.