Celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Regis Center for Art

The University of Minnesota celebrates the 10th Anniversary of the Regis Center for Art with a Community Open House and a series of exhibitions highlighting the artistic research of our talented faculty, staff, alumni and students.

The Community Open House includes:

Exhibitions of artworks made by our talented faculty, staff, alumni and students in the galleries and throughout the building

Open studios, including graduate students’ studios

Original artworks by the Bohemian Press and Student Ceramics Collective for sale at affordable prices

Food trucks with great food

A special Fire Performance by Professor Wayne E. Potratz in the Foundry Courtyard at 8:00 pm

Additional special events will be announced, check the website at art.umn.edu

All of the following exhibitions and activities will be open to the public during the Community Open House on November 8:

Faculty Exhibitions

Katherine E. Nash Gallery
October 22 – December 14
This exhibition celebrates the full-time faculty in the Department of Art who have taught in the Regis Center for Art during its first 10 years. The exhibition includes works made in a wide variety of media, representing the breadth of studio practice at the University of Minnesota. Regis Center faculty in in the Nash Gallery exhibition include: Hartmut Austen, Christine Baeumler, Guy Baldwin, Karl Bethke, Thomas Cowette, Jan Estep, David Feinberg, Marjorie Franklin, Teri Fullerton, Lynn A. Gray, Gary Hallman, James Henkel, Curtis Hoard, Diane Katsiaficas, Jerald Krepps, Alexis Kuhr, Thomas Lane, Chris Larson, Lynn Lukkas, Joyce Lyon, Clarence Morgan, Lamar Peterson, Mark Pharis, Wayne E. Potratz, Nick Satinover, Jenny Schmid, Paul Shambroom, Andrea Stanislav, Natalie Tornatore, Diane Willow, Tetsuya Yamada, and Mathew Zefeldt. See attached press images.

Regis West Gallery
October 22 – November 23
Department of Art faculty whose careers predated the Regis Center will show their work in the Regis West Gallery, including Victor Caglioti, Susan Lucey, Warren MacKenzie, Zigmunds Priede and Bill Roode

Staff Exhibition
Regis West Gallery
October 22 – November 23
Many of the Department of Art professional staff are also practicing artists. This exhibition includes artworks by Kelsey Bosch, Cindy Cribbs, Jim Gubernick, Karen Haselmann, Mark Knierim, Evonne Lindberg, Paul Linden, Howard Oransky, Sonja Peterson and Sarita Zaleha.

Alumni Exhibitions

Curated Alumni Exhibition
Quarter Gallery
October 22 – November 9
Department of Art faculty each nominated two alumni for this exhibition, which includes work by professional artists from Minnesota and the country who received their degrees in Art at the University of Minnesota.

Open Call Alumni Mail Art Exhibition
Regis East 2nd Floor Hallways
October 22 – November 23
All former students who took a class in the Department of Art, regardless of major or degree, are invited to submit a postcard artwork for our 10th Anniversary Mail Art exhibition. Check the website for entry guidelines: art.umn.edu

Student Exhibitions and Art Sales
Artworks by students in all the academic disciplines, including ceramics, drawing and painting, experimental and media arts, photography, printmaking and sculpture as well as the Department of Art’s Study Abroad programs in China, Germany, Ireland, New York and Uruguay will be displayed throughout the building. Works on paper by Bohemian Press and ceramic artworks by the Student Ceramics Collective will be available for sale at affordable prices in the Regis Center for Art Lobby.