Events at this location

An exhibition of Minnesota landscapes by North Mankato artist Andrew Judkins.

“We are born into landscape, we live out our lives within it and we die and become part of the land. It’s who we are and the stage up which we live out our existence. We ignore this at great peril. Landscape is also a way of reminding us that we are part of a universe of nature and life on this planet, part of a large, intricate web. The web was here before us and we should have the utmost respect for the land, plants, animals and basic resources such as water. We are in landscape all the time, but can forget that in our busy and distracting lives. This is more true than ever with our layers of technology. When I paint landscape, I have to take a step back and look with a dispassionate eye at what moves me one moment and I am blind to as it lies before me the next. I must examine it and create a version of what I see, separated from reality by one filter. When people look back into this, suddenly they aren’t so blind, so numb to the world as they go about their business. Looking at paintings can encourage people to see what they didn’t before or feel what they have grown numb to.

“I mostly paint places around where I live in Southern Minnesota. But I will paint any place I have been and felt a connection with. In painting Southern Minnesota, I find a joy in making people look at an area not really known for its wildness or beauty in a different way. If you seek the joys and unique places where you are, a world of wonder awaits. It’s fun to paint famous and spectacular things sometimes, but it is also fun to show that what people think of as mundane is also spectacular in its own way.”

Judkins was the recipient of a 2018 Artist Career Development Grant provided by the Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council from funds provided by the McKnight Foundation.

Gallery and Gift Shop Hours July 11-27

• Thursdays 1-7 pm
• Fridays 1-4 pm
• Saturdays 11 am – 5 pm

Mankato artist Josh Winkler works primarily with traditional and contemporary print media with a focus on relief processes.

“As an artist, I am most concerned with our environment, how humans manipulate and label the land, and a common disregard for the history of place as we grow in population and consume energy. By combining personal experience with historic investigation, I build layered landscape narratives that ask viewers to consider the social, political and environmental contexts of their surroundings. I utilize a range of drawing, printmaking, and sculptural processes to facilitate these ideas.”

Since receiving his MFA from the University of Minnesota in 2010, he has worked for a non-profit printmaking center, taught printmaking, and consistently exhibited work nationally / internationally. Winkler is currently an Associate Professor of Printmaking at Minnesota State University.

Winkler’s work is in public collections including Yale University, Hennepin County Public Library, The Yukon Archives in Whitehorse YT, and The Quebec National Archives in Montreal. In 2018, Winkler exhibited in group shows in British Columbia, Spain, and throughout the United States. He completed a two-week artist residency on the Chilkoot Trail in Alaska, and a six-week residency at the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture in the Yukon Territory of Canada. Winkler was recently selected for a 15-week artist residency at the Bell Museum of Natural History.

Josh Winkler is a 2019 recipient of an Artist Initiative grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

Gallery and Gift Shop Hours July 11-27

• Thursdays 1-7 pm
• Fridays 1-4 pm
• Saturdays 11 am – 5 pm

“I am interested in gender, myths and folklore and how these cultural constructs affect the way people interact with nature. In this new body of work, I use my knowledge of forageable plants to create work about edible and medicinal herbs and fungi and their links to women’s struggles past and present.”

Rachel James is originally from a small town in Southeast Kansas. She lives in the country near St. Peter with partner, Josh Winkler.

Rachel studied printmaking at the University of Kansas (BFA) and the University of Minnesota (MFA.) She teaches printmaking, painting and drawing as an instructor at area colleges and art centers.

James was the recipient of a 2018 Artist Career Development Grant provided by the Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council from funds provided by the McKnight Foundation.

Gallery and Gift Shop Hours July 11-27

• Thursdays 1-7 pm
• Fridays 1-4 pm
• Saturdays 11 am – 5 pm

An exhibition of Minnesota landscapes by North Mankato artist Andrew Judkins.

“We are born into landscape, we live out our lives within it and we die and become part of the land. It’s who we are and the stage up which we live out our existence. We ignore this at great peril. Landscape is also a way of reminding us that we are part of a universe of nature and life on this planet, part of a large, intricate web. The web was here before us and we should have the utmost respect for the land, plants, animals and basic resources such as water. We are in landscape all the time, but can forget that in our busy and distracting lives. This is more true than ever with our layers of technology. When I paint landscape, I have to take a step back and look with a dispassionate eye at what moves me one moment and I am blind to as it lies before me the next. I must examine it and create a version of what I see, separated from reality by one filter. When people look back into this, suddenly they aren’t so blind, so numb to the world as they go about their business. Looking at paintings can encourage people to see what they didn’t before or feel what they have grown numb to.

“I mostly paint places around where I live in Southern Minnesota. But I will paint any place I have been and felt a connection with. In painting Southern Minnesota, I find a joy in making people look at an area not really known for its wildness or beauty in a different way. If you seek the joys and unique places where you are, a world of wonder awaits. It’s fun to paint famous and spectacular things sometimes, but it is also fun to show that what people think of as mundane is also spectacular in its own way.”

Judkins was the recipient of a 2018 Artist Career Development Grant provided by the Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council from funds provided by the McKnight Foundation.

Gallery and Gift Shop Hours July 11-27

• Thursdays 1-7 pm
• Fridays 1-4 pm
• Saturdays 11 am – 5 pm

Mankato artist Josh Winkler works primarily with traditional and contemporary print media with a focus on relief processes.

“As an artist, I am most concerned with our environment, how humans manipulate and label the land, and a common disregard for the history of place as we grow in population and consume energy. By combining personal experience with historic investigation, I build layered landscape narratives that ask viewers to consider the social, political and environmental contexts of their surroundings. I utilize a range of drawing, printmaking, and sculptural processes to facilitate these ideas.”

Since receiving his MFA from the University of Minnesota in 2010, he has worked for a non-profit printmaking center, taught printmaking, and consistently exhibited work nationally / internationally. Winkler is currently an Associate Professor of Printmaking at Minnesota State University.

Winkler’s work is in public collections including Yale University, Hennepin County Public Library, The Yukon Archives in Whitehorse YT, and The Quebec National Archives in Montreal. In 2018, Winkler exhibited in group shows in British Columbia, Spain, and throughout the United States. He completed a two-week artist residency on the Chilkoot Trail in Alaska, and a six-week residency at the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture in the Yukon Territory of Canada. Winkler was recently selected for a 15-week artist residency at the Bell Museum of Natural History.

Josh Winkler is a 2019 recipient of an Artist Initiative grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

Gallery and Gift Shop Hours July 11-27

• Thursdays 1-7 pm
• Fridays 1-4 pm
• Saturdays 11 am – 5 pm

“I am interested in gender, myths and folklore and how these cultural constructs affect the way people interact with nature. In this new body of work, I use my knowledge of forageable plants to create work about edible and medicinal herbs and fungi and their links to women’s struggles past and present.”

Rachel James is originally from a small town in Southeast Kansas. She lives in the country near St. Peter with partner, Josh Winkler.

Rachel studied printmaking at the University of Kansas (BFA) and the University of Minnesota (MFA.) She teaches printmaking, painting and drawing as an instructor at area colleges and art centers.

James was the recipient of a 2018 Artist Career Development Grant provided by the Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council from funds provided by the McKnight Foundation.

Gallery and Gift Shop Hours July 11-27

• Thursdays 1-7 pm
• Fridays 1-4 pm
• Saturdays 11 am – 5 pm

An exhibition of Minnesota landscapes by North Mankato artist Andrew Judkins.

“We are born into landscape, we live out our lives within it and we die and become part of the land. It’s who we are and the stage up which we live out our existence. We ignore this at great peril. Landscape is also a way of reminding us that we are part of a universe of nature and life on this planet, part of a large, intricate web. The web was here before us and we should have the utmost respect for the land, plants, animals and basic resources such as water. We are in landscape all the time, but can forget that in our busy and distracting lives. This is more true than ever with our layers of technology. When I paint landscape, I have to take a step back and look with a dispassionate eye at what moves me one moment and I am blind to as it lies before me the next. I must examine it and create a version of what I see, separated from reality by one filter. When people look back into this, suddenly they aren’t so blind, so numb to the world as they go about their business. Looking at paintings can encourage people to see what they didn’t before or feel what they have grown numb to.

“I mostly paint places around where I live in Southern Minnesota. But I will paint any place I have been and felt a connection with. In painting Southern Minnesota, I find a joy in making people look at an area not really known for its wildness or beauty in a different way. If you seek the joys and unique places where you are, a world of wonder awaits. It’s fun to paint famous and spectacular things sometimes, but it is also fun to show that what people think of as mundane is also spectacular in its own way.”

Judkins was the recipient of a 2018 Artist Career Development Grant provided by the Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council from funds provided by the McKnight Foundation.

Gallery and Gift Shop Hours July 11-27

• Thursdays 1-7 pm
• Fridays 1-4 pm
• Saturdays 11 am – 5 pm

Mankato artist Josh Winkler works primarily with traditional and contemporary print media with a focus on relief processes.

“As an artist, I am most concerned with our environment, how humans manipulate and label the land, and a common disregard for the history of place as we grow in population and consume energy. By combining personal experience with historic investigation, I build layered landscape narratives that ask viewers to consider the social, political and environmental contexts of their surroundings. I utilize a range of drawing, printmaking, and sculptural processes to facilitate these ideas.”

Since receiving his MFA from the University of Minnesota in 2010, he has worked for a non-profit printmaking center, taught printmaking, and consistently exhibited work nationally / internationally. Winkler is currently an Associate Professor of Printmaking at Minnesota State University.

Winkler’s work is in public collections including Yale University, Hennepin County Public Library, The Yukon Archives in Whitehorse YT, and The Quebec National Archives in Montreal. In 2018, Winkler exhibited in group shows in British Columbia, Spain, and throughout the United States. He completed a two-week artist residency on the Chilkoot Trail in Alaska, and a six-week residency at the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture in the Yukon Territory of Canada. Winkler was recently selected for a 15-week artist residency at the Bell Museum of Natural History.

Josh Winkler is a 2019 recipient of an Artist Initiative grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

Gallery and Gift Shop Hours July 11-27

• Thursdays 1-7 pm
• Fridays 1-4 pm
• Saturdays 11 am – 5 pm

“I am interested in gender, myths and folklore and how these cultural constructs affect the way people interact with nature. In this new body of work, I use my knowledge of forageable plants to create work about edible and medicinal herbs and fungi and their links to women’s struggles past and present.”

Rachel James is originally from a small town in Southeast Kansas. She lives in the country near St. Peter with partner, Josh Winkler.

Rachel studied printmaking at the University of Kansas (BFA) and the University of Minnesota (MFA.) She teaches printmaking, painting and drawing as an instructor at area colleges and art centers.

James was the recipient of a 2018 Artist Career Development Grant provided by the Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council from funds provided by the McKnight Foundation.

Gallery and Gift Shop Hours July 11-27

• Thursdays 1-7 pm
• Fridays 1-4 pm
• Saturdays 11 am – 5 pm

This two-person exhibition combines the ceramic based sculptural work of Nicolas Darcourt and the graphite and oil-stick drawings of Lois Peterson.

For both artists, their work is an attempt to express a larger truth, a series of connections which exists beyond daily experience.

For Darcourt, his work combines, parts, pieces and fragments into sculptural forms. Once constructed, they reference a simultaneous sense of structure and spontaneity. The over-all forms he creates exist as abstractions of the evidence of progressing society.

For Peterson, drawing is the means to search for what one can only sense. Quiet spaciousness, both from within and outside. Searching for clues of the elusive. Seeking to understand what language cannot explain, a knowledge that exists beyond one’s limits.

Through their use of pure form, abstraction, repetition and accumulation of information, Darcourt and Peterson allow themselves and their viewers a glimpse into a metaphysical landscape, both personal and psychological.

Lois Peterson, emerita Professor of Art at Gustavus Adolphus College received her MFA in Ceramics and Drawing from Texas Tech University and currently works out of her studio in Dakota, MN.

Nicolas Darcourt received his MFA from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, and is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Art and Art History Department at Gustavus Adolphus College.

This two-person exhibition combines the ceramic based sculptural work of Nicolas Darcourt and the graphite and oil-stick drawings of Lois Peterson.

For both artists, their work is an attempt to express a larger truth, a series of connections which exists beyond daily experience.

For Darcourt, his work combines, parts, pieces and fragments into sculptural forms. Once constructed, they reference a simultaneous sense of structure and spontaneity. The over-all forms he creates exist as abstractions of the evidence of progressing society.

For Peterson, drawing is the means to search for what one can only sense. Quiet spaciousness, both from within and outside. Searching for clues of the elusive. Seeking to understand what language cannot explain, a knowledge that exists beyond one’s limits.

Through their use of pure form, abstraction, repetition and accumulation of information, Darcourt and Peterson allow themselves and their viewers a glimpse into a metaphysical landscape, both personal and psychological.

Lois Peterson, emerita Professor of Art at Gustavus Adolphus College received her MFA in Ceramics and Drawing from Texas Tech University and currently works out of her studio in Dakota, MN.

Nicolas Darcourt received his MFA from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, and is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Art and Art History Department at Gustavus Adolphus College.

This two-person exhibition combines the ceramic based sculptural work of Nicolas Darcourt and the graphite and oil-stick drawings of Lois Peterson.

For both artists, their work is an attempt to express a larger truth, a series of connections which exists beyond daily experience.

For Darcourt, his work combines, parts, pieces and fragments into sculptural forms. Once constructed, they reference a simultaneous sense of structure and spontaneity. The over-all forms he creates exist as abstractions of the evidence of progressing society.

For Peterson, drawing is the means to search for what one can only sense. Quiet spaciousness, both from within and outside. Searching for clues of the elusive. Seeking to understand what language cannot explain, a knowledge that exists beyond one’s limits.

Through their use of pure form, abstraction, repetition and accumulation of information, Darcourt and Peterson allow themselves and their viewers a glimpse into a metaphysical landscape, both personal and psychological.

Lois Peterson, emerita Professor of Art at Gustavus Adolphus College received her MFA in Ceramics and Drawing from Texas Tech University and currently works out of her studio in Dakota, MN.

Nicolas Darcourt received his MFA from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, and is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Art and Art History Department at Gustavus Adolphus College.

This two-person exhibition combines the ceramic based sculptural work of Nicolas Darcourt and the graphite and oil-stick drawings of Lois Peterson.

For both artists, their work is an attempt to express a larger truth, a series of connections which exists beyond daily experience.

For Darcourt, his work combines, parts, pieces and fragments into sculptural forms. Once constructed, they reference a simultaneous sense of structure and spontaneity. The over-all forms he creates exist as abstractions of the evidence of progressing society.

For Peterson, drawing is the means to search for what one can only sense. Quiet spaciousness, both from within and outside. Searching for clues of the elusive. Seeking to understand what language cannot explain, a knowledge that exists beyond one’s limits.

Through their use of pure form, abstraction, repetition and accumulation of information, Darcourt and Peterson allow themselves and their viewers a glimpse into a metaphysical landscape, both personal and psychological.

Lois Peterson, emerita Professor of Art at Gustavus Adolphus College received her MFA in Ceramics and Drawing from Texas Tech University and currently works out of her studio in Dakota, MN.

Nicolas Darcourt received his MFA from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, and is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Art and Art History Department at Gustavus Adolphus College.

While the pursuit of knowledge is consistent across disciplines, what is at the core of what one hopes to learn? The gallery talk/discussion “Following the Evidence” will focus on identifying the larger objectives of research; whether visual, mathematical or scientific.

We invite the public to a free gallery talk/discussion, Thursday September 19, 5:30 pm in the Carnegie’s Rotunda with Lois Peterson, Nicolas Darcourt, and invited guests Thomas LoFaro, Professor of Mathematics and Scott Bur, Professor of Chemistry.

Lois Peterson, emerita Professor of Art at Gustavus Adolphus College received her MFA in Ceramics and Drawing from Texas Tech University and currently works out of her studio in Dakota, MN. Nicolas Darcourt received his MFA from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, and is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Art and Art History Department at Gustavus Adolphus College.

This two-person exhibition combines the ceramic based sculptural work of Nicolas Darcourt and the graphite and oil-stick drawings of Lois Peterson.

For both artists, their work is an attempt to express a larger truth, a series of connections which exists beyond daily experience.

For Darcourt, his work combines, parts, pieces and fragments into sculptural forms. Once constructed, they reference a simultaneous sense of structure and spontaneity. The over-all forms he creates exist as abstractions of the evidence of progressing society.

For Peterson, drawing is the means to search for what one can only sense. Quiet spaciousness, both from within and outside. Searching for clues of the elusive. Seeking to understand what language cannot explain, a knowledge that exists beyond one’s limits.

Through their use of pure form, abstraction, repetition and accumulation of information, Darcourt and Peterson allow themselves and their viewers a glimpse into a metaphysical landscape, both personal and psychological.

Lois Peterson, emerita Professor of Art at Gustavus Adolphus College received her MFA in Ceramics and Drawing from Texas Tech University and currently works out of her studio in Dakota, MN.

Nicolas Darcourt received his MFA from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, and is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Art and Art History Department at Gustavus Adolphus College.