Joan Soppe: “Vignettes”

Mills Gallery presents “Vignettes,” a solo show of artists’ books by Joan Soppe. Through her use of nontraditional materials and book-making techniques, Joan brings new and sometimes unexpected reflections on daily life. Joan focuses on one-of-a-kind and small-editioned artists’ books  which use handmade papers, letterpress and intaglio as the foundation of my work, while metal, […]

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Teresa Faris: “Displaced”

Mills Gallery exhibits the work of Teresa Faris’s jewelry.   Teresa’s work explores the notion of advantage and disadvantage that, adjacently, resides within all beings. Privilege comes in many forms ranging from skin/eye color, physical and mental ability to class, status and power. Teresa Faris is Associate Professor and Area Head of the Metals program at […]

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Celebration of Asian Art

This exhibition features items from the collections of Chia Ning, Central College professor of history, and of Pella residents and world travelers Susan Kuyper and Tom Stanley. The works represent a variety of eras, media, artists and Asian cultures.   Chinese Accordion fold book     Exhibit Dates:  Sept. 19 – Oct. 10, 2018 Reception:  […]

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Pella Invitational Exhibition

Local Pella artists, Sallie DeReus, Robert Franks, Joe Hoksbergen, Marlyn Hoksbergen, Mathew Kelly, Treva Reimer, Brian Roberts, and Heidi Schulte exhibit their work in the Mills Gallery. Exhibit dates:  August 22- September 14, 2018. Reception:  August 30 at 5:30 in the gallery.

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