The exhibition, Aviate, featuring the work of Amy Haney is exhibited in the Mills Gallery from March 4 – April 12 with a reception for the artist at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 11. “I incorporate birds, insects and animals into my work. I enjoy the personalities that come across with their postures, gestures, colors […]
Read moreThe works of Paul Andrew Wandless are exhibited in the Mills Gallery from Monday, January 15 until March 1. Wandless has been designated the Allison B. Allen Visiting Artist during Spring 2024. He will conduct a workshop on applying printmaking processes to clay in the ceramics and printmaking classes while in residence at Central, February […]
Read moreThe exhibition, “Kiddin’ Around: Works in Progress” features paintings and collages of Grant William Thye, Class of 1993, in the Mills Gallery from September 25 – October 27. The inspiration for this show came from his children as the artist explores the journey between creating new artwork and having young children in his studio. Some […]
Read moreThe work of Jennifer Drinkwater is exhibited in the Mills Gallery from August 23 – September 22 with an artist’s reception held at noon on Friday, September 22. The exhibition features paintings, prints, and embroidered works from her 168 Hours series and The What’s Good Project. 168 Hours is an embroidered archive of 24 […]
Read moreThe work of Howard Paine is exhibited in the Mills Gallery from January 23 – February 24. His exhibition of woodcut, lithograph, and digital prints is titled Into the Fading. An artist’s reception will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday, February 23 in the Mills Gallery. Paine’s large-scale digital prints are part of a series […]
Read moreThe work of 1992 Central College graduates, Dorina Miller Parmenter, Brian Roberts, Nicola Vruwink, and Lee Wassink, is exhibited in the Mills Gallery through October 26. The exhibition, Thirty Years Later, aligns with their thirty-year class reunion and commemorates twenty-five years since a 1997 exhibition, Five Years Later, showcased the same individuals in […]
Read moreThe work of Nadine Saylor is exhibited in the Mills Gallery through September 23. An artist’s reception will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday, September 22 in the Mills Gallery. Her glass work investigates the rise and fall of the American economy while preserving its history in glass. “I like to think of my work […]
Read moreCentral professors, Treva Reimer and her husband, Keith Ratzlaff (both now emeritus) periodically attend art openings at Olson-Larsen Galleries in Des Moines. During one of these events, they found themselves lingering on one piece in particular. As they gazed at this photographic print, each separately came to the realization that this image would make the […]
Read moreRuss Nordman’s work offers a fresh perspective on imagery that is quintessentially Iowan. A native of this state, Nordman has traveled through all ninety-nine counties photographing farm equipment and architecture. Nordman manipulates his photographs into kaleidoscopic designs that bear semblance to Eastern mandalas. Nordman’s artist statement describes his fascination with the relationship between human and […]
Read moreby Joe Hoksbergen As we installed his work in the Mills Gallery, I realized that Jonathan McFadden’s artwork might challenge some who view it, not because of offensive content, but because the conceptual tenor. Unlike so-called traditional works of art contained in frames, McFadden’s works burst out from the frame into the gallery space. The […]
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