On view through September 25th, 2010
Harry and Laura Nohr Gallery, Ullsvik Hall,
University of Wisconsin – Platteville
This is the second annual exhibition that ArtsBuild has produced on the agricultural theme. We again had a very strong response to our call for entries. We received submissions from artists coast to coast, which included photography, painting, sculpture, fiber art, video and mixed materials. The jurors - Bill Grover and Nonda VanGulden – certainly had their work cut out for them. They did a great job and selected a broad range of works in many mediums.
The show we installed includes over 60 pieces of work from a variety of fascinating artists: ArtsBuild participants, other non-affiliated regional artists, Chicago-based creators, and those as far away as Maine and California.
I’m thrilled to note that the artwork on display accurately reflects the complexity of our modern relationship to agriculture. From photographs whose purpose is to document routine farm activities, paintings that capture the excitement of the change of seasons, or express the magnitude of landscape and sky, or pieces that comment on the influence of agribusiness on farming process and lifestyle, the works selected provide a poignant view of the rural and agrarian traditions of America.
Art Meets Ag is timed to coincide with the fall harvest. The theme is especially meaningful in the southwest Wisconsin area, with our remarkable diversity and quality of agricultural products and landscape. I invite you to take a look around you on your way home from this show, and be mindful of the visual vigor of our region in autumn.
ArtsBuild is tremendously grateful to Brad and Peggy Biddick for providing continuing support to both the ArtsBuild program and the Art Meets Ag exhibition. We couldn’t do it without them. The ArtsBuild program and this exhibition are also supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board, with funds from the State of Wisconsin. We thank them!
- Carole Spelic’
Contact: 608-342-1314 or spelicc@uwplatt.edu
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