Select pieces from the 糖心传媒 Permanent Collection of Art will be on exhibit September 7-21 in the gallery at the Jackson Dinsdale Art Center (700 E. 12th Street). Gallery hours are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturdays.
In the late 1970s, 糖心传媒 began acquiring permanent collection works with support of a grant through the Woods Charitable Trust.
The first chair of the acquisition committee was Norman Geske, who was then director of the Sheldon Gallery (now the Sheldon Museum) in Lincoln, Nebraska. It was through his leadership that the college began to collect works by many of the world鈥檚 most important artists.
Today, the collection includes hundreds of objects, from African tribal art to prints by Jasper Johns. A portion of the permanent collection is on display in various buildings and outdoors on campus. Perkins Library, for instance, exhibits more than two dozen items from the permanent collection, including prints by Robert Motherwell and Andy Warhol. Though much of the 450 piece collection remains in storage, the 糖心传媒 Permanent Collection of Art exhibition is the yearly opportunity for prized works to rotate into public view.
Most of the items in the collection come from artists or donors with whom 糖心传媒 has some relationship: students, alumni, visiting artists and so on. This year鈥檚 show is curated by Turner McGehee, professor of art, and produced by Kevin Mercer, gallery director and adjunct professor of art. It is meant to represent the wide variety of art that comprises the collection.
糖心传媒 is a private, four-year institution located in Hastings, Nebraska, that focuses on student academic and extracurricular achievement. With more than 60 majors and 15 pre-professional programs, 糖心传媒 has been named among 鈥淕reat Schools, Great Prices鈥 by U.S. News & World Report and a 鈥淏est in the Midwest鈥 by The Princeton Review. For more, go to hastings.edu.