An article by Rafael Francisco Salas, professor of art and chair of the Department of Art and Art History, was published Jan. 31 by Urban Milwaukee magazine. “Powerful Art By Prison Inmates” is about the ground-breaking exhibit “Art Against the Odds,” on view through March 11 at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. The […]
Two exhibits curated by Ripon College art students are on view through the end of September at the Ripon College Museum in West Hall. The exhibits can be viewed any time the building is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The exhibit “Let’s ‘van Gogh’ to New York! Prints by Greg […]
“Willow and Ware,” prints and hybrid media works by Jessica Meuninck-Granger, will be on view Feb. 3 through March 3 in Caestecker Gallery, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts at Ripon College. An opening reception will be held Feb. 3 at 7 p.m. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public. Meuninck-Ganger’s […]
Scott Strazzante ’86 of Mill Valley, California, is featured in a recent interview for OnChain Magazine. “Scott Strazzante’s Whitney Houston,” a show and sale of his work, are part of the OnChain Media+Entertaiment “Women of Authenticity” series. Strazzante is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist for the San Francisco Chronicle and an author. The interview highlights Strazzante’s […]
“Palatial Remix,” an installation exhibit by Minnesota artist Liz Miller, will run Oct. 28 through Dec. 9 in Caestecker Gallery, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, at Ripon College. An artist talk will begin at 7 p.m. Oct. 28 in Demmer Recital Hall, followed by a reception in the gallery. Miller creates abstract installations in […]
Rafael Francisco Salas, professor of art and chair of the Department of Art and Art History, is the guest curator for an exhibit for the Museum of Wisconsin Art. “Strange Lands: The work of Tom Antell, Chris T. Cornelius, and Sky Hopinka” opens Friday, Oct. 7, at the MOWA|DTN Gallery, the museum’s satellite location inside […]
“Reclamation,” an exhibition of work by Sacramento, California, artist Chris Christion, will run Sept. 9 through Oct. 6 at Ripon College. The exhibit will be on view in Caestecker Gallery, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. An opening reception will begin at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9, with an artist’s talk in Demmer Recital Hall. […]
“Summer’s End,” an exhibit by Professor of Art Rafael Francisco Salas,” is on view through Sept. 22 at Baer Gallery, Bush Art Center, at St. Norbert College in De Pere. A reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Sept. 8. The exhibit is described as imagining “a metaphorical change of season. It is […]
Whitney Levash Meza ’09 of Ripon, Wisconsin, has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Women in Powersports by DealerNews magazine. In the summer of 2021, Meza rode Harley-Davidson Corp.’s 2021 Pan America Special bike across 48 states in eight days. She had partnered directly with Harley-Davidson for a 10-day challenge and completed her […]
Associate Professor of Art Travis Nygard has a chapter in the new book A Companion to American Agricultural History, edited by Douglas Hurt and released June 1. His chapter, “Agriculture and Art,” explores how farming has been depicted in art over the past 200 years, showing that paintings, sculptures, photographs and illustrations have helped farmers […]
The sculpture “Synchronicity,” by Ann and Kim Pahlas, is installed between Smith and East halls on the campus. It was created in 2000 as a gift from the class of 1998. “After more than two decades outside, it really needed work,” says Travis Nygard, associate professor of art history. “The College hired the Pahlas Metalworks […]
Rafael Francisco Salas, professor of art and chair of the Department of Art and Art History, will speak Thursday, April 21, for the spring Identity Series lecture at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD). The event will start at 6:30 p.m. in the Union. The MIAD Identity Series engages a diverse set of […]
The late Lester O. Schwartz, professor of art at Ripon College from 1944 to 1977, will be the focus of a presentation by the Ripon Historical Society Thursday, April 21. The event is free and open to the public. It will begin at 7 p.m. at the historical society headquarters, 508 Watson St., but people […]
“Perseverance,” an exhibit featuring 1,000 tiny prints in collages by Fond du Lac artist Mel Kolstad, will be on view April 2 through May 3 in Caestecker Gallery, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, at Ripon College. A reception and artist talk will take place at 6:30 p.m. April 29 as part of the Spring Arts […]
Christopher T. Wood, adjunct instructor of art, has been named the 13th artist-in-residence at The Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee. Wood, a Milwaukee-based pataphysical illustrator, will work in hotel’s lobby-level Artist Studio for one year beginning April 1. By applying unique processes he has developed, Wood creates drawings consisting of powdered graphite and exquisite shading that […]
Travis Nygard, associate professor of art, was featured on a news report Thursday on the television station Fox 11 News. The segment can be viewed here. The report is about a table hand-crafted in Ripon in 1892-93. The Ripon Historical Society is raising $3,000 to cover the cost of purchasing the table from a Seattle […]
Bill Quistorf ’80 of Everett, Washington, chief pilot with the Snohomish County Helicopter Rescue Team in Washington state, is featured on an episode of National Geographic’s “Extreme Rescues.” The “Back from the Dead” episode details a dramatic and dangerous mountain rescue in 2018. The segment featuring Quistorf’s rescue team begins at the 30:40 minute mark, […]
Work by interdisciplinary artist Zach Mory will be on view Feb. 4 through March 11 in Caestecker Gallery, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. An artist’s talk and opening reception will be held at 7 p.m. Feb. 4. Caestecker Gallery is open from 2 to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and from 2 to […]
Adjunct Instructor of Digital Art Christopher T. Wood is a candidate for the prestigious Pfister Hotel Artist-in-Residence in Milwaukee. Candidates for the award will have their work on display in the Pfister during Gallery Night and Day in Milwaukee from 5-9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21. The Pfister Hotel Artist-In-Residence program has been recognized locally, nationally […]
“Tide Charts: Ebb and Flow,” an exhibit of mixed-media artworks by James B. Thompson ’73, is on view through Feb. 25 in Western Oregon University’s Cannon Gallery of Art. Thompson taught at Ripon College, Washington University in St. Louis, the University of Alaska and, lastly, as a professor of art and curator in the art […]