“01,” an exhibit of art by Alex Orellana-Mizell, will open with a reception and artist’s talk at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8, at Ripon College. The exhibit will run through Dec. 13 in Caestecker Gallery, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Both the reception and the exhibit are free and open to the public. The […]
Mollie Oblinger, associate professor of art, has work in two current exhibits. The three-person exhibit “Somatic Shapes” is running through Sept. 30 at the James May Gallery, Algoma, Wisconsin. A solo show, “In Which the Bottom is Collapsing,” is a portrait of the evolving ecosystem of the Great Lakes. Silhouettes of the nonnative species, the […]
An exhibit of conceptual art by Wisconsin artist CV Peterson will open with a reception at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20, at Ripon College. The exhibit will run through Oct. 18 in Caestecker Gallery, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Both the reception and the exhibit are free and open to the public. CV Peterson […]
A closing reception for the exhibit “The Midwest Paint Group: Responses to Ripon College’s Van Dyck Paintings” will be held Sept. 6 at C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, Ripon College. The reception and a panel discussion will begin at 7 p.m. Two large, old master portraits by Anthony van Dyck hang in the lobby […]
“Lester O. Schwartz: A Retrospective,” an exhibit of work by the longtime Ripon College art faculty member, will run Aug. 1 through Sept. 21 at Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts in Fold du Lac. The exhibit is organized by the artist’s daughter, Tanya Schwartz-Roeper ’88 of Ripon. An opening reception will be held from […]
A closing reception for the exhibit “Rafael Francisco Salas: For God and Country” will be held from 6-8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2, at Portrait Society Gallery, 207 E. Buffalo St., fifth floor, in Milwaukee’s historic Third Ward district. The event is free, food and drinks will be available, and Salas will talk at 7 p.m. […]
“Rafael Francisco Salas: For God and Country,” an exhibition of work by the Ripon College associate professor of art, will open with a reception from 6-8 p.m. Friday, June 21, at Portrait Society Gallery in Milwaukee. The gallery is located at 207 E. Buffalo St., fifth floor, in the Historic Third Ward district. Salas also […]
A public art project by Mollie Oblinger, associate professor of art, will be unveiled May 25 along a newly created section of the Kinnickinnic River Trail in Milwaukee. An article about the project was published May 15 on the Urban Milwaukee website. Oblinger will attend the noon unveiling which will be held in conjunction with […]
An exhibit of work by senior art majors will be on view May 3-19 in the lobby C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Seniors Rebecca “Becky” Bajt of Mazon, Illinois; Ellen Frost of Appleton, Wisconsin; Madeline “Maddie: Hantzsch of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin; Khun Maung if Yangon, Myanmar; and Amelia “Emmi” Nievinski of Eland, Wisconsin; will present […]
Gene Kain, professor emeritus of art, will show recent work in “Painted Steel Wall Reliefs” at Bare Knuckle Arts, 1949 Winnebago St., Madison. The exhibit will open from 5-9 p.m. Friday, May 3. The gallery is run by Amy Mietzel ’91, also a practicing artist. (Recent work by Gene Kain)
Sculpture by Andrew Redington, of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh faculty, will be on view April 5-May 3 at Caestecker Gallery, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, at Ripon College. An opening reception and artist’s talk will begin at 7 p.m. April 5. They are free and open to the public. Gallery hours are 1-5 p.m. […]
Family ties brought Erika Doss ’78 to Ripon College, but she stayed for the inviting, friendly environment on campus, forming some of her closest adult friendships here. Doss was offered a generous tuition waiver because her father, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy Seale Doss, taught at Ripon. Doss majored in history and art, and then attended […]
The iconic image of World War II-era Rosie the Riveter was the basis of a senior seminar research project by Madeline Hantzsch ’19 of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Hantzsch, who is majoring in studio art and minoring in psychology, examined Norman Rockwell’s depiction of Rosie the Riveter and the influence that went into the historical piece’s dynamic […]
The exhibit “Music and Art” will be on view Feb. 1-March 8 in Caestecker Gallery, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, at Ripon College. This exhibit will focus on connections between music and the visual arts, curated by Ripon College students and Sarah Kraaz, professor of music, the William Harley Barber Distinguished Professor, and College […]
Paul Hausch ’13 of Madison, Wisconsin, is one of five students nationwide to be selected to have design work included in the exhibition “The Road Ahead: Reimagining Mobility” at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York. The exhibit will run from Dec. 14 through March 31, 2019. It will feature 40 projects that […]
“Out of the Attic and Into the Gallery: Art from Local Collections” will be on display from Nov. 9 through Dec. 14 at Ripon College. The exhibit will be in Caestecker Gallery, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. An opening reception and talk by curator Travis Nygard, associate professor of art and director of the […]
Associate Professor of Art Mollie Oblinger had a solo exhibition of works July 19 through Sept. 1 at the Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts in Fond du Lac. An interview with her, discussing her current works, her interest in the outdoors and water issues, and several photographic examples of her work was published on […]
Ripon College has been named the No. 1 school in Wisconsin whose grads earn the most in mean wages 10 years after graduation. The study, using data collected by the United States Department of Education, was published this week by Zippia, a new website dedicated to helping recent graduates with their career choices. The report […]
“Mexican-American Artist Brings Unique Perspective Of Rural Experience,” a profile about Ripon College Associate Professor of Art Rafael Francisco Salas, was posted by Wisconsin Life July 9. Salas, who also writes as an art critic for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper, discusses analyzing his own work, taking inspiration from rural America and his mixed-race identity. […]
Associate Professor of Art Mollie Oblinger will participate in WaterMarks, a public art project, Saturday, June 9, in Milwaukee. WaterMarks invites artists, scientists, students and community members to explore together our connections to the land, the lake and rivers. On Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to noon, Oblinger and Nancy Frank, associate professor of urban planning […]