Jana Anderson’s “Blueprint of Obscurity.”
Penumbra exhibition at the Washington Pavilion
Penumbra, a solo exhibition of recent work by Jana Anderson, is open through December 8 in the Visual Arts Center Contemporary Gallery at the Washington Pavilion in downtown Sioux Falls. The exhibition takes its title from the astronomy term, penumbra, meaning the shadow cast by the earth or moon over an area experiencing a partial eclipse. Anderson’s abstracted collages explore the idea of partial obscurity and cast shadows through a combination of imagery involving the internal body and the external universe. The abstractions presented are central compositions that utilize layering of materials and haptic surface quality. Her paintings at times feel like looking through the lens of a microscope, and at other times looking through a telescope. Anderson finds the separation between these two experiences of micro and macro to be collapsing ever closer. Anderson grew up in Sioux Falls and currently lives and works in Philadelphia. She has exhibited work at the Grunwald Gallery of Art and the Blueline Gallery at Untitled Light, both in Bloomington, IN, as well as The Painting Center in New York and the Minneapolis Groveland Gallery. For more information, visit the Washington Pavilion online at www.washingtonpavilion.org.
Artists selected for 2019 Prairie Art Showcase Twenty-seven South Dakota artists will exhibit their talent at the Prairie Art Showcase, held in conjunction with the annual Governor’s Invitational Pheasant Hunt. The Prairie Art Showcase is open for public viewing on Saturday, October 26, 10 am-4 pm at the Ramkota Hotel and Conference Center in Pierre. “The Prairie Art Showcase gives us the opportunity to bring the wide range of South Dakota art and the skills of our state’s artists to a new audience,” said Patrick Baker, director of the South Dakota Arts Council. “Business leaders from across the nation attend the Governor’s Hunt, expecting to experience the best of our state—and the Prairie Art Showcase gives them and their families a cultural overview of South Dakota.” The diverse selection of artists who will display and sell their work include Earl McNeil-Larson, Mission Hill; Pat Brown, Fort Pierre; Heather Kallhoff, Watertown; Dawn Rasmussen, Kadoka; Jim Schoon, Vivian; Lynda Larson, Minnetonka, MN; Larry Wold, Armour; Mark Anderson, Sioux Falls; Jae Csongradi, Pierre; Russ Duerksen, Sioux Falls; Susan Hartenhoff Haygood, Garretson; Nicole Heitzman, Parkston; Teri McTighe, Faith; Adam Oswald, Harrisburg; Josh Spies, Sioux Falls; Judy Thompson, Orange City, IA; Sharon Welch, Pierre; Kevin Aker, Rapid City; Cristen Roghair, Okaton; Deb Burckhard, Kimball; Frank Denton, Beresford; Barb Hallberg, Nemo; Chickie Harristhal, Nemo; Dave Huebner, Bushnell; Linda Meyer, Lead; Marilyn Nipe, Watertown, and Clark Martinek, Mitchell. For additional information about the Prairie Art Showcase, contact Kate Vandel with the South Dakota Arts Council at 605-773-3301 or kathryn.vandel@state.sd.us. Page 12
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Many of the artists from the 2018 Prairie Art Showcase, pictured above, will be returning for this year’s exhibition.
