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Gallery Exhibit: Agnes (Bobbie) Alsgaard-Lien
- Exhibit runs
- July-August, 2012
Agnes (Bobbie) Alsgaard-Lien | Rushmore | Painting
The SMAHC Gallery will feature works by Agnes "Bobbie" Alsgaard-Lien from July 12 through August 31, 2012. Inspired by landscapes in Mexico, Ireland, Italy, South Dakota and Minnesota, this group of paintings entitled "The Places I Have Been," was created over the last ten years of Alsgaard-Lien’s travels.
A native of Sioux Falls, SD who now lives in Rushmore, MN, Bobbie considers herself lucky to have attended a school system that valued the arts and included the arts in the classroom curriculum. She remembers, "The first time my artwork was exhibited was in a traveling High School Art show. The exhibition traveled to Rapid City, Aberdeen and Pierre, South Dakota. I remember working on this piece for weeks and when it was selected for the tour I was proud, but also knew that the right hand bottom corner was not quite right! I still examine my artwork with a critical eye.”
Instead of traveling with a camera, Alsgaard-Lien brings her art supplies to record the places she's been. "The paintings are my translations
A native of Sioux Falls, SD who now lives in Rushmore, MN, Bobbie considers herself lucky to have attended a school system that valued the arts and included the arts in the classroom curriculum. She remembers, "The first time my artwork was exhibited was in a traveling High School Art show. The exhibition traveled to Rapid City, Aberdeen and Pierre, South Dakota. I remember working on this piece for weeks and when it was selected for the tour I was proud, but also knew that the right hand bottom corner was not quite right! I still examine my artwork with a critical eye.”
Instead of traveling with a camera, Alsgaard-Lien brings her art supplies to record the places she's been. "The paintings are my translations
of a three dimensional space placed on a two dimensional surface. I have always visually explored shape, texture, color and space, with the purpose of creating artwork that speaks to the viewer about a space."
Alsgaard-Lien has received many awards for her work, including SMAHC’s Prairie Star Award in 1998 and, most recently, a Legacy Grant from SMAHC in 2010 to visually record 33 county parks in Southwest Minnesota.
Additional information and images of Alsgaard-Lien's work can be found on her website at: agnesnora.com
The public is invited to visit the SMAHC art gallery at its new downtown location (114 North 3rd Street, Marshall) and talk with the artist at a reception from 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM on Thursday, July 19. Then stop in at another reception on the same night for Pat Hand’s exhibit of pottery & sculpture at the Marshall Area Fine Arts Council (MAFAC), right the street from the SMAHC Gallery. Regular SMAHC Gallery hours are Monday - Friday, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00 - 4:30 pm.
Alsgaard-Lien has received many awards for her work, including SMAHC’s Prairie Star Award in 1998 and, most recently, a Legacy Grant from SMAHC in 2010 to visually record 33 county parks in Southwest Minnesota.
Additional information and images of Alsgaard-Lien's work can be found on her website at: agnesnora.com
The public is invited to visit the SMAHC art gallery at its new downtown location (114 North 3rd Street, Marshall) and talk with the artist at a reception from 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM on Thursday, July 19. Then stop in at another reception on the same night for Pat Hand’s exhibit of pottery & sculpture at the Marshall Area Fine Arts Council (MAFAC), right the street from the SMAHC Gallery. Regular SMAHC Gallery hours are Monday - Friday, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00 - 4:30 pm.
