The easel exhibit, Experience Art in Southeastern Libraries, opened at URC Gallery at Rochester Community and Technical College in Rochester, MN on September 14, 2011. Richard Hutton & Andrea Costopolous, both past SEMVA presidents, welcomed guests and talked briefly about the exhibit.

easel is funded solely with money from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund (ACHF) through a Library Legacy grant to SELCO from the Minnesota Legislature.

A reception and gallery talk highlighted the easel exhibit at the University Center Rochester (UCR) Gallery on September 14, 2011.  Past SEMVA Presidents Andrea Costopolous and Richard Hutton shared remarks about how the show moved from conception to reality.  Planning for this cooperative endeavor between SEMVA and SELCO began in February 2010, the first installation of the traveling art collection launched in October 2010 and the show will run through December 2011 having visited 17 locations.

Pictured in the photo below are SEMVA Past President and Presenter of the easel gallery talk, Richard Hutton with Ann Hutton, SELCO Executive Director.  For more photos of easel at the URC Art Gallery, click here.

SELCO’s travel art exhibit, easel, was installed at the University Rochester Center (URC) on September 7, 2011 for public viewing by students, faculty, and community members.  There will be a gallery opening on Tuesday, September 14 from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.  For more photos from easel at URC, click here.