As SELCO’s first traveling art exhibit, easel, draws to a close, the Kasson Public Library sponsored a Gallery Talk highlighting easel artwork on Monday, December 12, 2011.  MariClaire Flemming, an Olmsted County artist, and Richard Hutton, artist and Past SEMVA President, were featured speakers.  Hutton provided general background information from initial planning to installation of art on location, as well as details on the artists’ interpretation of books, letters, reading, authors, or the library theme.  Flemming shared details about her specific entry in the show, Your Love.

Left to right:  Ann Hutton, SELCO Executive Director, Mariclaire Fleming, Artist, and Richard Hutton, Artist and SEMVA Past President

SELCO’s Flickr collection includes more photos of easel in Kasson.

Beginning in October 2010 SELCO’s first ever traveling art exhibit, easel Experience Art in Southeastern Libraries has toured the region.  The Kasson Public Library will host the last of the public displays of this select collection depicting the artist’s interpretation of books, letters, reading, authors, or the library.  The easel exhibit will be available in Kasson for viewing from November 27 through December 22.

Select pieces are still available for sale and holiday giving. Check your holiday giving list and give a unique gift.  For more information on prices and how to purchase, contact the SELCO office.

For more photos of easel at the Kasson Public Library, check SELCO’s Flickr collection.

As the schedule for the first traveling art tour winds down, there is excitement in St. Charles with the easel installation in that community.  The St. Charles Public Library will host the exhibit from November 1 – 23, 2011.  SEMVA artists installed the show on November 1 and Library Director, Sharon Grossardt, reported positive responses from library patrons that very first day.  Click here for more easel photos from St. Charles, check SELCO’s Flickr photo collection.

The exhibit includes 31 original works of art created by artists living in the 11 southeastern counties.  SELCO and SEMVA have collaborated on the joint that launched over a year ago in October 2010 during the Minnesota Library Association annual conference in Rochester.  The call to artists interested in submitted works for a second juried exhibition is currently underway.  Works will be accepted for consideration from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 pm, December 5-9.  For more information on the call to artists, click here.

While the SELCO – SEMVA joint Library Legacy project is nearing the completion, the art show still has places to be and be seen before the end of the year.  From October 4 – 27, the exhibit is on display at the Harmony Public Library.  Stop in for a look!  A number of the pieces have been sold, but others are still available.  Consider a purchase as a great way to support local artistic endeavors.

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.

The Spring Valley Public Library will host the easel traveling art exhibit from Friday, August 12 through the Labor Day weekend and end Tuesday, September 6.  The Library will be an artistic community hub during this time and will also feature several other art experiences including a display by area quilters.  For more views of easel on site, click here.

SELCO’s traveling art exhibit, easel - Experience Art in Southeastern Libraries, was installed at the Plainview Public Library on Monday, July 18.  The colorful display of regional pieces are scattered throughout the children’s area on bookshelves and walls.  The Library’s theme for this year’s summer reading program is: One World, Many Stories which provides a delightful backdrop to an art collection focused on the library theme of a books or books, letter or letters, author, reading or library.

The easel exhibit will be at the Plainview Public Library from Monday, July 18, to Tuesday, August 9, 2011.

For more photos of easel at the Plainview Public Library, check SELCO’s Flickr account.

The easel (Experience Art in Southeastern Libraries) has moved to the Winona Public Library.  Ann Hutton, SELCO Executive Director, and Richard Hutton, SEMVA Past President and prime installer for the traveling art exhibit installed the show on Friday, June 17, 2011.  The exhibit featuring 31 pieces of art focused on a library theme will remain in Winona until July 15.  The Art Room at the library features a variety of exhibits during the year hosted by the Winona Fine Arts Commission.

For a chance to see more photos of the Winona installation of easel, check SELCO’s Flickr page.