Art Reception - Jenny Nellis: Contemplating Nature

Please join us Thursday, September 21, 2023 from 5PM - 7PM for the opening reception of Jenny Nellis: Contemplating Nature, This event is free to attend and open to the public with an artist talk scheduled for 6PM. Jenny Nellis: Contemplating Nature is on view in the Main Gallery September 12 - October 28, 2023. Also at Kaddatz Galleries in Studio K through September 30, 2023 - C. Beck: Blocks & Prints as a part of A year of Beck. About the Exhibition ‘Contemplating Nature’ features a range of works honoring the intersection of art and science including a 42-piece series of collages focused on textures, colors, forms and shapes found in nature featuring tiny seeds, seedpods, leaf and flower buds, flower parts, and other plant and insect fragments. Also included in this exhibition are large-scale basswood carvings inspired by seed pods and nature elements. About the Artist Jenny Nellis is an artist who taught at the Morris campus of the University of Minnesota for 35 years at the time of her retirement in December 2011. She is a sculptor who taught Basic Studio; Drawing and 3D Design, Life Drawing, Artist’s Books, all levels of Sculpture, and Honors; Intersections of Art and Science. She is a Morse/Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Studio Art Emeriti, a member of the Academy of Distinguished Teachers, served as Assistant Academic Dean for students and Chair of the Division of Humanities. Nellis exhibits locally, regionally and nationally. She is currently serving on the Board of the Lake Region Arts Council.