Eeeek! I have photos hanging in an art gallery!

Not as part of an art exhibition, to be fair, but it is an art gallery, and I’m easily excited :-).

Wide load
Wide load

As mentioned earlier, I submitted a number of photos for consideration in a call for art for UMM’s new Welcome Center. Much to my delight two photos were in fact chosen, being I think the first two pieces of mine to ever be purchased as art (as opposed to illustration or journalism). The first is the train panorama above, and the second is the turbine shot below.

Turbine, sun, and fog
Turbine, sun, and fog

Michael Eble (the curator for UMM’s HFA Gallery) also asked if he could exhibit four other photos (below) that I submitted in the 2010 Celebration exhibition in the HFA Gallery! They’re hanging now (in the upper level down at the end). There will be special showings during Founders Weekend, September 23–26 and Homecoming Weekend, October 8–10, and the exhibit closes on 16 October.

Evening jam
Evening jam
All work and no play
All work and no play
Scheming a brother's downfall
Scheming a brother's downfall
Reflecting on pasts and futures
Reflecting on pasts and futures

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From the 2010 Welcome Center Open House
2010 Welcome Center Open House (not by me)

The University of Minnesota, Morris, recently open its new Welcome Center, a major renovation of what had become a sad little building into a shining, spiffy new space. Among other things, it’s a real tribute to the campus’s commitment to sustainability:

When certified, the Welcome Center will be the first LEED Platinum building in the University of Minnesota system; the first LEED Platinum building on the National Register of Historic Places; and one of only thirteen higher education LEED Platinum certified buildings in the world. The Welcome Center is also the first building in Minnesota to use energy efficient chilled beam technology.

They’ve put out a call for art for the building, with a particular interest in work from alumni and others connected to the campus. In a foolish moment, I’ve submitted 20 photos. Now we wait and see if they want to purchase any of them!

Turbine and abandoned cars (retinex)
Turbine and abandoned cars (retinex)

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