Nobles County Art Center receives SMAHC grant
Money will help preserve facility's permament collectionWORTHINGTON — A matching grant from the Southwest Minnesota Arts and Humanities Council (SMAHC) has given Nobles County Art Center a gift of preservation for its permanent collection.
- 'Square Concept'
- Inside the gallery
- Also in the collection
WORTHINGTON — A matching grant from the Southwest Minnesota Arts and Humanities Council (SMAHC) has given Nobles County Art Center a gift of preservation for its permanent collection.
As a result of the grant, an exhibition will begin Sunday to showcase works from the art center’s permanent collection. Forty pieces that were framed or had their existing frames repaired will be displayed.
“Some pieces were not in shape that we could exhibit at all,” said Nobles County Art Center Director Jean Bunge, adding that most of the art work to be exhibited Sunday will be displayed to the first time. “Like the oil paintings on canvas, for example, cannot be exhibited without frames.”
Bunge and her husband, Martin, have been co-directors of the Nobles County Art Center for almost three decades.
“We collect art from various artists but they must have some connection to this gallery or this area in order to have their pieces accepted,” Bunge said, explaining that the center’s collection has grown from six to about 450 pieces.
“When we have an area show we like to buy something, but of course it’s governed by our financial situation because we’re a non-profit,” she said. “We try to buy a few things that we think are representative of our area. Quite often, we also buy from emerging artists.”
The month-long exhibition will feature mostly abstract art by coincidence.
“We have an earlier piece by David Strom from Windom,” Bunge said, adding that Strom had previously worked on jungle-themed art work. “He came around here and saw that the grain bins looked remarkably like jungle houses. Now he has branched out to grain bins.”
Other artists featured in Sunday’s exhibit include Bobbi Douglas Prickett, Pat Adams, Eyob Mergia and Judale Carr.
“He (Carr) donated some of his work to us,” Bunge added.
The grant of $2,039 is available, in part, through appropriations from the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the state’s general fund, and the arts and cultural heritage fund that was created by vote of the people of Minnesota on Nov. 4, 2008.
The exhibition is scheduled from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday and will continue from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Mondays to Fridays.
Daily Globe Reporter Ana Anthony can be reached at 376-7321
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