{"id":23733,"date":"2022-01-25T17:43:49","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T23:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/?p=23733"},"modified":"2022-01-25T18:55:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T00:55:50","slug":"artists-make-magic-in-the-memorial-union-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/2022\/01\/artists-make-magic-in-the-memorial-union-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Artists make magic in The Memorial Union Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"

The MUG showcases student, faculty artwork in the heart of campus<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sarah Heitkamp, manager and curator of UND Art Collections and The Memorial Union Gallery \u2014 The MUG, for short \u2014 says the new gallery in the heart of campus has had an overwhelmingly positive response from students, faculty and outside visitors. “During Homecoming Week, we had people from the East Coast, the West Coast and all over who shared how excited they were to see this beautiful space at their alma mater,” Heitkamp said. Photo by Janelle Vonasek\/UND Today.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cOthers have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2014 Pablo Picasso<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Those words may have been spoken first by the famous 20th century artist, but the modern-day artist, manager and curator of the UND Art Collections has lived up to them.<\/p>\n

Sarah Heitkamp said that even while she was a graduate art student at UND, she dreamed of bringing an art gallery to the heart of campus. The Hughes Fine Arts Center always had its own gallery, she said, but that\u2019s just a bit off the beaten path.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe space is great, but we just don\u2019t have the traffic there. Unless you\u2019re in the building for another reason, you don\u2019t see it,\u201d Heitkamp said. \u201cIt\u2019s just a challenge, and I think our art students and faculty definitely deserve better exposure.\u201d<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s exactly what they got with The Memorial Union Gallery \u2014 or as it\u2019s affectionately called, The MUG.<\/p>\n

The signage isn\u2019t in place yet, but Heitkamp says it soon will be at the all-glass-front gallery located prominently on the main floor of the new Memorial Union.<\/p>\n

The gallery has been in operation for five months now, but Heitkamp said it was a few years back when she first saw the blueprints for the Memorial Union and asked if a space tagged as \u201cretail\u201d might be reserved for a gallery instead. The idea was met with immediate enthusiasm from students, faculty and administrators, she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis gallery sends the message that the University really values the arts,\u201d Heitkamp said. \u201cIt has taken a lot of hard work to get to this point, where we could put a gallery in a high-traffic area where the artists are more exposed to the public and the student population.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s so incredibly rewarding to see our students have such a beautiful space to display their artwork. It\u2019s professional. It\u2019s contemporary. It photographs beautifully. Everything about it is pretty spectacular.\u201d<\/p>\n

What\u2019s more unique, Heitkamp said, is the students have a big part in operating it. \u201cOf course, I oversee it and train and mentor, but the students are really in charge of it from day to day,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The bright and roomy gallery \u2014 with its simple wood-slat observation benches and its supersized artist statement stretching the height of one wall \u2014 certainly is hard to miss. But if you\u2019ve somehow managed to bypass it so far, Heitkamp says you should swing a right at the center of the Memorial Union the next time you enter from the north. Gallery hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.<\/p>\n

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Objects from the everyday world are shrouded in pencil in artist Shona Macdonald’s exhibit called “ghosts, darkly.” Macdonald has exhibited her artwork worldwide and currently is a professor of Studio Art and Chair of the Department of Art at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Photo by Janelle Vonasek\/UND Today.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What\u2019s so special about it?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Heitkamp manages 30,000-plus pieces of artwork in the permanent UND Art Collections. And at any given time, she says up to 1,500 pieces rotate through the Living Art Museum \u2014 comprised of regular exhibit spaces in buildings across campus \u2014 along with the downtown Empire Arts Center Gallery and another gallery on the second floor of the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences.<\/p>\n

The MUG is different, Heitkamp said, in that it\u2019s reserved for artwork by current students, faculty and visiting artists \u2014 the latter of which is made possible through the UND Department of Art & Design\u2019s Visiting Artists Program and the Myers Foundations.<\/p>\n

Just last week, the gallery hosted an opening reception for artwork by visiting international artist Shona Macdonald, whose \u201cghosts, darkly\u201d exhibit explores the effect the land has on thought and feeling.<\/p>\n

In her artist\u2019s statement, Macdonald says her images in drawing and painting \u201care derived from discreet, overlooked aspects of the natural and manmade world and expand beyond the depiction of specific locations.\u201d<\/p>\n

To the casual observer, the shrouded images in her artwork appear to be both eerie and hauntingly beautiful. But that\u2019s what makes it so interesting, Heitkamp said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe artist really focuses on capturing these almost ephemeral images of just everyday things like rocks and trees. You don\u2019t know what you\u2019re looking at until you get up close, and it starts to come into focus,\u201d Heitkamp said. \u201cSome of what makes it so good is the mystery of it. As soon as you start wondering how that artist even got there, you know that you\u2019re looking at something special.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe art is already making you think and imagine all sorts of things you never imagined you would think when you first walked into the gallery. Art is magic that way.\u201d<\/p>\n

The magic \u2014 and the exhibit \u2014 will continue through April 1.<\/p>\n

Meantime, Heitkamp and her students are making some of their own magic as they explore new and different ways to create more interactive art experiences through technology such as video, moving text and QR codes that can queue up the voice of artists talking about their work.<\/p>\n

\u201cImmersive art is a totally different way of experiencing art, and that\u2019s really a focus for us going forward,\u201d Heitkamp said. \u201cWe can elevate the experience by getting that science and technology involved.\u201d<\/p>\n

In fact, the gallery\u2019s inaugural showcase, \u201cLand Art: A Partnership with Nature,\u201d was an interactive exhibit in collaboration with Graduate Program Director and Professor Patrick Luber and his sculpture students. When COVID-19 shut down classes in 2020, Luber\u2019s students went outside to get creative. They used items found in nature to create artwork.<\/p>\n

Gallery visitors were able to not only view photographs of the outdoor sculptures but also were invited to create their own masterpieces on the spot out of stones, twigs, sand and pinecones. That artwork then was photographed and shared via social media, Heitkamp said.<\/p>\n

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The intriguing pencil drawings on black paper invite the viewer to get up close. Photo by Janelle Vonasek\/UND Today.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Coming up next<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In April, the gallery will feature artwork from the nationally renowned all-female Guerilla Girls art collective. The anonymous group of feminist artists, who are known to wear gorilla masks to hide their identities, was formed in 1985 in New York City. A Wikipedia biography on the group says its mission is to bring gender and racial inequality into focus in the greater arts community.<\/p>\n

They are known for their \u201cguerilla\u201d tactics such as \u201cculture jamming in the form of posters, books, billboards and public appearances to expose discrimination and corruption.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whether you\u2019re an art aficionado or a novice, Heitkamp says everyone can enjoy a visit to The MUG.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone can appreciate art. Some people just might not realize they enjoy it because they haven\u2019t had a lot of opportunities to encounter it,\u201d she said. \u201cNow they have a place where they can do that. They can step away, take a breath and enjoy a quiet moment in the gallery before getting back to their studies.\u201d<\/p>\n

MORE INFO:<\/strong> You can see the latest about The MUG and its upcoming exhibits and programs by following \u201cUNDartcollectionsofficial\u201d on Instagram<\/strong> or \u201cUND Art Collections\u201d on Facebook<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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