Front and Center
Female Photographers from the Permanent Collection
Plains Art Museum is home to artworks by some of the 20th century’s most significant photographers, including several women. Front and Center is an exhibition of photographs selected from Plains Art Museum’s permanent collection highlighting some of these works. The images chosen utilize front and center compositions, and highlight objects and narratives both seen and unseen. Given time, each seemingly simple gesture reveals stories, tensions, mysteries and possibilities. Artists represented include Ruth Bernhard, Gloria DeFilipps Brush, Laurie Hanson, Cali Hobgood, Heidi Prenevost, and Donna Webb.
left: Laurie M. Hanson, Photo #2, c.1975, Black and white photograph, 16 x 14 ¾ in. Permanent collection
right: Donna Webb, Present, c.1980, Hand colored black and white photograph, 6 x 6 in. Permanent collection
Ongoing Exhibitions
Flight Without Fear
Using acrylic paint on pasted paper, the mural Flight Without Fear explores the dangers of city windows, which kill over a billion birds each year in the U.S. alone. This window painting serves a dual purpose, both saving birds by disrupting the deadly reflections in the window and educating the public on the importance of bird-safe glass.
View ExhibitionConvergence:
Hope, Love, Resilience, Rest, Community
This installation was created specifically for the atrium at Plains Art Museum as part of the exhibition Convergence: Health & Creativity. Inspired by Labovitz’s research on the psychological benefits of art, this piece celebrates the connection between art and well-being.
View ExhibitionS.P.A.C.E. 2024-2026
The S.P.A.C.E. (Sculpture Pad Art Collaborative Experiment) project is a public art initiative led by Plains Art Museum in collaboration with NDSU, MSUM, and Concordia College. Sculptures are displayed for two years.
View ExhibitionNo Time For Despair
To say that right now is the ideal time to make art that speaks directly to the people about social justice is an understatement. Because the very nature of art is to undertake or assume the role of a healer by shading light on the human condition.
View ExhibitionBee in Flight
Community artist and school art teacher MeLissa Kossick, who guides youth classes at the Museum on art, gardens, and pollinators, has created an enchanting mosaic design in the Creativity Pathway in the Serkland Gallery called Bee in Flight.
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