It’s fall semester of the 2016-2017 school year. WAM Collective will continue to hold it’s once a month study nights. What is WAM Collective you might ask? It is the Weisman Art Museum’s official student group. The focus of the group is to help bring together the WAM and U of M community through innovative and social activities. Study nights at the Weisman give students a place to relax and focus. Features of study nights include hands-on art making, gallery tours,…

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As students, we know the drudgery of studying. We also know that sometimes all you need to focus is a little change of scenery. So, starting next Wednesday, October 16, and following once per month after, WAM Collective is pulling you out of your dreary dorm room and into the most interesting building on the University of Minnesota campus – the Weisman Art Museum. Surrounded by art, and a perfectly curated playlist, you will feel inspired and enlivened by that…

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Charles Biederman Untitled, Paris, April 1937 Oil on canvas, 51 1/4 x 38 1/4 in.   ABOUT THE ART This abstract painting is created from sharp-edged, geometric shapes and bright primary colors. Shapes are flattened in some areas and give an illusion of depth and dimension in others. Artist Charles Biederman creates ribbons of color that look like they could be made of steel. The shapes float in a field of yellow, some floating forward and overlapping, others receding. The…

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