In the early years of the gallery, exhibition announcements were prepared on a monthly basis as exhibits changed more frequently. Though we are reaching the end of October, better late-than-never to share the poster that announced the exhibits that were on view in the University Gallery just over a half-century ago (October, 1958):

My eyes widened this week after I came across an online article from the Star Tribune, which reported upon the recent uncovering of lost artwork of the Minnesota artist Josephine Lutz Rollins: "Unburied treasure in Stillwater"

I've come across a few visitor's register books in the files from the 1980s and 1990s (visitors wrote their name, where they hailed from, and any comments about the show.) I began perusing the register for the 1989 show Recaption/Recontext, featuring photographs from the Cray Research/Film in the Cities collection. The show was curated by photographer Vince Leo, who paired each photograph with a quotation about photography from a variety of sources, thus "recaptioning and recontextualizing" the images.

The Traveling Photo Booth @ WAM-o-RAMA was a hit! Check out a slideshow below of the hilarious, brilliant, & strange photo strips. Can you spot WAM Collective? Can you spot the most awesome photo strip? [Hint: they're the same photo.]

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In 1952, the University Gallery held an exhibition of the works of Marsden Hartley. This promotional poster notes the dates of the exhibition: