The Buffalo and Native Americans

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The Buffalo and Native Americans Video Clip (1:52) The buffalo was an essential part of Native American life, used in everything from religious rituals to teepee construction.

Augsburg College Spring 2010 Show

Current Works: Finkler - Holmgren - Laker
The Gage Family Art Gallery
First level, Oren Gateway Center
Augsburg College

April 12 - May 2, 2010
Artist reception: Friday, April 16, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
“Current Works” features artists John Finkler, Kristoffer Holmgren and James Laker, professors at Augsburg College. Showcasing their most recent artwork, the joint exhibit will be comprised of [...]

Guernica Drawing Project

For our final in-class project, I had the students each take a section of Picasso’s great 1937 painting, Guernica, and draw it using charcoal. We then put them all together to form the large reproduction of the masterpiece. Throughout the quarter, we investigated many artists and styles, including DeKooning, Dali, and Chuck Close to gain [...]

Introduction to Poetry by Billy Collins

I asked my Advanced Typography students to visually “animate” this poem by Billy Collins, expecting to see 2D typographical layouts, but Nick Garcia produced this great start for a video animation of the poem.

American Gothic Project

With all due respect to Grant Wood and his iconic painting, American Gothic, we put together a number of variations on this theme for a Photoshop compositing project at the Art Institutes Int’l. Everybody in the class did a marvelous job with this project, demonstrating original thinking, humor and technical virtuosity. Here are a few [...]