As if to embody the year 2020 as we now understand it, Scale is an evolving theme in evolving times. Scale will underscore the nature of equality and justice for artists and the work they create. The exhibition will engage the viewer with questions about the inequality of engaging with work. Scale is a positive and proactive exploration of the information we employ to determine the intrinsic value of the artwork in our midst. Guest artists include Arthur Gonzales, Nuokan…

The Anderson Center presents Course of Nature, a mixed media group exhibition in the Main Gallery that opens October 9 and runs through November 21, 2020, during open hours of Wed-Sat 11-4; Thursdays 11-7. The Anderson Center stewards nearly 300 acres in the Cannon River Valley as a nature preserve. Four featured artists engage with the land, water, and plants as co-creators in their work. They make images of place or use foraged organic materials to create ephemeral works that…

Material, voice, color, activism, texture, and mastery of all of the above are on offer this month. Brent Pafford’s delight in the exploration of material captivates and happily forces conversation about object. The rhythmic surfaces, patterns, and colors of Matt Repsher’s work is hypnotic and satisfying in a more hushed fashion. Tricia Schmidt submits charming characters with covert messages of revolt, and Kurt Brian Webb conveys modern unrest and contemporary story, and both of them work fluidly between 3D modeling…