Art galleries and collections at the St. Norbert College Bush Art
Center
The art galleries and the Art Collection provide opportunities for
a less structured form of aesthetic education at the College. One
can view art of various mediums and placements at their own pace
and as often as they wish. The galleries are free and open to the
public.
BAER GALLERY
With the opening of the Carol and Robert Bush Art Center in January
2002, the Art program at the College now has three distinct
galleries. The
Baer Gallery, named
in recognition of the donors Frederick and Patricia Baer, is the
largest of the three and is the venue for the scheduled
exhibitions. These shows include senior art major exhibits, the
Annual Juried Student Art Show, the Biennial Art Faculty Exhibition
and the major showings obtained form local, regional, national and
international sources. The usual exhibit is on display for three
weeks with occasional receptions and special Saturday hours. This
affords opportunities for diverse selection of shows to best serve
our viewers with a variety of what is being artistically produced
today. The Baer Gallery is a contemporary space of natural white
walls and ceiling, flexible track lighting and a wooden floor. It
has nine feet tall glass doors that encourage a peek even when the
gallery is closed. All of the galleries open onto the octagonal
lobby of the building that is used for gathering and reception
space.
PERMANENT COLLECTION
GALLERY
This space is a new concept to the College that promotes and
displays the holdings of the permanent art collection. A
considerable portion of our collection is utilized in various
buildings, meeting rooms, hallways and offices. Large, fragile,
unusual or new additions to the collection are shown in the
Permanent Collection Gallery.
GODSCHALX GALLERY
The Jeanne M. Godschalx Gallery was the first art gallery on
campus. Its inception was in 1976 and was located in the John
Minahan Science Hall. Upon the completion of the Bush Art Center,
the Godschalx Gallery was relocated there. This is the smallest of
the three galleries, but its impact is significant in that it
promotes the continual activities of the Art program through the
changing displays of art student projects. This gallery space is
occasionally used to exhibit temporary art displays that are
arranged besides the formally scheduled Baer Gallery exhibitions.
For information about the art program at St. Norbert College, see
the
Art discipline site.
