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Anne Greenwood -
"Winter Count - A Forty Year Calendar"
April 6 - May 18, 2010
CLOSED April 7 - 8
Located in the Levon West Gallery

Doug Anderson -
"Cavalier High School Art Students - Exhibit"
April 6 - May 7, 2010
CLOSED April 7 - 8
NOTE: This exhibit CLOSES Friday, May 7
Located in the Northern Lights Art Gallery

Anne Greenwood grew up just outside Jamestown, North Dakota, graduating from Jamestown High School in 1985. She attended college at Moorhead State University, finishing in 1990 with a BA after brief studies at the University of Oregon in Eugene and the Glasgow School of Art. Anne studied mostly photography while attending MSU and upon moving to Portland, Oregon in 1990 she began working as a photographic assistant to photographer, historian, and archivist Thomas Robinson. At this time Anne also began working as a gardener. In 2006 Anne began the autobiographical project called Winter Count which will be on display in the Levon West Gallery. Upon finishing this large embroidery installation, Anne received a 2008 Individual Project Grant from the Regional Arts and Culture Council. Since that time she has also received a Professional Development Grant from RACC and a Career Development Grant from the Oregon Arts Commission. Anne’s statement on the exhibit, "I stitched an image from each year of my life to create this personal history. I began this project to mend my postpartum struggles after my second daughter was born. My friend read me a quote about the embroiderer Jacqueline Enthoven, which helped me find a place for my creativity. This quote says about Mrs. Enthoven’s work, "She loves to help restless people, especially young mothers, discover the peace and joy of creating beautiful things with stitches." The history and tradition of women and handwork entered my life as a strange but intuitive connection - bridging a gap I was previously unable to fill. Through handwork I was able to create a personal narrative that has joined my life as an artist to that as a mother. My mother taught me to stitch as a child as her mother taught her." Winter Counts were historic calendars used by the Plains Indians to record time pictographically. This exhibit is an artist’s interpretation of the Sioux tradition to record a personal history using hand-stitched embroidery and letterpress printing. The embroideries in the print portfolio are printed from hand-processed photopolymer plates. By scanning the pieces of fabric, a unique translation of each embroidery was made into print form. Each image is printed in an edition of thirty copies and each image is printed in a different color, matching the thread in the original sewn imagery. Portland-based artist Moe Snyder handmade the edition of twenty-five clam shell portfolio boxes. Anne lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband Mauricio Rioseco and their two girls Eva and Lucia. The Greenwood exhibition is sponsored by the ND Art Gallery Association with support from the ND Council on the Arts. On display in the Northern Lights Art Gallery will be the art work of Cavalier High School students, and their teacher Doug Anderson. The student exhibit includes drawings of various concepts and techniques, paintings in tempera and watercolor, and craft work. Doug is a 1974 Mayville State graduate and his exhibited work will include some of his teaching examples and original work. "Teaching high school art allows me to share the experience of art concepts, mediums, and art enjoyment with my students". Doug’s students have exhibited their work at Mayville State, Morden, Manitoba, area nursing homes, Prairie Hills Gallery, Grafton, area banks, and at CHS. Students with strong interests with art graduated to become drafters, interior designers, art museum directors, art teachers, graphic arts, jewelry designers, and independent artists. The Cavalier Arts and Crafts Society of Cavalier stresses the arts. This group fundraised $10,000 for a permanent CHS Art Gallery where some of the best art work is permanently on display. The gallery was built to expand into the future. Doug’s work concentrates in drawing and watercolor. His work has been on display at Icelandic State Park, Prairie Hills Gallery, Cavalier High School, two homecoming shows at Mayville State, Morden and Winkler, Manitoba, Mayville, and Pekin. Doug feels blessed with his talent and gives artwork to charities as a way to give back. Doug is currently in his 36th year of teaching art at Cavalier High School. His wife, Vonda, also teaches at CHS and they have two adult sons both living in Fargo, ND.