College Art Department hosts alumni exhibition March 24

Come Live Inside the Seashore by Jes Lee Shimek (left) and Plowed Earth Vase by Erick Wiger (right)

March 15, 2016

Join Anoka-Ramsey Community College Art Department for the opening reception of:

1st Annual Art Department Alumni Exhibition
Opening Reception
Thursday, March 24
6 to 8 pm
Coon Rapids Campus Visual Art Center
Public invited. Refreshments will be served.

The exhibition, running through April 23, showcases 36 former students who attended Anoka-Ramsey from 1985-2015 with works ranging from glass to printmaking, silver photography to digital imaging, painting, drawing to ceramics and various sculptural approaches. The exhibition also highlights the unique art facilities offered at Anoka-Ramsey.

The alumni have fond memories of their time at Anoka-Ramsey and are thrilled to be invited back for this showing.

“Anoka-Ramsey has a tremendous foundational curriculum that inspired me and drove me to pursue art as a career,” said former student Austin Eckstrom. “I wouldn't trade my years here for anything.”

“I attended Anoka-Ramsey Community College to get my first two-years completed of a four-year degree. My intent was to transfer to the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management; that was until I walked into Laura Migliorino’s painting class,” said Shirl Chouinard. “From that moment on I knew art was where my soul came alive, and I never looked back.”

List of alumni artists:

Philip Anderson	Stephen Edstrom	Jeannine Spooner Kitzhaber	Heather Oxendale
Austin Applequist	Kevin Eldstrom	Jenna Kornberg	Christopher Paris
Wesley Applequist	Heather Fine	Nancy Johnson	Arie Perry
Melissa Barron	Trisha Flaherty	Alli Luhmann	Gustin Schumacher
Aaron Becker	Adam Good	Mike Milam	Jes Lee Shimek
Misty Briesemeister	Abby Jean Goodell	Megan Monson	Skyler Snyder
Clayton J. Burns	Christopher Gray	Mayu Nagaoka	Pearl Vasseur
Shirl Chouinard	Kate Hellings	Blake Nelson	Erick Wiger
Austin Eckstrom	Anthony S. Hounder	Tom Nye	Xu Yang

The Art Department faculty members have maintained relationships with many alumni and look forward to future alumni exhibitions.

“This alumni show is a testament to the amazing faculty, students and staff who have passed through the doors of this department,” said Laura E. Migliorino, Art Faculty member.

For more information about the educational activities at Anoka-Ramsey Community College, visit AnokaRamsey.edu.