ART NOTES.Byline: The Register-Guard Paintings by the younger Sandgren at Clarke Gallery ``Painting on the 48th Parallel,'' a show of work by Aberdeen, Wash., artist Erik Sandgren, opens Tuesday at Karin Clarke Gallery, 760 Willamette St. A reception will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on April 21. Sandgren, the son of the late Corvallis artist Nelson Sandgren, studied painting at Yale University Yale University, at New Haven, Conn.; coeducational. Chartered as a collegiate school for men in 1701 largely as a result of the efforts of James Pierpont, it opened at Killingworth (now Clinton) in 1702, moved (1707) to Saybrook (now Old Saybrook), and in 1716 was and then received his master of fine arts Noun 1. Master of Fine Arts - a master's degree in fine arts MFA master's degree - an academic degree higher than a bachelor's degree but lower than a doctor's degree degree from Cornell University Cornell University, mainly at Ithaca, N.Y.; with land-grant, state, and private support; coeducational; chartered 1865, opened 1868. It was named for Ezra Cornell, who donated $500,000 and a tract of land. With the help of state senator Andrew D. . He taught art at Portland State University and other colleges before his current job at Grays Harbor College Grays Harbor College is a community college located in Aberdeen, Washington. It was founded in 1930. The college sits on an 120 acre campus in Aberdeen with "learning centers" in Elma, Raymond, Ilwaco, and downtown Aberdeen. External links
Sandgren's work is in the Museum of Modern Art, Yale University Art Gallery The Yale University Art Gallery houses a significant and encyclopedic collection of art in several buildings on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Although it embraces all cultures and periods, the Gallery possesses especially renowned collections of early and the China National Academy of Fine Art in Hangzhou, China. He and his father created the large colorful mural above the escalator in the passenger terminal at the Eugene Airport. Hours at the Karin Clarke Gallery are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. The exhibit runs through April 28. If you happen to be in Puerto Vallarta ... Spring breakers take note: Eugene artist Richard Quigley has work in a watercolor show that opens Wednesday in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The show is at Galeria Vallarta, at Calle Juarez 263 in the center of the city. An opening reception will be held Wednesday evening. |
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