Art Museum

Mailing Address: Augustana College Art Museum, 639 38th St, Rock Island, IL 61201 Director: Sherry C. Maurer Phone: 309.794.7231

Mission

The Augustana College Art Museum and Collection provides opportunity for all to experience excellence, educational inquiry and variety in the visual arts. Original art objects reflect strength of mind and spirit and the history of human accomplishment in a diverse and changing world. The program serves the college and community through art collection, preservation and exhibition, and also provides a valuable component to an Augustana liberal arts education through study, teaching and research using original art. The average season attendance for tours and programs exceeds 35,000.

Location

Centennial Hall, at the front of the building located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Seventh Avenue and Thirty-eighth Street, Rock Island.

Public Hours

Noon - 4 p.m., Tuesdays through Saturdays when school is in session (September through May) The changing exhibit galleries are open when special events are held in the auditorium.

Group Tours

Group tours are available with an appointment made in advance when exhibits are displayed, no fee required. Individuals requiring special accomodations please call 309.794.7279.

Parking

Campus tickets given to community visitors should be turned in to the Art Museum guards for cancellation (as long as visitors do not park in illegal areas)

No admission fee!

2012-2013 Events

August 22 through October 23 (closed Labor Day Weekend): Tranquil Power: The Art of Perle Fine

The work of Perle Fine (1905-1988) opens a window into and reevaluates a fascinating period of American art. An active participant in the first wave of American abstract art of the 1930s, Fine took part in the trajectory of Abstract Expressionism- from Cubist-inspired geometry and symbol systems to full-fledged gestural action painting... (read more)

Art Beat with WAUG

Thursday, August 30, Sunday, November 18, and Tuesday, March 26; each program 8 to 9 p.m.

Once each academic term, enjoy a social hour in the art museum featuring a live music broadcast with students of WAUG Radiotour.

Friday, September 14, Larson Hall, 7:30 p.m., followed by a reception in the Augustana College Art Museum: Guest speaker Dr. Gail Levin, Distinguished Professor of Art History, American Studies, and Women's Studies at the Graduate Center and Baruch College of the City University of New York on "Perle Fine and Lee Krasner: From the Hofmann School to Abstract Expressionism"

Support for this program is provided by the Augustana College Institute for Leadership and Service, the Augustana College Art Museum and the Paul A. Anderson Chair in the Arts Endowment.

Dr. Gail Levin, Distinguished Professor of Art History, American Studies, and Women's Studies at the Graduate Center and Baruch College of the City University of New York, is the author of many impressive scholarly books on twentieth-century artists. In 2011, her book Lee Krasner: A Biography was published as a culmination of research on Krasner as a pioneering Abstract Expressionist painter... (read more)

Saturday, September 15, 10-11 a.m., 1-2 p.m.: Family Weekend Exhibition Tours of Art Museum

Sunday, October 14, 1-2 p.m.: Homecoming Saturday Tour of Art Museum

During tours, lively informal discussions of the current exhibition will be led by Sherry Maurer, director of the art museum. Advance registration appreciated at (309) 794-7231; limit of 50 people.

Monday, October 15, 7:30 p.m., lower gallery of art museum: Visiting Artists' Presentation: Wence and Sandra Martinez

As a couple, Sandra and Wence Martinez have forged a unique marriage of Wence's pattern-driven weaving and Sandra's signature glyphic drawing. The Martinez Studio is located in Jacksonport, Door County, Wisconsin. Wence was raised in a centuries-old commercial weaving center, Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico... (read more)

Several examples of the artists' work will be on display in the permanent collection gallery from August 21-October 16.

November 13-February 9 (closed holiday breaks November 22-26 and December 14-January 7): Liberal Arts through the AGES Interdisciplinary Art Historical Inquiry 2012-2013

Liberal Arts through the AGES (Augustana General Education Studies) centers Augustana's art history collection in the winter-term liberal studies program. The accompanying exhibition catalog and first-year textbook is the fifth book published in seven years for this project. This is an unprecedented collaboration of over 210 contributionsfrom faculty, administrators, alumni, and students, representing various majors and minors, and the classes of 1987-2014... (read more)

Saturday. January 12, 1:30-2:45 p.m.: Exhibition Tour of Art Museum: Relating Music and Visual Art through the AGES

An informal discussion of the current exhibition among Augustana College faculty will begin with an introduction by Dr. Catherine Goebel, Paul A. Anderson Chair in the Arts and professor and chair, Department of Art History (see above listing). Music faculty Drs. Deborah Dakin, Daniel Culver and Frederick Jaeschke will share insights on relationships between music and works in the exhibition... (read more)

March 5-April 21 (also open on the following Sundays: April 7, 14 and 21 from noon to 4 p.m.; closed for Easter holiday, March 29-April 3); catalog available as of April 5 reception: Thirty-seventh Annual Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition

Open to visual artists working in any media except video, this annual juried competition for artists residing within a 150-mile radius of the Quad Cities is co-sponsored with the Rock Island Art Guild. Entry specifications are on the Call for Entries to be mailed in November and online at www.augustana.edu/artmuseum. The image entry deadline is January 21. More than $3,000 in awards may be presented, including the Sally MacMillan Watercolor Award given in recognition of the founder of the Rock Island Art Guild... (read more)

Friday, April 5, 4:30-6:30 p.m.: Reception for the Thirty-seventh Annual Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition

The catalog will be debuted. Refreshments served. Awards will be announced in the Art Museum at 5:40 p.m.

April 27-May 18 (closed for final exams May 14-16): Senior Studio Art Student Exhibition

Senior Inquiry is the culminating experience of an inquiry-based curriculum that asks students to bring synthesis, analysis and reflection to their college years through a capstone project... (read more)

Wednesday, May 8, 7 p.m.: Walking Tour

Exhibiting student artists will discuss their works in the Augustana College Art Museum during a 50-minute program.

Sunday, May 19, 12:45-2 p.m.: Closing Reception for the Senior Studio Art Student Exhibition

Meet the artists and enjoy refreshments in the Art Museum.