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Subject: Opening receptions for two art exhibits today!
Submitter: Kerry Morgan, Coordinator of Galleries and Exhibits, Art
Message: Join us between 6 and 8 p.m. this Thursday, July 13, as we celebrate the opening of two new art exhibitions. Meet local artists Randy Walker and Mary Reid Kelley and enjoy free food and drink.
Randy Walker's exhibition "By a Thread" is featured in the Gage Family Art Gallery and Mary Reid Kelley's installation "Paper Union" is highlighted in the Christensen Center Art Gallery.
Subject:
Your chance to acquire an original Molder
Submitter:
Jennifer A Kahlow, Director Princ Gifts, Development
Message:
Art sale this Friday and Saturday. This is your chance to purchase an original piece of August Molder art.
Who was August Molder?
August Molder was born in January 14, 1914 in Estonia. He spent his youth on a farm where he was known for his drawings of farm animals. After graduating from high school everyone in his family expected him to enter the Pallas, the college of the arts in Estonia. He attended the University of Tartu to study law graduating with his masters in civil law in 1944. In 1944 the Russian forces advanced on the German forces, who had occupied Estonia in 1941. Wartime conditions prompted August to leave his native land with only a razor, toothbrush and a comb in his pockets. Accompanied by some university students he walked south out of Estonia and worked as a farm hand in Germany until the Allies were close enough for him to join them. Molder finally reached Augsburg, Germany where the camps were set up for refugees. He joined a group of artists and received a license from the city to become a freelance artist. This made it possible for him to buy the materials for his work. He sold his watercolors of Germany to US GIs.
After the war August immigrated to Australia, where he began to paint as much as possible. In Canberra he met his future wife, fellow Estonian emigree, Susan Raid. They lived in Australia for ten years and moved to the US in 1958. Here he was able to devote himself fulltime to his artistic pursuits. He became artist in residence at Augsburg College in 1962. He both taught and executed the bulk of his work from his studio at Augsburg College.
His stained glass windows were commissioned for numerous churches in the upper Midwest and are sought by both private collectors and businesses. Among the commissions are St. Olaf College, Northfield; First Lutheran Church, White Bear Lake; and the Augsburg College Meditation Chapel. He also worked in oils mixing his dry pigments in linseed oil for his own personal effect.
When August died in 1982 an art scholarship was established at Augsburg College. In April 2006, Susan died. The remaining collection of Molder works will be on sale at Augsburg College this Friday, July 14 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday, July 15 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Century Room. Among the items for sale are cartoons of the original stained glass windows, oils and acrylics that evoke the texture of the windows. Watercolors, monotypes and wood blocks are also available. Prices have been kept reasonable to reflect the wishes of the family that those connected with Augsburg College would be able to afford a piece of August Molder's vast portfolio.
None of the works are framed. All are matted or are on stretched canvass ready to frame. There are nudes, all of which are of his wife, landscapes and watercolors. His oils and acrylics are primarily abstracts that are built up in surfaces in his trade mark three dimensional style. His monotypes are also over painted to get a really great texture and feel. The only religious works are in his woodcuts. Prices should run between $35 and $1000. Open to the public.
Subject:
Loooking For Research Volunteers
Submitter:
Ana Chilingarishvili, Student
Message:
Research title: The Psychological Impact of War on Children
Eligibility: Adults of any age who were exposed to war during childhood.
The goal of this research is to examine the psychological impact of war on children. Research volunteers will be asked to do an interview about their childhood experience of war. As an incentive volunteers will receive a cash payment of $25. As an indirect benefit to participation, volunteers will be contributing to increase the existing knowledge of the long-term psychological impact of war on children.
If you're interested in participating in this study please contact Ana Chilingarishvili at chilinga@augsburg.edu or by phone: 612-501-4498.
Interviews start approximately June 26 and will be completed by mid-July. Please contact Ana as soon as possible since the number of volunteers needed is limited.
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