Past Exhibits

Register online at https://wiscartists.wildapricot.org/event-4510107 or for more information please contact Lisa Sage at lsage@nicoletcollege.edu.

Anyone 14 years or older is invited to submit art for this exhibit, which is sponsored by the Wisconsin Regional Artist Association (WRAA) and Wisconsin Regional Arts Program (WRAP) of the University of Wisconsin. The exhibit culminates in a workshop on Saturday, April 2 from 10 am - 2 pm, which includes a lecture or demonstration and educational critique. Meritorious work selected from the numerous WRAP exhibits around the state will be displayed at the annual state WRAP exhibit.

CALL FOR ARTISTS!

We're excited to announce the return of the acclaimed Northern National Art Competition (NNAC) in 2022! The NNAC is a cooperative venture between Nicolet College and the Northern Arts Council. This unique national competition will open June 16 and is open to all all US resident artists 18 years or older. Registration deadline for entry is Friday, April 1. 

The Northern National Art Competition began in 1987 with a mere 37 entries. Today, the show attracts the work of artists from all across the United States with hundreds of entries as diverse as the artists themselves and showcases a wide array of contemporary art in a variety of two-dimensional mediums.

The Juror for this 35th NNAC will be Emily Lanctot, who is the Director & Curator for the DeVos Art Museum School of Art & Design at Northern Michigan University (see bio information below).

Don't miss this chance to exhibit your art in one of the coolest little galleries in the Northwoods! More than $8,500 in prize money will be awarded.

Register here: https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=9922

Welcome the return of the light on the darkest day in the Northwoods Community Garden. Brave the cold and participate in solstice folk traditions, hot beverages, and a ritual burning marking the end of Ian Chandler’s garden installation “AMASS.” Artist Ian Chandler remarks, “Nothing is permanent, as much as we may like to think so. But that just means we all have a cycle of our own, which is something to cherish and love, and of course, reflect on. So, in reflection of my own cyclical truth, I will ceremoniously be burning my installation AMASS and allowing the sculptures themselves to come to end, and return to the Earth and Sky.” This event is hosted in partnership with the Northwoods Community Garden.

View the Northern National Virtual Retrospective.

Nicolet College and the Northern Arts Council are pleased to announce the Northern National Virtual Retrospective. The Northern National Art Competition is a 34-year tradition. While we have had to suspend the exhibition for two years due to the pandemic, we are excited to offer this virtual retrospective and opening celebration featuring a historical overview of the birth of this illustrious competition and its impact on the arts in the Northwoods. We will revisit the Northern National Archives and highlight prizewinning artists and memorabilia. We invite past artists to post their memories, comments, and personal updates on their career trajectories on our Nicolet Gallery Facebook page.

Artwork: Audience Choice Award, Sheila Stilin, Rhinelander, WI, That Mona Look — Watercolor 2004

A Conversation with Objects

A silent call and response conversation between you and an unseen co-creator. Using objects, shapes, and images, you will co-create a story over the course of 45 minutes. Designed for one person at a time. Learn more about other Art by Appointment projects please visit www.artbyappointment.org

Reserve your personal 45 minute session at the Nicolet Art Gallery June 25-27 by visiting www.nicoletce.tix.com. Please reserve by June 18 as sessions are limited.

Ian Van D.
Installation June 4-7, 2021
On View Summer 2021
Nicolet College Campus

Artist Ian Van D. will be installing his site-responsive sculpture AMASS on the Nicolet College Campus this summer. This project is part of a series of outdoor installations that present household and rural material as ceremonious gatherings. To create these works, Ian seeks out barn wood, disregarded fence posts, old frame boards, and of course sticks and bark from the land to create totemic structures, eventually installing them directly into the ground as groupings or gatherings. The objects are meant to haunt the spaces they are installed in, and they take on an eerily figurative posture, looming over their peers, and jutting into and out of our environment. While working in Rhinelander, Ian will be working to understand the land itself and to better understand the ever-changing language of form and space. In turn, once AMASS is installed at Nicolet College, it will be a part of a larger series of installations across the United States. To learn more about Ian Van D. and his work please visit www.ianvand.art

Workshop: July 10

Anyone 14 years or older is invited to submit art for this exhibit, which is sponsored by the Wisconsin Regional Artist Association (WRAA) and Wisconsin Regional Arts Program (WRAP) of the University of Wisconsin. The exhibit culminates in a day-long workshop including a lecture or demonstration and educational critique. Meritorious work selected from the numerous WRAP exhibits around the state will be displayed at the annual state WRAP exhibit.

Artist Ian Van D. installed his site-responsive sculpture AMASS on the Nicolet College Campus this summer. This project was part of a series of outdoor installations that present household and rural material as ceremonious gatherings. To create these works, Ian uses barn wood, disregarded fence posts, old frame boards, and of course sticks and bark from the land to create totemic structures, eventually installing them directly into the ground as groupings or gatherings. The objects are meant to haunt the spaces they are installed in, and they take on an eerily figurative posture, looming over their peers, and jutting into and out of our environment. AMASS at Nicolet College is part of a larger series of installations across the United States. To learn more about Ian Van D. and his work please visit www.ianvand.art.

Environmental Art is a great way to connect with our natural world and immerse yourself in the creative process while having fun outside. Do you want to reduce your stress by spending more time outside doing something creative? Or do you just love making things and just want to try something new? Environmental Art is a growing field in the visual arts and there are numerous artists around the world making exciting Environmental Art.

This is an opportunity for you and maybe your family, to learn how to make your own site-specific environmental art installations and to learn about this growing field from artists and educators. Thielking and Robinson will give a presentation introducing environmental art, its history, and a range of exciting contemporary works in the field. They will also talk about their own environmental work and their collaborations with the international Catching A Wave Collective (CatchingaWave.org). Participants will be making several environmental site-specific works, will document them and share them through a virtual gallery, and will be invited to share their work with other participants in a follow up conversation. No experience necessary and all ages welcome.

Instructors: Lisa Beth Robinson & Kristin Theilking
10 am - noon
Saturday, May 22
$25
REGISTER ONLINE

Participants will be mailed supply kits or can pick them up at Nicolet College and invited to the class via email. Zoom links will be available for a limited period of time after the live class.