UNI Gallery of Art : CURRENT EXHIBITS

August 20 – September 16, 2007 George Longfish - A Retrospective Internationally known artist George Longfish, who is of Seneca and Tuscarora descent, is best known for his vibrant abstract paintings about identity, spirituality and justice. In 2004, he was one of 12 featured artists at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. Spanning 35 years of work, the retrospective honors these accomplishments with 35 original pieces in a variety of media, four of which will be added to the UNI Permanent Art Collection at the conclusion of the exhibition's tour to Montana, South Dakota and Texas. The works to be donated include a mixed-media work titled "Bag a Red Heart for Valentine's Day," one large-scale painting titled "I Wanna Dance with the Rosebud Sioux This Summer" (see image below), and two medium-sized paintings, "Untitled" and "3,000 Miles." Norman Jones of Davis, Calif., has loaned these four works to the organizers of the traveling exhibition, and they will ultimately be donated to UNI. Jones and his late wife Lois, a UNI alumna, have been long-time supporters of UNI.	Artist's Lecture re-scheduled for Oct. 10 at 7 p.m., KAB 111. Free and open to the public For more information about this exhibition, please contact Darrell Taylor at GalleryOfArt@uni.edu This exhibition was organized by The Montana Museum of Art & Culture at the University of Montana, Missoula, Mont. and is sponsored in part by the Florence Hartwig Foundation and grants from the Montana Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.

August 20 – September 16, 2007

George Longfish - A Retrospective

Internationally known artist George Longfish, who is of Seneca and Tuscarora descent, is best known for his vibrant abstract paintings about identity, spirituality and justice. In 2004, he was one of 12 featured artists at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian.

Spanning 35 years of work, the retrospective honors these accomplishments with 35 original pieces in a variety of media, four of which will be added to the UNI Permanent Art Collection at the conclusion of the exhibition's tour to Montana, South Dakota and Texas. The works to be donated include a mixed-media work titled "Bag a Red Heart for Valentine's Day," one large-scale painting titled "I Wanna Dance with the Rosebud Sioux This Summer" (see image below), and two medium-sized paintings, "Untitled" and "3,000 Miles."

Norman Jones of Davis, Calif., has loaned these four works to the organizers of the traveling exhibition, and they will ultimately be donated to UNI. Jones and his late wife Lois, a UNI alumna, have been long-time supporters of UNI.

Artist's Lecture re-scheduled for Oct. 10 at 7 p.m., KAB 111.

Free and open to the public

For more information about this exhibition, please contact Darrell Taylor at GalleryOfArt@uni.edu

This exhibition was organized by The Montana Museum of Art & Culture at the University of Montana, Missoula, Mont. and is sponsored in part by the Florence Hartwig Foundation and grants from the Montana Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.