Art Seminar: Rosanne Olson

Artist and Photographer Rosanne Olson will be presenting “Living a Creative Life” in the Art Seminar series at Minot State University’s Memorial Hall, Room 114 at 12:00 pm on Friday, October 14. Olson is currently exhibiting her Retrospective Exhibition, ‘A Creative Life,’ at the Northwest Arts Center at Minot State University.

Olson earned her BS in Medical Technology from Minot State University and her Master’s degree in Journalism from the University of Oregon. During her 40-year career Olson has worked in multiple genres of photography—newspaper, magazine editorial, advertising, and fine art. As an educator, she has taught for more than 25 years at the Photographic Center Northwest in Seattle, as well as at workshops and conferences. Her commercial clients have included New York City Ballet, Seattle Symphony, and the Seattle Opera.

Olson’s images have garnered numerous awards and have been featured in Communication Arts, Photo District News, More Magazine, View Camera Magazine and more. Her work was recently featured in Graphis issue 362, an international magazine of the arts. Her fine art photography is represented by the Robin Rice Gallery in New York City and Iris Gallery in Boston.

She is the author of three books, including This is Who I Am—our beauty in all shapes and sizes (a book about women and body image) which was featured on Good Morning America. She has also written two instructional books (Amherst Media) for the courses she teaches: ABCs of Beautiful Light and The Art of the Portrait.

Learn more about Olson and her work at http://www.rosanneolson.com/ and https://rosanneolsonmusic.com/

Arts Seminar presentations offer students and the public the opportunity to learn about the work, lives and experiences of guest artists visiting Minot State University. Co-hosted by the Minot State University Art Department, this event is free and open to the public. We invite you to attend! Masks are not required, but individuals who are not fully vaccinated or deemed vulnerable are encouraged to continue to wear masks. Memorial Hall is located on the Minot State University Campus.

This program is funded in part by a grant from the North Dakota Council on the Arts, which receives funding from the state legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts.