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Me, Myself, and the Darkness

August 3, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

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Saturday hours are 1-5 pm beginning August 14, closed Sunday and Monday
Free

The Northwest Arts Center presents ‘Me, Myself, and the Darkness,’ an exhibition by North Dakota artist and photographer Johnathan Campbell, on view in the Northwest Arts Center’s Walter Piehl Gallery from August 3 through 31.

As a teenager, Campbell was introduced to the basics of photography and darkroom printing by his mother. He carried that interest to the University of North Dakota where he earned a BA in Visual Arts in 1995. After working in the paleontology field as a fossil preparatory, a 20 year hiatus, Campbell picked up his camera again in 2014. His current primary area of expression is long exposure photography, with an emphasis on creative light painting. Campbell’s re-exploration of light manipulation often finds him as the artist and subject of his work.

“I put myself into my work for the challenge and satisfaction of being behind and in front of the camera. Whether it be a self-portrait where I’m the focus of the photograph of a light painting where I’m all but invisible to the camera as I dance through the darkness, I am part of my art.”

A reception with the artist is scheduled Tuesday, August 31 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Both exhibition and reception are free and open to the public. Masks are not required, but individuals who are not fully vaccinated or deemed vulnerable are encouraged to continue to wear masks.

The Walter Piehl Gallery is located in the Northwest Arts Center on the lower level of the Gordon B. Olson Library, with its own entrance on the south side of the library. It is open TWThF, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 1-5 p.m beginning August 14 and by special arrangement. It is closed holidays.

This project is made possible by the North Dakota Art Gallery Association and is supported 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.

Details

Date:
August 3, 2021
Time:
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Cost:
Free
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Venue

Northwest Arts Center
500 University Ave W
Minot, ND 58707
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Phone
701-858-3264
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