Get Lost

Laura and Erin grew up as neighbors on the border of Lebanon Hills Regional Park in Dakota County, Minnesota where outdoor exploration shaped their current artistic practices. Immersed in nature, the artists worked on site at Silverwood where they painted and filmed the landscape. In this exhibition, the viewer is encouraged to Get Lost in nature to find a sense of place.

The September 10th reception will be hosted outdoors on the patio and we will allow small groups of 10 or less to view of the show. Masks will be required. More details about the event, gallery hours, and social distancing procedures will be available as the date nears.
 

About the Artists
Laura Andrews is a painter who lives and works in Minneapolis. She currently teaches drawing and painting at Minneapolis College. She began her art practice as a plein air painter and the habit/compulsion continues to this day.

Andrews received an Artist Initiative Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board in 2011 and a Community Supported Art grant from Springboard for the Arts in 2014. Her paintings were featured in “Vice Versa” at the Phipps Center for the Arts in 2015, “Heart of a Place” at Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts in 2017, and “Integrated Vision” at Duluth Art Institute in 2020. Her paintings and drawings focus on the relationship and interaction between people and the natural world.

Erin Goedtel is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in Minneapolis, MN.
She studied painting and art history at the University of Wisconsin - Stout. During her undergraduate studies she traveled to Europe during the spring of 2000 and attended Northbrook College of Art in Worthing, England, and a summer residency in Mercatale, Italy. She received her BFA in 2003. Erin received her MFA from Indiana University in 2011 with an emphasis in painting.

Throughout her career she has worked in a variety of capacities as educator, curator, arts entrepreneur, and administrator in the visual arts and music. In the past decade she was the visual arts instructor to Winona State University, the Perpich Center for Art Education, and Inver Hills Community College where she was additionally gallery director of Inver Hills Fine Art Gallery. Erin was also programming and festival coordinator to the 30th annual Sunflower Chamber Orchestra Music Festival in Topeka, Kansas.

She relishes opportunities to collaborate with artists of other disciplines, graphic designers, art directors, and creating original artwork for musicians, music videos, and feature films that include the Coen Brothers, and musicians Elton John, Miranda Lambert, Kacey Musgraves, and Prince.

Gallery Hours and Covid-19 Protocol

• Tuesday, September 8 from 4-6 pm
• Wednesday, September from 4-6 pm
• Thursday, September 10 from 4 – 6 pm with an opening reception from 6 – 8 pm
• Beginning September 11th, the gallery is open Friday - Sunday and Tuesday from 9 am – 5 pm and subject to change due to programs and rentals.

They will allow small groups of 10 or less to view the show. Please wear a mask and socially distance from other guests when in the building.