{"id":30388,"date":"2017-11-30T09:37:36","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T15:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/?p=30388"},"modified":"2017-12-07T16:48:16","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T22:48:16","slug":"harlow-kleven-gallery-debuts-dec-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/30\/harlow-kleven-gallery-debuts-dec-2\/","title":{"rendered":"BSU’s Harlow|Kleven Gallery at Watermark Art Center Debuted Dec. 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two historic art collections at Bemidji State University and the women who made the collections possible were honored when the exhibit “A Lasting Gift” debuted at the Harlow|Kleven Gallery in Bemidji’s new Watermark Art Center<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n

When the gallery opened to the public at a Dec. 2 dedication ceremony, visitors explored portions of BSU’s Margaret A. Harlow Ceramic Teaching Collection and Lille M. Kleven Print Collection. Harlow and Kleven were contemporaries at BSU — both alumna of the school, Harlow graduated in 1936 and Kleven in 1937.<\/p>\n

The Harlow Ceramics Collection was established by Harlow, a BSU alumna, in 1973. The collection, which today includes more than 400 pieces, includes work by professional ceramics artists from around the world and is used as a teaching tool for BSU students. The collection includes ceramics from all eras, including modern work and a terra cotta piece produced in Turkey that dates to the first century A.D. It also supports a scholarship by purchasing work produced by a BSU student for permanent inclusion in the collection.<\/p>\n

Kleven, also a BSU alumna, established her print collection at BSU in 1979. The collection, which today includes more than 800 pieces, includes work produced using a variety of techniques including woodblock, Lino cuts, serigraphs and lithographs, among others. It includes work by world-renowned printmakers, including Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Like the Harlow collection, the Kleven Print Collection supports a scholarship by purchasing work produced by a BSU student for permanent inclusion in the collection.<\/p>\n