​W. Scott Olsen is a professor of English at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. The author of twelve books of narrative travel/adventure nonfiction, mostly about road trips and flying a small airplane, his work frequently appears in literary and commercial magazines as well as newspapers. His photography has been published in magazines internationally and been exhibited in galleries throughout the region. He lives in Moorhead. 

A Memory of Steel is a collection of images taken at the abandoned Fargo Foundry in Fargo, ND the day before the building was destroyed by fire.

http://blog.cord.edu/wscottolsen

​Kandace Creel Falcón, Ph.D. is an interdisciplinary feminist scholar, writer, and visual artist. Their life’s passion grounds the power of narrative for social transformation. As a Xicanx femme feminist, KCF’s work is driven to disrupt conventional notions related to femininity and domesticity. Drawn to interdisciplinary inquiry and mixed-media methods of painting, fabric arts, and writing KCF brings together various mediums to make sense of the world around them. She lives and works in rural Erhard, MN. 

Roots is a contemporary series of narrative paintings which examine the legacy of Mexican born migrant workers who built the Santa Fe Railroad in Falcón’s native state of Kansas during the early part of the 20th century. 

www.kjcfalcon.com / IG @ArtofKCF 

Thursday, August 18, 2022

​Artist David Waage discusses the photography in his exhibit, Syrian Refuge at his opening reception Thursday, June 9, 2022.

​Jim Fletcher discusses his time as a US soldier during the Vietnam war during his artist talk at the opening reception of NAM: Now a Memory (March 24-May 28, 2022, Main Gallery).

​Did you know that Kaddatz Galleries records the artist talk portions of their receptions and streams them via Facebook Live?  The button below will connect to the upcoming Facebook Live stream which will begin at 6 pm on Thursday, January 6, 2021.

Kaddatz Resident Artists
November 26, 2021 - January 6, 2022
Joint Closing Reception: 5-7 pm, Thursday, January 6, 2022

​The Kaddatz Resident Artists exhibition, consists of work from three of the artists who live and create in the artist lofts that are located upstairs from the galleries in the upper two levels of the Kaddatz building.
VIRTUAL TOUR HERE
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Karla Gallagher
"I paint with acrylics on canvas and board. I also draw using markers, gel pens, graphite and occasionally charcoal. My subjects are mostly people but I enjoy drawing animals and flowers and often bring them together to tell a story. There are times when I just like to create with no specific intention other than to make something beautiful and pleasing to look at. On the other hand, If I really feel strongly about something and it needs to be expressed, I study my subjects and explore ideas and emotions in order to allow the imagery to be designed in my mind. I enjoy making art that people can relate to, that isn’t obscure or hard to understand. I want them to get it, to feel it and to walk away feeling better or moved in some way.

​The style of my work is inspired by Klimt and has developed and evolved over the years due to different influences like the Zentangle method and a love of making repetitive patterns. It’s addicting, therapeutic and so satisfying to me."

2021 LRAC Artist Cohort
November 26, 2021 - January 6, 2022
Joint Closing Reception: 5-7 pm, Thursday, January 6, 2022
The 2021 LRAC Artist Cohort exhibition contains work from four of the selected artists from this year's Lake Region Arts Council's annual Artist Cohort program.
VIRTUAL TOUR HERE
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Kandace Creel Falcón
Kandace Creel Falcón, Ph.D. (b.1981) is an interdisciplinary feminist scholar, writer, and visual artist. Their life’s passion grounds the power of narrative for social transformation. Drawn to mixed-media methods of painting, fabric arts, and writing KCF brings together various mediums to make sense of the world around them. They live and work in rural Erhard, MN with their wife, chickens, goats, cats, and chihuahuas.

www.kjcfalcon.com
Instagram: @ArtofKCF

​Main Gallery, 10/6-11/18
Reception: Thursday, November 18, 5-7PM
Artist Talks begin at 6 pm and will also be made available via Facebook Live -link here.

Lisa Bergh: Dear Diary

“My work examines the cerebral and aesthetic weight of our internal, emotional worlds. Working with paper is central to my process, using the material to merge the techniques of drawing, painting, sculpture, and installation. I repeatedly access a visual vocabulary constructed from the language of abstraction.  I seek to magnify visual and physical gestures, illustrating emotional tension, and constructing sculptural mark making.  My creative methodology fuels my interest in our intellectual and emotional responses to color, space, and architecture.

Dear Diary is informed from sense memories, my own and those that have become mine. The works on display are fragments pulled from an ephemeral catalog of experience, time, and place; interactions from the past and present bundled into objects weighted by color, tension, and their subjective recollection and presentation.

In addition to my studio practice, I work as an advocate for the rural arts and culture movement and serve as an art instructor for Ridgewater College.”

​Studio K, 10/5 - 11/18/2021; Reception: Thursday, 11/18, 5-7PM
Artist Talks begin at 6 pm and will also be made available via Facebook Live.

ALL THAT CHROME

“The automobile holds a top position in the American psyche. It’s more than just our primary mode of transportation. It prompts strong emotions for many of us.

For me, it’s all about thoughtful and unmistakable design: the horizontal curved brow over a teardrop-shaped taillight on a 1959 Chevy Impala. Even in the dark, it’s the turn signal lens separating pairs of headlights at each corner of a 1967 Olds Cutlass.