Marsha Wooley. Balancing Rock, 2007. Oil on canvas. Nagel Hall Art Collection, University of Denver
In September 2008, original artworks from the Nagel Hall Art Collection were installed throughout the new Nagel Hall residence building at the University of Denver. The vision for the Collection is to enhance the undergraduate experience through daily exposure to paintings inspired by nature, including landscapes, still lifes and other subjects. Unlike other art placed on campus, these paintings are not particularly accessible to the public, since most are located within the secured residential areas. We hope they will help make the residential experience memorable for years to come. For information and locations of artwork click here.
Several works are on display at DU’s School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management (HRTM). We are also pursuing other opportunities to show artworks from the collection. For example,an exhibition of donated works by retired chair of SAAH Mel Strawn was displayed at the Denver Central Library in their 2007 exhibition Mel Strawn: All Together Now, 1940s-2000s
Other projects include newly-installed works by alumna Marion Buchan and by one-time adjunct professor Arnold Ronnebeck at DU’s Newman Center for the Performing Arts.
At the Newman Center, one of DU’s highest-profile facilities, we have already facilitated the installation of a mixed-media work by SAAH alumna the late Lee Milmon, generously donated to the University by her family. These projects exemplify our commitment to preserve and promote the legacy of distinguished faculty and select alumni of our programs. For assisting us towards this goal, we also acknowledge the gift, on the occasion of her retirement from the SAAH faculty, of a vibrant large-scale drawing and a delicate collograph print by professor of printmaking Bethany Kriegsman.
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