Reception & Curator's Talk | "Christian Petersen: A Sense of Place in Campus Life"

Date/Time:	Sunday, 04 Feb 2024 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Location:	Christian Petersen Art Museum
Cost:	Free
URL:	https://www.museums.iastate.edu/calendar...e-of-place
Contact:
Phone:	515-294-3342
Channel:	University Museums
Categories:	Arts, performances Meetings, receptions
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Stroll through the galleries with guest curator Jerome Thompson, retired State Curator (State Historical Society of Iowa) and ISU alumnus (B.A. '74), for the opening reception of the Christian Petersen Art Museum's spring exhibitions. Thompson's talk will begin at 2:30 p.m.

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Christian Petersen: A Sense of Place in Campus Life
Campbell Gallery, 1017 Morrill Hall

Sculpting an Icon: Christian Petersen and the "Fountain of the Four Seasons"
Reiman Gallery, 0003 Morrill Hall

Christian Petersen Art Museum
Campbell Gallery, 1017 Morrill Hall
603 Morrill Rd.
Ames, IA

Detail of History of Dairying, 1934
Christian Petersen (Danish - American, 1885-1961)
Terra cotta
Commissioned by Iowa State College. In the Christian Petersen Art Collection, Art on Campus Collection, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. U88.64a-g

Fountain of the Four Seasons, 1941
Christian Petersen (Danish-American, 1885-1961)
Bedford limestone, terra cotta
Commissioned by Iowa State College. In the Christian Petersen Art Collection, Art on Campus Collection, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. U88.69