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Nicholas Poleschuk Jr on the Next Episode of KSMQ’s Off 90


SEMVA artist Nicholas Poleschuk Jr and his unique art will be on the next episode of Off 90 airing on Sunday, January 29 at 7:00pm. Encore presentations air on Thursday, February 2 at 7:30pm and on Saturday, February 4 at 5:00pm.

Carved egg by Nicholas A Poleschuk Jr


Off 90 is a KSMQ Legacy Production that features stories from along the I90 Highway corridor in Southern Minnesota. The stories feature the arts, local land marks, inventors, local history and much more.

Nicholas’ art includes low relief sculpting on ostrich, emu and rhea eggshells along with nature and geometric shapes carved into goose and chicken eggshells.

Easel – Experiencing Art in SE Minnesota

SELCO (Southeastern Libraries Cooperating) together with SEMVA have created a traveling Art exhibit that will tour SE Minnesota libraries from January 2012 – June 2013.  The first show in Rochester will be during Art Walk on Jan 26th at the Rochester Public Library.  For more information and a list of all the exhibition dates visit http://easel.selco.info.

Gallery will be closed for maintenance work Feb. 4 – 5

With 75 artists to coordinate, it takes a little effort when we decide to repaint the walls and freshen up our space.  Artists will temporaily remove all their art on Friday, February 3rd.  We will then be closed on Saturday & Sunday, February 4 – 5 for the big paint job.  Artists will reinstall their work on [...]

SEMVA Artist displaying at Rochester Art Center

Rochester Abstraction – In Paint, Paper, and Metal a new show featuring work by three local artists, Karl Friedrich, Michele Heidel, and Pat Dunn-Walker (of SEMVA), opens on January 5th at the Rochester Art Center in downtown Rochester.  This is the second exhibition in the RAC2 series and it explores contemporary trends in abstraction. Pat Dunn [...]

Semva Artists Show Their Work At Quarry Hill Nature Center, December 3 – 4

If you need to add a little more color back into our wintry world, be sure to attend the 8th Annual Friends of Quarry Hill Art Show and Sale.  Admission is free and you’ll be treated to a wide variety of art on display and for sale at all price levels.   All the artists (many [...]