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rt 2020 EXHIBITION OPENING NIGHT SEPTEMBER 23 2000 Sponsored by HGA Design Council

Curiosity is the root of creativity HGArt is sponsored by HGA Design Council This exhibition features work by HGA staff nationwide The live gallery opening event featured artist presentations and performances by many of our talented staff 149 guests 26 artists 11 departments 10 offices 8 galleries

DISTANCE How many love poems have been written to you How many words flung up like doves to the sky What longing faintly echoes in the earthly eyes we settle for when you are so far out of reach Any you distant bearing the scars of rougher bodies of things less than stardust who carried the hardness of ice and the trails of great journeys Like Zeus upon Leda they sought to have you whether it was your will or not And you with your preponderance of body your arc Your rise is still the stongest pull Let this be but another love poem in celebration of your lonely survival without the need to rip you from the sky Sara Nunnally Milwaukee Marketing Distance Poem

Galleries Photography Digital Art Fiber Arts Drawing Painting Furniture Woodworking Sculpture 3D Mixed Media Animated Web Series Mixed Media Digital

PUCON How can I explain that I carried you with me in those hours in Pucon like the wild cherries in my mouth Sara Nunnally Milwaukee Marketing Pucon Poem

PHOTOGRAPHY DIGITAL ART

Sarah Beach Los Angeles Marketing Evening Light Cuba Photograph

Sarah Beach Los Angeles Marketing Still Life Photograph HGArt 2020 EXHIBITION PHOTOGRAPHY DIGITAL ART GALLERY

Chris O Donnell Minneapolis Electrical Engineering Paradise Harbour 2019 Photograph

Chris O Donnell Minneapolis Electrical Engineering Paradise Harbour 2019 Photograph HGArt 2020 EXHIBITION PHOTOGRAPHY DIGITAL ART GALLERY

Rebecca Chung San Jose Interior Architecture Design Peanut Butter 2013 Photograph In my art I like to capture milestones in my dog s life This photo was taken the first time my previously abused dog tasted peanut butter for the first time

Rebecca Chung San Jose Interior Architecture Design Stay Gold 2020 Photograph HGArt 2020 EXHIBITION PHOTOGRAPHY DIGITAL ART GALLERY

Leo Garcia Los Angeles Architecture Unknown Tudor 2020 Digital Painting Photoshop My first full digital composition this project was quite a challenge with various textures shapes etc

Leo Garcia Los Angeles Architecture Untitled 2020 Digital Painting Photoshop HGArt 2020 EXHIBITION PHOTOGRAPHY DIGITAL ART GALLERY

Beth Young Sacramento Architecture Redwood Cathedral 2017 Photograph I was taking a foggy early morning walk through the Lady Bird Johnson Grove Trail through the old growth redwood forest in Redwood National Park on the hunt for compositions with blooming rhododendrons when I spotted this interesting redwood trunk Despite the fires these majestic trees sometimes endure they still manage to thrive absorbing moisture and nutrients from the dense fog layer that is common on California s northernmost coast When I looked at the image back at home the forest reminded me of a serene redwood cathedral and the trunk an entry portal into this otherworldly scene With the tragic wildfires occurring throughout California and the West Coast I thought a hopeful and serene scene of wildfire resilience was appropriate for the art show Social Media Website Instagram Facebook optimalfocusphotography com optimal_focus optimalfocusphotography

Leo Garcia Los Angeles Architecture Streetscape 2 2020 Digital Painting from Photo for Reference Study of street level textures materials Like the comfort of wornin shoes I wanted to identify and celebrate the lived environment fitted utility at its best HGArt 2020 EXHIBITION PHOTOGRAPHY DIGITAL ART GALLERY

FIBER ARTS

Kailey Lietzke Milwaukee Lighting Title Heart Blanket 2016 Crochet Yarn Acrylic Wool 80 x 80 This is the only project I ve made where I didn t have a pattern to follow My great aunt made several of these blankets for family members years ago and my parents and grandparents both had one I took home one of their blankets and reverse engineered it so that I could have my own

Kailey Lietzke Milwaukee Lighting Slouchy Hanging Baskets 2020 Crochet Yarn Wool Polyester Acrylic 7oz 14oz This is one of the many projects I took on at the beginning of the pandemic These slouchy hanging baskets add a lot of visual interest and dimension to the otherwise barren entryway in my home I ve made these baskets for others and they ve used them to store stuffed animals in a nursery and TP in a bathroom HGArt 2020 EXHIBITION FIBER ARTS GALLERY

Kate Arnson Milwaukee Strutural Engineering Lake Study 1 2020 Quilt Square Recycled Denim and Muslin 12 x 12 First in a set of two works inspired by the sun over Lake Michigan Photo taken at McKinley Beach in Milwaukee This piece is a quilt square made out of recycled denim and muslin I used a single ripped pair of jeans the darkest tones were from the inside of the back pocket and the lightest tones are the wrong side of the denim

Kate Arnson Milwaukee Strutural Engineering Lake Study 2 2020 Flat Woven Basket Round Reed 12 x 12 These two pieces were inspired by the sun over Lake Michigan During the pandemic I ve been walking down the lake almost every day I m a relative beginner at both quilting and basket weaving so these were fun experimental pieces to practice without committing to a larger project Both pieces were improvisational I was just playing around with the materials without a plan Their overall compositions share a defined horizon line and strong diagonals I photographed the pieces at McKinley Beach in Milwaukee the quilt square on the sand and the basket floating in the lake HGArt 2020 EXHIBITION FIBER ARTS GALLERY

Carol Sylvester Minneapolis Communications Pacific Tide Pool 2017 Dimensional Needlepoint The purpose of this month long online class was encourage design variation within a given pattern Each student was given the same drawing on canvas and the same threads with a basic set of instructions Each week we were given a set of instructions with suggestions for how to stitch the subject of that week s lesson but students were encouraged to think creatively about how to approach the subject make their own decisions about what colors to use and if they wanted to supplement the materials from their own stash what stitches to use and to some extent placement of the various elements The stitching itself wasn t hard but some of the other decisions were challenging as I usually recreate a design as the designer has stitched it and don t stray far from the given instructions I entered this piece in the Minnesota State Fair where it won a blue ribbon in its entry category the sweepstakes ribbon for needlepoint and two sponsored ribbons from a local needlework shop and local needlework group This piece won the several ribbons at the 2017 Minnesota State Fair including the Needlepoint Best in Show two vendor sponsored awards and first place in its sublot

Carol Sylvester Minneapolis Communications Coneflower 2019 Needlework Silk Shading with Silk and Metal Threads This was a class at a needlework seminar I attended in the fall of 2019 The project is stitched with silk and metal threads and was designed as a teaching piece for learning about shading with silk Each student was given a line drawing of the flower and a thread palette From that the students made their own decisions about the stitching process what range of colors to use whether to blend threads in the needle to given the illusion of additional colors lighting direction which affected what colors got used where and stitch choice Because it is not a large project at the end of the two day class many of us were finished or close to finished with the stitching We lined up everyone s design on the table so we could see all the projects It was interesting to see the color and stitching choices that others had made Everyone s piece was different despite working with the same design colors and threads HGArt 2020 EXHIBITION FIBER ARTS GALLERY

DRAWING PAINTING

Monika Malekdavoud San Jose Architecture Non Utilitarian Human 2016 Rapidograph Pen on Paper 11 x17 This piece shows the human figure in a non utilitarian and nonfunctional way The piece depicts the human body as one of the greatest mechanisms distorted referring to how this greatest creation of God could change from something beautiful to something meaningless through social or political negative views How people could destroy humanity and turn to non utilitarian human or could see other people as non utilitarian objects that could be taken out of the way because of their political racial theological views This piece was drawn when ISIS started killing and raping members of the Christian minority in their native lands because of their theological beliefs It could also stay relative to today s world and perspective

Monika Malekdavoud San Jose Architecture Crystal Clear 2007 Rapidograph Pen on Paper 9 x8 An abstract view of how I saw light travel through crystal HGArt 2020 EXHIBITION DRAWING PAINTING GALLERY

Monika Malekdavoud San Jose Architecture Where Straight Lines Meet 2014 Rapidograph Pen on Paper 8 x10 Can straight lines meet

Monika Malekdavoud San Jose Architecture Tree of Life 2020 Rapidograph Pen on Paper 8 x10 The piece shows an abstract vision of Assyrian Tree of Life rising to life from the ruins of the past through our nation s unity HGArt 2020 EXHIBITION DRAWING PAINTING GALLERY

Lorena Grajeda San Jose Administrative Services The Strength of A Rose 2020 Acrylic on Canvas 30 x 40 My work is motivated by the experiences and cultures that surround me and have molded me into the person I am today By using metallics to bring out the intensity of each color and the brushwork applied I hope to draw in the viewer and evoke the thought of reflection My focus in this work and all my works is to capture a lesson a feeling and or knowledge of the subject matter My experiences and the cultures that surround me and have molded me into the person I am today and I hope this pieces demonstrates how I reflect on women in cultures outside of my own and make a statement of how I reflect on women as a woman Social Media Website Lorenagrajedastudios com Facebook Lorena Grajeda Studios Instagram lorena_grajeda_studios

Jay Scruggs Washington DC Architecture Portrait of My Daughter Mixed Media Watercolor Ink Pencil Acrylic Digital 9 5 x 10 5 HGArt 2020 EXHIBITION DRAWING PAINTING GALLERY

Lorena Grajeda San Jose Administrative Services Not Looking Back 2009 Acrylic on Canvas 12 x6 x12 Social Media Website Lorenagrajedastudios com Facebook Lorena Grajeda Studios Instagram lorena_grajeda_studios

Lorena Grajeda San Jose Administrative Services Unspoken Aspirations 2017 Acrylic on Canvas 27 x21 Social Media Website Lorenagrajedastudios com Facebook Lorena Grajeda Studios Instagram lorena_grajeda_studios HGArt 2020 EXHIBITION DRAWING PAINTING GALLERY

FURNITURE WOODWORKING

Michael Hara Minneapolis Architecture The Yellow Bird 2020 Wood steel aluminum brass richlite electronics paint leather 7 x 3 x 18

Michael Hara Minneapolis Architecture The Yellow Bird 2020 Wood steel aluminum brass richlite electronics paint leather 7 x 3 x 18 HGArt 2020 EXHIBITION FURNITURE WOODWORKING GALLERY

David Johansson Minneapolis Architecture Lakeshore Table 2019 Coffee Table in Hard Maple Bleached Finish 2 6 x 5 6 My take on Joseph Walsh s Erosion Table

David Johansson Minneapolis Architecture Lakeshore Table 2019 Coffee Table in Hard Maple Bleached Finish 2 6 x 5 6 My take on Joseph Walsh s Erosion Table HGArt 2020 EXHIBITION FURNITURE WOODWORKING GALLERY

Matt Rain Minneapolis Interior Architecture Design Untitled 2020 Turned Walnut Bowl on Mini Lathe 6 dia x 2 5 h I started the process by making a square wood block with four layers glued together and clamped for 24 hours This blank was made using 6 1 2 x 3 4 salvaged walnut boards that were joined using a bookmatch technique After turning the bowl was sanded with 60 through 220 grit sandpaper The inside and outside then received three coats of food grade butcher block oil

Matt Rain Minneapolis Interior Architecture Design Untitled 2020 Turned Maple Bowl on Mini Lathe 4 dia x 3 h This solid maple round blank was purchased at a local woodworking store After turning the bowl was sanded with 60 through 220 grit sandpaper The inside and outside then received three coats of food grade butcher block oil HGArt 2020 EXHIBITION FURNITURE WOODWORKING GALLERY

Matt Rain Minneapolis Interior Architecture Design Untitled 2020 Turned Cherry Burlwood Jar on Mini Lathe 4 dia x 4 25 h This solid cherry burl branch was harvested in southern Minnesota and dried for at least 6 months The jar s removeable lid was made by using a parting chisel and a hack saw while turning The top was removed and the inside was hollowed After turning the jar was sanded with 60 through 220 grit sandpaper The inside and outside received three coats of food grade butcher block oil

Matt Rain Minneapolis Interior Architecture Design Untitled 2020 Cherry Burlwood Jar on Mini Lathe 3 dia x 4 5 h This solid red cedar branch was harvested in southern Minnesota and dried for at least 6 months The jar s removeable lid was made by using a parting chisel and a hack saw while turning The top was removed and the inside was hollowed After turning the jar was sanded with 60 through 220 grit sandpaper The inside and outside received three coats of food grade butcher block oil HGArt 2020 EXHIBITION FURNITURE WOODWORKING GALLERY

SCULPTURE 3D

Kurt Smith Minneapolis Architecture What Dreams are Made Of 2019 2020 Mixed media sculpture 12 x12 x8

Kurt Smith Minneapolis Architecture What Dreams are Made Of 2019 2020 Mixed media sculpture 12 x12 x8 HGArt 2020 EXHIBITION SCULPTURE 3D GALLERY

Kurt Smith Minneapolis Architecture What Dreams are Made Of 2019 2020 Mixed media sculpture 12 x12 x8

Patrick Doss Smith Minneapolis Structural Engineering Earth in Balance 2019 2020 Glass Stone Seeds Metal Paint Tile Wood Christmas Tree 6 x 12 x 12 There is a Swedish tradition of creating hangers from the branches of the Christmas tree after the holiday I have made many such hangers and wanted to elevate them to the status of art without losing the function of hanging so this piece Earth in the Balance is a jewelry hanger and the third piece in my Anthropocene series The two sides of the central image represents the earth from near orbit and so creates the metaphor of humanity hanging all of our junk jewelry depending on your point of view from the planet HGArt 2020 EXHIBITION SCULPTURE 3D GALLERY

Patrick Doss Smith Minneapolis Structural Engineering Earth in Balance 2019 2020 Glass Stone Seeds Metal Paint Tile Wood Christmas Tree 6 x 12 x 12 The unexamined life is not worth living is a famous dictum apparently uttered by Socrates at his trial for impiety and corrupting youth for which he was subsequently sentenced to death as described in Plato s Apology 38a5 6 Wikipedia I believe this saying has more to do with examining the life around you in all its intricacies than it has to do with specifically examining your personal day to day living And so I wander through life looking for castaway objects extraneous bits of earth culture and industry The lost button the acorn the broken toy This is how I examine my life It s every bit as important to me and as interesting as watching the trees change color though it struggles to be as beautiful continued

Patrick Doss Smith Minneapolis Structural Engineering Earth in Balance 2019 2020 Glass Stone Seeds Metal Paint Tile Wood Christmas Tree 6 x 12 x 12 continued I find bits of cultural and natural detritus and store them in old peanut butter jars where I can see them They stick in my head and pop up when I find an object that begs to become sculpture When an artistic need arises color shape line etc an object will come to mind and demand its place in the narrative And that narrative is what I m after The current narrative geologically speaking is the Anthropocene A new geological era has been born and humanity is the midwife We have created this shift and are now called upon to steward the evolution that comes to pass because of it I believe art and design are the avant guard of change and by paying attention to the bits that have been tossed we can begin to imagine the future by recognizing what was not needed and simultaneously recognizing the beauty of the human endeavor even if it exists primarily as trash for decay is surely as much a part of life as is creation Yin and yang life and death circular design it s all the same thing continued HGArt 2020 EXHIBITION SCULPTURE 3D GALLERY

Patrick Doss Smith Minneapolis Structural Engineering Something Gederalist 2019 2020 Glass Stone Nuts and Seeds Fiber Metal Leather Grape Vine Bike Chain 6 x 12 x 12 continued The result then is that your trash literally I saved a bunch of cast off interior design samples becomes art and I hope maintains some value beyond our insane need to constantly grow which is the other side of this exploration Since my earliest serious work created maybe 45 years ago I have been exploring the areas between habitats the border areas where woods meet fields sea meets shore Biologists report these areas to be extraordinarily diverse Creativity is rife there and I am intrigued by what might happen My exploration of the border between future and past hopes to tap the border regions of our culture both through my photography and as a constant source of materials as I walk through life examining Thoreau observed that borders are where most of life occurs Life is creativity be ready

Patrick Doss Smith Minneapolis Structural Engineering Something Gederalist 2019 2020 Glass Stone Nuts and Seeds Fiber Metal Leather Grape Vine Bike Chain 6 x 12 x 12 Some of my earliest sculpture was made with found objects and often reflected the dance of life and death circularity The advent of the Anthropocene where humans are the largest environmental determinant on the planet gives our artifacts new meaning just as finding an object and turning it into art does This piece Something Federalist is the fourth piece in my Anthropocene series and is a direct response to Trump s declaration that federal buildings in the beltway be in a classical style So I designed a classical temple to the Anthropocene and to the decay of society HGArt 2020 EXHIBITION SCULPTURE 3D GALLERY

Amanda Pirlot Milwaukee Interior Architecture Design Concrete Arts I have a serious love for plants we currently have 36 plants in our home I began working with the concrete medium while making models in graduate school and really enjoyed the process of mixing pouring and releasing the items from a mold I took my love for plants and began making unique concrete planters which eventually evolved into creating a variety of modern home decor items that are both functional and beautiful I use a fine grain cement mixture and powdered pigment to create through body color Each piece I release from a mold is different from the last and I really like the fact that no two pieces I create are the same

Amanda Pirlot Milwaukee Interior Architecture Design Concrete Arts Planters Ring Cones Coasters and Jewelry Social Media Esty Instagram shop intentionalgrain intentionalgrain HGArt 2020 EXHIBITION SCULPTURE 3D GALLERY

Nancy Schmidt Minneapolis Information Technology Leatherwork Handmade with pig skin liners snake skin and ostrich leather for shoe tongues kangaroo lacing and cow leather vamps and soles It takes about 3 days to make an entire pair of shoes by hand

Nancy Schmidt Minneapolis Information Technology Leatherwork HGArt 2020 EXHIBITION SCULPTURE 3D GALLERY

Neelanjana Sen San Francisco Architecture Teapot for 2 or Kitchen Herb Planter 2020 Ceramics I have a new found respect for teapots as I started to experiment with complex forms I also wanted to play with color a bit more on this piece I started out to make a teapot and ended up liking it more as a small planter I used Speckled Buff Clay body both for the tea pot and the lid

Neelanjana Sen San Francisco Architecture Salad Bowl and Fruit Bowls 2020 Ceramics I was going for simple forms and practicing being consistent in my throwing techniques as well as experimenting with glazes and overlaps I used B Mix Clay Body for the two smaller pieces and Speckled Buff Clay body for the larger bowl HGArt 2020 EXHIBITION SCULPTURE 3D GALLERY

MIXED MEDIA

Shauna Ubersox Minneapolis Administrative Services Mountains Beyond Mountains 2020 Collage Watercolor Ink Acrylic Paint on 1 1 2 Cradled Wood Panel I have been collecting mountain collage pieces for the last six years and after last year s HGArt show I decided to find a way to use all of them This piece was largely informed by the concept of time and evolution how over the last 4 6 billion years an uninhabitable red hot ball of gas and dust slowly became the planet we inhabit and in the process created us as a species The drawings within the collage represent both ancient organic acts of change trilobites sequoia rings Delicate Arch and hallmarks of the course of human evolution hand axe Lascaux cave paintings mo ai One side of the piece shows a cross section of the Earth and the lower atmosphere the other shows mainly fossils crinoid stems ammonites shells coral from places where the seas once covered the land It is amazing only have pictures of these mountains as they have been over the last 200 years since photography was invented through eons these peaks were forced upward by the slow moving tectonic plates that carry the continents or they were built by repeated volcanic eruptions like the formation of the Hawaiian islands Social Media Website shaunaubersox com Instagram ubersox_art

Soo Ok Han San Francisco Architecture Garden 2020 Digital and Mixed Media on Fabric 24 x 18 HGArt 2020 EXHIBITION MIXED MEDIA GALLERY

Nima Gujar San Jose Architecture Delicate Repurposed Materials Once Considered Trash Glass Tiles Gauze Sponges Paper Quilling 12 x 36

Nima Gujar San Jose Architecture Silicon Repurposed Materials Once Considered Trash Metal Mesh Motherboard Glass Tile 29 x 47 HGArt 2020 EXHIBITION MIXED MEDIA GALLERY

Nima Gujar San Jose Architecture Woodwork Repurposed Materials Once Considered Trash Veneer Popsicle Sticks Wood Slat Mat

Heather Novak Peterson Minneapolis Environmental Design Trapped in Paradise Mixed Media Ink and Charcoal Recycled Wallcovering 24 x 24 Influenced by the beauty of gardens and the contrast of urban graffiti Heather loves connecting the unlikely combinations to evoke an emotional quality HGArt 2020 EXHIBITION MIXED MEDIA GALLERY

ANIMATED WEB SERIES

Zachary Just Milwaukee Electrical Engineering Senior Living Series Senior Living is an animated cometic web series about a twenty something workaholoic names Tyler who starts to work at a senior living community center after he s fired from his corporate job Social Media Website seniorlivingseries com videos Instagram seniorlivingseries Twitter seniorliving_tv

Zachary Just Milwaukee Electrical Engineering Senior Living Series It s always been our dream to have our own TV show We love TV For some reason we originally thought it would be easier to do this concept as an animated show than live action We were wrong and now we re stuck with it HGArt 2020 EXHIBITION ANIMATED WEB SERIES GALLERY

MIXED MEDIA DIGITAL

Jan Werner Minneapolis Administrative Services Project 10 Project 10 is an audio visual compilation of photography music and graphite drawings I ve created over the years Half are new created in 2020 and half are relatively retro The retro photographs of musicians are ones in which I was commissioned to candidly capture their craft and passion for it between 2006 and 2009 While the other older photographs are of my family they represent my longstanding interest in preserving youth and legacy via image My family is and has always been a big part of my inspiration for many creative endeavors continued

Jan Werner Minneapolis Administrative Services Project 10 continued The newer pieces represent a partial reflection on post COVID 19 life a quietus storm bringing forth new creative opportunities and new growth especially from a novice gardener No seriously I kill almost every living plant so the fact I grew something this year is a huge success in my book And yes two of those photographs are of my vegetables HGArt 2020 EXHIBITION MIXED MEDIA DIGITAL GALLERY

Thank you to our artists Kate Arnson Sarah Beach Carol Sylvester Rebecca Chung Leo Garcia Lorena Grajeda Nima Gujar Soo Ok Han Michael Hara David Johansson Zachary Just Kailey Lietzke Monika Malekdavoud Sara Nunnally Chris O Donnell Heather Novak Peterson Amanda Pirlot Matt Rain Nancy Schmidt Jay Scruggs Neelanjana Sen Kurt Smith Patrick Doss Smith Shauna Ubersox Jan Werner Beth Young