It is Greece to Me
January 13 to February 28, 2012
Carlander Family Gallery
Artist Reception: January 13th 5-7 pm
Father James Cly Zotalis
The exhibit, “It is Greece to Me” will be a collection of pen/ink and watercolors of current sites in Greece today. The artwork will reflect the people and places of the Greek mainland and surrounding islands.
Father Zotalis is a third generation Greek and will give a taste of his homeland from his trip he is leading to Greece through the Cathedral with 31 people.
“I’m just trying to tell you that this is the direction our body is going”
January 13 to February 28, 2012
Vranesh Boardroom Gallery
Artist Reception & Performance: January 13th 5-7 pm
Alex Lange “I’m just trying to tell you that this is the direction our body is going” is a performance work that attempts to use my body to close the distance between myself and the sun. In attempting to close this distance, the performance becomes a meditation on my spiritual experience. My exploration of landscapes that appear to be infinite or beyond my ability to perceive is in direct connection to my belief in our very own infinity. This infinity seeks a connectedness of all human infiniteness, a connectedness that could be described as a soul or essence that extends beyond our physical body. Utilizing text, movement, and video, this performance will draw on Midwestern landscapes to attempt to close the gap between myself and the infinity within myself.
Prairie’s Edge Humane Society Portraits
March 2 to April 17, 2012 
Carlander Family Gallery
Artist Reception: March 2nd 5-7 p.m.
Julie M. Fakler
The Prairie’s Edge Humane Society Portraits are paintings of the adoptable animals from the Prairie’s Edge Humane Society. The images of the animals represent their energy, personality and physical attributes. There is a wide variety of wonderful animals in need of your help right now at the Prairie’s Edge Humane Society. Please adopt from & support your local humane society. This exhibit and body of work are made possible by a grant provided by the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council & McKnight Foundation.
Photography
March 2 to April 17, 2012
Vranesh Boardroom Gallery
Artist Reception: March 2nd 5-7 p.m.
Paul Swanson
I have enjoyed doing photography since 1984 and have been constantly learning different techniques for manipulating the medium. With the advent of computer manipulation and digital photography the possibilities have become almost endless.
Claire Ellendson
March 2 to April 17, 2012
Corey Lyn Creger Memorial Gallery
Artist Reception: March 2nd 5-7 p.m.
Claire Ellendson
Student Exhibit: Youth Art Month
March 9 to April 7, 2012
Paradise Center for the Arts Second Floor
Artist Reception: March 9th 5-7 p.m.
The Paradise Center for the Arts celebrates “Youth Art Month 2012” by having an exhibit that highlights the artwork of local school-age artists.
REVELATIONS AND INSPIRATIONS
April 20 to June 5, 2012
Carlander Family Gallery
Artists Reception: April 20th 5-7 p.m.
Richard Mittelstadt 
My ambition has always been to abstract my painting subjects. However, as an observational and
mechanical artist, that has always been a challenge. With acrylic paints, I can enthusiastically play with abstractionism—creating more colorful, expressive, and whimsical forms of landscapes as well as nonobjective compositions. I totally enjoy the magic that takes place during the painting process. As I immerse myself into each creative adventure, I often times find myself feeling transported into another dimension as if time no longer exists and my imagination and hands work to materialize a new image with color, line, texture, a sense of movement, balance, expression, and mood. When my artwork is finished, not only do I want to enjoy my own creation but I also hope to provide the viewers of my work an opportunity to be briefly distracted from whatever is on their minds—a momentary gift of enchantment and amusement.
Israel — Macro to Panoramic
April 20 to June 5, 2012
Vranesh Boardroom Gallery
Artists Reception: April 20th 5-7 p.m.
Jane Strauss
One striking impression of Israel is that it packs such a diversity of views into less than 10,000 square miles, less than 1/8 the area of Minnesota. Another is its diversity of people — I recently heard one person refer to it as a “Disneyland of history and religion” — and life styles, everything from Western Urban, to nomadic, to third-world, to small rural towns. During a tour-on-a-shoestring lasting six weeks, I pictured both its landscape and its detail, and share them here with you, the viewer.
Dakota Neuman: Student Work
April 20 to June 5, 2012
Corey Lyn Creger Memorial Gallery
Artists Reception: April 20th 5-7 p.m.
Mural Society Sale: Recycled ART Sale
Carlander Family Gallery
June 7th, 8th & 9th
ASIA SPEAKS
June 15 to July 31, 2012
Carlander Family Gallery
Artist Reception: June 15th 5-7 p.m.
Dee Teller 
Dee Teller’s entire show will be on fans or on scrolls—-this is the Asian way to present original work. The scrolls and fans will be the visual voice box for “ASIA SPEAKS”. Dee has exhibited in China, Japan, Canada, Korea, and the USA. She also has art in homes in those 5 countries. The paintings on scrolls were mounted on silk with rice paper in China, Japan, Korea, or with a Japanese scroll maker in Utah. Dee has won National and International competition on her horses and calligraphy . They make up the majority of the show. It will also include Yellow Mountain landscape, florals and other subjects. She started Sumi-e Painting in 1986….. Studied in China at an Art Academy in 1987……Studied with Master Horse Painter Lok Tok since 1988……Continues to learn from many Masters as well as teach Sumi-e herself.
“In His Image”
June 15 to July 31, 2012
Vranesh Boardroom Gallery
Artist Reception: June 15th 5-7 p.m.
Mary McCartney
Mary McCartney received a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts with an emphasis in Painting from Ohio University. She studied at the Toledo Museum of Art Young Artists Program and was a protégé of Sr. Genevieve. Mary received artistic and academic scholarships to Cranbrook Institute of Arts, University of Toledo, Ohio University and Reynolda School of American Art. Her exhibit venues include the Toledo Museum of Art, the National Arboretum in Washington, DC and the Wallingford, Pennsylvania Arts Center. Mary has taught two dimensional and mixed media to all ages, and has used art therapeutically. Mary concentrates in painting and drawing in a variety of media, including oil, pastels, acrylic, batik and pencil. Her work ranges from the detailed and representational to highly expressionistic juxtaposition of color and form. Mary’s portraiture has been describes as having a classical air, reminiscent of the Italian Renaissance painters. Her expressionistic work is often organic, inspired from nature.
Galaxies burst forth
Spirit dives in to paint dance
Reflect God’s glory
car pARTs
August 3 to September 25, 2012
Carlander Family Gallery & Vranesh Boardroom Gallery
Artist Reception & Award Ceremony: August 3rd 5-7 p.m.
car pARTs: A juried Art Show about Cars
A group exhibition on the theme of Cars. All artwork includes a car or car parts in the artwork.
Paradise Center’s Annual Member’s Show
Sept. 28 to Nov. 3
Carlander Family Gallery & Vranesh Boardroom Gallery
Artist Reception: Sept. 28th 5-7 p.m.
Paradise Center for the Arts Annual Members’ Show showcases our members’ artwork in the beautiful Carlander Gallery. The Annual Members’ Show has been a tradition that dates back to the Faribault Art Center, the forerunner of the Paradise Center for the Arts visual arts programming.
Kathleen Putrah’s Crèche’s from around the World
November 13, 2012 to January 8, 2013
Carlander Family Gallery
Artist Reception: November 16th 5-7 p.m.
Capturing a Moment in Time
November 13, 2012 to January 8, 2013
Vranesh Boardroom Gallery
Artist Reception: November 16th 5-7 p.m.
Loraine Schweich
My love of art began at a very early age; grew during high school, on through fine arts studies at Century College, graphic arts at St. Paul College, various workshops and classes with other established artists and always continues with my own self study.
This show represents images from everyday life that caught my attention. Usually after shooting a photo I then translate onto paper or canvas what I saw or felt at the time. My body of work is an accumulation of landscapes or portraits that I’ve done over the last several years. I created these pieces using a variety of mediums such as pencil, pen & ink, pastel and one acrylic piece.
These activities are made possible in part by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature from the State’s general fund and its arts and cultural heritage fund with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.
