Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    The year 2020 will be long-remembered for its global challenges, which impacted our nonprofit organization as well. Through creativity and CARES Act funding, we persevered and ended the year well. It was an exciting year of change and new opportunities for us, including a major shift in management, with the introduction of Marci Narum as vice president, joining president David Borlaug, the founding officer of our organization. The year started quietly with the usual post-holiday subdued traffic through our galleries, as we set the stage for our first major exhibition, featuring Bismarck artists Todd Clausnitzer and Shelley Larson. Their works were enjoyed by hundreds of visitors. During the month of February we partnered with a variety of other nonprofits to assist them with getting their message out and fundraising, including the Badlands Conservation Alliance and Purrfect Pound Pals Cat Rescue. We also worked on partnerships with the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame and The Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation. We conducted a reception with our gallery partner in Scottsdale, AZ, The Larsen Gallery, bringing our nonprofit mission to over 50 attendees. In early March, we again opened our gallery to a fellow nonprofit the Bismarck/Mandan Symphony Orchestra, hosting a Conductors Club reception for them, attracting 60 individuals who were treated to orchestra members performing. Following an order from the Governor's office, our gallery shut down March 16, due to COVID 19. While we remained closed through most of May, we kept in touch with our audiences through social media and website. We also continued to forge new relationships via Zoom conferences and other remote means. In early May we began working in the gallery itself, taking turns in the office to avoid direct contact, although closed to the public. In June we re-opened The Capital Gallery West in Medora for the summer season, in partnership with the Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation. In light of the pandemic impact on their staffing, we agreed to manage the Harold Schafer Heritage Center, which includes the gallery, for them. Our president David Borlaug lived in Medora for the season, maintaining the gallery, welcoming visitors and providing support services for the limited number of events (mostly outside on patio) at the facility. Visitation was robust in part due to this being our second year of operation and news spreading of our presence, and also the limited number of other attractions available to visitors. Over 5,000 visitors came through the gallery June through August. In the Bismarck gallery, we staged an exhibition featuring artists Katrina Case and Kate Baldock, with several hundred visitors throughout June and July. In August and September, the gallery was devoted to Bismarck native Britta Anderson, who helped us transform the gallery in new, exciting ways. Over 1,000 visitors enjoyed her show during that period. We also helped play host in Medora to presentations by various architects working with the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, a $150 million museum in development. We are excited about further collaborations with this fellow nonprofit. October until Christmas, the gallery showcased longtime art educator and artist Bob Matz, including his distinctive pyrography form of art. Nearly 1,000 visited the gallery during his exhibition. From Thanksgiving through Christmas, we operated a satellite gallery in Kirkwood Mall, the region's largest retail facility, showcasing art and culture to thousands of holiday shoppers. We had three demonstrating artists throughout the duration of the gallery opening, which were enjoyed by visitors who could watch them through plate glass windows. Many visitors commented that it was the first time they had watched an artist at work fulfilling a key element of our mission Celebrating History, Art, and Culture!We opened our first short-term, off-site gallery with The Capital Gallery/Kirkwood Mall, serving thousands of shopper/visitors, exposing many of them to demonstrating artists for the first time. We also initiated a service to our art buyers, Hang With Us, offering in home consultation and hanging of original art. This has expanded the scope of the gallery for hundreds of miles.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
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    $243.2K

  • Capital Gallery Art and Education Programs

    The Capital Gallery Society helped thousands of people celebrate art, history and culture during the year, through various in-house exhibits and outreach programs and special events.ExhibitsDuring the month of February the Gallery hosted the second annual Inspired Living Student Art Fair, featuring dozens of young artists from high schools in Burleigh, Morton and Sioux Counties. Each participating artist received special recognition and one artist was selected to receive a $1,000 college scholarship grant. The Art Fair attracted hundreds of students, parents and teachers and was considered a great success that will be built upon next year.The March April Wild Thing exhibit featured Minnesota artist Marcella Rose and Mandan ND artist Vern Erickson. The exhibit included Roses sculptures and Ericksons oil paintings of Native Americans set in the historic Old West.In May & June featured artists Britta Anderson (painter) and Jon Offutt (glass blower) provided instruction on their respective mediums during the Over the Rainbow exhibit.The July August exhibit, Girl on Fire! featured both new and established female artists, including Uff Da: Folk Art of Emily Lunde.September October brought a waterfowl theme to the Gallery with Opening Day. Featured artists and national Duck Stamp award-winning artists Sam Coleman and Todd Clausnitzer.The last two months of the year, November December, included a reprise of the Ill Be Home theme from 2021. Featured National Park Service artist Michael Haynes was on hand for several days.Outreach Programs & Special EventsIn March the Gallery hosted the non-profit Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestras Conductors Club.In addition to the gallery exhibits, Capital Gallery initiated a free display of bright, colorful artwork at Touchmark, an assisted living facility in Bismarck. The display has been well received by the residents and management of Touchmark and will continue on a on-going basis.Capital Gallery West, located in historic Medora, North Dakota, was open during the summer months and was visited by thousands of guests from throughout the state and the nation. Over the course of the summer, Gallery artist-in-residence Sally Chernenko taught art classes to hundreds of grade school children from around the state. The program was underwritten in part by private grants.In October the Gallery held its annual Art Gala. This event attracts hundreds of Gallery supporters who generously bid on artwork that is donated by local and regional artists. The Gala is one of Capital Gallerys largest fund-raising events.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
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    $269.5K