A collection of works by Marilyn Hoff Hansen will be on display in the Oboler Library at Idaho State University from April 2 through the end of June, 2019. The works have never been displayed together, but represent some of the artist’s greatest works in a variety of mediums including cast stone, bronze, welded steel, clay, watercolor, acrylic, and more.
The public is encouraged to attend a free reception with the artist April 10 from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. in the library’s first floor art area.
Ms. Hoff Hansen, a native Idahoan, earned a B.F.A. from the University of Colorado and has been an active artist and promoter of art in Idaho for many years. She has won numerous awards in local and national shows including the North American National Sculpture Exhibition in Golden, CO. One of her many public sculptures is a life-sized work on the grounds of the Idaho Falls Public Library featuring a boy and his two dogs; it is a memorial to Wilson Rawls, author of the beloved children’s book Where the Red Fern Grows.
About her art, Ms. Hoff Hansen writes, “There is a quality of honesty and purity in drawing from life that is delightful. It is a unifying factor in all my work through the many types of media I work with. Years of search and research has led me to understand that doing art is a response to one’s inner sensibilities. The artist’s eye synthesizes form and rhythm, capturing forever a moment of poetry. To those who have a feeling for these elements, I address my work.” For more information about the artist and her work, visit her website.
The exhibition is free and open to the public whenever the library is open; here's a complete listing of the library’s hours. The Oboler library is located at 850 S.9th, on the corner of S. 9th and Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Pocatello.
Marilyn Hoff Hansen may be contacted via email at hansenmarilyn8@gmail.com. For more information about art exhibits in the library, contact Kristi at austkris@isu.edu or (208) 282-4073.
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