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Fall Quarter 2025

A wooden lawnmower on a white box by Artist Jim Zimpel
Untitled (Curb Find-Mower), 2017, oriented strand board, dowels.

Artist: Jim Zimpel

 

Curb Finds, Shop Bots, and other OSB Works

 

On View: September 22-October 22, 2025

Artist Lecture: Wednesday October 22 at 11:30-12:30

Location: sn-w’ey’-mn Bldg. 24, Room 110

Closing Reception at the SFCC Fine Art Gallery: October 22 from 12:30-1:00. Location: Lobby, sƛ̓x̣etkʷ Fine and Applied Arts Building 32

 

About:

Jim Zimpel is the Associate Dean of the College of Arts & Architecture and an Associate Professor of Sculpture + Extended Media at Montana State University in Bozeman. Zimpel states, “Through the discipline of sculpture my work constructs factual and imaginary entry points and rituals-they are the means to process, explore and understand things that are actually, or perceived as, inaccessible.”

Artwork by Sasha Barret - Ukrainian Childhood, 2023, Terracotta, slip, glaze, wood, rope, metal.
Ukrainian Childhood, 2023, Terracotta, slip, glaze, wood, rope, metal.

Artist: Sasha Barrett

 

витривалі люди: "Resilient People"
(Vytryvali Lyudy)

 

On View: November 3-December 4, 2025

Artist Lecture: Monday November 3 at 11:30-12:30 Location: sn-w’ey’-mn Bldg. 24, Room 110

Location: sn-w’ey’-mn Bldg. 24, Room 110

Closing Reception at the SFCC Fine Art Gallery: November 3 from12:30-1:00. Location: Lobby, sƛ̓x̣etkʷ Fine and Applied Arts Building 32

 

About:

Sasha Barrett, a ceramic artist from Sumy, Ukraine, has received several awards including the Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artist Award, the Alexa Rose Foundation Artist Grant, and the Bertha Morton Scholarship at the University of Montana, where he graduated in 2025 with an MFA in Ceramics. His current sculptural work engages in a direct dialogue with the ongoing war in Ukraine. Barrett incorporates pottery, sculpture, documentary film and photography into his artmaking practice. Barrett states, “I aim to spread awareness, to share stories, be of service, and help deter the ever so common war-fatigue.”

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