Virtual Gallery Now Open!

We’re very proud to present 60 Years, 60 Works! With The Rourke's 60th Anniversary coming up this summer, our director and staff selected Permanent Collections artwork representing each year of our organization's existence. This sprawling exhibition is on view throughout the Second Level of the museum.

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The Works

On view 17 January - 1 March 2020 in the Main Gallery, the Gustavian Gallery, and the Katherine Kilbourne Burgum Gallery.

Elizabeth Strand, "Blue Landscape," 1960; watercolor, ink

Cyrus M. Running, "First Snow," 1961; encaustic

Fred A. Helmeke, "Prairie Road (Stray Sheep)," 1962; oil on canvas

Paul Allen, "Atomic Atoll," 1963; intaglio

James VerDoorn, "Two Moons," 1964; oil on canvas

Jack Youngquist, "At the Bouquet," 1965; oil on canvas

David Parsons, "Dreaming about Food," 1966; charcoal, watercolor

Winfield Johnson, "Hayrake," 1967; photograph

George Pfeifer, "Hill 875," 1968; acrylic on canvas

Arnold Favella, "Meatba," 1969; acrylic, enamel on canvas

Robert A. Nelson, "Raygun," 1970; oil, graphite, collage on canvas, fluorescent light

Thomas Macaulay, "Ice Cream Cone (Self-Portrait)," 1971; plastic, sunglasses, ice cream cone

Gordon Mortensen, "Marshes," 1972; reduction woodcut

Philip J. Thompson, "St. Michael," 1973; acrylic, copper on wood

Cameron Booth, "Two Hunters," 1974; oil on canvas

Catherine Mulligan, "Heritage Water Box," 1975; resin, plexiglas

Gail Kendall, "Wedding Goblet," 1976; ceramic

T. Hunter Strand, "Self Portrait," 1977; color photograph

Fred Scheel, "Cathedral, Falaise, Normandy, France," 1978; photograph

Terence Larson, "War Bird Chained Again," 1979; welded steel

George Pfeifer, "August," 1980; lithograph

Jackie McElroy, "Balloons #4 - Tethered," 1981; screen print

Earl Linderman, "Dance with Me Tonight," 1982; pastel

Brian Paulsen, "Party Crackers," 1983; watercolor

Steve Glazer, "Tackle Box #12," 1984; ceramic

Fritz Scholder, "Mystery Woman with Green Mask," 1985; bronze

Luis Jiménez, "Coscolina con Muerte," 1986; lithograph

Orland J. Rourke, "Artist Incognito - Masquerading as a Cat Warrior," 1987; mixed media

Debborah Richert, "Gabriel," 1988; bronze

Deborahmae Broad, "High Haven," 1989; wood engraving

Erik Budd, "House Series II: Pink Cow," 1990; acrylic on panel

Jean Gumpper, "In the Landscape," 1991; color woodcut

Robyn McDaniels Stoutenberg, "Oscar Takes Larry to the Moon," 1992; photograph

Keri Pickett, "Krissa," 1993; photograph

Jonathan Twingley, "Bikini Amelia" & "Icarus Thinks About Flying," 1994; diptych - pencil, gesso collage

Richard Gruchalla, "I'll Watch the Water, Sentinel for the Lakes," 1995; raku fired ceramic, lake stones

Duane Mickelson, "Woodland Creature, The Skeptic," 1996; steel, found wood

John Scott Postovit, "Midnight Frolic," 1997; pastel

Erich Zumbrunnen, "Untitled 2 (Reclining Chair)," 1998; homosote, found materials

Charles Halling, "Teapot," 1999; ceramic

Deborah Gerling, "Annie Rexic: A Reality Doll," 2000; polychrome wood

Jerry Rudquist, "Chaos / Fovarkoya," 2001; acrylic, charcoal

Brant Moorefield, "Dream (The Shark)," 2002; oil on canvas

Aaron Holz, "Parker," 2003; resin on panel

Carl Oltvedt, "Afternoon Light (Humphrey House)," 2004; oil on paper

Don Myhre, "Good Jim, Bad Jim," 2005; painted bronze

Zhimin Guan, "Zhimin Painting," 2006; oil on canvas

William Charles Harbort, "Running from Alexander," 2007; mixed media

Brad Bachmeier, "Canonization of Pottery Shrine," 2008; ceramic

Lois Wiederrecht-Finke, "Self-Portrait, Scholder Style," 2009; foil imaging, collage

Deb Wallwork, "Itasca," 2010; photograph

Jeff Weispfenning, "The Devil Made Me Do It," 2011; oil on canvas

Jonathan Rutter, "Home is Where You Start From," 2012; oil on canvas

Annette DuBord, "As Long As It's Not a Bill," 2013; lithograph, collage

Jessica Matson-Fluto, "Rift," 2014; oil on canvas

LeRoy Aasland, "Moonstruck," 2015; acrylic on canvas

Ben Rheault, "Enantiodromia I," 2016; oil on canvas

Mitchel Scott Hoffart, "Resist Sisters," 2017; mixed media

Amy Sands, "Revolution XLVI," 2018; mixed media

Shane Balkowitsch, "Five Generations of Yellowbirds," 2019; ambrotype