Anoka-Ramsey Community College: Department of Art

04/13/2026

Please join the ARCC Visual Arts Department in welcoming Guest Artists Zoë Powell and Mitch Iburg for a full-day presentation and demonstration workshop. They will be demonstrating techniques used in their studio and highlighting how they use and process local harvested clays. This event is free and open to the public — drop-in anytime during the event!

About the Artists: Zoë and Mitch own and operate Studio Alluvium, a showroom and workspace offering classes on responsibly harvesting and processing raw clay minerals for use in the ceramic studio. Zoë’s hand-built sculptural vessels of intersecting volumes are conceptually driven by biological systems and emotive experiences enacting a tensity, merging interior and exterior realms. Mitch’s work echoes shifting geological forces manifesting as stratified sculptural pillars, large muted wall tiles, and functional forms that embrace and challenge conventional ceramic traditions.

02/17/2026

Please join the ARCC Visual Arts Department for a ceramics demonstration! Studio Potter S.C. Rolf will be presenting his work through live demonstrations in our ceramics studio classroom located in the Visual Arts building at C**n Rapids campus (VA221) from 8:00am - 4:00pm. Come learn with us by observing techniques and listening to stories as Rolf brings us further into seeing and understanding his beautifully crafted handmade ceramic pieces. Audience members are encouraged to bring questions and contribute to the conversation. We hope to see you there!
This event is free and open to the public and participants are welcome to drop-in at any time during the workshop.

05/01/2025

Come to our Student Art Sale!
Want to own original art? Looking for something unique? Need a gift?
This is your chance!
Wednesday and Thursday, May 7th and 8th, 8am - 5pm.
Rapids Campus
11200 Mississippi Blvd NW, C**n Rapids
Sale will be located below the grand staircase across from the bookstore.

02/25/2025

Join the ARCC Visual Arts Department and Art Club for a talk with artist and activist Corey Pemberton. Pemberton resides in Los Angeles, CA where he splits his time between the nonprofit arts organization 'Crafting the Future', painting, and his glass practice. He strives to bring together people of all backgrounds and identities, breaking down stereotypes and building bridges; not only through his work with 'Crafting the Future' but with his personal artistic practice as well.

Wednesday, March 5th, 1:00pm
Anoka-Ramsey Community College Rapids Campus
Mississippi Room

All are welcome!

02/12/2025

Join us Thursday night for the opening reception of All for Art, our annual juried student art exhibition. Artwork is on view in the 2nd floor hallway gallery of the Visual Arts Department, Rapids Campus. Opening reception Thursday, February 13th, 5-7pm. Awards ceremony and comments from the jurors at 6pm. Light refreshments will be served.

02/12/2021

The Visual Arts Department would like to announce our annual Juried Student Art Exhibition! This year's exhibition is virtual. Visiting juror Alison Hiltner (https://alisonhiltner.com/) selected the pieces to be included in this exhibition from a pool of submitted student art work. Please visit the gallery of artwork on our website at: https://arccvisualarts.wordpress.com/afa2021/



The exhibition's homepage also includes a link to our comment/guest book. Please help us celebrate the amazing work our students are creating by adding a comment!

All For Art 2021: a Juried Student art exhibition Explore the gallery Leave a comment

04/24/2020

This year's students in the Portfolio Class did not get to have their exhibition in person. But we are having a virtual one! Please, go see their work, leave a comment in the guest book, and enjoy. These students have worked hard for this!

Poster design by Madeline Snow. Click the image to enter the exhibition!

04/23/2020

Esther!! One of our art students was part of a great team, participating in Art in Bloom - virtual edition - at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts!

“The warm feeling that "Sunburst" evokes is exactly what inspired the floral arrangement my parents and I decided to create. The beautifully delicate characteristics of the yellow flowers mirror the fragility of the suspended glass arrangement.” - Esther Stoy, John Stoy, and Suzanne Stoy

Pictured: (Left) Dale Chihuly, (United States, 1941), “Sunburst,” 1999, Blown glass, neon, metal armature. Gift of funds from Donna and Cargill MacMillan Jr., 99.132, © 2019 Chihuly Studios / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York https://collections.artsmia.org/art/31146/sunburst-dale-chihuly; (Right) Interpretation by Esther Stoy, John Stoy, and Suzanne Stoy