{"id":9087,"date":"2018-11-19T16:50:55","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T16:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/?p=9087"},"modified":"2018-11-19T17:16:01","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T17:16:01","slug":"in-focus-surprising-sights-worth-a-first-or-second-glance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/2018\/11\/19\/in-focus-surprising-sights-worth-a-first-or-second-glance\/","title":{"rendered":"In Focus: Surprising sights worth a first (or second) glance"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]This fall, Philadelphia-based artist Margery Amdur created mixed media installations in Augsburg\u2019s Christensen and Gage Family galleries. Amdur\u2019s art emphasizes the creative process and incorporates unusual materials\u2014 including cosmetic sponges. The exhibition was presented as part of a collaboration among Augsburg, Bethel University, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and St. Catherine University in conjunction with the publication of the book \u201cCreative Practices for Visual Artists.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9289&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9291&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]Here\u2019s a new take on the \u201cspring thaw.\u201d Virtually all summer and fall, the Augsburg Ice Arena was iceless, which allowed construction crews to complete facility improvements, including installing a more environmentally friendly refrigerant system and upgrading the ice sheet fl oors from sand to concrete bases. Augsburg\u2019s two-rink facility opened in 1974 and is used extensively\u2014not only by the university\u2019s men\u2019s and women\u2019s hockey teams, but also by community groups, youth sports leagues, fi gure skating clubs, and recreational skaters.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9290&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]This fall, Philadelphia-based artist Margery Amdur created mixed media installations in Augsburg\u2019s Christensen and Gage Family galleries. Amdur\u2019s art emphasizes the creative process and incorporates unusual materials\u2014 including cosmetic sponges. The exhibition was presented as part of a collaboration among Augsburg, Bethel University, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and St. Catherine University in <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":9286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[86],"class_list":["post-9087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-around-the-quad","tag-fall-winter-2018"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9087"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9293,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9087\/revisions\/9293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}