Past Exhibitions
Danish-American Artist Series presents . . .
EVELYN MATTHIES
Evelyn Matthies is a life-long artist and art instructor in Brainerd, Minnesota. This exhibition explores the many artistic styles, subjects, and techniques that have marked her decades-long career.
Pictured at left is "Grandpa's Home Town," depicting the neighborhood in Denmark from which her grandfather emigrated. This piece was acquied for the museum's permanent collection.
January 23 through July 11, 2010
VICTOR BORGE: A Centennial Celebration
To celebrate the centennial of Victor Borge’s birth, The Danish Immigrant Museum has partnered with the Borge family and the American-Scandinavian Foundation of New York to sponsor a major exhibition on Victor Borge’s life and work.
The exhibition features images, video, and artifacts from both his personal life and his career as an entertainer. For the opening of this exhibition, the Borge piano on display at The Danish Immigrant Museum was restored to playable condition by Piano Technician Norman Petersen of Mankato, Minnesota. Glenn Henricksen, an acclaimed pianist, debuted the newly refurbished instrument as part of the anniversary tribute. Also, visitors were treated to a presentation by one of Borge’s daughters, Janet Borge Crowle of Maryland, at the opening reception.
Parts of this exhibition were featured in a show at Scandinavia House in New York from January through May of 2009.
May 22, 2009 through March 8, 2010
Danish-American Artist Series Presents . . .
ANNI HOLM
Anni Holm is a young conceptual artist who primarily works in the media of photography, digital imaging, and performance art. Born in Denmark, she has lived and worked in the Chicago area since 1999.
In 2004, Holm graduated with a BFA in Photography from Colombia College in Chicago. She has exhibited in several group and solo exhibitions, both in Denmark and in the United States, primarily in the Chicago area.
July 2009 through January 2010
Danish-American Artist Series Presents . . .
Grethe Herlin and Lone Hansen
The paintings of mother and daughter artists from Bainbridge Island, Washington.
January through July 2009
Across Oceans, Across Time, Across Generations
This exhibition brought the main floor story of Across Oceans, Across Time to the next level. It followed three Danish families and their businesses: O&H Danish Bakery of Racine, Wisconsin; Andersen Windows of Bayport, Minnesota; and the Bansen Dairies of California, Oregon, and Nebraska.
Through this exhibition, visitors learned about three Danish families: the Olesens, Andersens, and Bansens, as well as the businesses they started and have successfully passed down through the generations. Visitors were encouraged to take genealogical handouts and brochures so that they may delve into their own family history through genealogical research.
June 2008 through April 2009
Danish-American Artist Series presents…
Jens Carstensen: A Dane from Dane County
Jens Carstensen immigrated to the United States in 1950 at the age of twenty-four. After working in the New York/New Jersey areas, he settled down in Dane County, Wisconsin, where has lived since 1967. He felt he ‘belonged’ in the Upper Midwest (Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan) because the landscape, with its rolling hills, farms, and bodies of water, reminded him of Jylland, where he spent his early childhood.
July 2008 through January 2009
Carl Rohl-Smith: The Artist at Work
This exhibit featured statues created by a highly respected Danish artist during the last decades of the 19th century. The statues on exhibit, all loaned to us from the Trapholt Museum in Kolding, Denmark, were among those that sank with the ship that was transporting them back to Denmark in 1904. All pieces were recovered and restored, and now the Museum was happy to be able to display some of these pieces for the first time.
January through November 2008
Across Oceans: Our Maritime Collection
Generations ago, immigrants arrived in this country by ship. This exhibition featured paintings, prints, drawings, boat models, toy boats, and even a hat worn by an immigration officer at Ellis Island, all items related to this topic of water transportation. This show contained artifacts from the museum’s own collection and included a slide show of dozens of the small snapshot photographs in the collection that would otherwise have been difficult to showcase.
January 2008 through July 2008
Rescue of the Danish Jews
Multiple panels told the story of Denmark’s role in World War II. Text and images share details of the days leading up to the occupation, the conditions under which Germany took over the rule of Denmark, and its liberation.
January through May 2008
Helle Jørvad – Goldsmith and Danish Designer
Helle Jørvad is a well-known and prominent silver and gold worker in Denmark. She has created pieces for important dignitaries in both Denmark and the United States. As part of her exhibition, Helle gave demonstrations several times and created jewelry and art pieces while visitors watched and asked questions. Her display included bowls, jewelry, church altar decorations, and much more.
July 2007 through April 2008
Paper Cuttings of Annette Andersen
July 2007 through January 2008
Danish American Artist Series presents…
CYNTHIA MCKEEN
July 2007 through January 2008
Kaleidoscopic Colors of Scandinavia - Artwork by Edward Matwijkiw
May 2007 through June 2008
From Postcards to Instant Messaging - Friends and Family Stay in Touch
March 2007 through March 2008
Danish-American Artist Series Presents…
ELMER PETERSEN
January 2007 through July 2007
Form, Fitness, and Rhythm in Motion - The Danish Gymnastic Tradition in America
April 2006 through March 2007
Danish-American Artist Series Presents…
RICK MARZULLO
July 2006 through January 2007
Danish-American Artist Series Presents…
CLINT HANSEN
January 2006 through July 2006
Nadjeschda Overgaard - National Heritage Fellow, 1998
October 2005 through June 2006
Americans at Work & at Play - A Study of Danish Influences in Everyday Life
May 2005 through May 2006
Hans Hansen - A Study in Danish-American Ingenuity
February 2005 through April 2006
Contemporary Illustrations of Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairytales
2005
Celebrating 100 Years of Danish Christmas Seals
November 2004 through April 2005
Historical Danish Folk Costumes from the National Museum of Denmark
September 2004 through January 2005
Quilting Family History
September 2004 through October 2005
Original Paintings by Henri Sorensen
October through December 2004
Expressions of a Danish-American Identity - Exploring the Creative Work of Lorraine Larsen
March through September 2004
A Celebration of Heritage - Danish Folk Costumes in America
May 2003 through April 2004
The Photographs of Sisse Brimberg
January through March 2003 (first show)
2005 (second show)
Highlight from the Collections of 2001 - 2003
2003 through 2004
Housing the Dream- Revisiting Beginnings (20th Anniversary)
2003
A Weaving Together of Many Diverse Threads - The Rich Tapestry of Minnesota's Danish Heritage
2003
Creative Transformations - The Salmonsen Melberg Stamp Collection
2003
A Passion For Coopering - The Life & Work of Niels Christian Thomsen
2003
Jens Dixen & the Brorson Folk School
2002 through January 2008
Danes on the Northern Plains - Patterns of Settlement in the Dakotas, Montana & Wyoming
2002
From A Gifted Journey - The Paintings of S.D. Rodholm
2002
Narrating History Through Image - C.C.A. Christensen, Danish Immigrant Painter, Unfolds A Migration Story
2002
Scenes from Denmark - Images of the Homeland
2001 through 2002
Wilderness Exodus - The Danish Mormon Experience in America
2001
Danish-American Cultural Life in Chicago
2000
Olaf Wieghorst - Artist of the American West
1999 through 2000
A Consecration of Hope - Baptismal Clothing from Immigrant Families
1999
And the People Came - Elk Horn's Folk School, a Crucible of Danish Immigrant History
1999
Embracing Two Worlds - The Thorvald Muller Family of Kimballton
1998
Tracking the Source
1997 through 1998
A Time of Promise
1997
