USD presents<br />Stilwell exhibition

USD presents
Stilwell exhibition The University Art Galleries at The University of South Dakota presents "Rediscovered Talent: Retrospective Exhibition of the Work of Wilber Stilwell." The exhibit is scheduled to run from March 9-30 in the Main Gallery of the Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts. A reception, free and open to the public, is scheduled for 7-9 p.m. Friday, March 20. Stilwell, who joined the USD faculty immediately after receiving his master's degree from the University of Iowa in 1941, served on the department of art faculty at the universirty for 32 years and as department chair for 26 years. The show represents a comprehensive selection of his life's work. "Rediscovered Talent" includes more than 40 paintings, prints and drawings. The show will be accompanied by a full catalogue with essays on the artist's life and his place in American art of the 1930s and 1940s.