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"The Great Deep" artist talk and exhibit reception

Talk and reception for Gary Sczerbaniewicz’s collection “The Great Deep” will be held at Black Hills State University's Ruddell Gallery in the Student Union
October 14, 2022
5:00pm - 8:00pm
Black Hills State University, Ruddell Gallery

1200 University Street
Ruddell Art Gallery in the BHSU Student Union
Spearfish, SD 57783
United States

Join us for an artist talk and exhibit reception featuring "The Great Deep," a collection by 2022 Sanford Underground Research Facility Art­ist-in-Residence (SURF AiR) Gary Sczerbaniewicz.

The reception will take place on Friday, October 14, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at Black Hills State University. Sczerbaniewicz will give an artist talk at Club Buzz in the David B. Miller Yellow Jacket Student Union, followed by an exhibit reception in the Ruddell Gallery. This event is free and open to the public.

The exhibit will run from October 14 through December 9. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The gallery is closed during BHSU breaks and official holidays.

About Gary Sczerbaniewicz

The 2022 SURF AiR Gary Sczerbaniewicz is based in the Cincinnati, Ohio/Northern Kentucky area. Sczer­baniewicz’s work explores architectural spaces that evoke a sense of psychological unease, what he refers to as “the architectural uncanny.” Sczerbaniewicz borrows techniques from architecture, installation, sculpture and theatrical stagecraft to create full-sized structures into which the viewer is invited to physically enter and explore. 

About the SURF Art­ist-in-Residence (SURF AiR) program

The SURF AiR program invites artists to create work inspired by SURF’s unique science, location and history. SURF is the deepest underground labora­tory in the United States, reaching nearly a mile below the surface. It houses experiments in physics, biology, geology, and engineering.