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"Word Terminal" New Exhibit at Northcutt-Steele Gallery

An exhibit of mixed media paintings and a paper sculpture that explores the relationship between written language and visuals images is on display at MSU-Billings through October 13, 2016.

Nishiki Sugawara-Beda, associate professor of art at the University of Idaho, immigrated to the U.S. from Japan as a young adult.  Her exhibition - "Word Terminal" - is supported by the Idaho Commission on the Arts/National Endowment for the Arts.

Dr. Leanne Gilbertson, the director of the Northcutt Steele Gallery, said the exhibit consists of seven paintings and a large suspended paper sculptural instillation.  

“She’s created a group of subtle, layered painting and immersive paper sculptures

that are installed in the gallery that respond to her experiments and experience with Japanese calligraphy andSumi-e ink painting, “ said Gilbertson.

During the gallery talk Gilbertson was looking forward to hearing Sugawara-Beda address the   relationship between written language and her visual images, and overview of her  process and evolution of this work.

The Northcutt-Steele Gallery is located on the first floor of the Liberal Arts Building at MSU-Billings. It is open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and by appointment.

Kay Erickson has been working in broadcasting in Billings for more than 20 years. She spent well over a decade as news assignment editor at KTVQ-TV before joining the staff at YPR. She is a graduate of Northern Illinois University, with a degree in broadcast journalism. Shortly after graduation she worked in Great Falls where she was one of the first female sports anchor and reporter in Montana.