Eugene Dalzotto – An Artist’s Path
EXHIBIT EXTENDED to August 2, 2025
GALLERY TALKS with Patrick Lochwood:
Thursday June 6 at 6pm (approximately 90 minutes)
Thursday July 31 at noon (approximately 90 minutes)
OPEN HOUSE Friday, June 6 from 5 to 7pm
SPECIAL EVENT Gallery Walk & Talk with Patrick Lochwood
Thursday, June 26 at 6pm
Thursday, July 31 at noon
Join us for an in-depth conversation and Gallery Walk for the exhibit, Eugene Dalzotto – An Artist’s Path. Patrick will give his presentation on two different dates.
Longtime friend and representative of the Dalzotto Art Collection, Patrick Lochwood, will share more about Eugene as an artist and educator, and the events and artists that influenced his life’s work.
Dalzotto was instrumental in the formation of Bemidji State University’s Department of Visual Arts, was a master printmaker and a Fulbright Scholar, studied in Europe, and settled in Bemidji. He taught art and art history at the University until his retirement in 1984. He remained in Bemidji after retirement, producing works in his home studio until the late 1990s.
The exhibit reflects his passion for Bemidji and features works spanning more than five decades of his life. Dalzotto passed away in 2009.
This event is free and will be presented in the Kaul Gallery.
For more than 50 years, Eugene Dalzotto studied, created, and produced works of art with the desire of being able to truly see. This ability of being able to see is essential for becoming an Artist. Eugene was an artist. This show presents works by Eugene and others who influenced his life’s path as an artist.
Dalzotto, who was instrumental in the formation of Bemidji State’s Department of Visual Arts, was a master printmaker and Fulbright Scholar who studied in Europe and settled in Bemidji. He taught art and art history at the University until his retirement in 1985. He remained in Bemidji after retirement, producing works in his home studio until the late 1990s. Dalzotto passed away in 2009.
The intent of the exhibit is not only to pay homage to an artist/educator but, to allow the viewer to reflect on what it means to be an “Artist”. On display are works by Gene from his early educational years as an undergraduate to the last image he made as an artist. The exhibit includes images from his contemporaries and his teachers and works he collected that influenced his work and study.
The show challenges the viewer to think about the artist as much as the images that they make. How one becomes an artist – a lifetime of learning, how to see and developing a craft that communicates to the viewer who the artist is.
Through understanding the development of the artist’s path, a viewer may develop a deeper understanding and appreciation of the art they experience.
