Art Exhibition: The Cherry Blossoms You Missed by Kathleen Hawkes

Dates and Times

• Sat, Mar 29, 2025 - Sun, Aug 31, 2025  11am - 4pm Wednesday - Sunday (11am - 4pm)
• Saturday, Apr 5, 2025  11am - 1pm
• Saturday, Jul 26, 2025  1pm - 1:45pm

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Visual Arts

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"The Cherry Blossoms You Missed"
Kathleen Hawkes

On view March 29 - August 31, 2025

Opening Reception | Saturday, April 5, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Artist Spotlight Tour | Saturday, July 26, 1:00 - 1:45 PM

Join the artist for a gallery talk exploring her work and creative process. Artist Spotlight Tours are free with admission and no reservations are required.

About the Exhibition
The Rochester Art Center presents a solo exhibition of photographic works by artist Kathleen Hawkes. Hawkes' still life photographs are a response to the unexpected death of a close friend. Through her compositions, Hawkes investigates grief, regret, and the inherent limitations of personal relationships. Hawkes’ work serves as a personal narrative and a complex portrait of a dear friend, from her singular vantage point, pieced together from belongings left behind.

About the Artist
Kathleen Hawkes (b. 1983) is a visual artist whose practice interweaves photographic processes, drawing, digital constructions, and installation. Through her artworks she explores ideas of slow erosion, subtle shifts in equilibrium, loss, and an ever-changing sense of belonging. Hawkes earned her BFA from Cornell University and her MFA from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. In 2012, Hawkes was granted a Fulbright fellowship to travel to the South Pacific where she lived as a child and photograph domestic spaces. She is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Art at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse. Hawkes lives with her family in Winona, Minnesota.

Learn more about the artist on her website: https://www.kathleenhawkes.com/

Kathleen Hawkes is a 2024 recipient of a Southeastern Minnesota Individual Artist Grant. This activity is made possible through a grant from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council in cooperation with a private foundation.

About Rochester Art Center
Rochester Art Center is a museum of contemporary art located along the Zumbro River in the heart of historic downtown Rochester, MN. Founded in 1946, the Art Center hosts an ongoing schedule of exhibitions of work by local, regional, national, and international artists; dynamic educational programs for all ages; and an array of community partnerships and visitor engagement initiatives. Through world-class exhibitions and programs, the Art Center presents a welcoming, integrated, and diverse experience that encourages questioning, creativity, and critical thinking.

Open Hours: Wednesday - Sunday, 11am - 4pm