The artist will be at the gallery from 10 a.m. - noon each day to greet visitors. The exhibition recognizes Opdahl, who was DePauw's art gallery director and university curator from 1987-1998. This program is presented in part by the Indiana Arts Commission, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
All events are free and open to the public.
Opdahl's textiles are made with wool that she dyes by hand before incorporating the fibers into one of her rugs or wall hangings using an industrial punch gun. Her emphasis is on lines like a drawing and on the movement and energy created through a variety of lines and essentially geometric forms. Incorporating visual influences of Japanese, African and South American cultures, Opdahl creates her own blend of patterns in a style uniquely her own. She also exhibited at the University of Indianapolis in 1999. Her textiles are also in several private, public and corporate collections.