The Brady & Jeanne Foust Collection Booklet

Water Street II by Susan Phelps Pearson

THE BRADY & JEANNE FOUST COLLECTION

A Lasting Legacy of Art

Brady & Jeanne Foust Gallery Dec. 16, 2022 - Feb. 19, 2023

As passionate advocates of the arts in our region, Brady & Jeanne Fousts’ legacy as patrons of the arts lives on through their financial generosity, their love of the humanities, and their extensive art collection. This exhibit will feature highlights from their lifetime of collecting art.

Meet the Artist Reception

Saturday, Feb. 18 from 5 - 8 p.m.

Art Talk

Saturday, Feb. 18 at 6 p.m. in Robert Manz Gibson Street Entry Reserve tickets at PabloCenter.org

ARTISTS STATEMENTS & BIOGRAPHIES

Statements and biographies are written by the individual artist and are published with their permission. The views expressed are their own. Thank You.

RO SE DOLAN-NEILL, CURATOR

Assistant Director of Artistic Programming

Pablo Center at the Confluence

Please be sure to read through the artistic statements and biographies of the artists on display, these words will add to the enjoyment and appreciation of the artwork and may give you further reason to purchase a work of art from Pablo Center. Who knows, it may even inspire you to take the next steps in your creative endeavor.

GOOD TO KNOW

PLEASE KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE FROM ALL ARTWORK AND PEDESTALS

Be conscious of backpacks or strollers that may bump into walls, pedestals, or artwork. Do not touch artwork on display unless a label tells you specifically how to interact with the artwork.

SUPERVISE CHILDREN AT ALL TIMES

We strongly encourage children viewing the artwork on display. Please instruct children to not touch artwork on display, to not run in the gallery, and to be kind and respectful of other people viewing the artwork by viewing artworks quietly and keeping a safe distance from others. Children must be supervised by their guardian at all times.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Pablo Center at the Confluence encourages personal photography of our exhibits and permanent art collection. Please use care both for the artwork and the people viewing it. Please no flash.

SKETCHING

Yes, please. You may certainly sketch in our facility. We ask that you use a lapboard or clipboard. Please only use lead or colored pencils. Please do not use the walls or pedestals as supports for sketching.

BRADY & JEANNE FOUST

Eau Claire, Wisconsin

“We love having art in our home and in our lives. The art in our home reflects where we have lived, artists we admire, and a love of diversity of mediums. Naturally, as Geographers, we have numerous landscapes and beautiful old maps. We are lucky in the Chippewa Valley to have so many talented artists and over the years the work of these artists have constituted the core of our collection, along with artists from Kentucky and Minnesota–where we hail from. As we are committed internationalists, we have works that reflect our travels and our hope for a better world.

We hope you will enjoy visiting with some of the pieces we love.”

- Brady & Jeanne

BRADY FOUST

Brady Foust joined the UW-Eau Claire faculty in 1971 after finishing his graduate degree at the University of Tennessee. He spent 38 years at UW -Eau Claire, serving as the longtime chair of the geography department, which became nationally known throughout the years. He initiated a strong geographic information system (GIS) program in the department in the early days of GIS software development. Hundreds of his former students have jobs in the GIS industry throughout the country. After his retirement in 2009, Brady was one of three founders of HazardHub, which became a leading provider of geospatial hazard data to the insurance industry. He hired multiple Blugolds at HazardHub because of their GIS expertise acquired as student at UW-Eau Claire and on the job following graduation. HazardHub was acquired by Guidewire Software in 2021. Brady was a member of the Pablo Center Board of Directors.

JEANNE FOUST

Jeanne Foust has lived in Eau Claire for 21 years. She grew up in Redwood Falls, MN and is a graduate of the University of South Carolina. She had a 30-year career at Esri, the world’s leading GIS software producer, before retiring in 2021. During her final 20 years at Esri, she was responsible for working with international geospatial standards for the company and was a major contributor to organizations such as the International Standards Organization (ISO) and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). Her work was essential to the establishment of mapping and earth observation standards; technical interoperability of GIS platforms; and the adoption of data sharing agreements by members of the United Nations. Prior to working for Esri, Jeanne lived in Togo and Nigeria, where she was involved with environmental mapping of the Niger Delta.

Barbara Shafer

Alone in the Studio, 2009 Oil on canvas, 48 x 60

Barbara Shafer Meditation, 2017 Oil on canvas

Anders Shafer Jack Johnson, Circa 1970 Drawing on paper

David Knowlton Elevators Oil on canvas

David Knowlton Red Barn Oil on canvas

Bill Nolte

Pat’s T-Shirt Reads “So Many Books, So Little Time,” 2017 Shadow box

David Caradori Bowl, 2016 Pottery

Tiit Raid

Moments in our Life Acrylic on paper

Retirement, birthday, and holiday gifts from Tiit.

Tiit Raid

Backyard Flames, 2011

Acrylic on paper on board, 52 x 10 Tiit Raid Geography, 2012 Acrylic on paper on board

A commission celebrating the landscape of the Chippewa Valley. Tiit surprised us by honoring our work as geographers.

MaryEllen Alea

Quiet Fiber art

A gift from the artist reflecting Jeanne’s decade in West Africa and our travels to Southern Africa.

David Caradori Bowl, 2016 Pottery

Bruce Warren Crossbeam, 2008 Silver gelatin photographic print, 6 x 8

Bruce Warren Fields and Clouds, 2007 Photographic print, 18 x 14

Mark Aumann

Priests: Vietnam, 2009 Photography, 13 x 15

Allan Servoss Far and Away, 2020 Colored pencil drawing

Jodi Balow

Mona’s Bar Fruit Bowl Oil painting

Susan Phelps Pearson

Water Street, 2004 Oil on canvas, 28 x 32

When we are in town, we go to Mona Lisa’s on Friday. We loved the way Sue Pearson captured Water Street light.

Susan Phelps Pearson

Water Street II

Oil on canvas

Steve Immerman

Two Rivers, 2018 Kiln formed glass

Steve Immerman A Teaspoon

of Autumn, 2020 Kiln

formed glass

Mike Olive Amber Inn Oil on board

LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT

We acknowledge that Pablo Center at the Confluence occupies the sacred and ancestral lands of Indigenous Peoples. We honor the land of the Ojibwe and Dakota Nations.

INCLUSIVITY STATEMENT

Pablo Center at the Confluence will not reamin silent when what the community needs is for its local oranizations to represent them. Pablo Center at the Confluence, while listening to and learning from the community, pledges to:

• Address structural and historical inequities in the arts.

• Identify and address implicit biases and practices throught the organizational structure of Pablo Center.

• Respond to the events of our time that test relationships within the community through dialogue, educational and artistic programming, and care.

Our first act towards this pledge is the creation of the Committee for Inclusive and Just Engagement and Practices, which is dedicated to the resolution of issues and the creation of opportunities related to social justice.

ON EXHIBIT ANYTIME

Through the viewing of art in our virtual exhibits on our website, we can all have a common experience. Gain an understanding of our community and our humanity by scrolling through the images of artworks that have been created by our region’s top artistic minds. View our exhibits at anytime at pablocenter.org.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Visit pablocenter.org to view a complete calendar of events, art talks, and purchase tickets.

Find us on:

THE BRADY & JEANNE FOUST COLLECTION

A Lasting Legacy of Art

128 Graham Avenue Eau Claire, WI 54701

FREE and open to the public Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. + two hours before events

To purchase a work of art, contact: Rose Dolan-Neill Assistant Director of Artistic Programming rose@pablocenter.org