Archabbey Library Gallery hosts local photographer’s exhibit

Saint Meinrad Archabbey Library Gallery, St. Meinrad is hosting an exhibit of photographs titled “Stereoscopic City” by Andrea Hoelscher.

The exhibit runs from October 2 through November 24.

Andrea Hoelscher, of Ferdinand, has taught photography since 1994 and has been on the faculty of the University of Southern Indiana Art Department since 2006. She completed a Master of Fine Arts at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1994.

She has had solo exhibitions at the Schmidt Art Center, Belleville, IL; Manifest gallery in Cincinnati; the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, IN; and has shown her work in Poland and Germany. In 2014, Hoelscher received a grant from the Individual Artist’s Program of the Indiana Arts Commission.

This series of photographs concentrates on urban structures built at different times, bearing the imprint of the ideals of different eras. The city is, according to the artist, “like a set design for the ultimate theater with the inhabitants of the city as the actors on the stage.”

In “Stereoscopic City,” the stereograph merges with digital technology. When viewed with a stereoscope, two nearly identical images shift into one three-dimensional scene. Hoelscher digitally combines elements from the stereo negatives to create three-dimensional, imaginary scenes that impel the viewer to question what he or she sees.

For library hours, call (812) 357-6401 or (800) 987-7311, or visit the Archabbey Library’s website:www.saintmeinrad.edu/library/ hours/.

The exhibit is free and open to the public. Those wishing to view the exhibit may want to arrive at least 30 minutes before closing time.