Please join us on Thursday, Sept. 10 for an exhibit closing reception, celebrating the archive, artwork, and book arts of Harriet Bart, a leading Twin Cities artist. The exhibit reception features music in the library atrium with the program beginning at 6 p.m. that will feature a discussion with the artist, curators, and collaborators on art and archiving and the intersection of art, science, and music.

About ‘Echoes and Equations’

Exhibit dates: June 8 through Sept. 18, 2026 (weekdays only), 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
To see this exhibit, please call 612-624-7469 upon your arrival at Elmer L. Andersen Library to be let into the building.

Active from the 1970s to the present, Harriet Bart’s artistic career and achievements are illuminated in this exhibit, bringing to light her creative process and work that has consistently examined the intersection of visual and performative art, history, poetry, and science.

“Echoes and Equations: The Art and Archiving of Harriet Bart” combines archival materials — sketchbooks, correspondence, research notes, photographs, and ephemera — to complement the art objects and artist’s books on display to reveal Harriet Bart’s intellectual and spiritual acumen, and the depth of research that has informed her decades-long art and book making. This exhibit emphasizes the artist’s attention to the echoes of memory, the geometry of pattern, the eloquence of equations, and the profound inspiration she finds in literature, historical imagery, and stories of people and places.

By presenting selections from her archives displayed alongside her handcrafted artists’ books, this exhibition champions the interdisciplinary nature of Bart’s artistry. The exhibit was co-curated by Amy Gabbert-Montag and Deborah Ultan from the newly acquired Harriet Bart archive for the UMN Libraries’ Gorman Rare Art Books and Artists’ Archives. Exhibit design by Darren Terpstra.

Event details

What: Exhibit closing reception for “Echoes and Equations: The Art and Archiving of Harriet Bart”
When: Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026 | 5:30 to 8 p.m. | Program begins at 6 p.m.
Where: Elmer L. Andersen Library | Parking (Lot 86).