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“Dreaming of Cows Mural Project” by Betty LaDuke AT NDSU

Presented by NDSU Division of Fine Arts at NDSU Memorial Union

March 1-March 26, 2011

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*An exhibit by Betty LaDuke titled “Dreaming of Cows Mural Project” to come to NDSU MU Gallery*

Fargo, N.D. - An exhibit by Betty LaDuke titled “Dreaming of Cows Mural Project” will be at the North Dakota State University Memorial Union Art Gallery starting Tuesday, March 1, 2011. The exhibit will run through Saturday, March 26, 2011. A reception will be held on Thursday March 10, 2011 from 5-7 p.m.
The exhibit, consisting of 22 original paintings, was inspired by LaDuke’s trips to see Heifer International projects around the world in developing countries such as Cambodia, Ecuador, Peru, Poland, Rwanda, Uganda and Vietnam.
LaDuke is an avid supporter of Heifer International, a non-profit, humanitarian organization dedicated to ending world hunger and saving the earth by providing livestock, trees, agricultural training and values-based community development to aid poor families around the globe in their quest to be self-reliant.
Under Heifer International’s mission, families may receive an animal which will help feed farmers and the community. When the animal is bred, the families will remain responsible for passing on the “gift” of enabling another family to do the same by donating one or more of their animals’ offspring.
LaDuke was born to parents who emigrated from villages in Ukraine and Poland. Her artistic path started when she was nine years old at the Worker’s Children’s Camp where she was first introduced to African American art and Mexican mural painting.

LaDuke attended Denver University and the Cleveland Institute of Art, and then traveled to Mexico in 1953 to study at the Instituto Allende. There, LaDuke explored expressionism, cubism, and pre-Columbian Aztec and Mayan art. LaDuke left the Instituto Allende after a year but continued to work in Mexico for another two years. During that time she painted murals in Otomi Indian villages for an organization sponsored by the United Nations and the Mexican government.
For more information about LaDuke or the “Dreaming of Cows Mural Project” visit www.bettyladuke.com.