The Brady & Jeanne Foust Collection - A Lasting Legacy of Art Brady & Jeanne Foust Gallery Dec. 16, 2022 - Feb. 19, 2023
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The Brady & Jeanne Foust Collection
A Lasting Legacy of Art
Brady & Jeanne Foust Gallery
Dec. 16, 2022 - Feb. 19, 2023
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.
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ROSE 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.
3BRADY & 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.
4Barbara Shafer Tiit Raid
Alone in the Studio, 2009 Backyard Flames, 2011
Oil on canvas, 48 x 60 Acrylic on paper on board, 52 x 10
Tiit Raid
Barbara Shafer Geography, 2012
Meditation, 2017 Acrylic on paper on board
Oil on canvas
A commission celebrating the
landscape of the Chippewa Valley.
Anders Shafer Tiit surprised us by honoring our
Jack Johnson, Circa 1970 work as geographers.
Drawing on paper
MaryEllen Alea
David Knowlton Quiet
Elevators Fiber art
Oil on canvas A gift from the artist reflecting
Jeanne’s decade in West Africa and
David Knowlton our travels to Southern Africa.
Red Barn
Oil on canvas David Caradori
Bowl, 2016
Bill Nolte Pottery
Pat’s T-Shirt Reads “So
Many Books, So Little Bruce Warren
Time,” 2017 Crossbeam, 2008
Shadow box Silver gelatin photographic print,
6x8
David Caradori
Bowl, 2016 Bruce Warren
Pottery Fields and Clouds, 2007
Photographic print, 18 x 14
Tiit Raid
Moments in our Life Mark Aumann
Acrylic on paper Priests: Vietnam, 2009
Retirement, birthday, and holiday Photography, 13 x 15
gifts from Tiit.
Allan Servoss
Far and Away, 2020
Colored pencil drawing
5Jodi Balow Steve Immerman
Mona’s Bar Fruit Bowl Two Rivers, 2018
Oil painting Kiln formed glass
Susan Phelps Steve Immerman
Pearson A Teaspoon of Autumn,
Water Street, 2004 2020
Oil on canvas, 28 x 32 Kiln formed glass
When we are in town, we go to
Mona Lisa’s on Friday. We loved the Mike Olive
way Sue Pearson captured Water Amber Inn
Street light. Oil on board
Susan Phelps
Pearson
Water Street II
Oil on canvas
6LAND 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:
7THE 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.orgYou can also read
