The University of Wisconsin-Superior’s Kruk and Experimental Galleries are currently hosting exhibits featuring visiting artists and faculty members. These events are free and open to the community.

At the Kruk Gallery, located in the Holden Fine Arts building, the work of Zach Nader, a Brooklyn-based artist, is on display through October 3. Nader improvises structures to create friction and alternate versions of rituals centered around themes of home, memory, and play. His exhibit, Haunted Shapes, explores the altering and interruption of photographic information in an inquiry-based practice. Through this process, he investigates the feedback loop between images and our physical world.

The Experimental Gallery, also in the Holden Fine Arts building, features New Work by Gloria Eslinger, a UW–Superior professor specializing in art therapy and a registered art therapist with the American Art Therapy Association. Eslinger uses visual arts to support individuals who struggle to express themselves through traditional language, creating safe spaces for personal and community connection.

Her recent projects include an artist residency with young adults in patient care and seven years as an art therapist with the Child Development Project – a research-based program serving four-year-old children in need. Passionate about the healing power of creative expression, Eslinger continues to advocate for art therapy as a tool for self-empowerment.

New Work will be on display in the Experimental Gallery until September 25.

Opening receptions for both current exhibits will take place on Thursday, September 18, from 5 to 7 p.m. in each gallery. Admission is free and open to the public.

In the Experimental Gallery, Because, because, because, because…, featuring the work of Cara Dunkerley, will be on view from October 2 to December 4. A gallery celebration is scheduled for October 7, from 5 to 7 p.m. Dunkerley’s work is “wildly contained” in lines drawn from childhood comforts, world chaos, and the quiet time spent looking down.

From October 7 to November 7, the Kruk Gallery will host the work of Erick Wolfmeyer. Since childhood, Wolfmeyer has felt a deep impulse to create – drawn to patterns and their disruptions, always seeking hidden connections beneath the surface. His exhibit, En Masse, explores abstract design, color relationships, and the meditative act of repetitive construction. Quilting has become the central expression of his identity. A gallery reception will be held on October 7, from 5 to 7 p.m.

The Kruk and Experimental Galleries, located in the Holden Fine Arts building at 1805 Catlin Ave., are open Monday through Friday, 2 to 6 p.m.