Cable Pottery
UND pottery was a turn of the 20th century effort to promote “a wealth of design material peculiar to the prairies” – wrote Margaret Cable in a 1926 brochure. UND Pottery is now highly collectible, has been featured on the PBS series Antiques Roadshow and is the subject of several books.
Click this link to see digital images of UND Pottery Collection, featuring the work of Margaret Cable and her students.
To see some of the Pottery at UND in person, visit the Gorecki Alumni Center and the Department of Art and Design's Hughes Fine Arts Building
A UND Today March 2022 article highlights Margaret Cable as a leader and honors her legacy.
- Appendix VII, Cable years student names, 1910-1955 ; 2002 price guide byCall Number: NK4340.U54 M54 2002Publication Date: 2002
- Cable years byCall Number: NK4340.U54 C3 2006 DVDPublication Date: 2006DVD in Special Collections, in library use only
- University of North Dakota pottery : the Cable years byCall Number: NK4340.U54 B37Publication Date: 1977
- University of North Dakota pottery : the Cable years : the golden anniversary of Margaret Kelly Cable's retirementCall Number: NK4340.U54 M54 1999Publication Date: 1999
- University of North Dakota Pottery: A History and Comparative StudyCall Number: Oversize Books NK4340.U54 F67 2004Publication Date: 2004
On Campus Locations for Artwork
- School of Medicine and Health Sciences Living Art MusuemLearn about the art pieces installed at the school and download a brochure
- Artwork self guided tour at the Chester Fritz LibraryBrochure discusses artwork that had been on the library's four floors and then removed and stored as part of UND Art Collections.
- North Dakota Museum of ArtLocated on UND Campus, this North Dakota Museum serves the state and is nationally known
UND Art Collections: Digital and Physical
UND's extensive Art Collection is available to both in person and digital visitors.
"Living Art Museum" sites are across campus and downtown at the Empire Arts Center. The newest installation is throughout the newly constructed School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
The links below provide more information and digital image access:
Books on North Dakota Artists
- Art50! Exhibitions Celebrating the North Dakota Council on the Arts' 50th Anniversary byCall Number: State Documents 1st Floor (NX427.N9 A78 2016 )Publication Date: 2016-10-28Online and Print Versions available for this directory of ND Artists, many with connections to UND
- Sundogs and Sunflowers: folklore and folk art of the Northern Great Plains byCall Number: State Documents 1st floor (GR108.4 .S86 2010 )Publication Date: 2010-12-01Publication from the North Dakota Council on the Arts and NDSU focusing on folk arts
- North Dakota Artists byCall Number: CFL Floor 3 Book Stacks (N6530.N9 B3x )Publication Date: 1954Written by UND's Head of the Art Department, a listing of important state artists at the time; also available online
ND Digital Atlas: Artists
The 2021 atlas focused on COVID-19 and a section called Artists in ND: Experiences with the COVID-19 Pandemic features interviews with various artists. This section was created by Communications and Art & Design student Kylee Danks:
- ND Digital Atlas: Artists in NDFeatured artists: Adam Kemp, Hillary Kempenich, Louie Albertson, Martha Keifenheim, Mary Bauer, Matthew Anderson, Paige Prekker, Pirjo Berg, Shelia Dalgliesch, and Todd Hebert
- North Dakota Digital AtlasBegun in 2018, each year faculty and students add to this digital project, They create and curate research, maps, interviews and oral histories on various topics important to ND.
Chester Fritz Library Symbols
The North Tower of the Chester Fritz Library:
There are six carved limestone panels gracing the tower entrance of the library. They were designed in 1960 by Robert A. Nelson, Chairman of the UND Art Department, 1960-1972, based on suggestions from Donald Pearce, then University Librarian.
Five of the panels represent stylized printer’s marks, or colophons:
Upper left — William Caxton’s printer’s mark. England. 15th century.
Upper center — The golden compasses of Christopher Plantin. Holland. 16th century.
Upper right — The bough & shields of Johann Fust and Peter Schöffer. Germany. 15th century.
Lower center — The orb & cross of Lorraine of Nicholas Jenson. France. 15th century.
Lower right — The anchor & dolphin of Aldus Manutius. Venice. 16th century.
The sixth panel [lower left] depicts a quill pen, ink well, scroll, and the letter “B”, which was the most commonly illuminated letter.