{"id":321,"date":"2024-11-15T09:29:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T15:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/sga\/?page_id=321"},"modified":"2026-05-06T11:51:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T16:51:20","slug":"gallery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/sga\/dei\/gallery\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection>\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__image_overlay panel panel-image_overlay site-section__bg--default\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"image-overlay\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Screenshot 2024-11-15 at 9.26.47\u202fAM\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/sga\/files\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-15-at-9.26.47%E2%80%AFAM.jpg?resize=937%2C523&#038;ssl=1');\" loading=\"lazy\"  class=\"site-section__bg-img site-section__bg-img--m-stack\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t@media all and ( min-width: 960px ) {\n\t\t\t#site-panel__image-overlay-6a136155b49a1 {\n\t\t\t\theight: 500px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\n    \n\t<div id=\"site-panel__image-overlay-6a136155b49a1\" class=\"site-panel__img-overlay-wrap site-panel__img-overlay--no-ribbon horz-center vert-middle\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__img-overlay-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content t-content--light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__desc\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-name=\"content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-autop\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-livetext\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1><strong>The La Francis Rogers-Rose Gallery<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--top-padding-minimal site-section__inner--bottom-padding-minimal\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Located outside the Office of Student Activities in Buntrock Commons, the\u00a0<em>La Francis Rodgers-Rose Gallery<\/em>\u00a0pays homage to St. Olaf College\u2019s first Black faculty member: Dr. La Francis Rodgers-Rose. After becoming the ninth Black woman in the United States to earn a Ph.D, Dr. Rodgers-Rose joined the St. Olaf sociology department. She found meaningful ways to impact the College and Northfield by creating community and expanding conversations related to racial justice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">After five years at St. Olaf, Dr. La Francis Rodgers-Rose went on to play a significant role in the Civil Rights Movement, founding the International Black Women\u2019s Congress. Her work also greatly advanced the field of Sociology, where she was a founding member of the Association of Black Sociologists and the Association of Social and Behavioral Scientists. Her activism and passion for leadership is inspiring, and we strongly believe in continuing her legacy and its contribution to St. Olaf College\u2019s rich history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">In honor of Dr. Rodgers-Rose, we, the St. Olaf Student Government Association, dedicated this space in the fall of 2024 to showcase and uplift the work of multicultural student-artists in an effort to extend Dr. La Francis Rodgers-Rose\u2019s impact on our campus far into the future.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current Pieces in the Gallery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1734\" height=\"1734\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/sga\/files\/2026\/05\/IMG_5466-edited-1.jpg?resize=1734%2C1734&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1317\" style=\"width:558px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">For the Fears of Demise, 2024 by Vazgen Ananyan &#8217;24<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Vazgen on \"For the Fear of Demise\":\nAs a witness to the Armenian genocide, exile, and the oppressive Soviet regime, Yeghishe Charents navigated the complexities of Armenian identity amidst despair and constant struggle. His experiences shaped his emphasis on the enduring ambiguity of Armenian fate and the resilience born from resistance. Today, nearly a century later, Armenians continue to grapple with existential threats and hopelessness. Charents\u2019 flaming spirit was later captured by Martiros Saryan\u2019s portrait of him, which serves as a timeless synthesis of Armenian identity in arts. Saryan\u2019s painting and Charents\u2019 poem \u201cFor The Fears of Demise\u201d, have helped fuel my commitment to capturing the essence of struggle and resilience in my art, as an Armenian, an artist, and a soldier.\n\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1287\" height=\"2288\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.stolaf.edu\/sga\/files\/2026\/05\/IMG_5469-edited.jpg?resize=1287%2C2288&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1318\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.5625045885992973;width:422px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Disconnect, 2022 by Theo Mattson &#8217;24<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Theo on \"Disconnect\":\n\u201cDisconnect\u201d encapsulates the feelings I have experienced while attempting to find a sense of belonging in my own community. \u201cNot black enough\u201d and \u201cnot white enough\u201d are familiar phrases to me. 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