Name

Terri Parish McGaffin

About

Terri Parish McGaffin served as Associate Professor of Art at Morningside College, teaching studio art and writing courses from 2004 to 2019, and served as Chair of the Art Department and Director of the Helen Levitt Art Gallery from 2013 to 2019. She is now Professor Emerita, retired. She has worked as a professional artist for many years, and has exhibited at the LeMars Art Center, The Betty Strong Encounter Center, Northwestern College, the Norfolk Arts Center, The Washington Pavilion, the Sioux City Art Center and Wayne State College. Her work is in the collections of the Sioux City Art Center, Morningside University and the University of South Dakota, as well as many private collections.

Paintings are currently on view at Gallery 103 in the HoChunk Centre in Sioux City.

She has a studio at Gallery 103. Terri completed an Artist-in-Residency at Waubonsie State Park in March 2020. She was Artist-in-Residence at Whiterock Conservancy in April 2021, and in the Fall of 2024.

Exhibitions

An Invitation to Whiterock at LeMars Art Center

Whereabouts at Gallery 103, Sioux City

Making the Mousetrap at St Ambrose University, Davenport IA

Local Perspectives at Sioux City Art Center

Making the Mousetrap at Vangarde Arts

Artcetera at Sioux City Art Center

The Briar Cliff Review Exhibition at Sioux City Art Center

Whiterock Art at Betty Strong Encounter Center, Sioux City, IA

With Shelby Prindaville and Pauline Sensenig, this exhibit documents the experiences of artists-in-residence at the Whiterock Conservancy. Oct 2 - Nov 13, 2022

Alumni Show at University of South Dakota

Artcetera at Sioux City Art Center

Finding Flora at Eastbank Art Gallery, Sioux Falls, SD

May 31 - June 27

Walls and Bridges at Nordstrand Visual Arts Gallery, Wayne State College

January 21 - March 18, 2021

Ellipses at The Block Gallery, Sioux City

Local Perspectives at Sioux City Art Center

Static and Dynamic Duos at HJF Learning Center, Morningside College

Iowa Artists on Display at Dickinson Law, Des Moines, IA

The Briar Cliff Review Show at Sioux City Art Center

The Color Beneath at Te Paske Art Gallery, Northwestern College, Orange City IA

The Architecture of Car Culture at Norfolk Art Center and Morningside College