FROM GLOBAL TO LOCAL. Through July 8 at the Heyde Center for the Arts (3 S. High St., Chippewa Falls), a collection of signed prints will be on display from Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró, Henry Moore and others. The collection sits alongside pairings with local visual artists of the Chippewa Valley, including Bruce Warren and Al Bonanno.

Are you familiar with the painting of the melting clocks? If that rings a bell, you might have seen some of Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dalí’s works. As of early June, the Heyde Center for the Arts (3 S. High St., Chippewa Falls) obtained exclusive prints from world renowned artists Dalí, Henry Moore, Fay Moore and Joan Miró.

The exhibit will be on display in the Heyde Center from Friday, June 5 until Wednesday, July 8. Admission is free and available during the Heyde Center’s open hours. The Center also offers the exhibit open one hour before public performances hosted in the facility.

These limited edition, signed works were submitted to the Chippewa Valley Historical Society by a donor from their personal collection. Because the pieces don’t originate in Chippewa county, they were re-homed to the Heyde Center.

Debra Johnson, the Heyde Center’s executive director, said although the limited edition works are not originals, each has been signed by the artist themselves. Throughout the exhibit, local artists – Bruce Warren and Al Bonanno – have also been paired with the featured artists to demonstrate a connection between community and creativity, she said.

“I go to the (major) museums, but not everybody’s going to do that and sometimes it costs 25-30 bucks,” Johnson said of the Heyde Center’s accessibility. “I think this is a great opportunity for people to see and learn in this area. (Locals) may not go to big museums in Minneapolis, St. Paul, Milwaukee or Madison.”

According to Heyde Center staff, the featured artists all lived and created works in the nineteenth and twentieth century; each explored different artistic styles and mediums – painting, sculpture, abstract, relief painting and more – which makes each piece individually unique.

Dalí, famously known as a surrealist, gained popularity from his dreamlike paintings and detailed artistic style, according to Johnson. “Ivanhoe Suite,” a set of four collector pieces, are available in the Heyde Center installation for purchase.

The Heyde Center will keep these prints within the Chippewa Valley, Johnson added. The donor has allowed the proceeds from each sale to benefit both the Historical Society and Heyde Center.

“One thing I really love about Chippewa Falls is that we realize – as a community – that by supporting other people, we support all of us,” Johnson said.

These signed works by the international artists (pictured above) – each available for purchase at the Heyde Center – were provided to the community from a donor's personal collection. The donor, who shall remain anonymous, has allowed proceeds from each  to benefit both the Chippewa Valley Historical Society and Heyde Center.

The Heyde Center for the Arts gallery hours are Monday through Thursday from 10am-5pm and Fridays from 10am-4pm. They are closed Saturday and Sunday. For those interested in purchasing works by Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró and others, contact Debra Johnson at djohnson@cvca.net for more information and pricing.