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Nils Lou
Nils August Lou (January 5, 1932- December 25, 2013 ) was an American artist and teacher. Perhaps best known for his studio pottery, he also created in other mediums including painting and sculpture. He was an expert in kiln construction in general and wood firing techniques in particular. His book, The Art of Firing: A Manual for a Studio Potter is a source book on the topic. He designed the Minnesota Flat Top Kiln, a kiln construction that remains in widespread use throughout the United States and abroad. He was one of the founders of the East Creek Anagama, along with Tom Coleman and Frank Boyden, an example of 8th century korean hill-climbing wood fired kilns and the first built on the west coast of the United States. > He received numerous awards and recognitions including two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, and an Oregon Odyssey of the Mind Creativity Award. He was the author of several books, videos and articles including “The Art of Firing” and “The Art of Play.”

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

 * 1961 University of Michigan, MA, Studio Arts Major
 * 1954-1959 United States Air Force, 48th ATS, Military Air Transport Service. Senior Navigator, Captain, ret.
 * 1956 University of Hawaii
 * 1954 University of Michigan, BS Design
 * 1950-1951 Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio
 * 1949-1950 Michigan State College

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 * At Death Professor Emeritus of Art, Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon
 * 1999-2000 Director, Renshaw Gallery, Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon
 * 1990-1997 Director, Renshaw Gallery, Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon
 * 1996-1997 Chair, Humanities Division, Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon
 * 1990-1995 Associate Professor of Art, Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon
 * 1987-1990 Assistant Professor of Art, Department Chair, Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon
 * 1986-1987 Adjunct Professor, Art Department, Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon
 * 1984 (Fall) Adjunct Professor, Art Department, Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon
 * 1981-1983 Executive Vice-President, Lawrence Galleries, Sheridan and Portland, Oregon
 * 1980-1985 Board of Trustees, Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, Oregon
 * 1965(Summer) Visiting Professor of Art, University of Michigan
 * 1976  Moved Studio and Home to Willamina, Oregon and established Clay Pacific, Inc.
 * 1970-1976 Established full-time Pottery Studio in St. Paul.
 * 1961-1970 Associate Professor of Art, Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota

AFFILIATIONS

 * Oregon Potter's Association (Founding Member)
 * National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts
 * Art Advocates
 * Artist's Equity
 * American Mensa

FORMER AFFILIATIONS AND OFFICES HELD

 * 1968 President, State Conference, American Association of University Professors (Minnesota)
 * 1967 Vice-President, State Conference, American Association of University Professors (Minnesota)
 * 1967 President, Minnesota Chapter of Artist's Equity
 * 1966 President, Minnesota Craftsman's Council
 * 1963-1965 President, Society of Minnesota Sculptors

MAJOR GRANTS

 * 1981 National Endowment for the Arts Service to the Field
 * 1976 National Endowment for the Arts Master Craftsman/Apprentice

RELATED TRAVEL AND STUDY

 * 1968 Sabbatical Leave, Studied Hot Glass with Harvey Littleton at University of Wisconsin
 * Hot Glass Workshop with Nick Labino,Toledo Museum of Art
 * 1966 Ten Week Study in UAR (Egypt), Auspices United States State Department
 * 1958 One Month Study of Primitive Kiln Sites in Japan: Bizen, Shigaraki and Tamba

PUBLICATIONS and related articles

 * 2012 "The Studio as Playground", paper presented at Arts/Humanities Conference, University of Hawaii, Honolulu
 * 2011 "Glazed Treasures", by Bob Hicks, Oregonian, Portland, Oregon 3/2
 * "Incendiary Eccentricities Coaxed from a Kiln" by Bob Hicks, Oregonian, Portland, Oregon 3/14
 * "Art of Play" reviewed in Clay Times by Steven Branfman, Fall
 * 2009 “The Play Book”, Trafford Publishing.
 * 2006 Ceramics Monthly, “Comment: The Slippery Slope”, February
 * 2004   Ceramics Monthly, Collaboration and Creative Play, February co-authored with Karen Terpstra
 * The Naked Truth, Journal of 2004 International Woodfire Conference, Coe College, IA, Infinite Shades of Brown
 * 2003 Ceramics Monthly, JT Abernathy, May
 * How to Draw Your Lover, Limited Publication of Poetry
 * Ceramics: Art and Perception, Vol. 53, The Floating World of Karen Terpstra, critical review
 * Ceramics Monthly, Firing Practices, November
 * 2002 Ceramics Monthly. The Oxyprobe, A Potter’s Tool
 * 2001 Ceramics Monthly, Nils Lou (Two page color article), 	Sept.
 * Ceramics Monthly, Comment: Playing with Clay, October
 * 2000 Three volume set of instructional videos, “On the Wheel with Nils Lou”
 * Ceramic Extruders, Diane Panicioli, Lark Press
 * 1999 Various writings for Ceramic Monthly as member of Technical Staff,
 * East Creek Anagama, full page, News register, Dec (McMinnville,OR) (AP)
 * 1998 Ceramic Extruder for the Studio Potter, John W. Conrad
 * The Art of Firing, 1998, A &C Black Publishers, London
 * Gentle Breeze, USA, Craftsman House, Australia
 * 1997 Refractory Coatings: Report, Clay Times, Vol. 3, Nos. 5 and 6
 * New Coatings for Kilns, NCECA Journal
 * 1995 Ceramic Extruder, John Conrad, reference
 * "The Art of Firing", 4th edition, A manual for the studio potter, Clay Pacific Co.
 * 1993 Ceramics Monthly,”Comment”
 * 1992 Ceramics Monthly, " The Oregon Clay Invitational"
 * 1985 Pottery in Australia, "An Elegant Kiln" by Jennifer Harris
 * 1984 Ceramics Monthly, "Self Glazed Porcelain"
 * 1980 Ceramics Monthly, "Review, Frank Boyden"
 * 1978 The Studio Potter, "The Minnesota Flat Top Kiln"
 * 1976 Studio Potter Magazine, "The Minnesota Flat Top Kiln"
 * 1975 Studio Potter Magazine, "A Fibre Top Hat Kiln"

PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOPS

 * 2008 Georgies Pottery Supply, Two Day Kiln Building workshop
 * 2007 Honolulu Potter’s Guild, Kiln building and clay work
 * 2006 Museum Art Center, Roswell, NM
 * Clay Art Center, kiln building workshop, Phoenix, OR
 * Clayworking demonstration, Tennessee Valley Art Center
 * 2004 Kiln building workshop and collaborative clay workshop with Karen Terpstra, Museum of Fine Arts, Las Cruces, NM
 * 2003 One day clay demonstration/workshop at George Fox  University, Newberg, OR
 * 1999 Kiln Building, workshop at Oregon College of Art and Craft
 * Sierra Madre, California Kiln Building workshop
 * 1997 Mill Valley Potter’s Group, California
 * 1996 Armory Art center, West Palm Beach, Florida
 * 1995 Roswell Museum of Art, Roswell, NM
 * 1992 University of Nevada, Las Vegas
 * 1991 Arizona State University, Tempe
 * 1990 Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR
 * 1989 Alaska State Arts Council, Homer, AK
 * 1988 University of San Diego, Mesa, California
 * 1987 University of Alaska, Fairbanks
 * 1986 Cochise College, Douglas, Arizona
 * 1985 Roswell Art Center, Roswell, New Mexico
 * 1985 Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis, Oregon
 * 1984 El Camino College, Los Angeles, California
 * 1983 University of Alaska, Anchorage
 * 1982 Centralia College, Centralia, Washington
 * 1981 Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, Oregon
 * 1981 University of Washington, Seattle
 * 1977 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

EXHIBITION AWARDS

 * 1986 National Cup Show: Selected for Two Year Travel
 * 1985 Oregon Crafts '85, Special Mention
 * 1976 Minnesota Crafts Council Annual Juried Exhibition
 * 1975 International Design Center, Minneapolis: First Prize
 * 1969 Minnesota Crafts Council: Selected for Travel
 * 1966 Biennial Painting and Sculpture, Walker Art Center Purchase
 * 1961 Grand Rapids Art Center, MI, Best of Show Award

RECOGNITION

 * 2005-6 Edith Green Distinguished Professorship Award
 * 2000 Samuel H. Graf Faculty Achievement Award for Contribution to  Linfield
 * 1998 Award for creativity by Odyssey of the Mind
 * “Creative Oregonian of the Year”
 * Elected Honorary Member of Haycreek Ceramic Association, Madison, Wisconsin, (November, 1998)

EXHIBITIONS

 * 2011 -- "Wild Women" juried, River Gallery, Independence, OR
 * --100 Artists, Plate on the Wall, Invitational, Mary Lou Zeek Gallery
 * -- Flirting with the Muse, Invitational Exhibition of three Oregon artists, Bush Barn Art Center, Salem, OR


 * 2010 —  Faculty Show fall, 2010, Studio Gallery, Linfield
 * 2008 — “Legacy”, Group show of “Distinguished Northwest Potters and the work that inspired them”. Hoover Gallery, George Fox Univ.
 * —“Lake Oswego Art Festival”, Invitatational show of woodfired ceramics.
 * — “Texas Tea Pot Tournament”, Houston Potter’s Guild
 * — “Paintings and Drawings”, Northwest Wine Bar, McMinnville, OR
 * 2007 —“Con/Sequence of Memory”, Solo show of 12 paintings and 7 pots, George Fox University, Newberg, OR
 * — “Texas Tea Pot Tournament”, Houston Potter’s Guild, (purchase)
 * 2006 —“Woodfire, Form and Surface”, (NCECA), Lawrence Gallery, Portland
 * —“Anagama Woodfire, (About Place)”, Mt Hood C.C. (NCECA)
 * 2005 —“Taking Liberties”, Invitational, Lewis and Clark College,
 * —“Vantage Points”, Studio Art Faculty, Linfield College
 * —“War Drawings”, Visual Arts Gallery, Mt Hood C. C,
 * —“Equine Show”, collaborative with Karen Terpstra, group exhibition, Lawrence Gallery
 * 2004 —“Move”, invitational exhibition, Rochester Art Center, MN.
 * —Two Birds, One Clay Stone—Collaborative exhibition with Karen Terpstra. Lawrence Galleries, Sheridan and Portland, OR
 * —Classical Ceramics, Exhibition of recent acquisitions, Minnesota Historical Society Museum, St. Paul, MN
 * —International Woodfire Exhibition, Blue Trout Gallery, Newburg, Oregon (Invitational)
 * —The Naked Truth, International Woodfire Exhibition Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA (Juried)
 * —25X5, AKAR Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA, (Invitational)
 * 2003 —Burnt Vessels and Assorted Paintings, Linfield Fine Arts Gallery, Linfield College
 * —All About Women, Paintings and Sculpture, Broderick 	 Gallery, Portland, OR
 * —Group show, Woodfired Pots, Fire’s Eye Gallery, 	Bellevue, Oregon
 * 2002 —Anagama Vessels, Group, Clatsop CC, Astoria, OR
 * 2001 —Anagama Vessels 2000/2001, Broderick Gallery, 	Portland,
 * —Past and Present, MFA Gallery, Group, Linfield College
 * —Paintings and Pots, River Gallery, solo, 	Independence,OR
 * 2000 —Big Bang, Millennium Show, Rochester Art Center
 * —Bald Headed Potters, NCECA, Gallery at Santa Fe, Denver, CO
 * 1999 — Nine Woodburners, Group show at Anderson Gallery, 	McMinnville, OR
 * —”Confabulation”, an exhibition of ceramic works by teachers in Oregon
 * Institutions of Higher Education. Fourteen artists represented—Sextet of Oregonians, Taylor and Sons Gallery, Washington, DC
 * —Group Show, Fifth Element Gallery, Portland (November 1998)
 * —”Sextet of Oregonians”, Anderson and Sons Gallery, Washington, DC
 * —Studio Faculty Show, Renshaw Gallery, (Spring, 1999)
 * 1998 --“Woman as Object”, Anderson Gallery, McMinnville, (solo)
 * -- “Reliquaries and Ancient Surfaces”, Bush Barn Art Center, Salem, (solo)
 * -- “Objects”, a group show, Newport Visual Art Center, Newport, OR
 * -- “Flight”, commissioned site-specific sculpture, da Vinci Days 	Festival, Corvallis, OR
 * -- “Lidded Containers”, Invitational, Fifth Element Gallery, Portland, 	OR
 * -- “Figures”, Group Exhibition, Taylor & Sons Gallery, Washington, DC
 * -- 1997	3rd Annual Box Exhibition, Bonakeane Gallery, Portland, OR
 * -- 1st Annual Alumni Show, University of Michigan
 * -- 1st Annual Bald-Headed Potters Show, Univ. of Indianapolis
 * 1996 -- Solo Exhibition, Anderson Gallery
 * -- Rochester Art Center, Invitational, Rochester, MN
 * 1995 -- SoloExhibition, Anderson Gallery
 * -- Group Show, Invitational, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN
 * -- Platters and Teapots, Mt. Hood CC, Invitational
 * -- Radius 25, Bush Barn Gallery, Salem Art Assoc. (juried)
 * -- Willamette Valley Art Annual, Corvallis Art Center, (juried)
 * -- “Super Bowls”, Selected to represent Oregon, Nelson Museum of Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
 * 1994 -- Sitka Art Invitational
 * -- F’AXis ‘94 International Fax Art Show Renshaw
 * -- Virtual Ceramics Exhibition-Juried-Internet
 * -- Devotions-Two Person Show Paintings and Sculpture, Renshaw
 * -- Gallery, Linfield College
 * -- Three Painters- Maveety Gallery, Gleneden Beach, OR
 * -- Hot Pots-Invitational, Philomath, Benson County Museum
 * -- Faculty Exchange Show, Willamette University, Salem, OR
 * 1993 -- Five Oregon Artists, Salem Public Library
 * 1992 -- Human Form Show, Newport Art center, Invitational
 * -- Faculty Exhibition, Renshaw Gallery
 * -- Solo, Salishan Lodge, Gleneden Beach
 * 1991 -- Minor Works by Major Artists,Phoenix, AZ (NCECA)
 * -- Oregon Ceramic Invitational, Renshaw Gallery, Linfield College
 * -- 1990	Faculty Show, Renshaw Gallery, Linfield College
 * -- The Plurality of Vision, The Marie Eccles Caine Gallery, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State Univ.
 * -- Faculty of Six Colleges, Group show ,
 * -- Campbell Hall Gallery, WOSC, Monmouth, OR
 * -- Recent Paintings, Solo, Campbell Hall Gallery,
 * -- Western Oregon State University, Monmouth, OR
 * -- All-Oregon Art Annual, Oregon State Fair, Salem, OR
 * 1989 -- 100 Years of Clay in the Willamette Valley
 * -- Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis, OR
 * -- Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland
 * -- Inside/Outside (Group Exhibition)
 * -- Renshaw Gallery, Linfield College, McMinnville, OR
 * -- Solo Exhibition of Recent Work -10x12 Paintings and Sculpture
 * 1988 -- Northwest Clay, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland,
 * -- Oregon, NCECA SHOW
 * -- ANAGAMA WORKS, Lawrence Gallery, Sheridan, Oregon
 * -- NCECA EXHIBITION, Northwest Clay Artists, Lawrence Gallery, Sheridan
 * -- Clay and Canvas, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland
 * -- Solo, PAINTINGS, Lawrence Gallery, Salishan
 * 1987 -- Faculty Show, Renshaw Gallery, Linfield College
 * -- Solo, Exhibition of Porcelain Works, Lawrence Gallery, Sheridan, Oregon
 * -- Group Show, The Enchanted Eye Gallery, Hollis, N.H.
 * -- Faculty Show, Kanto Gakuin University,Yokohama, Japan
 * 1986 -- Anagama Tea Bowl Show, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, Oregon
 * -- Sixty West Coast Ceramicists, Walnut Creek Art Center, Walnut Creek, California
 * -- Solo, Lawrence Gallery, Sheridan, Oregon
 * -- National Cup Show, Bush Gallery, Salem, Oregon, Selected for two year travel
 * -- Anagama Works, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
 * -- Summer Annual, White Bird Gallery, Cannon Beach, Oregon
 * 1985 -- Solo, Self Glazing Porcelain, Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis, Oregon
 * -- Solo, Lawrence Gallery, Salishan, Gleneden Beach,
 * -- Invitational, Teapots '85, Bush Gallery, Salem, Oregon
 * -- Solo, Lakewood Art Gallery, Lake Oswego, Oregon
 * -- Juried, Oregon Crafts '85, Bush Gallery, Salem, Oregon, (Special Mention)
 * -- Invitational '85, The Craftsman's Gallery, Scarsdale, N.Y.
 * 1984 -- Solo, Lawrence Gallery, Salishan, Gleneden Beach, OR
 * 1983 -- Solo, Lawrence Gallery, Portland, Oregon
 * -- Group Show, Lawrence Gallery, Sheridan, Oregon
 * 1982 -- Solo, Carole Smith Gallery, Salem, Oregon
 * -- Solo, Lawrence Gallery, Salishan
 * 1981 -- Group Show, The American Hand Gallery, Washington, DC
 * -- Solo, Lawrence Gallery, Sheridan
 * 1980 -- Lawrence Gallery, Salishan
 * 1979 --Juried, "Clay Confabulation", Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, Oregon
 * -- Solo, Lawrence Gallery, Sheridan
 * 1978 -- Solo, Osborne Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota
 * 1977 -- Solo, Stoneflower Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota
 * 1976 -- Solo, Osborne Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota
 * -- Juried, Minnesota Crafts Council, St. Catherine College, St. Paul, Minnesota (Best in Category)
 * -- Juried, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, Minnesota
 * 1975 -- Juried, International Design Center, Minneapolis, MN (First Prize)
 * 1974 -- Solo, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN
 * -- Invitational, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa
 * -- Invitational, Tweed Gallery, University of Minnesota
 * 1972 -- Two Person Show, Hanamura Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, Duluth, Minnesota
 * 1973 -- Solo, Kilbride-Bradley Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota
 * -- Solo, Kramer Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota
 * -- Solo, Stoneflower Gallery, St. Paul, MN
 * 1971 -- Solo, Osborne Gallery, St. Paul, MN
 * 1970 -- Twelve Midwest Craftsmen, Winona State College, Winona, Minnesota
 * -- Solo, Suzanne Kohn Gallery, St. Paul, MN
 * 1969 -- Solo, Drew Fine Arts Center, Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota
 * -- Solo, "American Tea Ceremony", Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota
 * 1968 -- Minnesota Craftsman's Council Exhibition, selected for travel
 * -- Featured Artist, Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul, MN
 * -- 4th National Invitational, Fine Arts Galleries,
 * -- Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
 * -- 1968 Midwest Jewelry Invitational, Lafayette Art Center, Lafayette, Indiana
 * -- Solo, Glass, Normandale State Junior College, MN
 * -- NCECA, Group Show, Providence, Rhode Island
 * 1967 -- Invitational, Designer-Craftsman, Mankato State, College, Mankato, MN
 * -- Missouri Valley Drawing Competition, Mulvane Art Center, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas
 * -- Midwest Crafts Invitational, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
 * -- Ceramics Invitational, Drew Fine Arts Center, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN
 * -- Nine Minnesota Craftsmen, Drew Fine Arts Center, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN
 * 1966 -- Biennial Painting and Sculpture, Walker Art center, Minneapolis, MN (Purchase)
 * -- Invitational, CRAFTSMAN USA, North Central Regional Crafts Exhibition, Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, WS
 * -- Invitational, CERAMIC ARTS USA, Sponsored by IMC in cooperation with the Smithsonian Institution,
 * -- Midwest Craftsman Invitational, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa
 * -- Minnesota Mobile Art Exhibition, National City Bank, Minneapolis, MN
 * 1966 -- Two-Person Show, Suzanne Kohn Gallery, St. Paul, MN
 * -- Solo, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN
 * -- Faculty Show, St. Paul Art Center, Tweed Gallery, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN
 * -- Minnesota Craftsman's Council, CRAFTS/66, St. Paul Art Center, St. Paul, MN
 * 1965 -- Midwest Crafts Invitational, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
 * -- Juried, Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul, Minnesota
 * -- 24th Ceramic National Biennial, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
 * 1964 -- Juried, Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul, MN
 * -- XXIst Annual Exhibition of Society of Minnesota Sculptors, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
 * 1963 -- Solo, Drew Fine Arts Center, Hamline University
 * -- 23rd Ceramic National Biennial, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
 * -- XXth Annual Exhibition of Society of Minnesota Sculptors St. Paul Art Center, St. Paul, MN
 * 1962 -- Biennial Painting and Sculpture, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (Purchase)
 * -- FIBRE, CLAY, METAL, National Competition, St. Paul Art Center, St. Paul, MN
 * 1962 -- Exhibition for Craftsmen and Designers of the Midwest, Fine Arts Galleries, Indiana University and Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Bloomington, Indiana
 * -- Invitational, Winona State College, Winona, MN
 * 1961 -- 22nd Ceramic National Biennial, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
 * -- 16th Ohio Ceramic and Sculpture National Competition
 * -- Butler Museum of Art, Youngstown, Ohio (Honorable Mention)
 * -- 15th Annual Exhibition of Michigan Artist-Craftsmen, Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, Michigan
 * -- Invitational, Western Michigan Art Exhibition, Grand Rapids Art Center, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Best of Show
 * -- 9th Annual Michiana Regional Ceramic Exhibition, South Bend Association Galleries, South Bend, Indiana
 * 1960 -- 15th Ohio Ceramic and Sculpture National Competition, Butler Museum of Art, Youngstown, Ohio
 * 1959 -- 21st Ceramic National Biennial, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY (selected for travel)
 * -- 14th Ohio Ceramic and Sculpture National Competition, Butler Museum of Art, Youngstown, Ohio

INSTITUTIONAL AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

 * Kanto Gakuin University, Yokohama, Japan
 * Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University
 * Harlow Collection of Ceramic Art, Bemidji State Univ.
 * Robbins Collection of Ceramic Art
 * Kremlin Collection of American Art, Moscow, USSR
 * Kohler Corporation, Milwaukee, Wisc.
 * The Metropolitan Arts Commission, Portland, OR
 * The Oregon State Revenue Building, "Cascade Moraine"
 * Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR
 * Oregon Historical Society Museum, Portland
 * International Multifoods Corporation, Chicago, IL
 * Capitol Medical Center, St. Paul, MN
 * Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
 * Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
 * Salishan Inn, Gleneden Beach, OR
 * St. Paul Art Center, St. Paul, MN
 * Wadena High School, Wadena, MN
 * University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
 * University of Minnesota, MN
 * St. John's University, MN
 * College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN
 * Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN
 * Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
 * Hamline University, St. Paul, MN
 * National Museum of Art, San Jose, Costa Rica
 * Linfield College, McMinnville, OR
 * Salem Public Library, “Yggdrasil Mural”
 * Ceramic Collection, N. Arizona University, Flagstaff
 * Minnesota Historical Society Museum, St. Paul

Personal Life
Lou was born in Baltimore, MD, USA to Nils Hemming Lou, a naturalized citizen who emigrated from Denmark, and Florence. He had one brother and one sister. He married his first wife, Nancy Jane Stofan, in 1952 and together they had four children. Nancy died in 2000. Lou subsequently married his second wife, Diane in 2007. She died in 2012. In addition to creating art and teaching, Lou was a lifelong golfer. He coached the men's and women's golf teams at Linfield College.

Legacy
An art gallery at Linfield College has been named "The Lou" in his honor. His name was added to a scholarship fund at Linfield College established in his wife Nancy's name in 2001; It is now the Nils and Nancy Lou Scholarship Fund.

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