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Central College will welcome the works of alum Ryan Bredlau to the Mills Gallery in the Lubbers Center for the Visual Arts from Sept. 25 to Oct. 16. His exhibit is titled “Celestial Entities.” Bredlau grew up in Iowa City, Iowa, and received a bachelor’s degree in art from Central in 2005, focusing on ceramics, sculpture and glassblowing. After taking graduate classes at the University of Iowa, Bredlau attended Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri, and earned a master’s degree in fine arts in 2010 with a focus in ceramics and sculpture. Bredlau currently resides in St. Charles, Missouri, where he has been an artist in resident of ceramics at Craft Alliance Center for Art and Design in St. Louis; an assistant preparator at Laumeier Sculpture Park in St. Louis; and an adjunct professor of ceramics at Jefferson College. The public is invited to an artist talk and reception at 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, in the gallery. The Mills Gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.