June 2008 Visual Arts Listing
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Archer Gallery @ Clark College
"Art Student Annual" - May 14-June 10
Featuring a juried exhibition of student work. The traditional end-of-year exhibition at the Archer Gallery, the Art Student Annual is a highly anticipated juried presentation of student artwork and highlights the art program available at Clark College. Featuring 100 - 120 works by students, the exhibition presents work completed in the photography, painting, drawing, design, metal arts, sculpture, computer imagery, and pottery classes of the Clark College Art Department. Special Artists' Reception on Tuesday, May 13, from 4-7 p.m. at the gallery. Also at that reception will be the release of the 2008 Phoenix - the publication of art and writing by Clark College students. Penguin Student Union Building, 1800 E. McLoughlin Blvd.; 992.2701; Tues-Thurs 9 a.m.-8p.m., Fri 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Sat-Sun 1 p.m.-5 p.m.; contact gallery director Marjorie Hirsch @ 992.2701.
"Harry Wheeler" - June 6-June 29
Featuring the work of artist Harry Wheeler. Wheeler's bold use of color and his love of the northwest landscape combine to create beautiful and vivid paintings. His work is in collections across the United States and France. First Friday Artists' Reception from 5-9 p.m. includes complimentary refreshments, live music and a chance to meet the artist.210 W. Evergreen Blvd.; 750.4499; Tue.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., First Fridays 5 p.m.-9 p.m.
Aurora Gallery
"Sunsets and Sails" - June 6-June 28
Featuring the work of local artist Peter A. Miller. Miller's new body of work depicts local scenes, sunsets and sailboats. His illustrative style stands out as being contemporary and fresh. Peter, a former art teacher at Vancouver's MacLaughlin Middle School, is now full time artist who paints daily in his home studio. 1004 Main Street; 696-0449; Tue.-Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., First Fridays 5-9 p.m.
The Clark County Historical Museum
"Vancouver Grid Project" - through June 12
The Vancouver Grid Project is a Mountain View High School photographic project designed to document the everyday images and events of Vancouver, Wash. Seen as a visual essay, photographs made for this project will be the property of the Clark County Historical Society archives and will be available for future research. Main Street; 993.5679; Tues-Sat 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; $4 adults, $3 seniors and college students w/ ID, $2 youths 6-18, children 5 years and younger free, CCHS members free.
"20th Aniversary" - June 3-June 28
Gallery 21 will being celebrating its 20th birthday this month. There will be a special 20% off all merchandise for the month of June. The gallery will hang paintings from floor to ceiling to give customers the largest selection possible. Show runs April 1-30. 1013 Main Street; 699.4744; Tues-Fri 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Nevado Gallery"Mary Bell" - June 6-June 20
Featuring the oil and pastel works of Artist Mary Bell. Mary Bell's work shows a very compassionate side with her Generation Series, and a whimsical endearing side with her pet character studies. Bell's work is charming to look at and at once touches the heart. Artist's Reception on First Friday from 5-9 p.m. 428 NE Fourth Avenue, Camas; 833.4589; Tues-Sat 10 a.m.-6 p.m., First Fridays 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
Featuring works that are "moved or conveyed by or through air," incorporating many interpretations by gallery member artists in collaboration with fellow visual artists in the community and beyond. First Friday Artists' Reception at 5 p.m. 1005 Main Street, Tues-Sat 11:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Contact Director Kathi Rick @ 693-1840.
"Beyond the Landscape, Above the Horizon" - June 6-June 28
Featuring the Oil Paintings of Clark County Resident Kathy Cotner. Cotner has been working with sky studies for years, focusing on billowing clouds and other dramatic sky-scapes, and will bring her oil blue summer skies to Second Story Gallery in June. First Friday Artists' Reception from 5-8 p.m. Upstairs in the Camas Library, 625 NE Fourth Avenue, Camas; Mon-Thurs 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Fri-Sat 10 a.m.-6 p.m., First Friday until 8 p.m.; contact Barb Baldus @ 834-4532.
Sixth Street Gallery
"Glass and Transparency" - June 3-June 29
Featuring the region's vibrant glass art community, artists working in hot (blown) glass, warm (kiln-formed) glass and cold (stained) glass are featured in this month's exhibit at Sixth Street Gallery in Vancouver. Complementing the three dimension exhibit is two dimensional art on the theme of transparency. Glass, of course, is often transparent, but "transmitting light through a substance" isn't the only definition of transparent. "Transparency" interprets the word in a interesting variety of ways. Artists' Reception on First Friday from 5-9 p.m. Show runs April 1-27. 105 W. 6th Street; Wed-Fri 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat-Sun noon-5 p.m., First Friday from 5-9 p.m.; contact gallery director Leah Jackson @ 693.7340.
WSU Vancouver Campus Art Galleries
"Digital Art Students Showcase" through June 6
Featuring the work of WSUV's Introduction to Digital Media classes. For more than 10 years, students from the WSU Vancouver Fine Arts courses have mounted an end-of-year exhibition of their work. This exhibit addresses the problem of abstraction, which places the emphasis on visual fundamentals such as shape, color, texture, line, volume and the logic of composition. In the following assignment, students had free rein in both subject matter and technique. The prints will be exchanged in the gallery as the students create new work. 14204 NE Salmon Creek Ave.; 546.9600; Mon-Thurs 8 a.m.-9 p.m., Fri 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; contact Analese Forster @ 546.9602.
"The Columbia Through Different Eyes" - May 3-June 30
Featuring a photographic essay of the Columbia River by a newer chronicler, Joe Glasgow. After arriving in Vancouver in the mid-90's from Pittsburg, this urban photographer found inspiration, not in the streets of a smaller Vancouver, but in the "incongruous elements" along the banks of the Columbia. A sharp observer of the dichotomous nature of environmental fragility and aggressive commercialism, Glasgow catches those moments when the two bring into focus a river caught in the larger currents of time. Inside the Water Resources Education Center, 4600 SE Columbia Way; Mon-Sat 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; contact Maya Jones @ 696-8478 or Maya.jones@ci.vancouver.wa.us.
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