Colorful, highly detailed artwork with various phrases, objects, and patterns. Central text reads 'UNDER THIS BRIDGE ASLEEP.'

Hallie Ford Fellows in the Visual Arts 2017-19

Coeta and Donald Barker Changing Exhibitions Gallery

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The Ford Family Foundation celebrates the contributions and potential of outstanding Oregon artists working in fine art and craft with its prestigious Hallie Ford Fellowships in the Visual Arts, awarded annually to five recipients by an independent jury of regional and national arts professionals. This fall, the JSMA will present new and recent work by the fifteen artists named Fellows in 2017, 2018, and 2019:

Bruce Burris and Julie Green of Corvallis; Niraja Cheryl Lorenz of Eugene; James Lavadour of Pendleton; and Corey Arnold, Avantika Bawa, Pat Boas, Demian DinéYazhi ́, Harrell Fletcher, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Flint Jamison, Elizabeth Malaska, Jess Perlitz, Sharita Towne, and Marie Watt of Portland.

The exhibition is organized by independent curator Jenelle Porter for the JSMA.

Abstract artwork featuring geometric shapes in various colors, with a dominant mint green background and cut-out patterns.
Pat Boas. AM-FR #6, 2019. Archival pigment print, Edition 1/5. 49.75 x 38 inches (paper). Courtesy the artist and Elizabeth Leach Gallery.
Dramatic photograph of a fishing boat in rough seas with crew members working amid powerful waves and flying seabirds.
Corey Arnold. Hauling Gear, 2017. Archival pigment print, 30 x 44 in. Courtesy the artist and Charles A. Hartman Fine Art, Portland, OR
Collage artwork featuring the head of a woman with a house and sunset colors integrated into her head, suggesting thoughts or memories, with a crack-like golden line running through the image.
Sharita Towne. Black Life, Black Spatial Imaginaries: Glimpses Across Time and Space, A Visual Bibliography (detail), 2018–2019. Mixed process prints. Research and concept with Lisa K. Bates; Printed with Watershed Center for Fine Art Publishing and Research. Courtesy the artist.

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