Past Exhibitions

Abstract painting with vibrant splashes of color, including blues, oranges, and yellows, with black splatters and lines throughout.

Pour It On! Watercolors from the West

Coeta and Donald Barker Changing Exhibitions Gallery

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The Watercolor Society of Oregon present “Pour it On!” a combined effort featuring three exhibitions: The 42nd Annual Western Federation of Watercolor Societies, The Watercolor Society of Oregon and an exhibition of curator Jeannie McGuire’s work.

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A wooden wheel with various knives and tools inserted around its perimeter, displayed against a plain background. The diverse collection of implements suggests a theme of utility and craftsmanship.

Diálogos

Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Gallery

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Diálogos mines the JSMA’s growing collection of Latin American and Latino art to encourage dialogue around themes relevant to contemporary life. The exhibition features fourteen prints, photographs, kinetic sculptures, and mixed media installations by artists from Cuba, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and the United States.

An abstract painting with vibrant red, orange, and yellow swirls intertwined with blue and purple lines.

Mark Tobey and the Calligraphic Line

Morris Graves Gallery

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This rotation features a selection of works by Pacific Northwest artist Mark Tobey (1890–1976) from the JSMA’s collection, including new acquisitions from the Elizabeth Cole Butler Estate. The paintings and lithographs on view demonstrate how Tobey’s signature “white writing,” calligraphic marks that conveyed energy and light, appears in different media.

Installation titled 'Clay Lohmann’s Camo Cubes,' featuring a checkerboard pattern and quilt-like wall hangings.

Clay Lohmann’s Camo Cubes

Artist Project Space

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Corvallis-based installation artist Clay Lohmann presents his room-sized fabric installation Camo Cubes. Lohmann has worked in a variety of media and disciplines. Camo Cubes is constructed from enormous, modular panels that play on the popular “Tumbling Blocks” or “Baby Blocks” quilt pattern.

Highly stylized “American Qur’an” on a blue and gold background

Sandow Birk American Qur’an

Coeta and Donald Barker Changing Exhibitions Gallery

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Taking over a decade to complete (in summer 2014), American Qur’an is Birk’s most ambitious project to date. Every verse of the holy book of Islam is hard-transcribed and illustrated, using the calligraphy of the individual verses to frame scenes of contemporary American life.

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Artwork depicting a figure saluting, wearing a black shirt with a gold logo and standing against a background of gold and white stripes with a floral pattern.

Art of the Athlete V

Education Corridor

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This year’s exhibition features the work of athletes Megan Conder, women’s golf; August Raskie, volleyball; and football players Ugo Amadi, Gary Baker, Evan Baylis, Tyrell Crosby, Cameron Hunt, Dylan Kane, Canton Kaumatule, Fotu Leiato, Malik Lovette, Austin Maloata, Rex Manu, Jonah Moi, Tyree Robinson, Arrion Springs, Tui Talia.

A photographic portrait of a young girl in a black outfit, styling her hair with a knife against a vivid red background. The juxtaposition of the innocent and the dangerous creates a striking image.

Cuba Ocho

Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Gallery

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This exhibition features contemporary Cuban art that responds to the volatile political, economic, and cultural climate of Cuba today.

A hanging circular sculpture with a red, orange, and green abstract design inside, resembling an open mouth.

Gay Outlaw Mutable Object

Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Gallery

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A San Francisco based artist, Outlaw is recognized for her rigorous and unexpected explorations of material—from printmaking and photography to wood, glass, and bronze. For this exhibition she employs a range of materials to create a dialogue between shape, color, light, surface, and interiority.