Gallery Hours of Operation: Monday – Friday 10:00am – 5:00pm
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An Extended Now – Laura Truittt
An Extended Now – Laura Truitt
August 2 – September 27, 2019
Closing reception Friday, September 27, 2019
5 – 8 P.M.
Laura Truitt is an assistant professor of painting and drawing at Gonzaga University. Before getting her MFA in painting at Colorado State Laura studied painting and drawing at Goucher College, the Glasgow School of Art in Scotland, Vermont Studio Center and the Chicago Art Institute. Her current work focuses on architecture and landscape as representative of social systems and the contrasts that are inherent in painting and drawing space. Laura is represented by the William Havu Gallery in Denver and has shown her work all over the country including the EWU downtown student gallery, the Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati, The Painting Center in NYC, the Arvada Center in Aurora, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver.
I’ve been working within landscape imagery for 15 years. Much of my work has to do with perspective. Linear perspective, surely, but also our emotional and collective perspective of landscape and personal space. The underlying conflict in my work is generated by climate change, land abuse and over consumption of all kinds, my own included.
Current II – Mariah Boyle
August 2 – September 27, 2019
Closing reception Friday, September 27, 2019
5 – 8 P.M.
Mariah Boyle creates life-sized mixed media drawings and installations that reference the landscape and personal or public memories associated with passing through or spending time in a place. Life in the Northwest has had a strong influence on her work. Her sketchbooks reference these sometimes exciting and sometimes mundane adventures and activities.
Mariah received her BA from Eastern Oregon University and her MFA from Washington State University in 2012. She taught studio art at both of her alma maters before joining the faculty at Spokane Falls Community College. Mariah is a member of the regional artist collective, Saranac Art Projects, in Spokane, Washington.
Upcoming Exhibit
2019 SCHEDULE
Oh Heavens! – T Kurtz (Artist in Residence )
October 4 – 25, 2019
Artist reception, Friday, October 4, 2019
5 – 8 P.M.
After living in North Idaho for 25 years, T discovered a source of material that astounds her. There are rivers, forests, amazing vistas and lifestyles that beg to be captured in art. T recently relocated to Spokane WA She has been painting for 7 years and is excited about what that will mean for her growth in the coming years. She can be critical of her work but will always let herself get lost in the moment of creation. “T” enjoys painting her clients “furbabies” as well and is very happy to take commissions of most subject matter as long as the images belong to her or her clients.
T started working with pastel when she inherited her grandparent’s art supplies. “They loved to create, and both enjoyed retirement by painting and drawing.” She told me. “I had always wanted to try pastel but was frustrated by student sets and couldn’t justify the cost of professional art supplies. Here they were, just begging to be used.” A problem with accessible pastel surfaces pushed her towards suede mat board which she could find at several local frame shops. Placing the buttery pastels to the soft surface sang beneath her fingers and she was hooked.
T is now a full-time artist currently working through a 6-month residency at the Spokane Art School in the Garland district. Between that and doing several art shows during the year, she has a fulfilling career. A prolific artist, she is excited and ready to try new shows and join new galleries.
Ornament and Small Works Show
November 8 – December 23, 2019
Past Exhibits
2019 Area High School Show
Juried by Jamie Nadherny
June 5 – July 26, 2019
Charlotte Bigelow – Cheney High School
Cora Cashmere – Freeman High School
Teyonia Craft – On Track Academy
Jasmine Daily – Cheney High School
Christopher Dawson – Cheney High School – Honorable Mention
Erin Dougherty – Gonzaga Prep
Kaila Emtman – Mount Spokane High School
Gillian Janda – Mount Spokane High School
Bailey Johnson – Mount Spokane High School
Candence Keller – Mount Spokane High School
Kitana Klingback – Mount Spokane High School – 1st Place Winner
Michael Legkobit – Freeman High School- Honorable Mention
Caitlin Martin – Gonzaga Prep
Bella Mazza – Gonzaga Prep
Moira McLaughlin – Cheney High School
Tyler Mosset – Freeman High School
Mary Neale – Freeman High School
Shonto A. Pete – Cheney High School – 2nd Place Winner
Ceinwyn Phipps – Gonzaga Prep
Sarah Schlegel – Gonzaga Prep – 3rd Place Winner
Brandon Shaffer – Cheney High School
Tegan Shipman – On Track Academy
Grace Thompson – Mount Spokane High School
Eva Ulrichsen – Gonzaga Prep
Jaiden Wagner – Gonzaga Prep
Integration – Jamie N. Nadherny
April 5 – May 31, 2019
My Delicate Flower – Daniel Lopez
February 1 – March 29, 2019
Ornament and Small Works Show 2018
November 9 – December 22, 2019
Aesthetic Contraption – Larry Ellingson
October 5 – 26, 2018
Avoid the Struggle, (a book of fear) – Dan McCann
September 7 – 28, 2018
Area High School Exhibition
July 6 – August 31, 2018
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Juried Show by Robert Fifield
Keenan Avery-Carpenter – Honorable mention
Eleanora Becherini
Athayla C. Begay – 1st Place
Katelyn Bumbeck
Ada Cashmere
Chloe Daniels
Donna Finger
Ericka Flory
Emily Freeman
Stuart Gibbs
Xzandre Jean-Francois
Ashley Jensen – Honorable Mention
Bailey Johnson
Hope Johnson
Laura Jones
Namida Amy Kangvanwanich
Hunter Koss
Halle Kuhar-Pitters
Hailey Landkammer
Jamie LeMieux
Savannah Lindsley – Honorable Mention
Avery Matson
Teigan Mikkelsen
Alexa Miller – 2nd Place
Andrew Nordhagen
Mia Puzzo
Annika Readel – 3rd Place
Ashley Runge
Rachel Schupp
Katelyn Tippett
Reluctant Compromise – Joseph Tomlinson
May 4 – April 27, 2018
Alchemy for Cells and Other Beasts – Maya Zeller and Carrie DeBaker
March 2 – April 27, 2018
The Art of the Darkroom: film photography with Bill and Kathy Kostelec
January 12 February 23, 2018
Ornament and Small Works Show
November 3 – December 23, 2018
Crawl Space – Karen Kaiser
October 6 – 27, 2017
Dreamscapes : Sketchy Memories – Ken Spiering
August 4 – September 29, 2017
Water Color; Between the Cascades and the Rockies
June 2 – July 28, 2017
Cleave, Stick and Split – Lenora J. Lopez Schindler & Richard J. Schindler
April 17 – May 26, 2017
Salish Stories – Ric Gendron
February 3 – March 31, 2017
