Richard C. Elliott (1945-2008). Vibrational Field #3 (detail), c. 2008. Collection of the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Maribeth Collins Art Acquisition Fund, 2008.030.003.
"Richard C. Elliott: Works on Paper"
May 10 – July 20, 2014
Study Gallery and Print Study Center
During his lifetime, Dick Elliott created a wide variety of works on paper. The Study Gallery features paintings and prints (and even two sculptures) that were created in the 1980s when he was heavily influenced by Australian Aboriginal art and performance art. The Print Study Center includes prints from the last few years of his life, when he began an almost obsessive exploration of color and pattern in his quest to connect with the primal sources of art.
![[italics]Four Color Variations[/italics] (detail), c. 2005. Reflectors on panel; 4 panels: 45 x 45”.](richard-elliott-gallery/other/r-c-elliott.jpg)
Richard C. Elliott (1945-2008). Four Color Variations (detail), c. 2005. Reflectors on panel; 4 panels: 45 x 45” each. Collection of Jane Orleman, Ellensburg, Washington.
"Richard C. Elliott: Primal Op"
May 31 – August 24, 2014
The Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery and the Maribeth Collins Lobby
Richard C. Elliott was a nationally recognized mixed media artist who lived and worked in Ellensburg, Wash. A major retrospective exhibition of Elliott’s work will open May 31 and continue through Aug. 24, 2014 in the Maribeth Collins Lobby, Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery, Study Gallery and Print Study Center. Organized by Director John Olbrantz, the exhibition will feature a range of prints, drawings, sculptures, reflector paintings and related ephemera from the past four decades.![John James Audubon, [italics]Wood Duck - Summer Duck [/italics] (detail), 1841-1871, Royal Octavo Edition, Lithograph.](audubon-gallery/other/audubon.jpg)
John James Audubon, Wood Duck - Summer Duck (detail), 1841-1871, Royal Octavo Edition, Lithograph.
"John James Audubon: The Birds of America"
August 2 – October 26, 2014
Study Gallery and Print Study Center
John James Audubon (1785-1851) was a French-American painter, ornithologist, and naturalist. His major work, The Birds of America, is considered one of the finest ornithological books ever published; in it, he identified 25 new species of birds. Organized by Director John Olbrantz, the exhibition features approximately 30 Audubon bird prints on loan from the Hamersly Library at Western Oregon University in Monmouth.![Robert McCauley, [italics] Edge of Town II [/italics] (detail), 2012](bestiary-gallery/other/bestiary.jpg)
Robert McCauley, Edge of Town II (detail), 2012
"A Contemporary Bestiary"
September 13 – December 21, 2014
Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery
A Contemporary Bestiary features work by artists from Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana who incorporate animal imagery in their artwork as a means to address a wide variety of issues. Organized by Director John Olbrantz, the exhibition includes paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, ceramics, and photography by artists Alfredo Arreguin, Rick Bartow, Frank Boyden, Deborah Butterfield, David Gilhooly, Heidi Preuss Grew, Gaylen Hansen, Robert McCauley, and Ted Waddell, among others.![Roger Shimomura, [italics]Kabuki Rehearsal[/italics], 2012](shimomura/misc/shimomura-print.jpg)
Roger Shimomura, Kabuki Rehearsal, 2012
"Roger Shimomura: Works on Paper"
November 8, 2014 – February 1, 2015
Study Gallery and Print Study Center
Throughout his career, Roger Shimomura has made prints, inspired by the same sociopolitical issues that inform his paintings. Organized by Director John Olbrantz to complement Roger Shimomura: An American Knockoff, the exhibition features 26 prints made during the past twenty-five years and drawn from local and regional collections.
![Roger Shimomura, [italics]Roger Tracy[/italics], 2010](shimomura/misc/shimomura-aak.jpg)
Roger Shimomura, Roger Tracy, 2010
"Roger Shimomura: An American Knockoff"
January 17 – March 29, 2015
Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery
Organized by the Museum of Art at Washington State University, the exhibition features the artwork of Seattle native and Lawrence, Kansas-based artist Roger Shimomura, whose paintings and prints address socio-political issues of Asian Americans through a style that combines his childhood interest in comic books with the traditions of American Pop art and Japanese woodcut prints. The exhibition will include approximately 50 paintings and prints from the early 1970s to the present, with an emphasis on his recent work.![Myra Albert Wiggins, [italics]Nymphaea[/italics] (detail), 1908](myra-wiggins-gallery/wiggins.jpg)
Myra Albert Wiggins, Nymphaea (detail), 1908
"Myra Albert Wiggins: A Photographer's Life"
February 14 – April 26, 2015
Study Gallery and Print Study Center
Myra Albert Wiggins (1869-1956) was a Salem photographer and early member of Alfred Stieglitz’s Photo-Secessionist Group. At the turn of the last century, Wiggins was considered one of the foremost pictorial photographers in America. Organized by Senior Faculty Curator Roger Hull, the exhibition features photographs from the permanent collection as well as documents, journals, and artifacts selected from the Myra Wiggins Collection in Willamette University’s Pacific Northwest Artists Archive.
"Senior Art Show 2015"
April 18 – May 17, 2015
Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery
Each spring, the Hallie Ford Museum of Art features the work of senior art majors at Willamette University. The exhibition represents the culmination of their four years at Willamette.
Characterized by a wide variety of styles and approaches, the exhibition will feature work in a variety of media, including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture and mixed media. In addition, many of the senior art majors will discuss their work as part of free Tuesday gallery talks during the first three weeks of the exhibition.
![Alexandra Opie, [italics] Echo no. 236 [/italics], 2014](opie-gallery/a-opie.jpg)
Alexandra Opie, Echo no. 236 , 2014
"Alexandra Opie: Echo"
April 18 – May 17, 2015
Atrium Gallery
Alexandra Opie is an associate professor of art at Willamette University, where she teaches photography and electronic media. An exhibition of her recent work opens April 18 and continues through May 17, 2015, in the Atrium Gallery. The exhibition features a range of tintype photographs created by the artist during the past two years that explores early portrait photography techniques within a contemporary context.