Cayla Skillin-Brauchle: Locating
April 17 – May 15, 2021
Atrium Gallery
Due to COVID-19 exhibition dates may change
Each spring, the Hallie Ford Museum of Art pairs its annual senior studio art majors’ exhibition with a small solo exhibition of recent work by one of the faculty members in the art department. The purpose of the exhibition is to demonstrate the continuing connection and relationship between student and faculty research.
This year’s featured faculty member is Assistant Professor of Art Cayla Skillin-Brauchle (American, born 1984). The exhibition incorporates drawings, photographs, sculptures, repurposed materials, and textiles into a dynamic installation enhanced by two live performances.
Locating draws inspiration from data, geography, and an urgency to combat feelings of estrangement born out of our current social and political environment. Locating uses the metaphor of honing in on our personal coordinates as a strategy to find common ground and explores this through a variety of expressive media.
This exhibition incorporates two complimentary performances of Our Bodies Know the Way, the newest collaboration between Cayla Skillin-Brauchle and Cal Lawton (WU Studio Art Alum, 2018). Props and costumes for this performance were created by Skillin-Brauchle and Lawton and will be on view for the duration of the exhibition. Performances commence on Saturday, April 17th starting at 2 p.m. and Saturday, April 24th starting at 2 p.m. They can be viewed in person (limited capacity) or via Livestream through links that will be posted here (please check back to this location for links closer to the performance dates).
Skillin-Brauchle teaches drawing, installation art, social practice, and performance art and holds a BA degree from Beloit College in Wisconsin and an MFA degree from Ohio University in Athens and is currently an assistant professor of art at Willamette University. Her most recent awards include a 2019 Ford Family Foundation Fellowship at the Djerassi Resident Artists program where she created much of the work in her current exhibition.
Exhibition Related Events
Virtual Performance of Our Bodies Know the Way
Virtual Event via Livestream
April 17, 2021 | 2 p.m.
Free and open to the public
Virtual Performance of Our Bodies Know the Way
Virtual Event via Livestream
April 24, 2021 | 2 p.m.
Free and open to the public
Financial Support
Financial support for the exhibition was provided by general operating support grants from the City of Salem's Transient Occupancy Tax funds and the Oregon Arts Commission.
