Highlights from the Permanent Collection
September 19 – December 16, 2023
Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art opened its doors for the first time in October 1998, and over the past quarter century has built an encyclopedic collection of Western and non-Western art and has mounted a dazzling array of temporary exhibitions intended to instruct, inspire, and delight. Over the years, the development of the permanent collection has been guided by Hallie Ford Museum of Art staff and its faculty curators, as well as by the generosity, vision, and largesse of its many donors and patrons.
Images (left to right): Charles White, Gideon, 1951; Etruscan Antefix, 525 to 500 BCE; Freda Diesing, Male Portrait Mask, 1990; Relief of a Servant, Egyptian, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6, 2350-2170 BCE.
In order to celebrate its remarkable history and growth over the past twenty-five years, the Hallie Ford Museum of Art’s director, curators, outside scholars, and others have teamed up to mine the collection to reveal its many hidden treasures, often for the first time in The Hallie Ford Museum of Art at 25: Highlights from the Permanent Collection exhibition.
The exhibition represents a visual journey through the museum's diverse permanent collection, featuring close to 100 works by Indigenous and non-Indigenous Northwest artists, as well as works from around the world, including ancient, traditional, and contemporary art, and pieces from the recently acquired Musueum of Contemporary Craft. Vistors are invited to make their own visual connections between the thoughtfully juxtaposed works of art.
Images (left to right): Lucinda Parker, Star (in the Winner’s Circle), 1979; Marie K. Watt, Blanket Stories: First Teachers, Wallamet, Crow’s Shadow (detail), 2014; Ross Palmer Beecher, 7-Up Quilt, 1988; Anna Fidler, We Can't Wait 'Till Tomorrow (Autumn), 2016.
The exhibition also explores the history of the Hallie Ford Museum of Art’s permanent collection, from its origins in the nineteenth century to its growth and development from the 1990s to the present, as well as acknowledging some of the key collectors, donors, artists, and others who have help transform it into what it is today.
In conjunction with the exhibition, a wide variety of lectures, films, gallery talks, and a family activity day have been planned, and are listed below.
Images (left to right): George Johanson, Black Rabbit's Red Room, 1978; Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Veduta dell' Arco di Tito (View of the Arch of Titus), from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome), 1760; Carl Hall, Earth, That is Sufficient (Willamette Valley), 1950.
Enjoy Free Admission Throughout October
In honor of our twenty-fifth anniversary, the Hallie Ford Museum of Art will offer free admission for the entire month.
Exhibition Related Events
Members/VIP Opening Reception
Celebrating: Hallie Ford Museum of Art at 25
Saturday, September 16, 2023
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Hallie Ford Museum of Art
Members and invited guests only
New Members are welcome to join at the event or online
Online rsvp HERE BY SEPT. 8, 2023 (ACCEPTANCES ONLY)
Or by phone at 503-370-6855 or by email at museum-art@willamette.edu
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Gallery Talk
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art at 25: Highlights from the Permanent Collection
Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at 12:30 p.m.
Join Jonathan Bucci, Curator of Collections and Exhibitions at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, for a guided gallery talk.
Hallie Ford Museum of Art
Free and open to the public
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Gallery Talk
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art at 25: Highlights from the Permanent Collection
Tuesday, September 26, 2023 at 12:30 p.m.
Join Elizabeth Garrison, Curator of Education at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, for a guided gallery talk.
Hallie Ford Museum of Art
Free and open to the public
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Hallie Ford Museum of Art Anniversary
Tuesday, October 3, 2023
Enjoy free admission, plus cake and refreshments as we celebrate our official anniversary.
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Gallery Talk
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art at 25: Highlights from the Permanent Collection
Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 12:30 p.m.
Join John Olbrantz, the Maribeth Collins Director the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, for a guided gallery talk.
Hallie Ford Museum of Art
Free and open to the public
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Family Activity Day
Saturday, October 7, 2023
12:00 noon–4:00 p.m., Maribeth Collins Lobby
Join Elizabeth Garrison, Sonia Allen, and volunteers for art activities.
Free and open to the public
Join us for an afternoon of artmaking celebrating our 25th anniversary: monoprints with artist and educator Sonia Allen using a real printing press; mosaics and clay activities; and demonstrations and conversation with Grand Ronde tribal members and traditional weavers Stephanie Craig of Kalapuya Weaving and Consulting, LLC and her apprentice Dakota Zimmer.
Following the activities artist Bobby Mercier (Grand Ronde) will perform a re-dedication of his work Hayash-Man, which was first dedicated at last year’s Family Activity event.
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Rededication, Welcome Figure
Grand Ronde carver Bobby Mercier
Saturday, October 7 at 4:30 p.m.
Maribeth Collins Lobby, Hallie Ford Museum of Art
Free and open to the public
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Gallery Talk
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art at 25: Highlights from the Permanent Collection
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 at 12:30 p.m.
Join docents for a guided gallery talk.
Hallie Ford Museum of Art
Free and open to the public
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Gallery Talk
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art at 25: Highlights from the Permanent Collection
Tuesday, October 17, 2023 at 12:30 p.m.
Join docents for a guided gallery talk.
Hallie Ford Museum of Art
Free and open to the public
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Lecture
The Possibility of University Art Museums
Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander (’10)
The Robert M. and Ruth L. Halperin Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University
Thursday, October 19, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
Paulus Lecture Hall
Willamette University College of Law
245 Winter Street SE
Free and open to the public
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Gallery Talk
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art at 25: Highlights from the Permanent Collection
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 12:30 p.m.
Join docents for a guided gallery talk.
Hallie Ford Museum of Art
Free and open to the public
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Gallery Talk
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art at 25: Highlights from the Permanent Collection
Tuesday, October 31, 2023 at 12:30 p.m.
Join docents for a guided gallery talk.
Hallie Ford Museum of Art
Free and open to the public
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Film Showing
This film showing has been postponed and a new date will be announced
Riches, Rivals, and Radicals: 100 Years of Museums in America (Color, 56 minutes)
Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
Roger Hull Lecture Hall, Hallie Ford Museum of Art
Free and open to the public
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Gallery Talk
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art at 25: Highlights from the Permanent Collection
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 at 12:30 p.m.
Join docents for a guided gallery talk.
Hallie Ford Museum of Art
Free and open to the public
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Lecture
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art at 25: A History
John Olbrantz
The Maribeth Collins Director, Hallie Ford Museum of Art
Thursday, November 9, 2023
7:30 p.m.
Paulus Lecture Hall
Free and open to the public
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Gallery Talk
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art at 25: Highlights from the Permanent Collection
Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 12:30 p.m.
Join docents for a guided gallery talk.
Hallie Ford Museum of Art
Free and open to the public
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Film Showing
The Bartow Project
November 16, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art | Roger Hull Lecture Hall
Free and open to the public
Join Curator of Indigenous Art Rebecca Dobkins for an evening of short films about Wiyot artist Rick Bartow (1946-2016). Each film was made with the support of the Wiyot Tribe and Dell'Arte International, a theatre workshop and school in northern California. Each of the three films take a different approach to storytelling: one employs a documentary style, another is an animated short that liberally draws on Bartow's imagery, and the third is a symbolic homage to Bartow's relationship with his wife, artist Julie Swan. Together, the films introduce viewers to the complex work and life of one of Oregon's most revered artists, whose art is central to the collection of the Hallie Ford Museum of Art.
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Gallery Talk
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art at 25: Highlights from the Permanent Collection
Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at 12:30 p.m.
Join docents for a guided gallery talk.
Hallie Ford Museum of Art
Free and open to the public
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Gallery Talk
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art at 25: Highlights from the Permanent Collection
Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 12:30 p.m.
Join docents for a guided gallery talk.
Hallie Ford Museum of Art
Free and open to the public
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Gallery Talk
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art at 25: Highlights from the Permanent Collection
Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 12:30 p.m.
Join docents for a guided gallery talk.
Hallie Ford Museum of Art
Free and open to the public
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Gallery Talk
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art at 25: Highlights from the Permanent Collection
Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 12:30 p.m.
Join docents for a guided gallery talk.
Hallie Ford Museum of Art
Free and open to the public
Financial Support
This exhibition has been made possible with funds from the HFMA Exhibition Fund, the Hallie Ford Exhibition Fund, the Maribeth Collins Art Exhibition Fund, and the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, through their Spirit Mountain Community Fund; by advertising support from The Oregonian/Here is Oregon; and by general operating support grants from the City of Salem's Transient Occupancy Tax funds and the Oregon Arts Commission.
