Past Gallery Highlights

Slideshow of Past gallery exhibits

May 2009
	Mark Clarson and Stephen Kekule in the main gallery and Steve Blair in the lower exhibition space.
	Mark Clarson is a realist sculptor from Vancouver who works in bronze and steel. His subjects are seemingly culled from whimsical stories of American suburban and rural culture not unlike the literary work of Harry Crews or Katherine Dunn. Aloha artist Stephen Kekule paints the sophisticated facade of urban and suburban architecture infused with the personality of our modern culture. Kekule's work is similar in feeling to paintings by Hopper, but more of the times; colorful and cheery yet a bit more emotionally distant, like Hopper's paintings. Indeed, the facade seems to be the portrait and the people are merely details of the architecture. The lower gallery space features Nature Photography from Beaverton artist Steve Blair. Whether it's an incredible panoramic view or a close-up of an intricate bed of moss, Blair's photographs draw you up into the frame and make you wish you were there.


June 2009
	Steven Beatty, Julie Colosso, Shannon Donovan and Patrick Schmidt in the main gallery and paintings by Vidya Hivale in the lower exhibition space.
	This month the Center presents a group exhibit of installation art. As defined by Wikipedia: Installation art uses sculptural materials and other media to modify the way a particular space is experienced. Installation art is not necessarily confined to gallery spaces and can be any material intervention in everyday public or private spaces. Installation art incorporates almost any media to create an experience in a particular environment. Materials used on contemporary installation art range from everyday and natural materials to new media such as video, sound, performance, immersive virtual reality and the internet. Some installations are site-specific in that they are designed to only exist in the space for which they were created. This exhibit includes two Oregon artists, Steven Beatty and Julie Colosso, and two Pennsylvania artists, Shannon Donovan and Patrick Schmidt.
	Vidya Hivale in the lower gallery.

July 2009
	Dave Edgar, Julia Haack and Alan Rose in the main gallery and more Dave Edgar in the lower exhibition space.
	A current of reflection, interaction and response between human and environment runs through this exhibit of contemporary art. The paintings of Alan Rose whimsically detail human interaction. There are odd abstract elements to his work that represent the personality of his subjects. Seattle artist Julia Haack creates abstract sculpture that makes visual reference to furniture and architecture out of recycled and cast-off materials. Having been fascinated by watching skyscrapers building built, Haack equates her sculpture to architecture and equates architecture to our bodies. Painter Dave Edgar is showing two sides of his work at the Arts Center. In the main exhibition he presents a new body of work called Tree Machines, abstracted images of metal trees impervious to damage from any angle. The series was inspired by the artist witnessing a failed parachute jump and rescue in the woods. The lower exhibition space features Edgar's series HMMWV landscapes, which are not as abstract and were inspired by his experiences as an Army Ranger. Dave Tinman Edgar recently received an Individual Artist Fellowship Award from the Oregon Arts Commission.


August 2009
	Suwannee Sarakana and Shelley Radovitch in the main gallery.
	Suwannee Sarakana splits her time between Thailand and the Pacific Northwest. Sarakana is widely recognized in her homeland and has exhibited her paintings in France, Italy and Singapore. She paints scenes of Thailand, but also lovely Oregon garden scenes.
	The brilliantly colorful still life paintings of local artist Shelly Radovich are also featured in the main gallery.
	Paintings from the July Hillsboro Plein Air competition were featured in the lower exhibition space.
September 2009
	Jeffery Baker, Janette Cavecche and Robynn Fulfs in the main gallery and WCAC instructors in the lower exhibition space.
	Jeffery Baker's mixed media drawings are inspired by the oddities of life in the Pacific Northwest. Using a wide range of photographic sources from found snapshots to his own digital or pinhole images, and his unique drawing technique, he creates enigmatic and stark images. Jeffery teaches theater at Hillsboro's Swallowtail School, just a couple of blocks from the Cultural Arts Center.
	Janette Cavecche makes encaustic (a heated wax medium) paintings, and revels in the "happy accidents" that create subtlety of surface. "My paintings express the relationship between the individual moments, natural and intimate, that are reminiscent of the life around me."
	The whimsical sculpture of Robynn Fulfs is also a reflection of her experience and environment. She captures the movements, textures and behavioral quirks that she has long observed and enjoyed in her pets and geographical surroundings growing up on an eastern Washington wheat farm, as well as her adult life in North Plains, Oregon.
	Our lower gallery will feature artwork by WCAC instructors.
October 2009
	Howard Bruner, Ed Kornbrath and Sarah Trefny in the main gallery and Jane Vanderzanden in the lower exhibition space.
	Howard Bruner is a scientist artist working at OSU in the Department of Forest Science. No surprise that his art focuses on landscapes of the valley untouched by human development. "I am in the vanguard of the western naturalist/artist movement, scientist artists for whom the study of the last wild places is quantitative as well as qualitative. My paintings transpose a flat, inert wall into a window of life, a timeless threshold through which the [viewer] can share my vision." His vision bears a striking resemblances to the brushwork of Van Gogh.
	Sarah Trefny has a scientific background, as well. Trefny creates exquisite, intimate still life paintings in oil. She displays an incredible sense of light and texture in her small works, which are sure to be coveted by viewers.
	Ed Kornbrath applies photographic images to substantial pieces of sandstone, marble and ceramics. Fossil-like in nature, his works are quiet reminders of life that portray friends, family and nature.
	Our basement gallery will feature a solo exhibition of wildlife paintings and drawings by Jane Vanderzanden, whose technique approaches the likes of Walton Ford or John James audubon, the master of illustration.
November 2009
	Tatiana Gorbacheva and Momoko Sanderson in the main gallery and Sandi Bass in the lower exhibition space.
	Tatiana Gorbacheva's imaginative oil paintings are autobiographical allegories painted in the tradition of magic realism. Tatiana paints with vibrant colors and high contrasts inspired by Russian folklore art. She explores the themes of femininity and domesticity as seen through a magical looking glass.
	Momoko Sanderson is a sculptor and metalsmith who combines metal, wood and glass to create works that mimic the mysteries of nature. "Trees are objects of my veneration and imagery:Â their power of growth and the persistent energy of their roots inspire me."
	Our lower gallery featured the artwork of Sandi Bass. Bass creates whimsical paintings and mixed media wall pieces that feature stories from daily life as well as biblical tales.
December 2009
	Michael Orwick and Valerie Sjodin in the main gallery and Kim Lakin in the lower exhibition space.
	Oil paintings by two of Hillsboro's most well-known artists, Michael Orwick and Valerie Sjodin, are featured this holiday season. Both have a history as professional illustrators and have blossomed into accomplished painters. Orwick will exhibit his strong and colorful landscapes, many done Plein Air.
	Sjodin will exhibit a new series of work that explores the concept of connecting with the divine through images of the Gothic arch, the skyline and cosmos.
	Kim Lakin is a fiber artist who creates quilts using the same techniques as an abstract painter. "I start by playing - with no plan but to keep within a simple framework. Eventually a theme emerges, patterns evolve. Integrating small details in the larger work, my aim is to allow the viewer to return again and again to find something new each time."
February 2010
	The Women Artists of AMBUS present "The Shape of Memory in the main gallery
	AMBUS Contemporary Art is a group of professional female artists working in southern Oregon. These artists explore,share and exhibit art in a supportive group environment. After having a gallery presence for six years first in Jacksonille and then Medford, the group closed its doors and are exhibiting two to three times a year at various locations. The Arts Center is lucky to be one such location. Participating artists include Darla Baack, Eileen Bowie, Susan Burnes, Dianne Erickson, Frieda Golding, Janet E. Higgins, Pat Holton, Kris Hoppe, Nancy Jo Mullen, Nancy Pagani, Lisa D. Peterson, Meloney Quady and Alice Stambaugh. Their work includes oil, encaustic, bronze, fiber and other media in abstract, impressionistic and contemporary figurative styles.

	Jim Smith in the lower exhibition space
	James F. Smith began painting, utilizing how-to books, in 1968. He has since studied with Jim Westall, E. John Robinson, Harold Walkup, Katherine Friday and Florence Thurman. Smith is currently showing his work at the Influence Gallery and the International Miniature shows in Pennsylvania and Nag Head. Smith's website is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/miniatureart. He has taught art classes locally and at the coast for 40 years.
March 2010
	Art from the Miller Education Center and Rise Above programs in the lower exhibition space.
	Miller Education Center students are able to take art classes at the Cultural Arts Center through a generous grant from the Fred Meyer Foundation. Come see their expressive ceramics work, created under the tutelage of Jen Champlin. Every year, an estimated 1.6 million of America's youth experience homelessness. Hillsboro Community Arts founded the Rise Above Arts Program which provides art education to homeless youth. These teens, ages 13 to 17, reside at A Safe Place for Youth, a teen homeless shelter run by the Boys and Girls Aid Society in Hillsboro. Each year, Rise Above offers 150+ teens the opportunity to express themselves through art and writing, while helping them to build confidence, learn about themselves, and realize a sense of accomplishment.
May 2010
	Fred Cooper, David Kerr and John Mathis in the main gallery and Jan Madill in the lower exhibition space
	Fred Cooper started his painting career in San Diego in the1960s. His current body of work is akin to hard edge abstract art but breaks convention by depicting space while his palette of color remains in the Pop Art camp.
	David Kerr, violinmaker/restorer for 37 years, began working with glass out of a desire to explore color. One of his recent works was juried into the Pilchuck auction along with Chihuly, Dante Marioni and William Morris.
	John Mathis is a young artist who writes computer programs that create "drawings" or "matrix paintings." The results are akin to images of water or roots and not far from the gesture paintings of Pollock. Visitors to the gallery will see a few prints but mainly will be able to watch the programs run live and even 'make' their own on monitors in the gallery.
	Jan Madill came to art in midstream, coming from a medical science background. Her paintings combine elements of both worlds.Â
June 2010
	Diane Avio-Augee, Dick and Jane Millager in the main gallery and PDX!WAM in the lower exhibition space
	Diane Avio-Augee paints large-scale abstract expressionistic works inspired by a variety of sources, including music, contemporary western poetry, Chinese painting and nature. For this exhibit, she plans to steep herself in the landscape of Washington County for inspiration. For the last decade, Diane has exhibited her work in several of Portland's finest galleries, most recently the Mark Woolley Gallery, which closed its doors in 2009.
	Dick and Jane Millager are artisans who work with wood. Dick creates vessels using lamination, turning and chip carving. The wood carving that adorns his western themed bowls, boxes, clocks and plates is done with one hand-held knife. Using a scroll saw, Jane has developed a unique process of working with small, highly detailed pieces of hardwood veneers to create jewelry inspired by nature and her Cherokee heritage. Their website is www.dickjanemillager.com.
	PDX!WAM brings together a small group of women abstract artists who meet monthly for critiques, ideas and inspiration. Established in 2004 by former students of Ann Baldwin, an abstract painter from the San Francisco Bay Arera, the gorup has exhibited throughout the Portland metro area. Their styles and methods of applying mixed media are as diverse as their interests and backgrounds. Participating members include Nikki Dilbeck, Ann Fullerton, Jan Heigh, tupper Malone, Collin Murphy and Marge Rood.
July 2010
	WCAC Students and Instructors
	Discover the fine arts and crafts created by our instructors and students. On display will be all styles of painting, drawing, sculpture, pottery, mosaic, and perhaps a few surprises. Exhibiting instructors include Constance Adams (cat sculpture, right), Jen Champlin, Alice Hill, Eileen Kane, Jan Su (painting, left), Vicky Lynn Wilson and others.

September 2010
	For the Love of Food: Featuring Anne Greenwood, Helen Hiebert, Diana Jacobs, and Shu-Ju Wang September 7 - September 29 Main Gallery
	The installation, For the Love of Food, had its genesis in a conversation between Anne Greenwood, Helen Hiebert, Diane Jacobs, and Shu-Ju Wang, a group of Portland artists who have been meeting monthly for the past three years. Greenwood's concerns about the decline in the nutritional value of the foods we consume prompted the group to investigate the various issues surrounding food in our modern cultures. The Celebrate Hillsboro Community Mural, on display in the lower gallery, was created by artists of all ages at the Celebrate Hillsboro event on July 24, 2010.
October 2010
Mitch Baird Aimee Erickson	Mitch Baird, Aimee Erikson and Jamee Linton October 5 - October 27, 2010 , 6:00 p.m.

	All three artists featured this month are talented young painters known for their skills rendering landscape, still life and portraiture. Their work will be on display throughout our entire facility. Jamee Linton
November 2010
	Unconditionally Us: A Reflection Dante Cohen, Jessica Burke, Katie Allan, Larry Cwik, Lauren Henkin and Dennis Worrel November 2 - November 30, 2010
	For this exhibit, curator Carl Annala chose artists, including Dennis Worrel (image left), whose work is reflective of themselves, their relationships and society. While all the art is beautiful, many of the perspectives are not apologetic or idealized. Rather than romanticizing, they express honesty, agression, frustration, loss and empathy with subtle doses of humor.

December 2010 - January 2011
	Elements: Multiple Parts/Singular Art December 7, 2010 - January 26, 2011
	Contemporary art that employs the use of many pieces to create the whole is the theme of this show. Mosaics, fiber, ceramic, paper and wood are a few examples of the types of media visitors will see. Abstract or representational artwork that blurs the line between function and fine art will be of special interest in this international juried exhibit. Curated by Lynn Adamo with Arthur DeBow and Carl Annala. Our Lower Exhibition Space features works by members of the Oregon Women's Caucus for Art. Exhibiting members are: Christina Brown, Jan Carpenter, Harriet Levi, Karen Burrueto, Karen Swallow, Para Winingham, Laurie Svec, Suzan Mayer, Anh Bach, Jenn Frykman, Nina Bindi, Pat Krishnamurthy, Sandy Banister, Una Kim, Ingrid Wagner and Emily Lux. Instructor Lobby Show and Demo: Constance Lee Adams
February 2011
	Art Fusion: Jodi Dann, Wendy Givens, Paula Hansen, Kim Millen, Sue Ann Seckora (image left), Laura Nunn and David Millen February 1-23, 2011
	The artists of Art Fusion offer a wide range of style, subject and medium. Their works take the viewer on a tour of the Pacific Northwest landscape, focusing on the miracle of creation from forest to farm. They also explore, through oil,acrylics and pastels, the emotions, beliefs and personal histories of each artist.
March 2011
	Body Language: Allison Gayne (image left), Fong Chi NG, Forrest Solis, Jessica Orlowski, Meredith Re' Grimsley, Milly Keizur in the main gallery Protective Custody: Within a Prison Nursery, Cheryl Hanna-Truscott; and art from Miller Education Center students in the lower exhibition space March 1-31
	Body Language is an exhibition of figurative art that looks beyond traditional portraiture and into narrative postures. Viewers will discover artwork that is about identity, relationships and reflection. The artists chosen for this exhibit, all women, are varied in age and origin. Protective Custody: Within a Prison Nursery is a photography project by Cheryl Hanna-Truscott that explores the lives of women who are parenting infants behind prison walls. This show raises awareness of the needs of these women and is a benefit for Family Justice Initiative of Hillsboro. Students of the Miller Education Center will present recent work created at the Cultural Arts Center.
April 2011
	HYAC 7: Hillsboro Student Art Exhibit Aprill 5-27, 2011 Come revel in the young talent of Hillsboro as the Cultural Arts Center and the Mayor's Hillsboro Youth Advisory Council present the seventh annual HYAC Youth Art Exhibition. The exhibition is the result of an art contest open to all Hillsboro area high school age youth working in 2D and 3D media as well as photography.
May 2011
	Print Arts Northwest 30th Anniversary All-Member Show May 3-31, 2011 Print Arts Northwest (PAN) presents its first exhibit at the Cultural Arts Center this year. PAN is a non-profit arts organization dedicated to increasing awareness of printmaking, supporting arts education, and building relationships in the region and around the world. With more than 140 members, PAN celebrates its 30th anniversary with this all-member show. This exhibit includes approximately 100 works in a variety of printmaking media. (Pictured is a work by Mary Farrell.)
June 2011
	Natural Tones: Martin Conley, Marilyn Joyce (image left) and David Reager Stacey Lloyd's digital photographs are featured in the lower exhibition space. June 7-29, 2011 The local artists featured in Natural Tones work in wood, photography and mixed media. Marilyn Joyce focuses on the natural world and her work incorporates drawing, painting, and installation-based work. For David Reager, "the experience of making art is in itself the motive." His assemblages represent "a subtle intimacy with nature." Martin Conley is a finish-carpenter by trade whose work reflects his love of sculpture, painting and custom furniture design. Stacey Lloyd's "Floral Fusions and Seasonal Immersions explore the creative use of camera and subject motion to produce painterly images of the natural world. The imaginitive use of color and line result in visually unique images."
July 2011
	WCAC Instructors & Students Main and basement galleries July 5-27, 2011 The Cultural Arts Center faculty members are talented, professional artists who are proud of their work and of their students' work. Come and see the fine artwork by our teachers and students!
August 2011
	Hillsboro Plein Air 2011 August 2-31, 2011 On display in the main gallery will be the paintings and drawings created at Hillsboro Plein Air 2011, a contest and event presented by the Hillsboro Arts and Culture Council. This annual contest challenges artists to paint the scenes of historic downtown Hillsboro and tableaux vivants of figures in historic clothing. On display in our basement gallery will be the Celebrate Hillsboro Community Mural and works by Marvel Thurston ("Town" bottom left), who started painting prolifically at the age of 95 - and now at 98 is having her first exhibition here at the Cultural Arts Center.
September 2011
	Dave Edgar with Samuel Santi (images left) and Art From the Heart in the lower exhibition space September 6-28, 2011 Portland artist Dave Tinman Edgar returns to the Cultural Arts Center with a change of direction. The landscape of his new terrain (below left) pops and moves and is visually exciting. R. Samuel Santi has been creating abstract paintings, sculptures and constructions for the past 40 years. Now living in northeast Portland, his vibrant landscapes and abstracts (above left) are painted on naturally textured surfaces that create a 3D effect. Art From the Heart was founded in 1995 and provides time for disabled adults to work on creative projects and receive class instruction in drawing, painting, ceramics and more.
October 2011
	Chiapas Photography Project: Nuestra Comida/Our Food; with Isaac Alonzo & J.J. Parra in both galleries October 4-26 Nuestra Comida/Our Food is a traveling exhibition of photographs organized by the Chiapas Photography Project and the Archivo Fotografico Indigena (San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico). The exhibition shows aspects of food and culture in indigenous communities as seen by Mayan photographers from two ethnic groups of Chiapas. Also on display will be paintings by local artist Isaac Alonzo and sculptures by J.J. Parra.
November 2011
	Gerald Sticka in the main gallery November 1-30 Gerald Sticka ("Kingfisher" left) is a renowned west coast wildlife artist. Our main gallery will feature a selection of his highly rendered paintings, prints and sculptures. His themes include fish and fowl, hunter and hunted, and Native American culture. Miniature Artists of America Touring exhibit with an extended exhibit of regional miniature artists in the lower exhibition space
December 2011-January 2012
	Landscape Now II in the main gallery December 6, 2011-January 31, 2012 Featuring Allen Greene, Gretha Lindwood, Rob Ramage, Douglas Remington and Robert Weller (image left). Landscape Now II was curated by the staff at the Cultural Arts Center to showcase the finest landscape art of local artists. This exhibit features the impressionistic and realistic interpretations of local vistas in watercolor, pastel, oils and photographs. West Along the Tualatin-Westside Quilters Guild in the lower exhibition space This group of quilts examines the landscape and content of the Tualatin River Valley, both natural and manmade.
February-March 2012
	Anna Daedalus and Michael McDevitt in the Main Gallery Nikki Dilbeck and Lorraine Richie in the lower exhibition space February 7-March 27 The focal points of our gallery artists are mystery and mirth. Anna Daedalus' photographs (image left) and Michael McDevitt's paintings, are evocative of stories familiar yet strange. In our lower exhibition space, Nikki Dilbeck's colorful abstract paintings contrast with the black and white photographs by Lorraine Richey.
April 2012
	HYAC 8: Hillsboro Student Art Exhibit in the Main Gallery & lower exhibition space April 3-24 Come revel in the young talent of Hillsboro as the Cultural Arts Center and the Mayor's Hillsboro Youth Advisory Council present the 8th annual Youth Art Exhibition. It's the result of a contest open to all Hillsboro area high school age youth working in 2D and 3D media, and photography..