Linn-Benton Community College

The LBCC Benton Center will hold a dedication for the new art installation “inspired” Friday, May 16 from 6 to 7 p.m. in the centers’ south hallway, 757 NW Polk Ave., Corvallis. Designed and created by LBCC ceramic instructor Cynthia Spencer's winter term “Site Specific and Multi-Part Ceramics” class, “inspired” welcomes viewers with a dance of color. The piece will be dedicated in honor of Jay Widmer, retiring LBCC ceramics faculty member. For more information, contact LBCC Benton Center at 541-757-8944.

The visual art faculty at Linn-Benton Community College are opening the 2012-13 Fall Term with their annual exhibit in the South Santiam Hall and Calapooia Center galleries on LBCC’s Albany Campus. Featured in the show are oil paintings and drawings by Department Chair Dori Bartholomew Litzer; charcoal drawings by Analee Fuentes; large-scale oil paintings by Gary Westford; wood-fired ceramics by Jay Widmer; photographs by Kurt Norlin; and lithographs by Frosene King. Also on view are photographs by gallery coordinator Rich Bergeman. The exhibit runs through Oct. 31. The gallery is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Caption  info: “Vermeer in His Studio in 2017 Painting Saturn and the Earth,” oil on canvas, by Gary Westford “Swamp View No. 2,” by Kurt Norlin

The art faculty at Linn-Benton Community College are opening the 2011-12 fall term with their annual exhibit in the South Santiam Hall and Calapooia Center galleries on LBCC, 6500 Pacific Blvd. SW, Albany. Featured in the show are several colorful oil paintings by Department Chair Dori Bartholomew Litzer; recent watercolor paintings, photographs and mixed-media by Analee Fuentes; large-scale oil paintings by Gary Westford; and wood-fired ceramics by Jay Widmer from his 2011 Alsea Anagama firing. Also on view are pastel concept drawings of “A Christmas Story” by performing arts instructor Dan Stone, and platinum photographic prints by gallery coordinator Rich Bergeman. This is the 17th year for the exhibit, which runs through Oct. 28. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Caption info: “Onramp,” oil on canvas, by instructor Gary Westford