Linn-Benton Community College

John Van Dreal "Again #2" A public reception and gallery hosting four Willamette Valley artists whose work is on display in the North Santiam Hall Gallery at Linn-Benton Community College will be held Wednesday, Jan. 30, from noon to 1 p.m. in the NSH second floor atrium, 6500 Pacific Blvd. SW, Albany.  Eugene sketchbook artist Ken O’Connell and Salem painter John Van Dreal share the NSH gallery walls with multi-media artist Shelley Jordon and photographer Julia Bradshaw, who are both faculty at Oregon State University in Corvallis. In addition, O’Connell will lead a workshop at 2 p.m. Wednesday on the use of sketchbooks in the art and design process in the Fireside Room, second floor of the Calapooia Center building. The artists will be exhibiting on both floors of the NSH Gallery through March 1. Gallery hours are from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays.

John Van Dreal oil painting - "Again #2" Four Willamette Valley artists will be exhibiting a wide variety of media in the third annual LBCC Invitational from Jan. 7 to March 1 in the North Santiam Hall Galleries at Linn-Benton Community College, 6500 Pacific Blvd. SW, Albany. Eugene sketchbook artist Ken O’Connell and Salem painter John Van Dreal will share the gallery walls with multi-media artist Shelley Jordon and photographer Julia Bradshaw, who are both on the faculty at Oregon State University in Corvallis. A public reception and gallery talk with the artists will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 30, from noon to 1 p.m. in the NSH second floor atrium.  At 2 p.m. O’Connell will lead a workshop on the use of sketchbooks in the art and design process in the Fireside Room on campus. “These four artists are great examples of the vitality of the local art scene,” said Dori Litzer, chair of LBCC’s Visual Arts Department. “That’s why we organize the invitational show every ...