Linn-Benton Community College

The South Santiam Hall Gallery at Linn-Benton Community College features the exhibit “these two facts exist,” an intricate installation of drawings by Ron Linn on display through April 2. Linn writes in an excerpt from his artist statement: “A drawing is always of something being looked at, thought about, immersed in. Lately I have been drawing stones, trying to read the messages written in their surfaces as I trace their contours on paper. I like to think of drawing as a sort of sympathetic magic, in which the pencil becomes a stand-in for myself as it moves across the terrain of the paper. A line is a dot that went for a walk. A line is Ariadne’s thread leading the way into and out of the labyrinth, or Penelope’s shroud woven each day and unraveled each night. If we could follow that line, what would we find? A drawing is an image, but it is also a fact, a stretch of time fixed to a surface, the trace of the looker.” The South Santiam Hall Gallery is free and open to the public Mon...

An exhibit titled “Pollination” featuring the art of Tallmadge Doyle will be on display at the LBCC South Santiam Gallery through February 22. Doyle’s botanical imagery on woodblock prints is a combination of found organic matter, natural phenomenon, line work and even astronomy resulting in exquisite compositions with silhouettes. When scrutinizing the details, viewers can recognize Ginko leaves and wheatgrass, while stepping back allows the strong graphic styles of the artwork to be appreciated as a whole. An artist reception will be held Thursday, Feb. 22 from 3 to 4 p.m. in the SSH Gallery. Born in New York City, Doyle is a printmaker, painter and public artist. She has lived and worked in Eugene for 25 years. Doyle received her bachelor of fine art in drawing from the Cleveland Art Institute and an MFA in printmaking from the University of Oregon. Doyle’s work can be viewed online at http://www.tallmadgedoyle.com . LBCC gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday thro...

The South Santiam Gallery at Linn-Benton Community College features the artwork of three LBCC students in an exhibit titled “Kapakahi” on display through January 25. Kapakahi, Hawaiian for one sided, crooked and messed up, features LBCC students Elizabeth Gleason, James-Harley Parr and Michael Bosch working in mediums of painting, drawing and collage. An artist reception will be held Thursday, January 25 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Gallery. Parr’s art displays androgyny and dabbles in concepts of gender and sexuality. Gleason is interested in exploring gender identity, questioning feminine norms and femininity, saying she loves working in mixed media collage because she enjoys the idea of destroying objects to create something new. Bosch’s content driven work examines fraternity houses and U.S. political parties.   LBCC gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Direct questions about or requests for special needs or accommodations to the LBCC Disa...

Abstract painting by Johnny Beaver. Recent OSU graduates Johnny Beaver, Milla Oliveira, Francisco Morales and Amy Gibson will showcase their work at Linn-Benton Community College’s South Santiam Hall Gallery through October 26. The exhibit titled “Connecting Territories” spans painting, drawing, printmaking, and sculpture. A reception and artist talk will be held from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday Oct. 12 at the gallery.  Light refreshments will be provided. Beaver’s abstract and stylized narratives are a window into his personal experiences with mental health issues, and provide a unique and colorful perspective on the subject. Oliveira’s immense paintings invite viewers to get lost in vibrant color where technique and brush stroke create an exclusive experience for each individual. Morales puts forth black and white art of various sizes in woodcut, intaglio, linocut, and lithography, detailing surreal and religious themes. Gibson’s experimental mediums provoke thoughts and ...

The art exhibit “Ekphrasis” is on display through May 3 at Linn-Benton Community College South Santiam Hall Gallery, 6500 Pacific Blvd. SW, Albany. Inspired by the work of Leonardo da Vinci, “Ekphrasis” showcases poetry by 15 members of the LBCC Poetry Club paired with drawings by 15 artists. Featured artists include Anne Magratten, Aurora Sherwood, Brittany Poteet, Cory Self, Dan Murnane, Diana Ranslam, Elizabeth Gleason, Fran Resendez, Krystal Drexler, Marie Arnold, Michael Bosch, Rebecca Fewless, Scott Harrington, Sinaiah Melendez and Tessa Crawford. Featured Poetry Club poets include Alyssa Campbell, Bryce Smith, Carolyn Sparling, Ceph Poklemba, Christopher Mikkelson, Grace Allen, Mark Weiss, Matthew Cappelen, Matt Hoffman, Michelle Soutar, Nik Geier, Paige Kosa, Sam Guy, Shane Stanhope and Tav Knight. A reception will be held in the SSH Gallery Wednesday, April 19 from 12 to 1 p.m., with the LBCC Poetry Club and local artists in attendance and speaking. The reception is free and...

An exhibit of mixed-media paintings and installations “As Animals” by Oregonian Brittney West will be on display through April 5 in the South Santiam Hall Gallery at Linn-Benton Community College, 6500 Pacific Blvd. SW, Albany. West, an artist and animal activist, has been in numerous exhibitions in the central-west region of Oregon and was named 2013 Best Visual Artist in the Willamette Valley by Top of the Valley Awards. Graduating from the University of Oregon, West knew she wanted to pursue art since a young age. She states, “I wanted to make art that was conceptual, that got me and others thinking more deeply, that planted seeds for positive change and personal growth.”

 “As Animals” features origami figures and paintings exploring the concept of a compassionate coexistence between animals, humans, and the environment. Through her work, West “aims to encourage inner and outer dialogue about the roles we play in urgent and universal topics. . .” while believing art itse...

“Nothing is for Free” Gabrielle Hahn, Serigraph on Kozo An exhibit of 15 serigraph prints by print maker Gabrielle Hahn will be on display through February 8 in the South Santiam Hall Gallery at Linn-Benton Community College, 6500 Pacific Blvd. SW, Albany. An opening reception and artist talk will be held January 18 from 12 to 1 p.m. in the Gallery. The reception is free and open to the public. Refreshments provided. Hahn’s extraordinary prints merge the graphic language of tattoos with tantalizingly enigmatic text. Fists, snakes, pinup girls and hearts are just a few of the iconic images Hahn revitalizes in her series. Of her work Hahn states, “I find myself mining past experiences and interests as well as all the imagery I was saturated in while tattooing, and turning it toward my own purpose. My content is often dark and humorous, usually absurd, and always commenting—nothing is sacred.” About her process she says, “Printmaking appeals to me so much because it takes art o...

"Bee Keeper" by Beverly Soasey, mixed media. An exhibit of recent artwork from local artists Beverly Soasey, Carol Chapel, and Jerri Bartholomew titled Through the Looking Glass will be on display through December 2 in the South Santiam Hall Gallery at Linn-Benton Community College, 6500 Pacific Blvd. SW, Albany. Through the Looking Glass features paintings, drawings, assemblages and glass work that intertwines each artist’s concept of art and science. Carol Chapel is a full time painter and printmaker living in Corvallis. She holds a degree in painting from the University of Wichita with a minor in printmaking from the College of Fine Art. She describes her inspiration for the show saying, “A friend gave me a microscope. That’s how it began. . . . Bugs are complex and I must say, beautiful. I was hooked.” Beverly Soasey is a mixed media assemblage artist based out of Eugene. She has been in numerous exhibitions and holds a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Oreg...

An exhibit of recent oil paintings from regional artist Pablo Solares, titled Retratos (Portraits) will be on display through October 26 in the South Santiam Hall Gallery at Linn-Benton Community College, 6500 Pacific Blvd. SW, Albany. Retratos features eleven vibrant oil paintings exploring the concept of portraiture. Solares moves beyond the standard definition of a portrait, using landscape as a broad portrayal of identity in addition to traditional portraiture. Solares, a visual artist and professional runner, has been in numerous exhibitions and recently completed two murals for the Cesar Chavez Cultural Center at Oregon State University. A closing reception will be held in the South Santiam Hall Gallery Tuesday, October 25 from 12 to 1 p.m. The reception is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be provided. You can view Solares’s work in LBCC SSH Gallery and on his website, pablosolares.com . LBCC galleries are free and open to the public weekdays from 8 a.m. ...

An exhibit of poetry by LBCC’s Poetry Club and works of art by local artists entitled “The Thing With Feathers” will be on display through April 28 at Linn-Benton Community College’s South Santiam Hall Gallery, 6500 Pacific Blvd. SW, Albany. A reception will be held Wednesday, April 6 from 12 to 1 p.m. in the SSH Gallery. The reception is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided. Local artists featured include Carol Chapel, Carrie Tasman, Jennifer Lommers, Alexandra Schaeffers, Rachel Urista, Bill Shumway, Dan Wise, Kerry Bliss, Brittney West and Chris Adams. LBCC poets featured are Christopher Mikkelson, Christy Stevens, BreAnna Rae, Alyssa Campbell, Emily Joliff, Ron Bilyeau, Shane Stanhope, Henry Moursund, Tav Knight, Emma Zerr, James Morrison, Ceph Poklemba, Paige Kosa and Michael Fortune. LBCC art galleries are open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. For more information, visit the Gallery website at www.linnbenton.edu/artgallery .

Top image: Jeff Hess "and they came upon a forest" Bottom image: Kurt Norlin "Solar Transit" An exhibit of motion-based photography entitled Dancing with Light, Painting with Time by Kurt Norlin and Jeff Hess will be on display at South Santiam Hall Gallery at Linn-Benton Community College, 6500 Pacific Blvd. SW, Albany, February 3 to March 17. The artists for this exhibit of colorful abstract photography both use motion blur as the basis for the mark-making in their imagery. However, they create their images in distinctly different, even opposite ways. Norlin, retired LBCC photography instructor and Albany artist, creates his painterly photographs using a technique called “ICM,” or Intentional Camera Movement. Using a digital camera and pinhole lens, combined with deliberate, subtle camera movement, Norlin creates visual elements which he then layers and combines in Photoshop to create his final image. As Norlin says of his own process, “Part science, par...

An exhibit of tapestries entitled “Past Narratives” by Albany fiber artist Kathe Todd-Hooker, will be on display at South Santiam Hall Gallery at Linn-Benton Community College , 6500 Pacific Blvd. SW, Albany from January 4 to January 28. The exhibit features over thirty handmade tapestries in a diverse and colorful range of styles and subjects, including many involving a complex combination of psychological symbols from the artist’s past experiences. “My tapestries can be extremely personal,” says Kathe Todd-Hooker about her works, which she also refers to as “Momento Mori.” Todd-Hooker, a long-time Albany artist, has been creating tapestries, exhibiting her work, and winning numerous awards throughout the last three decades. She will be sharing a little about her process and ideas at an artist’s talk and reception held at the Gallery January 12 at noon. SSH Gallery is open Mondays through Fridays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.