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Welcome!

TO THE PREMIER ISSUE OF THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY GUIDE TO THE ARTS. If you’re visiting the area, and you’re looking for art, you’ve come to the right place. We’re not New York, or L.A. but we have way better wine, and you can drive through our beautiful green valley, from gallery to museum to gallery, stress free. You will be delighted to discover just what an active community of local artists this area offers. And of course, after a busy day of art appreciation, you’ll find some of the best food and wine in the world to top off your already stellar experience.

If you’re a local, then you’ll be happy to see that there is now a guide to the art scene in the valley. As the publishers of Willamette Living Magazine, we began to see a need for someone to try to pull all the art content we feature into a comprehensive guide. This is our first run at it, and we’re already looking forward to our next one in 2024! This little publication is destined to be an annual thing, but in between printings make sure to check our companion website at: www.willamettevalleyarts.com for the latest.

If you’re a local artist or gallery owner, make sure to mark your calendar for inclusion in the next printing in December 2024!

Everybody, make sure to pick up a copy of Willamette Living Magazine free wherever you see one in the valley. Or you can get on the website and join the mailing list to get every new digital edition free in your inbox. The great food we mentioned earlier... read about it in Willamette Living! Just visit: www.willametteliving.com.

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On the Cover...

Many of you locals already know who this is, it’s Earl Newman! An icon of the art world, Earl left his job teaching at Harvard University to set up shop on Venice Beach In California in the 1960’s.

He is a master of hand lettering and has an otherworldly grasp of color and design. Earl created the posters for the Monterey Jazz Festival for a mindblowing FIFTY years. Those posters are in the permanent collection at the Smithsonian Museum. Earl now makes

his home in the Willamette Valley, and he is still making his one-of-a-kind silkscreen prints. Earl is a regular at the Oregon Country Fair in Veneta, OR. The cover photo was taken when Earl was creating a poster for the Corvallis Sister City Association. One of Corvallis’ sister cities is Uzhhorod, Ukraine. Earl created a special work “With People” as a fund raiser for the association. www.earlnewmanposters.com

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Major Shows & Annual Events Hallie Ford Museum

The museum regularly has major shows. For information visit: www.willamette.edu/arts/hfma/events

Lunaria Gallery

“Home is Where the HeART Is” The 7th annual show in 2024, January 3rd – 29th.

The Corvallis Arts Center

Our most popular annual exhibit: The Howland Community Open, January 16-February 29, 2024

Gallery Calapooia

Every February, Gallery Calapooia in Albany, has a special exhibit called the “The Big Show of Little Art.” This exhibit is open to the public to enter and we usually get around 100 entries. Because these community entries are small (no larger than 8 inches x 8 inches) they can all fit in our gallery and are shown with the work of the Coop Gallery’s members. The Call for Entry and the Entry Form are available on our website: www.gallerycalapooia.com

The Corvallis Arts Center

Annual Membership Mixer open to all, Thursday, April 11, 2024, 5:30-7 pm

Pegasus Gallery

April and May “Annual Art & Poetry Exhibit” An annual exchange of inspired images and words between artists and poets.

The Mid-Willamette Woodworkers Guild

The 30th Annual Toledo Art Walk

Gallery Michael Gibbons is the place to go at the end of August for a delightful art experience in Toledo, OR. Multiple artists participate, and more info is available at toledoartwalk.com

River Gallery

The Associates Show, in October. rivergalleryart.com

POST (Philomath Open Studio Tour) The last two weekends of October, 11/19 & 11/20 and 11/26 & 11/27 PhilomathOpenStudios.com

The Teal Artists Co-Op

A Corvallis tradition, Teal Artists Co-Op is a pop-up gallery that pops up every holiday season. Look for the gallery to open near the end of October and be open through the holidays. The co-op may not be in the same space every year, so visit the website to get the exact location at tealartistscoop.com.

Pegasus Gallery

November and December “The Moveable Feast of Art” A holiday show abundant with paintings, photography, prints, glass, ceramics, stone and mixed media work by local artists. A little something for everyone just right for gift giving.

will hold its Annual Exhibit of Fine Woodworking April 25th to 28th at the Corvallis Benton County Public Library.

The Corvallis Arts Center

The Corvallis Arts Center

Watch for the River Gallery Holiday Show in December.

Also be on the lookout for the annual Wild Women Show at River Gallery. As of printing, the date had not been set in stone, but it’s always a great show with a great turnout -- most likely early summer of ‘24. rivergalleryart.com

Summer Youth Arts Adventures, July 16-August 9, 2024

The Clothesline Sale of Art Saturday, August 3rd 2024 in Corvallis’ Central Park

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Holiday Show & Sell, November 1 & 2, 2024

River Gallery

700 State St., Salem, OR 97301 | willamette.edu/go/hfma | 503-370-6855

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Rebecca Arthur

Aziza Balle

Rebecca’s ceramic work features Traditional Western Raku, Pit Firing, Horsehair and other low-fire techniques where she is able to embrace the randomness and immediacy of a fast, lower temperature firing. “...the vessels become the canvases upon which I paint with fire...with surreal results.”

There is a space I dwell in when I paint. It is a place of not knowing, of openness and intuition, a sacred space.

Colors, shapes and images materialize intuitively, without thinking. I’m inspired by color, first and foremost. And stillness, expanse, minute details and whimsy.

CERAMICS

Pegasus Gallery rebeccaarthurart.com

Susan Bourdet WATERCOLOR & GICLEE PRINTS

PROCESS TEACHER & MIXED MEDIA

Image: Grandeur, mixed media painttodiscover.com Pegasus Gallery

Brynn Carter

Gallery Calapooia Elsinore Gallery www.susanbourdet.com

ILLUSTRATIONS/PORTRAITS I started out to be a children’s book illustrator, so my work is often whimsical. I also do figure drawings, portraits of people and animals, and colorful floral images. In addition to being an artist, I’m a teacher and enjoy helping others connect with their creativity. Talk with me about scheduling a painting party for you and your friends, or tell me your ideas for illustrating a manuscript.

Image: “People Everywhere” brynncarterphd@gmail.com brynncartersart.com

Carol J. Chapel

Cindy Conder

YouTube

Cindy has been working with fused glass for decades and still finds glass amazing, and loves provoking curiosity.

Through formal training and years of experience, she creates timeless art for homes, offices and gardens

Susan’s watercolors are inspired by Nature and always feature some element that could fly or dart from the page. She contrasts soft-edged watercolor backgrounds with delicately detailed birds, animals and botanical settings.

PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS HAND-PULLED PRINTS

https://tinyurl.com/2p5ybys5 Facebook facebook.com/carol.chapel.5 Instagram instagram.com/cjchapel

GLASS ARTIST

River Gallery 503-838-6171 www.carolchapel.com Image: “Red Shoulder, Ready” acrylic, 24 x 30 6

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Pegasus Gallery moonrayglass@gmail.com moonrayglass.com

A Corvallis institution since 1981

312 SW Madison Ave Corvallis, OR 97333 541-908-5853

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Original designs for home or office 503-602-0444 tmisnerart@gmail.com

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Exhibiting fine art, pottery, jewelry, fiber art,  block prints, glass, gourds, mixed media, wood,  papercutting, basketry, collage, sculpture,  metal work, and many surprises!  532 NE Third St. McMinnville OR•503-435-1316 • www.currentsgallery.com 

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Sharon Cook

PAINTINGS

For Sharon, painting at its best comes close to the root meaning of the word “ecstasy” - to stand outside of, or transcend oneself. Oil and cold wax are the perfect medium for summoning images.

Currents Gallery 503-435-1613

PAINTINGS

I love to paint images of the northwest and this beautiful place I call home. I enjoy the depth and versatility of oil paint, and am continually amazed at the power of it.

In my quest to understand the medium, I find that nothing is new, yet with the brush in my hand, everything is new.

www.sharonccookartist.com

Open Studio, by appointment.

541-990-2398 laura.anne1212@gmail.com

Grant Cunningham

Jan Dymond

PHOTOGRAPHY

CERAMIC

Grant combines artistic expression and photographic technology to make compelling pictures. He creates both representational and abstract works, drawing from the documentary nature of the medium while also exploring new visions.

Jan has been working with clay, listening intently and making her ceramic figures for decades, with a deeply genuine collaborative recipe of clay, intuition, practiced processes and healing energy that can be seen and felt in her pieces.

Image: Return to Sender

Image: Truth

grant@gee-cee.art www.gee-cee.art Pegasus Gallery

Pegasus Gallery

Brian Egan

Koka Filipovic

SCULPTURE & PAINTING Brian looks to natural shapes as inspiration for his work, using wood, glass, stone and encaustic wax paint to interpret what his mind sees, often including multiple materials in one piece of art.

On facebook: Brian Egan Art eganb123@gmail.com eganbrian.com 8

Laura Crosby

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MIXED MEDIA ART

On Display: Gallery Calapooia Currents Gallery Valley Art

sanctuarydesigns.org

kokafilipovic@yahoo.com

Lori Garcy METALWORK

Lori is a metalsmith who constructs jewelry, sculptures, and wall art from silver, copper, brass, and metal clay. Many of Lori’s works include glass, wood, stones, and gems. Nature is her inspiration. Sea creatures, flowers, leaves and even bark can be stimuluses for creation.

Gallery Calapooia Brownsville Art Center 925-337-3326 LMGDesigns@centryrlink.net

John Ginn

PHOTOGRAPHY Photographer John Ginn has been capturing images of the Willamette Valley for decades now, with a special affinity towards moments of light and timelessness and occasions of humor or sentimentality.

johnginn@me.com

Open daily 11 to 5

www.lunariagallery.com

113 N Water St. Silverton, OR 97381

Lori Garcy Handmade Jewelry

Pegasus Gallery

Eileen Hyman MIXED MEDIA

A creative since the sixties, Eileen has been exploring self-expression through any medium she can, starting with dance and oil painting, figure drawing, collage, found objects, drier-lint felting, sculpture and more.

Her work seeks glimpses into the mystery and mystic nature of being. tamorok@gmail.com Pegasus Gallery

Contact Lori

Callery Calapooia | Brownsville Art Center LMGDesigns@centurylink.net | 925-337-3326

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Joy K. Johnson

Katia Kyte

Corvallis-based artist specializing in digital drawing portraiture

Award-winning Russian-born artist residing on the Oregon coast, captures vibrancy in landscapes, seascapes and still lifes.

DIGITAL IMAGERY

PAINTINGS

Salem on the Edge 503-884-0635 Rowboat Gallery 541-992-4875 971-600-4228 instagram.com/joykjohnson.art

www.katiakyte.com salemontheedge.com rowboatgallery.com

Therese Misner

Earl Newman

PAINTINGS

SILKSCREEN PRINTS

Living in Oregon on a Century Farm, I strive to capture the beauty of my surroundings.

Inspired by everyday objects, I create their abstract characteristics in texture, line, and color. Painting in a loose rustic style, I start each piece with a plan and finish with a journey of imagination.

Earl’s iconic, one-of-a-kind, hand-produced silkscreens are in the Smithsonian, and in homes all over the world. No two pieces are exactly alike.

Earl is a true original.

tmisnerart@gmail.com 503-602-0444

earlnewmanposters.com 541-456-2131

www.theresemisner.com

earlnewmanposters@gmail.com

Beatrice Rubenfeld

Melissa Babcock Saylor

ORIGINAL OIL PAINTINGS

CUT PAPER/COLLAGE

I live in Oregon’s Coast Range.

I am inspired by my beautiful surroundings. I paint what I see, and I love it. I hope you do too.

Inspired by color and shapes.

Melissa paints most of the paper she creates with.

Studio Beatrice 541-456-4971 230 NW 6th Corvallis, OR 97330 (by appointment only)

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She is constantly making new pieces of art and Melissa also illustrates children’s books.

Art in the Valley Gallery

Gallery Calapooia 541-971-5701

beatrice.artwork@gmail.com

www.melissasaylor.net

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Carol Houk & Steve Terhune

"Pepper" by Carol Houk

Gallery Calapooia is a cooperative made up of 21 local artists, specializing in a wide variety of mediums.

Located in beautiful historic downtown Albany.

"Year of the Dragon" by Steve Terhune

Glass Artists Carol and Steve specialize in custom stained glass, kiln-formed glass, and portraits in glass for home or business decor.

541-730-6336

www.bellevistaglassworks.com

209 SW 2nd St. Corvallis, OR

541-752-0811

gallerycalapooia.com | 222 W. First Ave. in Albany | 541-971-5701

TOLEDO ARTS DISTRICT

Art by local artists: Painting, Photography, Glass, Ceramics, Jewelry, Cards and More.

A featured artist each month and fresh art from our 12 members on the walls each month.

Harris Bridge, 21 by 30 inches, Giclee Print

Gallery Michael Gibbons, 140 NE Alder St. Toledo, OR 97391

WE’RE OPEN TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY 11 – 4

www.artinthevalley.net

Call: 541-336-2797 | eMail: MichaelGibbonsArt@charter.net Open: Thursday through Sunday Noon to 4PM

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Pam Serra-Wenz PAINTINGS

“Paintings That Embody Movement and Color” Abstracts Water Series Landscapes Oregon Rain Paintings Mosaics/Miscellaneous

pamserrawenz.com Insta @sgrafittoartpam

Pat Spark TEXTILE/FIBER ARTS Pat Spark is a practicing artist who has been working with textiles and other art media for over 55 years. She is primarily known for her feltmaking, but also works with dyeing techniques and printmaking.Pat is a founding member of Gallery Calapooia in Albany, Oregon.

Studio, by appt Gallery Calapooia spark@peak.org 541-990-1363

Laurence Pagan Taoman STONE AND WOOD SCULPTURE Laurence’s sculptures vary widely, all of them connected to earth and spirit. Working in stone and wood Laurence must always be in tune with the grain to find the collaborative union of his vision and the material’s truth. laurence@pagantaoman.com pagantaoman.com Pegasus Gallery 12

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Bill Shumway PAINTER

For Bill, Art is Process.

Painting is a harmonic relationship between mass, line and color, surface texture and the interplay of light.

Practiced meditation, breath, brushes, pigments and a trustfall into the Mystery.

Each painting is its own moment of perception, materials and process. williameshumway@gmail.com williameshumwayart.com Pegasus Gallery

Debby Sundbaum-Sommers PRINTMAKING & PAINTING

My printmaking and painting are influenced and inspired

by Oregon’s landscapes and seascapes.

Pegasus Frame Studio and Gallery Studio visits by appointment. sommers@peak.org

Lester Trufant PAINTER

Lester’s creative energies are directed towards developing his own paint language without tradition or given “walls.” It’s a dialogue in raw roughness between surface and artist.

lestertrufantworld@gmail.com lester-trufant.pixel.com Pegasus Gallery

Kris Mitchell AQUA MEDIA

Kris Mitchell creates her surface before she paints, creating a uniquely random, one of a kind painting using aqua media, paint, and color inspired by the Willamette valley’s meadows and farmlands, and by the Oregon coast.

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Portland to Eugene & everything in-between!

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Anna is a jeweler, a painter and ceramicist. For years she’s shared her skills teaching classes in jewelry making and sharing her worldly creativity with anyone who has curiosity.

Her paintings are spontaneous and color-filled, ceramics elegant, and jewelry exquisite.

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Portland to Eugene & everything in-between!

Greg’s large etchings focus on the high elevation terrain where habitat zones mix-where rocks, tundra, glaciers, and the tree line come together allowing for unusual combinations of forms and habitats.

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Galleries/Museums 1. Art in the Valley 209 SW 2nd St. Corvallis, OR 97333 541-752-0811 www.artinthevalley.net

7. Hallie Ford Museum of Art 700 State St. Salem, OR 97301 503-370-6855 www.willamette.edu/arts/hfma

14. The Corvallis Arts Center 700 SW Madison Ave. Corvallis, OR 97333 541-754-1551 www.theartscenter.net

2. Currents Gallery 532 NE 3rd St. McMinnville, OR 97128 503-435-1316 www.currentsgallery.com

8. Lunaria Gallery 113 N. Water St. Silverton, OR 97381 www.lunariagallery.com

15. The Gallery at Ten Oaks 801 SW Baker St. McMinnville, OR 97128 503-472-1925 www.tenoaksgallery.com

3. Elsinore Gallery 444 Ferry St. SE Salem, OR 97301 503-581-4642 www.elsinoregallery.com 4. Gallery Calapooia 222 W 1st Ave Albany, OR 97321 541-971-5701 www.gallerycalapooia.com 5. Gallery Michael Gibbons 140 NE Alder St. Toledo, OR 97391 541-336-2797 www.michaelgibbons.net 6. Giustina Gallery at the LaSells Stewart Center 875 SW 26th St. Corvallis, OR 97331 541-737-2402 www.lasells.oregonstate.edu

9. New Zone Gallery 110 E. 11th Ave. Eugene, OR 97401 541-683-0759 www.newzonegallery.org 10. Pegasus Gallery 312 SW Madison Ave. Corvallis, OR 97333 541-908-5853 11. River Gallery 184 Main St. Independence, OR 97351 503-838-6171 www.rivergalleryart.com 12. Rowboat Gallery 7755 N. Hwy 101 Gleneden Beach, OR 97388 13. Salem on the Edge 156 Liberty St. NE Salem, OR 97301 503-884-0635 www.salemontheedge.com

16 Valley Art Gallery 2022 Main St, Forest Grove, OR 97116 503-357-3703 www.valleyart.org 17. The Brownsville Art Assn.

255 N. Main St. Brownsville, OR 97327 info@brownsvilleart.org www.brownsvilleart.org

“It’s just wall to wall art!”

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Mercedes-Benz of Salem

Art, in Motion Mercedes Benz of Salem 2405 Commercial St. SE Salem | Sales: 800.336.4148

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