Department of Art

Mon. - Fri. 10 am - 3 pm | Sat. - Sun. 1 - 4 pm. | Closed on May 28 - Memorial Day
CWU Campus, Randall Hall room 141 on 14th Avenue, 509-963-2665 Gallery admission is free.

Sarah Spurgeon Gallery 2006 Exhibitions

Student Art Council, Evening with the Arts, November 13-17, 2006
Auction Event, Friday, November 17, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Annual student exhibition featuring a cowboy auction of donated artwork that raises funds for the CWU Student Art Council.

Scott Bailey: Virtually Sublime, October
7-November 5, 2006

Opening Event, Friday, October 6:

   • Reception, 5:00-7:00 p.m.
   • Artist Lecture, 7:00 p.m.
     Randall Hall Room 117

Scott Bailey Conceptual rendering for Virtually Sublime, May 2006

In the installation Virtually Sublime, Scott Bailey utilizes satellite imaging technology as the inspiration for a painting that covers the entire 16' X 53' west wall of Sarah Spurgeon Gallery with a view of Mt. Rainier, 60 miles to the west. Made up of smaller sections of various sizes, shapes, and materials, the image will have been repeatedly fragmented and re-assembled through the digital mapping and painting processes. The work questions whether it is possible to achieve the painter's notion of the sublime in the landscape through contemporary technology.

Spring Graduate Master of Fine Arts
Thesis Exhibitions, May 22—June 11, 2006
Dan Groussman: Transcendental Structures
Sarah Haven: Four Rooms: Mixed Media Installation
Reception on Friday, June 9, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Installation detail Sarah Haven, Four Rooms

Dan Groussman, wood design artist, with a few of the 96 drawers that comprise his installation.

Student Art Council: Juried Student Art Exhibition, April 24-May 5, 2006
Annual juried exhibition that is a showcase for the best student artwork created over the course of the academic year. At the awards ceremony, select students receive prizes donated by community businesses and arts organizations for excellence in their artwork.

This year's jurors will be Mary Dryburgh and Seth D'Ambrosia. Mary Dryburgh is a printmaker as well as an Adjunct Instructor and Gallery Assistant at Columbia Basin College in Pasco, Washington. Dryburgh's recent work includes mixed media drawings on frosted mylar. Seth D'Ambrosia is a CWU alumni and Seattle-based painter who specializes in both commissioned portraits and abstract watercolors.

January 1, 1939, 4 a.m. — a weather report
An art installation by visiting Dutch artist Anna van Suchtelen
Artist's talk on Saturday, March 11, 4 p.m., Randall Hall 117
Gallery preview to follow, 5-7 p.m.
Exhibition on view March 12 — April 16, 2006 Admission is Free.

Farrell Merit Scholarship Exhibition: David Hoang February 18-24, 2006 Opening Reception Friday, February 17, 7:00-9:00pm

Regional Community College Invitational, January 17-February 12, 2006 An invitational exhibition featuring artwork in all media by full and part-time faculty members from Columbia Basin College, Wenatchee Valley College, and Yakima Valley Community College.