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 2007 Exhibitions

Farrell Merit Scholarship Exhibition: Stephen Ellis, December 2-10, 2006
Opening Reception, Friday, December 1, 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Photography major and C. Farrell Merit Scholarship recipient Stephen Ellis presents his artwork in the gallery

Faculty Exhibition, January 13 - February 4 Extended to March 4th, 2007
Opening Reception, Friday, January 12

Michael Sherwin
One Body (detail) pigment print, 2006

Donna Stack
(shouldn't throw stones), installation, 2006

Margaret Sahlstrand
From Orchids, a book in progress (detail), Watercolor, pencil, colored pencil, 2006

Faculty members presenting in the exhibit

CWU Alumni Exhibition: Crossroads and Connections, April 7-28 2007
Opening Event, Friday, April 6
Sarah Spurgeon Gallery & Gallery One Visual Arts: 5-9 pm, Ellensburg First Friday Art Walk
Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, 6-7 pm: Special Reunion Reception for Alumni, Faculty, and Friends

The inaugural CWU art alumni exhibition will include work by fifty-five art alumni who graduated between 1954 and 1979. Paintings, sculpture, photographs, ceramics, jewelry, and fiber arts are only some of the types of artwork you can see in the exhibit. The exhibition will be on view simultaneously at two venues — the CWU Sarah Spurgeon Gallery and Gallery One Visual Arts Center in downtown Ellensburg. To see a list of alumni participating in the exhibition click here.

Richard Elliott
White Light, 2004, reflectors.
Showing at Sarah Spurgeon Gallery

Nancy Worden
Lifting Weights, 2004
silver, 14k gold, bone, ebony, lead, and glass. Photograph by Rex Rystedt. Showing at Gallery One

Carol Wild-DeLano, Alvin's Hands, graphite on paper. Showing at Gallery One

Chris Hinrichs
Bite of Seattle Promotion
oil on canvas. Showing at Gallery One

Candace Beardslee
Botanical Study VI
pewter, prismacolor, chased over pitch, oxidized. Showing at Sarah Spurgeon Gallery

Bill Ritchie
Craft with Spiral, mixed-media print. Showing at Sarah Spurgeon Gallery

Linda Grebmeier
Cargo Ships 143, 2001, oil on canvas. Showing at Gallery One

Merrily Tompkins
Looking for a Light,
mixed media sculpture. Showing at Sarah Spurgeon Gallery

Susan Ginalick Maakestad, Sidewalk, oil on canvas. Showing at Sarah Spurgeon Gallery

Gallery One is located at 408 N. Pearl Street.
Admission is free.
Hours are: Tuesday—Saturday 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

A free, public opening reception will take place at both venues on Friday, April 6 from 5 to 9 pm. A shuttle bus will provide transportation between the two venues. In addition, there will be a special reunion reception for alumni, faculty, and friends from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Sarah Spurgeon Gallery.

This exhibition is made possible, in part, by the CWU Foundation Ann & Joseph Carrico Endowment.

Farrell Merit Scholarship Exhibition: Naomi Miyamoto, May 5-11 2007
Opening Reception, Friday, May 4, 5-7 pm, (Ellensburg First Friday Art Walk)

C. Farrell Merit Scholarship recipient Naomi Miyamoto will present her artwork in the gallery.

Lecture by Fionn Meade:
Curator, writer, and juror for the CWU Juried Student Art Exhibition, 2007
Friday, May 11, 4:00 pm, Randall Hall Room 117

Fionn Meade is an Assistant Curator at the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle. He received his MFA from Columbia University and has worked on multidisciplinary projects with northwest art organizations and institutions such as Artist's Trust, On the Boards, Punch Gallery and more. Besides being a curator Fionn is also a writer whose criticism has recently appeared or is forthcoming in Bomb Magazine, The Fillip Review, and The Stranger, among other publications.

Student Art Council: Juried Student Art Exhibition May 14-18 2007
Reception, Friday, May 18, 6-8 pm; Awards ceremony, 7 pm

Annual juried exhibition sponsored by the Student Art Council that is a showcase for the best student artwork created over the course of the academic year. This year's guest juror is Fionn Meade, Assistant Curator for Public Programs at the Henry Art Gallery, Seattle. At the awards ceremony, select students receive prizes donated by community businesses and arts organizations for excellence in their artwork.

Van Winkelmann Labs:
Testing the Untestable
for Thirty-Six Years

Graduate Thesis Exhibition: Matthew Winkelmann, May 23 - June 9
Reception, Friday, June 1, 5-7 pm, (Ellensburg First Friday Art Walk)

Annual exhibition that represents the culmination of study for the master of fine arts degree. Matthew Winkelmann's mad scientist alter-ego, "Doctor Matthew von Winkelmann," will exhibit tongue-in-cheek artwork and electronic gadgetry inspired by Dada artists from the turn of the 20 th century and old science fiction movies.