Topic: visual arts

Slideshow: Tracing the history of bookbinding in Special Collections exhibit

30 September 2008

  • Advancing Knowledge

(Portland, Ore.)—Despite the proverb, judging a book by its cover can illuminate the rich creative and cultural history in the art of bookbinding, as demonstrated by an exhibition at Aubrey R. Watzek Library. The exhibit examines 500 years of bookbinding history, from the era of vellum through contemporary handmade books, revealing some of the lesser-known [...]

Grad student leads Roosevelt freshmen to define their own community

16 May 2008

  • Living Portland

(Portland, Ore.)—At a high school most often in the news for its record-breaking dropout rate and gang violence, students are redefining themselves and their neighborhood. With the help of Lewis & Clark graduate student Kristen Goessling, Roosevelt High School students have undertaken a photography project aimed at giving Portlanders a more authentic portrayal of their [...]

Art seniors exhibit diverse disciplines in spring show

3 April 2008

  • Living Portland

(Portland, Ore.)—Twenty senior art students will display works celebrating their educational journey through the field of art in the Senior Art Exhibition 2008, which opens April 4 at the Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art. Reflecting the diverse disciplines taught in the Department of Art, the exhibition will include works in a variety of [...]

Faculty exhibition reveals connections between teaching and making art

16 January 2008

  • Living Portland

(Portland, Ore.)—Stepping out of their classrooms and studios, members of Lewis & Clark’s art faculty will show their diverse contributions to the field of fine art in an exhibition at the Eric and Ronna Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art opening January 24. Heather Watkins, a visiting assistant professor of art who teaches graphic design and foundations, [...]

Undergraduate wins American innovation contest held on YouTube

19 November 2007

  • Advancing Knowledge

(Portland, Ore.)—Lewis & Clark senior Adan Vielma recently won a national video contest, culminating in a trip to Capitol Hill and a scholarship from the Task Force on the Future of American Innovation. The purpose of the contest, featured on the popular video-sharing Web site YouTube, was to show how federally funded research has changed [...]

Examining apartheid and its aftermath in charcoal and animation

29 October 2007

  • Engaging our World

(Portland, Ore.)—An exhibition of the internationally recognized South African artist William Kentridge opens at Lewis & Clark’s Eric and Ronna Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art Thursday, Nov. 1. Originally presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, WEIGHING…and WANTING combines the terrains of medical imaging and geological mapping in an exhibition of charcoal drawings [...]

Ethereal Assisi comes to Hoffman Gallery in Waterston exhibit

17 August 2007

  • Living Portland

(Portland, Ore.)—The fantastic, miraculous and sensational features forming the popular legend of Saint Francis of Assisi inspire an upcoming exhibit at Lewis & Clark’s Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art, which opens Sept. 6. San Francisco-based artist Darren Waterston has been recognized for his ability to imaginatively integrate organic forms into ambiguous, abstract [...]