Faculty and Alumni and in “and from this distance one might never imagine that it is alive”

January 12 – March 5, 2016

Marylhurst University
17600 Pacific Highway (Hwy. 43)
P.O. Box 261
Marylhurst, OR 97036-0261

The Art Gym at Marylhurst University will present and from this distance one might never imagine that it is alive from January 12 to March 5, 2016.  This group exhibition will feature ten artists of the Pacific Northwest working with abstraction in painting.  The artists included in the exhibition work in a broad range of formal and conceptual abstraction, and within a broad definition of painting.

and from this distance one might never imagine that it is alive, curated by Blake Shell, includes works by Amy Bernstein, Pat Boas, Calvin Ross Carl, Jack Featherly, Ron Graff, Robert Hardgrave, Grant Hottle, Michael Lazarus, Michelle Ross, and Amanda Wojick.

An opening reception will be held from 4-6 pm on January 10, 2016.  The Art Gym will publish an accompanying catalogue, designed by Sibley House, that includes an introduction by Blake Shell and essays by art writers Graham W. Bell and Sue Taylor.

The Art Gym is supported by the Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation, the Collins Foundation, the Oregon Arts Commission, and the National Endowment for the Arts. The Art Gym’s publication fund is supported by the Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation and Linda Hutchins and John Montague.

This exhibition and publication are made possible in great part through the generosity of The Ford Family Foundation.  Other individuals and businesses provided additional support.