- March 31st - April 6th -

Christopher R. Adams - Plywood, Paint, Twine, Graphite, Ink, Other

Potential Timeline of Human Attempts at Understanding.

5 vignettes of the human search for underlying meaning in the fabric of the surrounding world.

Beginning with an idealized past full of animism & assumed spiritual warp behind the visual world, showing moments in "the middle" of varying supposed understanding & knowledge recreating the relationship between people and the world, and finally an imagined future where elements of the animist past combine with a fading memory of a technological pinnacle, and the detritus left from eras of forced consumption.

-  April 7th - April 13th -

Tanner Henderson & Francisco Morales - Dry/wet mediums & re-purposed Drawings

Tanner Henderson and Fransisco Morales create ongoing personal works which incorporate sculptural and drawn elements as they can apply to a greater composition. Materials used are often comprised of found objects and various dry/wet media. This media choice achieves both a sufficient visual impact and lowers the barriers found by each artist. With minimal verbal communication both enjoy a constant visual commentary that consists of a series of “marks” (both 3d and 2d) which are interpreted, understood, and responded to appropriately. Henderson and Morales work simultaneously in large wall spaces, with a shared philosophy on the creative process to create a one of a kind artwork. Both artists believe that making this visual dialogue effective is what produces work that is considered, complete, and most importantly understood.

-  April 14th - April 25th -

Madelaine Corbin - Performance

For the Window on Art project, my SHOWROOM IV project explores the notion of display and the perceived public and private worlds displays exist in. The two spheres of the public and the private, and the space between the two, is intensely curated, altered, and disguised. Objects are used as items on display to describe, suggest, or project a lifestyle or an identity. Instead of looking at the objects however, SHOWROOM IV examines the hidden and constructed lifestyle by placing that very life on display. What happens when a private life is placed in a public context?

Viewers are invited to enter the window space and join me for a coffee or tea and conversation. I am encouraging participation and interactions inside the window to further explore our collective experiences between public and private worlds.

-  April 26th - April 29th -

Lauren Ohlgren - charcoal, graphite, acrylic on paper

How does an artist work or paint in a non-representational, or non-objective abstract art style? How does one know when it’s done? The idea is for the public to observe that process as I work on a series of paintings/drawings on paper that reflect the experimental -and somewhat risky- nature of how I work. I often describe it as ‘create chaos then calm it all down’ as I resolve the design issues that arise while bringing a piece to completion. The paintings will move through transformative stages of process as I create and alter layers with graphite, charcoal, acrylic paints, oil and other supplies from the studio.

-  April 30th - May 3rd -

Lauren Sharpton & Katrina Henry - Mixed Media Installation

A stark and seemingly empty space will fill up over time as viewers choose to interact, participate, and develop an art installation. The Self and Portrait Project is about perspective, conversation, and community. By engaging an audience through self reflection questions we hope to ignite a simultaneous inner and outer dialog. By asking personal questions in a public space we aim to widen perspectives and encourage a different and hopefully deeper thought process. Perhaps the audience will not only think in terms of self, but also in terms of other.  By being interaction and participation based we strive to inspire connection and conversation on several levels, including artist to viewer, viewer to art, viewer to self, viewer to viewer, stranger to stranger, and citizen to city. While viewers interact and become participants and art makers they also become art objects. Each participant will be asked to stand and be photographed by us. A piece of each participant will make up a whole portrait that will come to represent the city of Corvallis.