‘Views Of Nature’ At Gu’s Arcade

Two attractions at Gonzaga University will beckon visitors through December.

“Views of Nature” is in GU’s Arcade Gallery, with selected prints and watercolors from the Norman and Esther Bolker Collection.

The prints and watercolors span four centuries by various artists, all depicting “intimate observations of the natural world,” a GU spokesman said.

A walking tour of the exhibit will be presented by J. Scott Patnode, exhibit curator, at 12:15 p.m. on Nov. 7.

The second display features photographs from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts: “Photography: Making a Collection Grow 1983-1996” in the Jundt Art Museum.

The exhibit “celebrates the rich artistic legacy of photographers past and present, the dynamic character and technical evolution of the medium of photography,” said Ted Hartwell, curator.

Featured are scenes captured in the past 150 years, including those by such noted camera artists as Ansel Adams, Dorthea Lange, Eugene Atget, Henri Cartier-Bresson, James Van DerZee and Edward Weston.

Since its beginning in 1972, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts has grown significantly and now has well over 9,000 historic and contemporary photographs.

Spokane is the only city selected for this exhibit, Patnode said.

In association with the show, Bob Lloyd, art professor at Eastern Washington University, will present a lecture on “Photography: Perspectives Northwest” in the Jundt Lecture Hall at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 20.

The museum is free and open to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, and noon to 4 p.m. on Saturdays.

Spokane-area galleries

Lois Kirkwood is November’s featured artist at the Art Echoes Gallery on the Skywalk of the Sherwood Mall, 510 W. Riverside.

Kirkwood’s mixed-media abstracts, “Landscapes of the World,” are painted with watercolors, acrylics and ink.

Through the years, the Spokane artist has painted, taught art and created wearable art and paintings on silk.

Her works are also at Spokane’s Lorinda Knight Gallery, 523 W. Sprague.

“Hands Weaving, Selected Works from the Spokane Handweavers’ Guild” opens Monday at the Spokane Art School Gallery, 920 N. Howard.

A variety of techniques and styles of fiber work are featured in this show, which is part of the guild’s 50th anniversary.

A reception to honor the artists will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Nov. 7

“Where Dreams Begin” is the title of the exhibit by Jan Wilhelmy at the Twin Totems Art and Framing Gallery, 5117 E. Greenbluff Road in Colbert.

The show is a collection of acrylics featuring the Priest Lake, Idaho, area, where the Spokane native spent her childhood summers.

Now a resident of Hayden, Idaho, Wilhelmy’s work has been shown and sold throughout the Northwest and added to international collections.

Also at the Twin Totems are the landscapes and figurative pastels of Thelma Giampietri, a Spokane artist and Native American.

Landscape oils by Betty Billups are on display at The Met, 901 W. Sprague; and figurative oil paintings by Sam Collett are at The Met Gallery, 929 W. Sprague.

The works of Robert Kraut will be displayed in the Gallery of Art at Eastern Washington University Monday through Dec. 5.

An artist’s reception for “robert kraut: micro-retro-expo - 20 years in paint,” will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 7.

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