Medical Lake Artist’s Work Featured At Douglas Gallery
FROM FOR THE RECORD (September 26, 1997): Correction Date wrong: A visual arts note in Thursday’s In Life section incorrectly indicated that a reception with the artists of “4 Woman - 4 Styles” at the Spokane Civic Theatre will be held today. The reception was held Wednesday.
From his home near Medical Lake, Delbert Gish is making his artistic presence known from one American coast to the other.
In reviewing an exhibit at Seattle’s Frye Museum, an art critic said Gish is “a master of texture and composition in still life, accomplished in winter landscapes and an artist who displays incredible sensitivity and understanding of people in his portraits.”
His works will be featured during October at the Douglas Gallery, 120 N. Wall.
Gish is one of the Northwest’s premiere artists and one of the finest artists currently printing in the United States, said Dennis Douglas, gallery co-owner.
His works, which have been exhibited across the country, are represented in several museums and private collections, including those of James Cagney, Sergei Bongart, Safeco Corp., and the Stanton Paper and Foil Co. in New York.
Douglas Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Private showings are available by calling 624-4179.
Local art showings
An artist’s reception for Ilse Kilian-Tan will be from 5 to 9 p.m., Oct. 3, in the Chase Gallery in City Hall, 808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. The exhibit, which runs through Oct. 31, will feature 15 of her weavings.
Kilian-Tan works with a variety of fiber, including cotton, silk, acrylic, wool and novelty yarns. Although the overall image of her works is abstract, her subjects are taken from nature.
“4 Women - 4 Styles” opens Friday at Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020 N. Howard.
The works of Emma Randolph, Edie Dunlap, Vivian Pendell and Emma B. Albi will be featured. A reception with the artists will be held Friday from 5-7 p.m.
Each artist created her own version of Bloomsday, using photos from The Spokesman-Review. In addition, each woman will show between six and 15 pieces.
The lobby exhibit runs through Nov. 1.
The works of Mark Tobey, Jacob Lawrence and other well-known Northwest artists continue to be exhibited in “SAFECO Collects: Northwest Art 1976-1997” at Gonzaga University’s Jundt Gallery.
Featured are paintings, sculpture, prints and crafts from artists in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.
SAFECO has established a reputation among corporations for the quality and depth of its art collection, a GU spokesman said.
Museum hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday; and noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays.
For more information, call 328-4220, ext 3211.
“A Home for Art,” an exhibit by the Seattle architect firm of Olsen Sundberg, runs Monday through Oct. 31 at the Spokane Art School Gallery, 920 N. Howard.
Abstract landscape paintings by Larry Schmidt will be exhibited through Oct. 11 at the Lorinda Knight Gallery, 523 W. Sprague. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
Richard Schindler will present a lecture at 12:30 p.m. Oct. 2 at Spokane Falls Community College’s Art Department in Building 6. An exhibit of his sculptures will be there through Oct. 17. Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
From around the area
The art work of Jean Deubel Mace will be exhibited Oct. 4 and 5 in the Mace Gallery near Bonners Ferry, Idaho.
Of the 24 new pieces, there will be three large watercolors of Boundary County waterfalls.
Gallery hours for the show are noon to 5 p.m. and by appointment. The gallery is on Old Highway 2 five miles south of Bonners Ferry. For more information, call (208) 267-2857.
A controversial exhibit opens Oct. 3 in the Kirtland Cutter Gallery on the third floor of the Cutter Theatre in Metaline Falls, Wash.
Some of Nancy Hill’s contemporary impressionistic oils have been tagged by her critics as “upsetting,” said Eva Gayle Six, artistic director. “We prefer to call it thoughtful. It encourages the viewer to look into himself and to reflect on his inner peace and inner chaos.”
Hill has taught art in a foster group home and now works with a developmentally delayed adult group.
“Faces” will run through Oct. 30.
It’s nearly October, so can Christmas be far behind?
“Joy to the World,” a mixed-media show, opening Wednesday at the Entree Gallery in Nordman, Idaho (near Priest Lake), will feature holiday creations of favorite gallery artists.
A variety of handcrafted items - from whimsical stocking stuffers and Old World Santas to wall quilts and watercolors - will be featured, along with holiday foods.
A lighted Christmas tree decorated with handmade ornaments will highlight the gallery’s final show of season.
“Focus on Your World,” a photographic exhibit of international images with an environmental theme, runs today through Oct. 17 at the Lewis-Clark Center for Arts & History in Lewiston.
The 105 photographs from around the world are part of a traveling exhibit sponsored by the United National Environment Programs from its 1994 competition. The Prince of Wales is its honorary patron.
Admission is $1; gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
A retrospective of the late Ken Cory’s works is being shown at the Tacoma Art Museum.
“The Jewelry of Ken Cory: Play Disguised” will be shown through Nov. 30. More than 100 pieces have been gathered for the exhibit by the man who helped propel the Northwest into the forefront of the national art jewelry movement.
After Tacoma, the exhibit will make a national tour.
“Landscape in America 1850-1890, an Exhibition of Paintings,” runs through Jan. 4 in the Tacoma Art Museum, 1123 Pacific Ave.
The show, featuring works by Winslow Homer, Albert Bierstadt, Frederic Church and others, represents a rare occasion for those in the Northwest to see this genre of painting close to home, a spokesman said.
Admission is $4 for adults, $3 to seniors and students, and free to children 12 and under.
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