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‘Scanning Art History’ At Spokane Art School

Beverly Vorpahl Staff writer

Visual arts

Richard Twedt’s love of Greek and Roman art forms the basis of his show, “Scanning Art History,” which opens Tuesday at the Spokane Art School, 920 N. Howard.

The show is a compilation of work from two Twedt series: “Fading Memories of Pompeii” and “Scanning Art History.”

Twedt, chairman of Eastern Washington University’s art department, was inspired by the “light atmospheres” he encountered during a trip to Italy in 1990.

Pieces from the current show “reflect the painter’s love and beauty, and believes that there is still a place for beauty in art,” said Sue Ellen Heflin, art school director.

A reception honoring the artist will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Feb. 20. The exhibit runs Tuesday through March 13.

Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday; and 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free.

In other Spokane galleries

The works of eight art students from area colleges and universities are on display in Spokane City Hall’s Chase Gallery through Feb. 27.

The exhibit includes a wide range of subject matter and media, including sculpture, ceramics and two-dimensional art.

The students and their schools are Anjel Luna, and Ricardo Vega, both from Eastern Washington University; Joanna Grant and David Pluister, Whitworth College; Sara Beatty and Kim Juarez, Gonzaga University; and Jeff Gibson-Smith and Deborah O’Shaughnessy, Spokane Falls Community College.

Chase Gallery, in the lower level of City Hall, 808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd., is open 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.

“Clyclone,” the graphic art of Dennis Clouse and Traci Daberkow, is showing through March 6 in the Spokane Falls Community College’s art gallery in Building 6, 3410 W. Fort Wright Drive. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

At area galleries

Works of Mel Chin, an internationally known artist, are on exhibit at Washington State University’s Museum of Art on the Pullman campus.

“Inescapable Histories,” a collection of sculptures, maquettes, drawings, prints and mixed-media, charts Chin’s development as an artist from the 1970s, with emphasis on the past 15 years.

Chin, whose parents emigrated from China, was born in Houston, Texas, and spent much of his childhood in African American and Latino neighborhoods. His multicultural upbringing and expansive world view are reflected in his work. Subjects range from ancient cosmology and mythology to current international violations of human rights.

The show continues through March 29, but is closed during spring break, March 14-22. The museum is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday; and 1 to 5 p.m. weekends.

The works of Ken Requard and Ron Gerton are featured in the Allied Arts Gallery in Richland through February.

Requard, known for his watercolors of bicyclists, will show a career retrospective of his watercolors, acrylics and pastels.

Gerton, a wood and bronze artist who won the Allied Arts Gallery’s Best of Show Award in 1997, will display his wood turnings, bronze sculptures and jewelry.

The gallery, 89 Lee Blvd., is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

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