Master Of Fine Art Maxine Martell Opens Impressive Exhibit That Examines Complexity Of Modern Life
Visual art
The complexity of modern life is captured in “Chance, Memory and Montage,” an exhibit of 34 works by Maxine Martell which opens today at Gonzaga University’s Jundt Gallery, 202 E. Cataldo.
The Seattle artist is known for her work in prints, stained glass and experimental film.
“A vivid tapestry of color enriches the canvas surface and highlights Martell’s use of paired and interlocking motifs,” said Jundt curator Scott Patnode.
Although she now lives in Seattle, Martell is well known in Spokane. She completed her undergraduate work at Holy Names College. During the 1970s, she was curator of art at the Cheney Cowles Museum, director of the Spokane Art School and a member of the Art Advisory Committee for Expo ‘74.
Martell, who earned a master of fine arts in painting and printmaking at the University of Washington, has served as artist-in-residence at the Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, Wash., and as a trustee of Seattle’s Pratt Fine Arts Center.
A public reception for Martell will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 5 in the gallery, followed immediately by the artist discussing her work in the Jundt Lecture Hall.
“Chance, Memory and Montage” runs through March 4.
Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, and noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays (the museum will be closed Monday and Feb. 16). Admission is free.
In other Spokane galleries
Pieces of utilitarian art, some 800 years old, are featured with “Southwest Pottery” in Gonzaga University’s Arcade Gallery today through March 4.
“Prehistoric cultures of the Mesa Verde region produced simple, elegant and exquisitely painted pottery with decorative designs reflecting nature,” Patnode said.
The exhibit’s 16 vessels, on loan from the collection of the Cheney Cowles Museum and Eastern Washington State Historical Society, are a representative cross-section of 800 years of this art form.
Lynn Pankonin, curator of the American Indian Collection at Cheney Cowles, will discuss “Views of Southwest Pottery” at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26 in the lecture hall of the Jundt Art Museum.
“Function Dictates,” a juried exhibit featuring functional ceramics by area artists, opened this week and is on view through Feb. 6 at the Spokane Art School Gallery, 920 N. Howard.
Margaret Gregg, a former member of the Spokane Falls Community College art faculty, juried the show.
A reception to honor the exhibitors will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Feb. 6.
Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Friday. Beginning next week, gallery hours will be 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturdays. Admission is free.
“Contemporary Landscape Painting,” featuring four Northwest artists, is on exhibit at Eastern Washington University’s Gallery of Art on the Cheney campus.
The artists are Galen Cheney of Portland; Lee Musgrave, Lyle, Wash.; Lisa Anne Poole, Seattle; and Karen Rice, Missoula.
The exhibit can also be viewed on the Web at http:/ /visual.arts.ewu.edu.
Teachers of art at Spokane Falls Community College will be featured in “Faculty Exhibit” in the Art Gallery (Building 6) on the SFCC campus, 3410 W. Fort Wright Drive.
The show, through Jan. 30, can be seen during gallery hours, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Around the area
Artwork of Palouse artist Heidi Oberheide is being shown in the Compton Union Gallery at Washington State University.
Most of the work is based on the painter’s travels to the Southwest desert, especially southern Arizona.
Oberheide is a German-born citizen of Canada whose professional and artistic career has spanned the U.S.-Canadian border.
Her paintings have been exhibited in one-woman shows and with groups of artists from the East Coast to the West Coast.
Compton Union Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Three of the Methow Valley’s artists will be featured in “Metalurge - Metal as Medium,” in the Confluence Gallery in Twisp, Wash., through Feb. 21
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