Watercolor Society Begins Annual Show
More than 60 paintings by members of the Spokane Watercolor Society will fill the Colburn Art Gallery during February.
It’s the society’s annual Membership Show.
A wide range of styles and subject matter will be represented, from realistic landscapes and still lifes to impressionistic florals and abstracts.
The Spokane Watercolor Society was formed in 1952 by four professional artists who met weekly to paint for enjoyment and self-improvement. That number has grown to 50.
To join this elite group, prospective members must be invited and have his or her work juried by the membership. Group critiques of one another’s new works are part of the monthly meetings.
On Sunday the public can meet the artists from 2 to 4 p.m. at the gallery, 203 W. Riverside. A watercolor of a lion by Vivian Pendell will be awarded during a door-prize drawing.
Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
Other Spokane galleries
Maxine Martell’s “Memory Palace” exhibition of acrylic painting and works on paper will be featured Feb. 6-28 at the Lorinda Knight Gallery, 523 W. Sprague.
That makes two shows running concurrently in Spokane for Martell, former art curator at the Cheney Cowles Museum and coordinator of the Spokane Art School. As announced in last week’s Visual Arts column, she has a show at Gonzaga University’s Jundt Art Museum through March 4.
Martell now lives on an island in Puget Sound, where she’s surrounded by inspiration for her paintings. Raptorial birds, which share the island she calls home, are favorite subjects and are featured in “Memory Palace.”
“Martell’s birds of prey upset painterly and narrative expectations,” wrote art critic Steve Jenkins.
A reception for the acclaimed artist will be 5 to 9 p.m. Feb. 6, at Lorinda Knight.
Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
“Exploration VI,” an exhibition of artworks by students from area colleges and universities, will be displayed Sunday through Feb. 27 at the Chase Gallery in City Hall, 808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd.
An exhibit reception will be 5 to 9 p.m. Feb. 6.
Works of Ildiko Kalapacs will be shown during February in The Met Theatre, 901 W. Sprague, and the Met Gallery, 929 W. Sprague.
In Idaho
“Andy Warhol: Endangered Species,” a series of animal portraits, and “Re/Source,” an exhibit of installations by Jill Dacey, Karen Larson Watts and Peter Kiddle, are featured in the University of Idaho’s Prichard Art Gallery Friday through February.
Warhol’s brightly colored prints portray animals facing extinction in 1983, when the late pop artist created them. The animal portraits have been called human-like, filled with emotion and intrigue.
Dacey, the UI Art Department chair, has used Hanford as a metaphor in her works of textile.
Watts and Kiddle collaborate even though they live a continent and an ocean apart. Watts is an assistant professor of art at UI, while Kiddle lives and works in South Devon, England, where he teaches at the Darlington College of Arts. Both artists share physical limitations. Their portion of the exhibit is titled “In/Valid.”
Viewing hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The gallery is at 414/416 S. Main in downtown Moscow.
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