Siler exhibit features pop-expressionist style
Palouse artist Patrick Siler has been turning out paintings, drawings and ceramics in his colorful, pop-expressionistic style for 35 years. Beginning Monday, a major exhibition featuring 24 of his lively, figurative canvases goes on view at the Washington State University Museum of Art in Pullman.
A WSU faculty member since 1973, Siler’s work has been shown at galleries across the country, including New York City.
“Not only has Pat influenced countless WSU students as a teacher,” said museum director Chris Bruce in a news release, “but he is one of a handful of Palouse artists who have made a significant impact on the art of the Northwest. He is edgy, funny, innovative and incredibly prolific.”
The exhibition consists of gesso and acrylic paintings, and works that combine a painting on canvas placed in a woodcut frame where the images carry over from one surface to the other.
“Patrick Siler’s depictions of the lives of everyday characters,” said museum curator Keith Wells, “become whimsical and gritty commentaries about society while simultaneously revealing perceptions of the world around him.”
During the opening reception on Monday at 7 p.m., the WSU Jazz Quartet will play along with a guest performance by Horace Alexander Young. The exhibit is up through Dec. 19.
Museum hours are Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Thursday it’s open until 7 p.m.; and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. The gallery is in the Fine Arts Center on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium on the Pullman campus.
Siler at Art a la Cart
Next Thursday Patrick Siler will talk about his life as an artist and his current exhibit during the free Art a la Carte lecture series at noon in the Cascade Room 123 of the Compton Union Building on the WSU campus.
Today at noon, the brownbag series features Paul Brians, of the WSU Department of English, and Trevor Bond, of the WSU Library Special Collections, discussing the “Architecture of India.”
Opening at the MAC
For the first time in three years, the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture is showcasing selected works from its permanent collection in a new exhibit opening Saturday.
“MAC Collects: Art for the New Millennium” features 50 works in a combination of old and new—recent acquisitions, recently restored works and rediscoveries, says MAC art curator Jochen Wierich.
Viewers will find recent additions to the collection such as James Lavadour, Jim Hodges, Alfredo Arreguin, Beth Cavener, Stichter and George Flett mixed in with Northwest modernists Mark Tobey, Kenneth Callahan and Carl Morris.
The exhibit will be up through Sept. 5. The museum, 2316 W. First Ave., is open Tuesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
POAC art shows
The Pend Oreille Arts Council coordinates six free venues where artists in the Sandpoint area exhibit their artwork for public viewing.
“Purely POAC,” an exhibit featuring a variety of objects by more than 50 artists, is showing through Nov. 23 at the Pend Oreille Arts Council Gallery, in the Power House building, 120 E. Lake St., Sandpoint. The show, including paintings and sculpture, can be seen daily between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m.
The following five alternative spaces have shows up through Nov. 11.
• View paintings by Deborah Pegg in the Sandpoint mayor’s office in City Hall, 1123 Lake St., weekdays between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Pegg has a background as a fiber artist and teacher of modern dance.
• The realistic watercolors of Carolyn Lynch are lining the walls of the county commission office in the Courthouse Building, 215 S. First Ave. Lynch paints and sketches detailed wildlife and landscapes. View the work between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
• The quilted works of Terrie Kralik are on view at the US Bank, on the corner of Second and Main streets in Sandpoint.
• Jan Stoltz’ country quilts are on display at the University of Idaho Bonner County Extension Office at the Fairgrounds, 4205 N. Boyer Ave. The office is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m.
• Marsha Lutz’ photography and Jennifer del Carlo’s found art are showing a few miles south of Sandpoint, at the Northern Lights office, 321 Chevy St., in Sagle.
Lutz’ photography includes black and white images, Sepia toning, hand coloring, transfers, infrared film and color transparencies. Many of Del Carlo’s unique found objects pieces are made with metal and wood.
Chris Kraisler Gallery
The Chris Kraisler Gallery, specialized in contemporary artists, is currently showing the “Nature on Stage” paintings by David Kraisler and abstract alter paintings by Allie Vogt.
The gallery, 517 N. Fourth Ave. in Sandpoint, has switched to its winter hours of noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday and by appointment.
CREATE ceramic
“Art from the Earth,” a clay exhibit, is underway at CREATE Place in Newport, Wash., through Oct. 29.
The show features slab, wheel thrown and slipware pottery. A closing reception on Oct. 29 between 4 and 6 p.m. includes a Chili Cook-Off.
The art center, 900 W. Fourth St., in Newport, is open Monday through Friday from 1 to 5 p.m. and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Porcelain’s ‘Art in Flight’
Hand-painted porcelain pieces created by members of the Spokane Porcelain Artists Club are on exhibit at the Southside Senior Center, 3151 E. 27th Ave., Saturday between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
The show and sale, “Art in Flight,” includes plates, cups, vases, framed pieces and pitchers. There will be ongoing China painting demonstrations. A donation of $3 is requested at the door.
‘Art for Our Parks’
The winner of the Spokane Parks Foundation’s juried competition, “Art for Our Parks,” will be unveiled on Tuesday evening during a reception at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.
The ten paintings in the finals include landscapes by Tom Bowman, Kathleen Cavender, Edie Dunlap, Larry Montgomery, Mary Maxam, Brian Maebius, Louise Saylor and Deb Sheldon.
Tickets for the 5 and 7 p.m. event are $15 per person, $25 per couple. Proceeds from the fund-raiser will benefit the Spokane Parks Foundation.
‘Dark Highway’
Far West Billiards is showing “A Dark Highway to Spokane…Exhibit 1.” It features the low-brow, eclectic and retro art of Richard Duggan, Patrick O., Gordon Koehler, Dean Reiner and Trista Dalton. The work is up through October at 1001 W. First Ave.