Faculty displays artwork

THE ANNUAL “EWU Art Faculty Exhibition” opens today in the Gallery of Art on Eastern Washington University’s Cheney campus. This year’s exhibition presents the recent work of 10 teaching artists in a wide variety of mediums and in a diverse array of artistic styles.

There are paintings by Lanny DeVuono, Elnour Hamad, Lenora Simon Lopez and Melissa Furness; ceramic objects by Lisa Nappa and Sandra Trujillo; photography by Shelly Murney; and other works by Nancy Hathaway, Nathan Orosco and Tom Askman.

“We are excited that, in conjunction with the faculty exhibition, a silent auction is being held to raise scholarship funds for students majoring in art,” says gallery director Nancy Hathaway.

Art faculty members have donated works for the auction. Anyone can bid on the pieces until the show closes on Feb. 11 at 5 p.m. View the free show weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The gallery is in the Art Building located in the center of the fine and performing arts complex on the college campus at Seventh and I streets in Cheney. All of the events are free and open to the public.

WSU Compton Gallery

“Pink,” an art installation, fills the Compton Union Gallery on the WSU campus in Pullman.

The project is the result of a collaborative effort by installation artist Anna-Maria Shannon, documentary maker Brenda Congdon and photographer Beryl Striewski.

“The exhibit explores women’s issues through personal experience and anecdote,” says arts programming coordinator Gail Siegel in a news release.

The free show runs through Feb. 3 in the CUB Gallery, Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Shannon, Congdon and Striewski will talk about their work next Thursday at an Art a la Carte brown bag lunch lecture. Grab a sandwich and head to the free noon presentation in the CUB Cascade Room 123.

Mixed media at Grant Gallery

The works of four Inland Northwest artists are center stage at the William Grant Gallery in north Spokane beginning Saturday.

“We are showing three artists for the first time along with one of our longtime artists,” says gallery owner Charlie Hinton.

Returning is Sandra Hiller of Elk with her painted wildlife embossed leatherwork. Each piece goes through a multiple-step process of drawing, tooling, stretching, retooling, sculpting and painting.

New to the gallery are Spokane artists Renee Rigsby, Tom Thornton and Shirley Johnson.

Rigsby paints realistic scenes of places she’s seen. “Watercolor is magical,” she says in her artist statement, calling it “the perfect medium to capture the brilliant colors of special places in this world we all call ‘home.’ “

Sculpting game fish out of wood captivates outdoor enthusiast Thornton. “The fine art carvings of the trout species is a special challenge,” says Thornton in his biographic sketch. “Each rendering requires up to 100 hours to complete.”

Johnson rounds out the show with colorful, hand-thrown functional porcelain. She decorates each piece with glazes made from Mount St. Helens’ ash she collected from Spokane streets following the May 18, 1980 eruption.

Meet the artists during a reception Saturday between noon and 4 p.m. at the gallery, 820 W. Francis Ave. View the work through Feb. 14 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday.

‘Art in Window’

Watch artists create their work during Angel Gallery of Fine Art and Antiques’ annual “Art in the Window” series beginning Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m.

For the next eight weeks artists will demonstrate their techniques and answer questions at the gallery, 423 Sherman Ave. in Coeur d’Alene.

Oil painter Patsey Parsons of Spirit Lake, Idaho, kicks off the series Saturday, followed a week later by painter Robert Krogel of Coeur d’Alene.

On Jan. 29 Janene Grende of Sandpoint will illustrate painting on silk, then on Feb. 5 she will demonstrate watercolor painting. Parsons returns on Feb. 12 to do portrait drawing, followed on Feb. 19 by Charleen Martin of Coeur d’Alene working in mixed media collage.

Laura Collins of Priest Lake, Idaho, demonstrates landscape painting on Feb. 26, and Kathy Pierce of Post Falls concludes the series on March 5 with her stained glass art.

Native American art

The 123rd anniversary celebration of the Spokane Indian Reservation is set for Saturday and Sunday at the Alex Sherwood Community Center in Wellpinit, Wash.

Events, including art displays by painters George Flett and Ric Gendron, begin at 1 p.m. on both days. Vendor booths and exhibits of beadwork, featherwork, quillwork and paintings go until about 9 p.m. on Saturday and 6 p.m. on Sunday.

On Saturday there is a free dinner at 5 p.m., followed at 7 p.m. by the Grand Entry and the Men’s Warrior War Dance Special. All events are free and open to the public. For more information and directions call Inez Hubert at (509) 258-7253

CREATE in Newport

Intricate hand-stitched and machine-made quilts are on display through Jan. 31 as part of the fourth annual Winter Quilt Show in the CREATE Place community arts center in Newport, Wash.

A “Quilters’ Tea and Fashion Show” is set for Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. at the center, 900 W. Fourth St. in Newport. Admission is $8.

Stop by to see the free show Monday through Friday from 1 to 5 p.m. and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For directions call (509) 447-9277 or go online to www.createarts.org.