WSU photo exhibition revisits history in black and white
Black-and-white photographs chronicling Palouse festivals, California beaches and small neighborhood grocery stores line the main gallery of the Museum of Art at Washington State University in Pullman.
On display through Sept. 24 is “Faculty Focus: Fran Ho.”
Ho, an award-winning photographer, retired in 2004 after 37 years on the WSU Fine Arts Department faculty.
This retrospective exhibition includes images taken since 1961, including his recent “Mom and Pop Stores (Hawaii)” series.
“I was raised in one of the stores that I documented,” he said in a news release. “The stores represented a way of neighborhood life that is quickly fading with the influx of the shopping mall and super market.
In this ongoing series Ho, who was born in Honolulu, gives a glimpse of a passing culture.
“I didn’t plan it this way,” he said, “but I seem to have come full circle from the Mom and Pop store that I was raised in.”
There is a public walk-through of the exhibit with the artist on Monday at noon, followed by a public reception at 7 p.m.
The museum is on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium in the Fine Arts Center on the Pullman campus. Open to the public at no charge, gallery hours are Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., open until 7 p.m. on Thursday and closed on Sunday.
Visit the WSU Museum of Art Web site at www.wsu.edu/artmuse or call (509) 335-1910 for more information.
Lesley Dill’s prints
Under way in the University of Idaho’s Prichard Art Gallery is “Lesley Dill: The Thrill Came Slowly, Prints and Multiples.”
Dill, a nationally known “figurative artist creates work with words and images to explore the inner landscapes of the mind and consciousness,” says gallery director Roger H.D. Rowley.
She has worked in printmaking, sculpture, drawing, painting, photography and performance art.
The Prichard show focuses on Dill’s expansive and nontraditional printmaking techniques and wall-hanging sculptural pieces. The work ranges from small 4-by-5-inch palladium prints to 12-foot tapestry silkscreen prints with hand-sewn letters.
The New York City-based contemporary artist “uses metaphoric imagery to explore the role of language in cloaking or revealing the human soul,” states a brief bio on the Landfell Press Web site.
“This is an exceptional opportunity to see work by one of the most important artists working today,” says Rowley. “What’s remarkable about this show is that every piece is a really strong piece.”
There is an opening reception on Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. The free gallery, 414 S. Main St. in downtown Moscow is open Tuesday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
For additional information contact the gallery at (208) 885-3586 or www.uidaho.edu/galleries.
‘Ross Hall Collection’
The classic black-and-white landscapes of scenic photographer Ross Hall are showing through October at the Entree Gallery in Priest Lake, Idaho.
The late Hall photographed Priest Lake and the Idaho panhandle over six decades taking breathtaking pictures of the beautiful Selkirk Mountains.
Hall was published in all of the major periodicals of his era, including Time, Life and National Geographic.
Meet Dann Hall, Ross Hall’s son and curator of the collection, in a reception on Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. at Elkins Resort, 404 Elkins Road, Nordman, Idaho. Mike Wagoner will provide live music.
The gallery is located two miles east of Nordman on Reeder Bay Road near Elkins Resort. It is open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Emma Randolph’s florals
An explosion of delicate, transparent watercolor florals by Emma Randolph fills the Artist Tree Gallery in Spokane.
Randolph, who refers to her style as realistic impressionism, is recognized for her colorful bouquets of flowers. “But,” she says, “I also love doing birds, landscapes and still lifes.”
“Randolph’s paintings are meant to soothe, not shock,” writes gallery owner Michele Mokre in an e-mail, “but in no way are they complacent. Familiar flowers are as timeless as crystal and just as multi-faceted delight the eye.”
A painter for more than 60 years, Randolph considers watercolor, “by far the most complicated and difficult medium to work in because it is fluid and runs all over.”
Meet Randolph at a closing reception on Wednesday from 5 to 8 p.m. in the gallery, 828 W. Sprague Ave.
North Country Artist Trails
All 28 locations in North Country Artist Trails will be open Friday through Sunday.
The tour, organized by the Colville Arts Foundation, features northeastern Washington artists’ studios, cafes, specialty shops and places to rest over night.
Travelers will see paintings, drawings, wearable art, recycled art, sculpture, photography, woodworking, jewelry, stained glass and ceramics.
A brochure including a map of the self-paced tour, directions and hours is available at many area chambers of commerce or online at northcountryartisttrails.com.