News

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  German Studies Curates Retrospective Special Collections Exhibit on the Bauhaus
  October 30
  The Staatliches Bauhaus, an art school founded in 1919 in Weimar, Germany, was a pioneer in arts education. On the 100th anniversary of its founding, two German studies majors collaborated with faculty and Watzek Library’s Special Collections to curate a collection featuring replicas of iconic Bauhaus furniture, art, and photographs.
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  Portland 2019 Biennial features LC faculty
  August 22
  LC faculty participate in Disjecta’s 2019 Biennial
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  Not Just Another Roadside Attraction: Bill Will’s Fun House
  August 29
  This fall, the Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery at Lewis & Clark hosts Portland artist Bill Will’s newest site-specific exhibition, Fun House. An opening reception with the artist—complete with carnival-themed refreshments—was held at 3 p.m. on September 10.
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  Watzek Special Collections Unveils New Exhibition
  March 27
  The Horror of Normalcy: Katherine Dunn, Geek Love, and Cult Literature opens to the public April 4. This exhibition provides a first look at the literary archive of the cult Portland author, who arranged to bequeath her collection to Lewis & Clark before her death in 2016.
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  Mellon-funded First World War Centenary Exhibition
  September 20
  “The Great War 100 Years Later” is a centenary commemoration of the First World War funded by a Mellon grant for faculty/student collaborative research.
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  Professor collaborates on art based on surveillance files
  October 28
  Research, poetry, art, and activism come together in The Watcher Files Project, a collaboration between Assistant Professor of Art Garrick Imatani and poet Kaia Sand.
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  Lewis & Clark launches yearlong William Stafford Centennial
  June 7
  Lewis & Clark launches a yearlong centennial celebration for the revered professor and former U.S. and Oregon poet laureate William Stafford.
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  Art professors receive prestigious grants for their work
  March 13
  Garrick Imatani, assistant professor of art, recently received significant funding from the Regional Arts & Culture Council and The Ford Family Foundation. Imatani and Tammy Jo Wilson, adjunct professor of art, also received Oregon Arts Commission career opportunity awards.
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  Fighting Men exhibition draws media attention
  November 15
  Painter Leon Golub, ceramist Pete Voulkos, and cartoonist Jack Kirby offer “images of power, violence, and action while kicking against the constraints of their respective media” in Fighting Men, currently on exhibit at the Hoffman Gallery.
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  Wall Street Journal highlights senior art exhibition
  May 3
  Renowned Wall Street Journal art critic Peter Plagens visited Portland and left impressed by the city’s burgeoning scene. Plagens was particularly taken with the Lewis & Clark senior art exhibition, which he called “the strongest undergraduate exhibition I’ve seen in a long time.” 
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  LC Senior Art Recognized in the Wall Street Journal
  May 3
  Article from the WSJ recognizes the LC Senior Exhbit
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  Professor Tomlinson’s work featured at the Fairbanks Gallery
  April 23
  Professor Tomlinson’s painting featured in new exhibit
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  Hottle featured in Portland2012 art exhibit
  March 1
  Grant Hottle, adjunct instructor of painting, will be featured in Portland2012, a biennial exhibit that “celebrates Oregon artists whose work is defining and advancing contemporary art.”
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  Gallery exhibit wins praise from critics
  March 1
  Photography and its total abstraction are the focus of the current exhibition at the Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art at Lewis & Clark.
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  Exhibition debuts new work by influential Northwest artists
  September 6
  This fall, the Hoffman Gallery at Lewis & Clark will debut a major collection of new art from some of the Pacific Northwest’s most influential contemporary artists.
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  Mike Rathbun sculpture at the Boise Art Museum
  August 24
  Article about Mike Rathbun sculpture
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  Multimedia: Students synthesize diverse academic experiences in art exhibition
  March 30
  Bringing together artwork made by 13 graduating seniors in the Department of Art, the Senior Art Exhibition opens April 1 at the Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art at Lewis & Clark.
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  Faculty artists exhibit recent works
  January 18
  The recent work of two Lewis & Clark faculty members will be on display at the Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary art January 20 through March 13.
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  Looking for York in Terra Incognita
  May 11
  Looking for York in Terra Incognita
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  Multimedia: Student-artists exhibit capstone works
  March 29
  This spring, the Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art will feature the work of 19 graduating seniors in the Department of Art.
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  Professor’s exhibition captivates reviewer
  February 2

  A review of art professor Ted Vogel’s mixed-media exhibition in Tacoma, Wash., calls the installation “thought-provoking.”

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  Gallery exhibition explores trade and globalization
  January 19
  This spring, the Hoffman Gallery at Lewis & Clark is hosting an exhibition that poses contemporary questions about the effects of the global marketplace.
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  Alumnus collaborates on new contemporary art exhibit
  November 13
  Alumnus Ethan Rose collaborates on an art exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Craft that mixes glass with electronic composition.
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  The Oregonian reflects on saboteurs who comprise Broadcast
  November 11
  The Oregonian’s review of Broadcast, Lewis & Clark’s current gallery exhibition, calls attention to the collection’s “must-see provocations.”
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  International art magazine reviews Broadcast
  October 29
  Lewis & Clark’s fall exhibition, Broadcast, appears in the Critics’ Picks section of the international art magazine Artforum.