Joe Feddersen: Vital Signs
January 30-March 28, 2010
Joe Feddersen is a Native American (Colville) artist who explores the dynamic interrelationships between urban place markers and indigenous landscapes through prints, woven baskets, and blown glass vessels. Organized by Professor Rebecca Dobkins, the exhibition features 62 works drawn from public and private collections throughout the United States. Teacher Guide [PDF-Format]

John Franklin Koenig: Works on Paper
January 9-March 7, 2010
John Franklin Koenig (American, 1924-2008) was an American painter and printmaker who lived and worked in Paris during most of his career. Born and raised in Seattle, he served in the Army in Europe during WWII and moved to Paris in 1948 where he established an outstanding career as a painter, gallery owner, printmaker, and co-founder of the art journal Ciamise. Organized by Director John Olbrantz, the exhibition features a range of prints from the past four decades that were given to the Hallie Ford Museum of Art in 2009.

African Stone Sculpture: Selections from the Keith Achepohl Collection
March 13-May 23, 2010
Stone sculpture is among the oldest sculptural traditions in Africa, dating back thousands of years. At sites such as Bura in Niger, for example, archaeologists have unearthed an astonishing array of abstract, anthropomorphic heads in stone, while at other sites in West Africa, they have discovered figurative sculptures whose purpose and function remains a mystery. Organized by Director John Olbrantz, the exhibition features a selection of stone sculptures from Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Nigeria from the Keith Achepohl collection of Eugene, Oregon.

The Visual Language of Ancient Scotland: Prints by James B. Thompson
April 10 – May 23, 2010
Print Study Center, Hallie Ford Museum of Art
Willamette University Professor James B. Thompson exhibits new prints that were created after a recent research trip undertaken in Scotland. In this new body of work, Thompson continues his exploration of mark making, while taking cues from the visual language of ancient Scottish culture, most specifically the use of stone by the ancient Scots. This body of work is the culmination of his research and travel abroad to Scotland funded in part by the Center for Ancient Studies and Achaeology (CASA) at Willamette University.

Senior Art Majors
April 10-May 16, 2010
Each spring, the Hallie Ford Museum of Art features the work of senior art majors at Willamette University. The exhibition includes work in a variety of media, including painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing, ceramics, photography, and mixed media. In addition, the exhibition features senior theses in art history.

Heidi Preuss Grew: Übersetzung
April 10-May 16, 2010
Heidi Preuss Grew is a Salem, Oregon artist and teacher whose ceramic sculptures combine animal and human imagery that reveal the multi-dimensional aspects of the human condition. The exhibition celebrates ten years of teaching at Willamette University and features a range of new work inspired by her research and participation in artist residencies in Germany during the past three years.