Ancient Mosaics: Selections from the Richard
Brockway Collection
September 26-December 23, 2009
Organized by Director John Olbrantz and drawn from the collection
of Richard Brockway of Vero Beach, Florida, the exhibition features
six mosaic pavements from Roman Syria that date from the fourth
to the sixth centuries CE. Included in the exhibition are two
geometric mosaics, two figurative mosaics, and two animal mosaics
that once graced a house, bath, mausoleum, or church somewhere
in the Orontes Valley.
Loud Bones: The Jewelry of Nancy Worden
November 21, 2009-January 17, 2010
Nancy Worden is a Seattle artist who creates intensely personal
narrative jewelry that explores universal themes and various
rites of passage from a woman’s perspective. Organized
by the Tacoma Art Museum, the exhibition presents a wide range
of work created over the past 35 years drawn from public and
private collections throughout the United States and Europe.
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.
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.
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: Römhild 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.
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