View images and information about the recent Crossing the Blues: Regional Juried Art Show.
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Satellite Gallery Presents:
A special thanks to all of the wonderful artists who contributed to the show and our warmest congratulations to the winners of the jurored awards.
"Best in Show" was presented to La Grande artist James Dumble. Renee Couture from Glide, OR took the honor of "Best 3-D" works, and Portland artist Nathan Orton claimed the "Best 2-D" prize.
The opening weekend was a huge success for the gallery and for downtown La Grande. The juried show was just a part of a large arts and cultural festival in La Grande. Complimenting this show was music, film, writing, food, street vendors, and more. The streets were full for the two days of the opening. People came in to see art and left with a wonderful smile. We look forward to the potential of next year's show.
The exhibit contains work from an array of mediums and is sure to present the viewers with a wonderful mix of perspectives from our community as well as those artists outside the region and subject to many other influences.
The submitted artworks for the show were jurored by EOU Art Department faculty members: Jessica Plattner, Cory Peeke, and Kathelene Galloway. The jurors will award cash prizes at the opening reception.
The local work of:
James Dumble
Kathy Benson
Marcia Cook
Linda Gray-McKean
Jon Hancock
Kevin Boylan
David Memmot
Mika Holtzinger
Regional artists coming from WA, ID, CA, and from the western side of Oregon:
Eileen Kane (Hilsboro, OR)
Renee Couture (Glide, OR)
Sue Danielson (Seattle, WA)
Jennifer Hersh (Portland, OR)
Nathan Orton (Portland, OR)
Sally Sellers (Vancouver, WA)
Vincent Leandro (Ashland, OR)
Michael Rainey (Caldwell, ID)
Marcia Middleton (San Francisco, CA)
Tamara Staser-Meltzer (Petaluma, CA)
Elizabeth Wendt (Berkeley, CA)
Elizabeth Hodgson (Hilsboro, OR)
Brett Roberts Carlson (Tacoma, WA)
Jennifer Hardacker (Seattle WA)
Satellite gallery is excited to give the community the opportunity to view this show. Please plan to attend the opening and enjoy some refreshments and discussion. The gallery is located at 116 Depot Street, La Grande.
Cory Peeke was born and raised in Sturgis, Michigan. He received his BFA in painting from Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids, Michigan and went on to complete his graduate work at the University of Idaho. He has lived and worked in Detroit, San Francisco and Seattle. He currently serves as the Director of the Nightingale Gallery and Associate Professor of Art & Art History at Eastern Oregon University in La Grande, Oregon. He is represented by the Conrad Wilde Gallery of Tucson, Arizona and Gallery I M A in Seattle.
Jessica Plattner is Associate Professor of Art at Eastern Oregon University. Her paintings have been exhibited in the United States, Mexico, and Italy. More information available at www.jessicaplattner.com or www.eou.edu/art
Kathelene Engrid Galloway achieved her BFA from Boise State University and went on to Indiana State University where she completed her MFA with distinction. Today she is an Associate Professor of Art at Eastern Oregon University where she teaches drawing, printmaking, graphics, and professional practices within the Art Department.
Kathelene shows nationally and her work is featured in both the Opus 6 Gallery, Eugene, OR and The Indigo Gallery, Joseph, OR. Her work has been acquisitioned into the collections of the Fra Angelico Museum of Spiritual Art, The Rose Hullman Institute of Technology, Indiana State University, The Grande Ronde Hospital and can be seen in many private collections. Kathelene’s work is also featured on the covers of both The Rock’s Cold Breath, translated from the Chinese by Jodi Varron and Troubled Intimacies: A Life in the Interior West by David Axelrod. Over the course of her career she has won many awards ands institutional research grants. She is the Vice Chair of the Oregon Ink Spot Print Exchange, actively involved in her community, and a dedicated teacher.
