Thursday, Mar 26, 2009
During the 2008-09 season, Sheehan Art Gallery experienced the highest level of involvement by Whitman and Walla Walla community members in recent history, according to Dawn Forbes, gallery director. She says the gallery’s 2009-10 schedule, which showcases the extraordinary talents of students and faculty at Whitman as well as those of visiting artists, is “very exciting,” and she expects the record level of interest to continue.
The schedule is:
| Aug. 26-Oct. 22, 2009 | New and Returning Visual Art and Art History/ Visual Culture Faculty Exhibition. |
| Oct. 15-Nov. 22 | Spectra, Stream, Strata: A Retrospective Exhibition of the Works of Neil Meitzler. |
| Dec. 3-18, 2009 | Winter Art Student Salon. |
| Jan. 19-Feb. 19, 2010 | The Effluence of Affluence: The Sculpture and Installation of Eileen Doktorski. |
| March 2-April 16, 2010 | Resistance and Rescue
in Denmark:
A Photographic Record/Response to Genocide. Curated by Humanity in Action Memory Denied: The Photography of Kathryn Cook. Co-curated by Elyse Semerdjian, Whitman College assistant professor of history. |
| April 23-May 23, 2010 | Visual Art Majors Senior
Thesis Exhibition |
Next year’s lineup of exhibits addresses Sheehan’s long-term programming goal of supporting the college's central mission of providing a liberal arts education, and maintains the high quality of exhibitions associated with the Sheehan Gallery, said Forbes.
Forbes welcomes ideas and requests for upcoming Sheehan exhibits from the community. “If you’d like to see an exhibit, or if you’d like to include a visiting educator or if you have a private collection you have amassed, please feel free to come to me with your proposals. I have found that looking for exhibitions close to home reveals the richness and depth of the surrounding community.”
Exhibits are free and open to the public.
CONTACT: Lenel Parish, Whitman College
News Service, (509) 527-5156
parishlj@whitman.edu
