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Admission to our exhibits is always FREE of charge, thanks to the Kinsman Foundation. |
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ABOUT OUR MAIN GALLERY
The East Oregonian Gallery at the Pendleton Center for the Arts is a beautiful space for viewing a wide range of artwork. Funded by the East Oregonian, publisher of the local daily paper since 1875, the gallery is flanked by large windows original to the building, bamboo floor and more than 1800 square feet of display area. Sculpture, paintings, photographs, artist’s books and fiber arts are just a few of the mediums that have been showcased. We invite established artists from outside the area to exhibit as well as local emerging artists. Want your work considered? Get more information here. |
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This website is owned and maintained by the Arts Council of Pendleton and the Pendleton Center for the Arts © 2005 The Arts Council of Pendleton is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization established in 1974 This site is generously sponsored by Eastern Oregon Telecom |
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Upcoming Exhibits
Aug 8 – Aug 29 Jeremy Lilwall
Sept. 4 – Oct. 10 Philip Miner
Oct. 17 – Nov. 17 Catherine Lee
Nov. 21 – Dec. 31 Holiday Exhibit - The Art of the Gift
You can view highlights of our past exhibit and read about the artists here.
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Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Friday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Saturday Noon - 4:00 pm
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Jeremy Lilwall Internal Rhythms of Madcap Inquiries August 8 - 29, 2008 |
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Lilwall’s paintings are the final act in a multi-faceted process that begins with sculpting original objects and re-working bought or found objects. “When I am arranging items as a still life, they begin to create a narrative and once I photograph or begin to paint, that moment becomes an experience, a memory, for myself and all the characters.” This body of work, exploring a world where the rational and irrational coexist, was created in collaboration with Kynde Kiefel. |
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Vanessa Enos New Works August 8 - 29, 2008 |
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Vanessa Enos’ passionate pursuit of an art career has been the result of a supportive family and one important teacher she encountered along the way. A showing of the artist’s new work will be on exhibit in the Lorenzen Board Room at the Pendleton Center for the Arts August 8 – 29, with an opening reception Friday, Aug. 8th from 5:30 - 7:00 pm. The event is free and open to the public. |
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Growing up Enos started making art at a young age. “My mom was also my Head Start teacher, and she taught me how to draw. My grandmother Cecilia Bearchum made beautiful beadwork, and many other family members were artistic,” said Enos. “I just thought it was something everyone did”. “When I was in high school, I’d never even heard of art school”, says Enos. “My art teacher, Nancy Rees Duff, thought I had talent and encouraged me to take art seriously. She advised me to go to National Portfolio Day when I was a junior at Weston-McEwen High School Athena.”
National Portfolio Day provides an opportunity for those who wish to pursue an education in the visual and related arts to meet with representatives from colleges accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. It is designed to help further the artistic development of young artists by bringing together experienced college representatives to review artwork and offer feedback.
Rees Duff helped Enos prepare her portfolio, encouraging her to make more still life paintings to augment her abstract work. The advice paid off and Enos’ work attracted the attention of a representative from Moore College of Art and Design, a private women’s school in Philadelphia, PA. She was offered a coveted spot in the next fall’s freshman class and moved to the east coast shortly after high school graduation. Life at a prestigious private school was quite a change from her public education. “Almost all the other girls had been prepped for art school by attending private art-based high schools,” Enos said. “It was VERY competitive.” Enos’ talent and personal resolve carried her through and she received an Associate Degree in Illustration and made lifelong friends who work in every discipline of art and design.
Enos has now returned to Pendleton, where she is working at her art every day. Her exhibit at the Arts Center includes oil paintings, collages and monotypes. She cites Salvador Dali, Frida Kahlo and Vincent Van Gogh as major sources of inspiration and is working to find her own style and her own path. She hopes that path also includes getting more arts education. Enos is planning to attend Ft. Lewis College in Durango, Colorado where she will major in Art Business Management. |
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“My ultimate goal is to own a gallery where I can sell my own work and that of other artists,” she says. “I want to help other artists in the same way that Mrs. Rees Duff helped me”. |
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Lilwall was raised in Walla Walla and graduated from Whitman College in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Studio Art. He currently works as the Waxroom Supervisor at the Walla Walla Foundry.
Working at different bronze foundries over the past seven years has greatly influenced Lilwall’s work. Gaining experience using different processes have given him the technical skill to pursue a body of work that combines multiple mediums with a search for meaning.
“To me, the work is about spirituality and its confrontation with meaning. Trying to make sense of a world where the rational and irrational coexist, yet separate and divide at the same time,” said Lilwall. “Why do our minds feel contained, separate, searching for individuality yet simultaneously seeking that connection and furthermore transcendence?”
“When I am arranging them as a still life, they begin to create a narrative and once I photograph or begin to paint, that moment becomes an experience, a memory, for myself and all the characters,” he said.
His fiancé Kynde Kiefel has collaborated with him on creating the still life assemblages and he cites her as a major influence on the way he thinks about making art.
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