Juried Show 2023

This summer, the Gallery at the Park presents its annual Juried Show, a showcase of artists from across the region!

The Gallery received entries from more than 100 artists this year. Katie Creyts, the 2023 juror, selected 55 pieces for exhibition, representing 48 artists.

Katie Creyts is an artist and Professor of Art at Whitworth University in Spokane. Her work explores the Anthropocene changes in human and animal interaction in media such as glass, watercolor, and refuse. Her work engages the pleasure of viewing artwork, the “trappings” of materials and color, animals, and decoration, but visual cues are placed to prick deeper contemplation.

Creyts has recently exhibited her work at the Northwest Idaho College, the Museum of Northwest Art, Eastern Washington University Gallery, and the Gonzaga University Urban Arts Center. She has an MFA from Illinois State University, a BFA from Tyler School of Art, and has received scholarship for study and residencies at The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Pilchuck Glass School, and The Studio at the Corning Museum.

“This year’s event is going to be another outstanding Juried Show,” says Juried Show Chair David Wyatt. “And to celebrate our 75th anniversary, we have some special surprises in store for the reception and awards ceremony.”

The Juried Show will be on display at the Gallery from June 27 through August 18.

The reception and awards ceremony will be held on Friday, July 7, from 6 to 8 pm. Some artists will receive monetary prizes, with $3,000 being awarded altogether!

Gallery AdministratorJune 27, 2023

Enchanted - Munkeah, Hughs, and Villiané

This June, the Gallery at the Park presents “Enchanted,” a new show from Bunneah Munkeah, Warren Hughs, and Adrian Villiané.

This unique exhibition features metal and felt 3D art, as well as colorful 2D paintings.

Bunneah Munkeah merges the macabre with whimsical fantasy. Her body of work contains a combination of glitter and gore, as well as paper and fabric. She has created art in a wide array of media, including watercolors, oil on canvas, mixed media sculptures, and couture, wearable art.

Warren Hughs is inspired by how things around him are created and what makes them work. Over the past decade, he has developed a diverse skill set, working in welding, woodwork, metalwork, lapidary, and more. He uses found materials, along with his plasma cutter, acetylene torch, and homemade forge, to create beautiful art.

Adrian Villiané enjoys experimenting with different paints and textiles. In addition to acrylics, he sometimes uses more unconventional media, such as eyeshadow palettes. He paints what he feels, often using art as a way to explore identity and individuality.

“Enchanted” will be on display at the Gallery at the Park May 31 through June 24.

Gallery AdministratorMay 31, 2023

Gallery Underground Artists

The Gallery at the Park is now showcasing an exhibition of artists from Gallery Underground.

Gallery Underground originated in the basement of the Roxy Theater in Kennewick. It was a collection of six to eight artists and a guest artist, with displays rotating every few months. They showed paintings, photography, and pottery.

Gallery Underground was open for five years, until its parent store, the Roxy Theatre Antiques and Gifts, closed in 2022.

Our Gallery Underground Artists Exhibition features work from Bill Hermanns, Lisa Kaiser, Marlene Kingman, Heidi Elkington, Margo Fox, Patrick Fleming, Greg Ashby, Carol Betker, and Barb Thrall.

The show will be on display from April 25 through May 29.

The reception will be held on Saturday, April 29, from 1 to 4 PM.

Gallery AdministratorApril 25, 2023

Scholarship Show 2023

This April, the Gallery at the Park presents its annual Scholarship Show, an exhibition of two artists. The first is a visual arts master of fine arts (MFA) student who is enrolled in a university in Washington, Idaho, or Oregon, and the second is a student enrolled in the Visual Arts Program at Columbia Basin College (CBC).

Jurors Mary Dryburgh and Tracy Walker selected this year’s MFA winner, an Iranian student who wishes to remain anonymous, for her animated video titled “Listen.” The second scholarship winner, Maureen Magee-Uhlik, was selected by the CBC Art Department.

Allied Arts Association has been holding Scholarship Shows since 1950, when the organization awarded a scholarship to an artist named Richard “Dick” Morton, an artist studying painting. For more than 70 years, Allied Arts has promoted art education and empowered developing artists by featuring their work in scholarship shows.

Gallery AdministratorMarch 28, 2023

Western Artists

This month, the Gallery at the Park presents an incredible exhibition of Western Artists! Ginny Harding and Rowdy Barry are both rodeo professionals as well as being skilled artists.

Ginny Harding bred Quarter Horses and was active in rodeo events for many years before becoming the first licensed female jockey’s agent in California in 1968.

Harding has been portraying many of the nation’s greatest equine athletes in colored pencil illustrations for almost four decades. Her original drawings hang in the private collections of prominent industry leaders and in galleries and museums across the world.

Harding remains active in breeding and racing Quarter Horses. She served as president of the board of the Northern Racing Quarter Horse Association for over a decade and continues promoting Quarter racing at the local Sun Downs Race Track.

Since he began bullfighting in 1986, Rowdy Barry has become one of the most well-recognized bullfighters in professional rodeo. He appears annually at rodeos like the Reno Rodeo in Reno, Nevada, the El Paso Rodeo in Texas, the Sisters Rodeo in Oregon, and the Horse Heaven Round-Up in his hometown of Kennewick.

“I enjoy what I do and I do it with a smile,” Barry says. “I hope that’s contagious. I do what I do because I love it, and I’ve always taken loving what I do to heart and have tried to live my life that way.”

Barry is the owner of Wild R Ranch & Registered Corriente Cattle Company.

The Gallery at the Park will be showcasing the Western Artists from February 28 through March 25.

The artist reception will be held on Sunday, March 5, from 1 to 3 p.m.