Alyson Provax is a text based artist. Her primary medium is letterpress and she often uses repetition as a drawing tool rather than to make multiple originals. This calls into question the didactic certainty of text and can cause the viewer to notice the experience of reading. She is interested in the ways that we communicate things we are a bit uncertain of and how we tie our understanding of ourselves to language.
Cawein Art Gallery
Located at the heart of Pacific University and just 25 miles out of Portland, Ore., the Kathrin Cawein Gallery of Art is integrated into the southeast corner of the Pacific Hall building. The art gallery represents something very special for the academic and creative climates of the campus and surrounding region.
The gallery is named in recognition of the late Kathrin Cawein of New York, who beyond being an accomplished printmaker and contributor to Pacific University, established an endowed scholarship for students of the arts at Pacific.
Exhibits change monthly throughout the academic year and are provided at no cost to the public through the Department of Art. This program constitutes a service that benefits both the University community and the surrounding region. Receptions with exhibiting artists at the openings of their showings provide an opportunity for community enrichment and cultural growth. Artist talks are also scheduled to coincide with the exhibit schedule, to give the artist a chance to share their creative inspirations and motivations related to the works on display.
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An exhibition of vibrant photographs to celebrate the career and retirement of beloved music professor Scott Tuomi.
The Kathrin Cawein Gallery of Art opens its 2024 season with "Chapters," an exhibition of photos by internationally renowned artist John Wimberley. The exhibition runs Feb. 5 to Mar. 7, 2024.