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You can watch the artist talk with Victoria Haven and Claire Dederer online.

Susan Seubert's 2025 exhibition Fragile Beauty was reviewed in Critical Conversations by Hailey Cook.

Read the review A Record of a Slow Death HERE

"Photos like those in Fragile Beauty, which capture rare, breathtaking natural wonders, have the power to spark awareness, attention, and empathy. In this way, Fragile Beauty presents not only a record of a slow death, but a call to action, asking humans to reconsider our relationship with nature, and what we can do, together, in community with one another."

Listen to Nick Blosser speak about his work on the I Like Your Work podcast with artist and curator Erika b Hess.

I Like Your Work is dedicated to supporting artists, creating community and providing opportunities and resources.

Listen to the episode A Life in Painting: Landscape, Egg Tempera & Staying True to Your Work with Nick BlosserHERE

We are excited to share that James Lavadour’s retrospective exhibition, James Lavadour: Land of Origin, is traveling to the Boise Art Museum in Boise, ID, August 29, 2026 – February 28, 2027.

"James Lavadour: Land of Origin is a career retrospective that surveys five decades of artwork by self-trained painter and printmaker James Lavadour (American, Walla Walla, b. 1951, Cayuse, OR). The paintings, prints, and multi-panel grids chart his creative output from the 1980s, when he became a full-time working artist, to his most recent artworks, created in 2025.James Lavadour: Land of Origin was organized by the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene. James Lavadour: Land of Origin was curated by Danielle M. Knapp, McCosh Curator, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon."

For more information visit: https://boiseartmuseum.org/exhibition/james-lavadour-land-of-origin/

James Lavadour: Land of Origin | August 29, 2026 – February 28, 2027

Boise Art Museum

670 Julia Davis Drive
Boise, Idaho 83702

Join us at the gallery Saturday, September 12th, at 2:30 pm for an artist talk with Victoria Haven and author Claire Dederer discussing the process surrounding this body of work and how it connects to ideas of perception, voice and language in her artist practice.

Artist Reception to follow 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm.

Please RSVP to info@pdxcontemporaryart.com

Jenene Nagy's work is included in 50 Years Later: Davidson National Print and Drawing Competition  on view at Davidson College Art Galleries, August 24, 2026— September 27, 2026.

50 Years Later: Davidson National Print and Drawing Competition celebrates the spirit of that original exhibition while reimagining it for today. Similar to previous iterations, the submissions represented a survey of contemporary drawing and printmaking from across the United States.

Exhibiting Artists:
Paul Stephen Benjamin – Yoonhee Choi – Jillian Conrad – Maja Godlewska – María Korol – Ambrin Ling – Jenene Nagy – Adrian Rhodes – Sergio Suárez

For more information visit: https://www.davidsoncollegeartgalleries.org/dcag-exhibitions/50-years-later/

Anna Gray + Ryan Wilson Paulsen are included in the group exhibition What We (Be)Hold, curated by Kendra Roberts, now on view at the Arts Council of Lake Oswego.

“What We (Be)Hold embraces the spirit of what holds our focused attention, wonder, admiration, or spiritual contemplation, as well as what we keep, retain, or clutch close. Artists are invited to submit work in response to ideas around what we should be holding. What are we (be)holding? What or who is holding our attention? To what or whom are we beholden? How do we hold ourselves? How do we hold one another?”

The exhibition will be on view  from August 7th– October 30th, 2026 at Artspace, located at 380 A Avenue in Lake Oswego, Oregon. The gallery is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

For a full list of included artists and more information, visit: https://artscouncillo.org/what-we-behold

We are excited to announce the acquisition of Marie Watt's sculpture Solstice (Crest) by the Frye Art Museum.

The work was selected as part of the Frye’s acquisition initiative with Assembly Art Fair, which reflects a shared commitment to strengthening Seattle’s contemporary arts community by supporting artists and galleries while expanding public access to significant works of contemporary art.

"The Frye Art Museum announces three acquisitions made through its new partnership with Assembly Art Fair, welcoming the first works by Carly Feddersen (b. 1982, Wenatchee, WA, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation), Joe Feddersen (b. 1953, Omak, WA, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation), and Marie Watt (b.1967, Seattle, WA, Seneca Nation of Indians) into the museum’s collection. Made possible with support from the museum’s Lele Barnett Acquisition Fund, the purchases reflect the Frye's commitment to supporting artists whose practices are rooted in the Pacific Northwest while contributing to broader conversations in contemporary art."

The selected works will be the first by Carly Feddersen, Joe Feddersen, and Marie Watt to enter the museum's collection.

More information HERE

Ellen George is included in the group exhibition Decades in the Making: 10 Years of SOLA Awardees, opening July 18, 2026.

This exhibition marks SOLA’s 10th Anniversary and will celebrate the creative legacies of ten years of SOLA Award recipients — mature women artists whose vision, mastery, and resilience continue to shape Washington’s cultural landscape.

“This exhibition is a tribute to the extraordinary women visual artists across Washington selected by their peers as SOLA Awardees — and to Marge Levy, whose support and dedication makes their greater recognition possible,” said Nichole DeMent, Executive Director of SOLA.

https://www.tacomaartmuseum.org/

Congratulations, Ellen

Georgina Reskala has a piece included in the group exhibition A Mi Manera / My Own Way, on view June 5th at the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles.

"A Mi Manera / My Own Way explores the breadth and evolution of the Latino experience through textile art, highlighting the intimate and communal acts of making that carry deep cultural memory. From inherited traditions like embroidery, weaving, quilting, and garment-making to contemporary experiments with fabric, the exhibition will feature artists whose practices draw upon techniques and materials that fill our homes, closets, and altars."

More information HERE