Cawein Gallery Exhibit: Vivian Visser

Works from Chicago-based sculptor Vivian Visser will be on display during Sculpture, the latest exhibit at Pacific University's Kathrin Cawein Gallery of Art.

Sculpture will display beginning Tuesday, Jan. 31 and continue through Friday, Feb. 24 at the Cawein Gallery, located in Scott Hall on the Forest Grove campus. Gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays.

An opening reception featuring light appetizers will take place from 4 to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 1. Both the exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.

Visser sees shelter form as embodying the soul's desire to retreat into a comforting and protective environment. She explores the human experience through natural materials, drawing the viewer away from the controlled man-made world and into the raw, mysterious realm of nature, where Visser believes we are both vulnerable and most real.

About the Kathrin Cawein Gallery of Art

Located at the heart of Pacific University, the Kathrin Cawein Gallery of Art is integrated into the southeast corner of Harvey W. Scott Hall.

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. The fund was established through the sale of her intaglio etchings and engravings during exhibits at Pacific, as well as from the proceeds of her estate after death in 1996.

The gallery’s north-south directional orientation, track lighting, and textural wall surfacing contrasted with brick walls provide a wonderful space in which to view art.

Outside window views bring natural light and a sense of warmth from the campus environment into the gallery. Adequate storage and an exterior south entrance facing the center of campus have made the gallery known as one of the best university galleries in the state of Oregon.

Exhibits change monthly throughout the academic year and are provided at no cost to the public through the University’s Art Department. 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. At times, artist talks are also scheduled to coincide with the exhibit schedule, to give the artist a chance to share his or her creative inspirations and motivations related to the works on display.


For more information, contact Junko Iijima (503) 352-2870.