Harmony campus opens art gallery
photo by Cassidy White
BY CASSIDY WHITE
The Clackamas Community College throu gh a co m p etitive process
He added, “The gallery as attractor
Harm ony Cam pus has a new art m anaged by a Foundation Board was a big motivator for the Committee
Committee.
approving funding.”
gallery open to the public.
According to Sunny Olsen, Director
Greg Fitzgerald, executive director
Linda Carlile, Enrollment Services
o f C o m m u n ity E ducation and o f th e C lackam as C om m u n ity Specialist, pointed out that although
Harmony Campus, the gallery w ill \College Foundation, said in an email the gallery w a sn ’ t created w ith
that the art gallery won the m ini the intent to sell artwork, those
feature a new exhibit every term.
This fall’ s exhibit is comprised of grant because, “ The Committee was interested m ay purchase artwork
Community Ed students’ work, and intrigued by a couple aspects of the displayed in the gallery.
winter term will display the best of Harmony Art Project; first, they saw
Harmony staff do not give out the
fall CCC art students. This spring, the it as a way to encourage community artists’ personal inform ation, but
gallery will display the work of a local members and neighbors to come on interested buyers m ay leave their
artist and former instructor, Kjirsten campus and explore. A similar gallery contact info for an artist.
“ The pieces are so good that folks
Severson, and this summer term will on the Wilsonville campus, funded
display artwork that the Harmony by a grant from the Ford Foundation, w ere askin g to buy them from
draw s sig n ifica n t num bers o f the m inute the gallery op en ed ,”
Campus staff has put together.
The art gallery was funded by a com m unity m em bers to view the Fitzgerald said. “What a boost for the
mini-grant, which are grants awarded works presented.”
artists who are showing their work.”
Melissa Padron, the Com m unity
Education Coordinator, mentioned
that the inspiration behind the gallery
was not only to display the hard work
of the Com m unity Ed classes, but
to make the public aware that they
actually offer Community Ed Classes.
A list of Com m unity Ed classes
are available at the back of the CCC
catalog.
The art gallery is open during
norm al business hours: M onday-
Thursday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and
Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
If you are interested in having your
artwork featured in the art gallery
next year, contact Sunny Olsen at
sunnyo @ clackamas. edu.
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