2022-2023 Exhibition Season

August 29 – September 23, 2022
Closing reception and Art Talk: Friday, Sept 23 (6:00 – 7:30 pm) Lobby and Gallery

Collaging together fiber techniques, found textiles, and images from family archives, the exhibition explores phases of acculturation, immigrant identity, and ideas about gendered labor. My decorative fringes are influenced by the Middle Eastern tradition of oya (lace edging on a headdress) and its use of symbolic patterns that serve as a secret language between women to express personal sentiments that must otherwise remain private. Adopting these methods of embellishment and encoding, I create adorned, intercultural portraits framed with oya on bedsheets.

Image: Untitled Ellis Island | Solvent photo transfer | acrylic paint, embroidery thread, sequins, yarn crochet on found bedsheet | 2021, 40”x60”

October 3 – October 28, 2022
Opening reception: Friday, October 7th (6:00 – 7:30 pm) Lobby and Gallery

The Leo Fuller Gallery is please to host Stefani Byrd, Stephanie Serpick, and Victoria Smits in this group exhibition which examines domestic interior spaces occupied throughout the pandemic. Each artist presents a unique approach to reconciling shared pandemic experiences through modern technology and traditional materials. Aspects of confinement, repetitive domestic labor, isolation, and renewed hope are transmuted via Lidar Scanning technology and digital photographic print, records of GPS tracking etched into acrylic, and intimate reflections in oil on panel.

Image: Stephanie Serpick | A New Fall #37 | Oil on panel | 16" x 20"

November 7 – December 9, 2022
Opening reception: Friday, November 11th (6:00 – 7:30 pm) Lobby and Gallery
Artist Talk: Saturday, November 19th 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Artist and Curator Selena Kearney, in collaboration with the Paimārire Studio on the Native Art Campus of The Evergreen State College, presents Coast Salish wool weavers and their techniques in an exhibition titled "A Weaver's Voice." Ceremonial Coast Salish weavings offer protection for the wearer and exist in both the spirit and human worlds. Weavers bring thoughts of care and devotion to the loom as they produce their works. This exhibition of Coast Salish weavings highlights the stories and kinship embedded in the art form focused on strengthening bonds and helping others.

Image: Dr. Susan Pavel – saOamitCa | Of The Earth | Wool | 48" x 24"

January 3rd – February 3rd, 2023
Opening reception: Friday, January 6th (6:00 – 8:30 pm) Lobby and Gallery
Closing reception: Friday, February 3rd (6:00 – 8:30 pm) Lobby and Gallery

The Fine Art Postcard Exhibition is an annual event that brings the local creative community together under one theme. The 2023 theme is “From the Edge”. Postcard sized original artworks, created by artists of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds, will be sold through silent auction. All are invited to join the creative celebration! Proceeds from this fundraiser benefit The Gallery.

Image: Sally Vogel | Viewer’s Choice Award Winner 2022

February 13th – March 17th, 2023
Opening reception: Friday, February 17th (6:00 – 7:30 pm) Lobby and Gallery

Explorations of Identity and Personal Narrative
The face is the top surface of something/someone. At the same time, a face can express so much- a life lived. How can a face expand our understandings of ourselves? A face is one way we recognize someone; the features a way of connecting us to others in our family, ancestry, and community. When we come face to face with someone or something, we are engaged not just on the surface level, but attempting to get at a deeper truth. Can we face our past with our current selves and retell our stories as future selves?

Image: Rene Westbrook | Outnumbered #6: 22483 | Malcom X and the White Devil | Acrylic on Canvas

March 27th - April 28th, 2023
Opening Reception: March 31st, 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Award-winning artists from the 2022 Southwest Washington Juried Exhibition, selected by juror Erin Dengerink, are invited back to show new work in this group exhibition. Participating artists include Sandra Bocas, Kyle Bradford, Allyson Essen, Becky Frehse, Becky Knold, Jennifer Lauer, and Charles Pitz.


Image: Charles Pitz | Tempietto (Reliquary) Detail | Mixed media | 10" x 10" x 23"

May 8th - May 12th, 2023
Closing Reception: Friday, May 12th, 6:00 – 7:30 pm

Students worked directly with the visiting artist, Emily L. R. Adams, to create a series of Chine Cole' prints displayed in the Leo Fuller Gallery. This work provided freedom of exploration and expression for each student engaging in a new technical process that is complex but also approachable from beginner through advanced.


Image: Student work.

May 22nd – June 16th, 2023
Opening Reception: Friday, May 26th, 6:00 – 7:30 pm

South Puget Sound Community College’s art faculty selects outstanding work created by students in studio art classes during the 2022-23 year. Works include ceramics, drawing, painting, printmaking, digital photography, mixed-media, 2D and 3D design exercises, and sculpture. A continuous slide show of student work is also included in the exhibition.

Image: 2021 Poster Award | Hayden Witcraft | “Untitled”

July 10th - August 17th, 2023
Opening Reception: Thursday, July 13th, 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm

The Southwest Washington Regional Juried Exhibition serves area artists by providing a high quality exhibition opportunity that promotes the region’s creative identity.

The Southwest Washington Juried Exhibition is organized by The Leonor R. Fuller Gallery at the Kenneth J Minnaert Center for the Arts on the campus of South Puget Sound Community College. Artists working in all media and residing in Clark, Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Pierce, Skamania, Thurston, or Wahkiakum counties are invited to submit an entry for consideration.

Guest Juror: Nathan Barnes

Image: Viewer's Choice 2022 | Patsy Surh-O'Connell | Beautiful Red, White, and Blue | ink on rice paper | 39"x74"