Current Exhibitions
2021 Southwest WA Regional Juried Exhibition
July 12 – August 19, 2021
Guest Juror Aisha Harrison
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.
Image: "Serendipity 1", Jay Shepard, Artist Choice Award 2020.
Exhibitions 2020-2021
Futures Rising
October 5, 2020 - December 11, 2020
A Celebration of Black Artists in the Olympia Community - Curated by Thresea "Momma Tee" Yost.
2021 Fine Art Postcard Exhibition – Leave No Trace
January 4 - February 5, 2021
The Fine Art Postcard Exhibition is an annual event that brings the local creative community together under one theme. The 2021 theme is “LEAVE NO TRACE”. Postcard sized original artworks, created by artists of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds, will be sold through silent auction. Proceeds from this fundraiser benefit The Gallery. All are invited to join the creative celebration!
Image: Lori Ohman Heckman, Viewer’s Choice Award Winner 2019.
CLOSER
February 15 to March 19, 2021
CLOSER highlights three artists from the 2020 Futures Rising exhibition expanding conversations around color prejudice, hegemony, and an exploration of life’s mysteries through photographs, collage, and paintings.
Juror’s Invitational
March 29 - April 30, 2021
Award winning artists from the 2020 Southwest Washington Juried Exhibition, selected by juror June Sekiguchi, are invited back to show new work in this group exhibition. Participating artists include, Marilyn Bedford, Ron Hinton, Hart James, and John Korvell.
Collaboration Installation
May 10 - May 14, 2021
SPSCC art students, led by Olympia based artist China Faith Star, will collaborate with Sean Barnes’ Beginning Drawing students to explore form, content and the environment working with discarded materials and the drawing process. Students will experience all aspects of a collaborative project, including planning, production, installation, and presentation that culminates in an exhibition of the work in The Gallery.
16th Annual SPSCC Student Art Exhibition
June 1 – June 24, 2021
South Puget Sound Community College’s art faculty selects outstanding work created by students in studio art classes during the 2020-21 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: Poster Award – Stag Watson, 'Transmasculine Angel Figure', ceramic.
Artist Opportunities
2022 Fine Art Postcard Exhibition Theme - “Devil’s in the Details”
Entries Due December 10th, 2021 by 5 p.m.
Postcards 4" x 6"
[Grace Romero, Viewer’s Choice Award Winner]
About the Leonor R. Fuller Gallery
Mission
The Leonor Fuller Gallery at the The Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts fosters transformative education and community connections through engaging and challenging exhibitions and programming.
About
The Leonor R. Fuller Gallery is 1200 square feet. The walls are white and made of drywall backed with 3/4-inch plywood. There is an 11-1/2 foot high Unistrut grid system with track lighting throughout, and the gallery is wired for media art. Gallery map and dimensions »