Maryhill features several special exhibitions annually. These exhibitions are on view for a limited run, highlighting a variety of works from the museum’s collection as well as featuring some of the region’s most well-known contemporary artists. Current Special exhibitions are:

Mélange: Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection
March 15–July 7, 2019

Maryhill Favorites: Still Life
March 15–November 15, 2019

Théodore Rivière: Sculpture
March 15–November 15, 2019

Washington Art Education Association Exhibition
Teachers as Artists – Exploring Identity
March 15 – May 26, 2019

Click here for more information on these current special exhibitions.

Explore the natural and urban beauty, and the social worlds of the West Coast through woodcuts, linocuts and wood engravings by artists from Washington, Oregon and California. Among those featured are Oregon artists Berk Chappell, Dennis Cunningham, Erik Sandgren, Jonnel Covault, Manuel Izquierdo and Paul Gentry; Washington artist Yoshiko Yamamoto; and California artists Andrea Rich, Art Hazelwood, Daniel Gonzalez, Gordon Mortenson, Leonard Nuñez, Rik Olson and Tom Killion. The prints showcase not only the natural splendor of West Coast, but also address homelessness, migrant labor, emigration, Native fisheries, logging and environmental issues. All of the 60 works are drawn from the museum’s permanent collection.

Featured Artists:
Alexis Babayan
Berkley Chappell
Jonnel Covault
Dennis Cunningham
Chris Darr
Kristen Etmund
Paul Gentry
Leon Gilmour
Daniel González
Ronnie Goodman
Stirling Gorsuch
Art Hazelwood
Arthur Higgins
Manuel Izquierdo
Tom Killion
Álvaro D. Márquez
Gordon Mortenson
Elizabeth C. Neuman
Peter Nevins
Leonardo Nuñez
Rik Olson
Neil Peck
Roger Peet
Bill Reiswig
Andrea Rich
Erik Sandgren
Micah Schwaberow
Patrick Simon
Charlotte Van Zant-King
Monique Wales
Millie Whipplesmith Plank
Yoshiko Yamamoto
Reinaldo Gil Zambrano

Image: Leonardo Nuñez (Lompoc, CA), Near the San Andreas Fault, 2013, linocut print, 19” x 30”, Collection of Maryhill Museum of Art

More than 40 artists from the Northwest and across the country spend four days in a plein air paint-out in the Columbia River Gorge, capturing the incredible light and landscape, from snowcapped Mount Hood and surrounding orchards, to wineries, high plateaus and waterfalls. Paintings are on view and available for purchase in the museum’s M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust Education Center August 4 to 24. As work is sold and removed, other work created during the paint-out will replace it. A portion of the proceeds support Maryhill Museum of Art.  Thank you to our sponsors: Byron and Sue Henry, Dakine, Dave Burbach Photography, Dog River Coffee, Friends of the Columbia Gorge, Full Sail Brewing Co., Gamblin Artists Colors, Maryhill Winery, Stephen and Laura Muehleck, and Scottsdale Artists’ School. 

Participating Artists:

Celeste Bergin

Deliece Blanchard

Sarah F. Burns

Laurel Bushman

Bets Cole

Janice Druian

Jenay Elder

William E. Elston

Aimee Erickson

Laura Gable

Scott Gellatly

Carole Gray-Weihman

Bonnie Griffith

Susan Elwart Hall

Amanda Houston

Louis Hurlbut

Aaron Cordell Johnson

Bhavani Krishnan

Anna Lancaster

Tracy Leagjeld

Michael Lindstrom

Gretha Lindwood

Sergio Lopez

Tiffanie Mang

Jeffrey Markowsky

Anton Pavlenko

Lilli-anne Price

Joanne Radmilovich Kollman

Cathleen Rehfeld

Sally Reichmuth

Stanley Robinson

James Sampsel

Erik Sandgren

Raphael Schnepf

Kristina Sellers

Nathan Sowa

Matt Sterbenz

Susan Sutherland

Melanie Thompson

Randall Tillery

Yer Za Vue

Elo Wobig

Paul Zegers

Yong Hong Zhong

Come join in the fun as we create a massive 66-foot woodblock print using a steamroller!

This is the culmination of the Exquisite Gorge Project, a collaborative printmaking project featuring 11 artists working with communities along a 220-mile stretch of the Columbia River.

Artists worked with community members from their assigned stretch of river and carved images on 4 x 6 foot wood panels. Each completed panel will be connected end-to-end and printed using a steamroller to create a massive 66-foot print. Washington State Poet Laureate, Claudia Castro Luna, will be at Maryhill to create a poem commemorating the event and the Columbia River. Meet the artists at noon, then enjoy kids printmaking activities, music and more. Free on the grounds of Maryhill Museum of Art.

SCHEDULE:

NOON:
Meet the artists
McClain/Gamblin printmaking activity for kids and adults
Exquisite Corpse Game for families
Artist Demonstrations

1:00 P.M.
Remarks and introductions

1:15 to 2:00 P.M.
First print pass/start will depend on the wind, ink, day

3:30 to 4:30 P.M.
Remarks and then Second print pass

Can’t make this event? You can still see the massive 66-foot print, on view at Maryhill from September 3-25, 2019 in the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust Education Center.