Current Exhibition

Artists and Specimens: Documenting Contemporary Experience

September 7 – October 22
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 7, 5 – 7 p.m.
Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art

This exhibit is the fourth and final exhibition organized in conjunction with the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial commemoration.

Recognizing that much of the Corps of Discovery legacy comes to us in the form of the journals kept by the explorers and the many natural history and anthropological specimens collected by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, this exhibition presents six artists who are committed to exploring the world around them.

Through journaling, collecting, documenting, and preserving, these artists give us present-day accounts of the human experience. Artists Barton Lidices Benés, Mark Dion, Tony Foster, Terry Evans, Cornelia Hesse-Honegger and Sue Johnson are included in this exhibition.

Artist’s Talks by Terry Evans, Prairie Explorations, September 21 and Sue Johnson, An Alternate Encyclopedia, October 19, 5 p.m., both in Miller 105.

Reception, exhibition, and talks are free.

Hours

Regular Hoffman Gallery hours, Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Parking on campus is $3 on weekdays/ free on weekends.

For more information, call 503-768-7687.

Updated August 23, 2006