exhibitions.
ART 171 Landscapes, Through a Plastic Lens
June 4, 2024 Fine Arts Building Second Floor It's the end of spring quarter! As photo students finalize their print exchange portfolios, the ART171 class also completes their black and white prints of Holga photos for this showcase "Landscapes, Through a Plastic...
Whatcom Museum: National Geographic Live: Ronan Donovan “Social by Nature”
Friday, May 24, 2024, 7:00PM Show at the Mount Baker Theatre, hosted by the Whatcom Museum The Whatcom Museum is hosting a presentation/talk led by photographer Ronan Donovan. This "biologist-turned-photographer's" works have been featured in National Geographic, his...
COLOR – VU Exhibition of SPE (Society for Photographic Education) WWU Photography Students
April 29 - May 3, 2024 Viking Union Gallery RECEPTION: May 1, 2024 @ 6-7:30pm The photography department is excited to announce that "COLOR", created and produced by the Society for Photographic Education student club, is showing in the VU Gallery from April 29-May 3....
Pinhole Exhibition – Spring 2024
April 29 - May 24 Fine Arts Second Floor Exhibition Cases This spring classes ART373 and ART370 explored making their own homemade pinhole cameras, sometimes also called "garbage cams", to capture some truly unique photos! Pinhole involves the absolute fundamentals of...
Being Present: Call for Entry for Photographic Center Northwest Juried Exhibition
Deadline: Sunday, May 5th This open call comes from the Photographic Center Northwest's Gail Gibson(who will also jury the works submitted). This open themed exhibition will take place in the PCNW gallery from June 27 – August 11, 2024. Submission prices are $50 for 5...
ART 171 IPhone Abstracts
April 10, 2024 Fine Art's Second Floor Hallway Art 171 students were tasked with capturing abstract images using their phones, looking to both Western's campus and their own apartments/living spaces for inspiration. They were able to practice and explore editing,...
Artist Resource Sign Up: The Open Call List
The Tuscan-based photographer Aidan Avery has shared with the WWU photography department a resource for photo students interested in open calls, grants and job opportunities. His email newsletter, titled The Open Call List, contains a detailed list of "available calls...
Artist Opportunities – Open Calls and Grants, all without Application Fees!
The following is a compilation of various open calls for art, some of which have grant money prizes as well. All applications here are free and found on the Artist Trust website. ‘Photography Eyes’ Virtual Exhibition Open Call / Calls & Submissions Deadline March...
Queer in Utah, Fazilat Soukhakian – Blue Sky: Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts
Mar 7 - 30, 2024 Blue Sky: Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts Fazilat Soukhakian is showing in her exhibition Queer in Utah a collection of colored photophras that explores queer expressions of love. Informed by her upbringing in Iran, where she would operate as...
Personal History, Sarah Malakoff – Blue Sky: Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts
Mar 7 - 30, 2024 Blue Sky: Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts Sarah Malakoff's exhibition Personal History is up in the Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts. Her work explores American home interiors, and the stories that they tell. She looks to culture,...
Big Heads Exhibition – Winter 2024
February 15 – March 5, 2024 Fine Arts Second Floor Exhibition Cases This quarter the ART 371 Black and White Photography II class worked on their “Big Heads” project, where they worked in teams to build self-portraits using the basic tenants of studio lighting and...
Holga Flora Fauna: Winter 2024 Show
February 15, 2024 Fine Arts Building Second Floor This winter quarter students in ART 171 worked with Holga cameras to create a collection of work that is now up in the Western Fine Art's Building! Students captured photos with plastic Holga cameras then used the film...
ART 371 Field Trip to Vancouver
This January 31st students in ART 371 Black and White Photography II took a field trip to Vancouver, BC to visit some galleries! They explored the Belkin Gallery and the Vancouver Art Gallery, and also met with the UBC graduate studies director and several MFA...
Photographic Center Northwest: John Henry’s Stranger Fruit
January 11, 2024 - March 10, 2024 Photographic Center Northwest From January 11 to March 10, 2024, Stranger Fruit will be up at the Photographic Center Northwest. New York artist John Henry uses both photography and text in this exhibition, creating photographs in...
Get the Shot – Whatcom Museum’s open call for photography
Submissions are about to open up at the Whatcom Museum for artists to send in their photography work! The Whatcom Museum has announced an open call for Pacific Northwest nature photography, which will be displayed digitally during their upcoming exhibition National...
Fall 2023 Analog Abstract Exhibit
November 16 Fine Arts Building Second Floor This Fall Quarter, the ART171 class has been working with analog photography to create a collection of abstract pieces. Each student made a cohesive set of four images that all explore a chosen theme. Students then used the...
VU Gallery Show: Cameron Peagler’s Black Gold
October 30 - November 17, 2023 VU Gallery Poster for Cameron Peagler's "Black Gold"Photo from the GalleryWritten Story Beside PhotosImages from the show "Black Gold"Images from the show "Black Gold"Images from the show "Black Gold" Cameron Peagler is showing her...
A/political Rocks – Henry Art Gallery
Upper Level Galleries July 22, 2023 — January 14, 2024 The Henry Art Gallery is exhibiting A/political Rocks! The show uses images from the past century found either from documentaries, ground survey images, or photographers with artistic intentions behind their...
The Photographic Garden: Spring 2023 Holga Showcase
May 17 - May 24, 2023 Fine Arts Building Downstairs Exhibit Aili ConleyAleahLewisLunettaSakuraSamone This week students of the ART 370 Black and White Photography 1 class displayed their holga photos. The images were printed on 40 in x 40 in papers and lines the halls...
BFA Exhibition: GET MEDICATED – An Interview with BFA Student Ben Herr
We had the honor to interview Ben Herr, a graduating BFA student, about his final project GET MEDICATED and further understand the process and thoughts behind the project. This interview was unscripted with minor editing. Ben's artist statement: GET MEDICATED...
Nature Morte – Spring 2023
May 3 – May 21, 2023 Fine Arts Building 2nd Floor On the second floor of the fine art building you could view the numerous prints that students have made! Nature Morte ExhibitNature Morte ExhibitNature Morte ExhibitNature Morte ExhibitNature Morte ExhibitNature Morte...
Still Life – Spring 2023
May 3 - May 21, 2023 Fine Arts Building 2nd Floor While looking at some of the works from Lorenzo Vitturi, students tackled the still life, where they looked close at objects and people and how to capture them in order to create a body of works for this exhibition....
Can I Barrow Some Pixels from You? An Interview with Graduating Student Yan Wang
May 9 - May 19, 2023 Western B Gallery Join us at the B gallery to view Yan Wang's work, where you could even leave comments about your exhibition experience in a set-up Yan has included in the middle of the gallery! Continue reading to learn more about this project...
Western Gallery Exhibition: Pareidolia
March 28th – May 6th, 2023 Western Gallery Interested? Go here for more information! https://westerngallery.wwu.edu/teacherscholarartist-and-pareidolia Pareidolia honors retiring faculty member, Professor Barbara L. Miller. The exhibition showcases recent work...