Upcoming Events

Sequoia Gallery is pleased to participate in this year’s Washington County Open Studios Tour. The tour is October 20th and 21st, from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM both Saturday and Sunday. Artists will be displaying their work in the studios and classroom, and art demonstrations will be ongoing through the weekend.

Check the Sequoia web site for a full schedule of art demonstrations, and a list of participating artists. A full list of artists and galleries participating in the Washington County Open Studios Tour, along with a map and description, is online at https://www.washcoart.org, and in the 2018 catalog, available at Sequoia Gallery, and other places around town. When you pick up a catalog, be sure to enjoy the cover image, a beautiful tiger painted by Sequoia artist Leopoldine Brew!

Come and experience the array of artists in the community and support your local arts.

Sequoia Gallery + Studios welcomes Dawning McGinnis, the 2018 Artist in Our Community funded by Hillsboro Arts and Culture Council. Come make a postcard-sized mini art work with Dawning on Friday, August 10th from 1:30pm – 4pm. This pop-up art event is free and open to the public.

Dawning tours Hillsboro for  2-3 days each week this summer sharing the joy of art.  She invites community members to paint small, postcard-sized pictures which she collects. By the end of the summer, Dawning plans to collect enough art postcards to create large mural of mini artworks.  The finished project will be unveiled at the Walter Center on October 2nd.

Sequoia supports sharing the joy of art! Come spend an hour or so with Dawning making art postcards in Sequoia’s Classroom on August 10^th!

“Faces of the Matriarch” is a multimedia collaboration between artists Eliat (Ellie) Avivi, Christina Massocco, and Martin Conley. These three artists have come together to build an exhibition that honors the four elements. It is a reprise of 2017 collaboration Sun Moon Sea. Ellie and Christina have created acrylic paintings on canvas painted collaboratively and individually which reflect the forces of nature. Martin has designed sculptures that narrate the movement and power of these elements.

Christina says, “For me the four elements represent beauty and terror. Faces of the Matriarch has given me a chance to meditate on our Mother’s ferocity and fragility”.

Ellie explains they have loved the challenge of collaborating on a collection encompassing the four elements of classic wisdom. Interacting with these elements has allowed them to process the power of each and the interaction among them. Connecting the associations they conjured up and looking for ways to express the feelings they evoked by employing line, form, and color. When painting these pieces, the question arose, “What do they feel like; which colors do we use?” When the answers were found, the show came alive.

Sequoia Announces Judge for Plein Air Event

Sequoia is pleased to announce our judge for the 2018 Plein Air @ Washington County event, well-known painter, Stephen Hayes. Stephen lives in Portland, Oregon and teaches art at Oregon State University. He is represented locally  by Elizabeth Leach Gallery in Portland, Oregon. His work is in many public and private collections in the US and around the world. Stephen received the 2018 John S. Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship Award and the 2011 Hallie Ford Fellowship for Visual Arts. Other awards include fellowships from The Oregon Arts Commission, The Ford Family Foundation and the Western States Arts Federation.

For more information about Stephen Hayes and to view his work, please visit his website: www.stephenhayes.net

There was a lot of excitement on opening night of Hip2BSquare 2018. Over 300 attenders voted for their favorite artwork in the following categories: Best Adult 2D, Best Adult 3D, Best Student 2D, Runner Up Student 2D, and Best Student 3D artworks. The winners respectively are: Donna Clark- “She Flies With Her Own Wings”(painting), Tom Boring- “Crabby Crab”(metal assemblage), Dylan Mead- “Make the World a Betta Place”(painting), Emily Wisshack- “The Warmth of a Touch” (painting), and Mary Anne Laxamama- “Embrace”(ceramic sculpture).

This year, Sequoia’s annual invitational show focused on area high school students. Our president, Barbara Mason, applied to the Cultural Coalition of Washington County and received a $1500 grant to provide scholarship entry fees for high school students. As a result, of the 182 students who signed up, we had 150 students participate in the show, and 89 adults.

The volume of work turned in is amazing and, as always, the variety of expression is exciting to see. A large part of the fun is the artist statements which are requested from each participant and posted beside their artwork. Many of the students responded with statements also, and these offer insight into the thought processes of their work.

Many of the students expressed their appreciation to the Sequoia staff for the opportunity of having their work exhibited in a professional gallery. The show is a well earned affirmation of their artistic talents. Sequoia hopes to continue attracting area students for next year’s show- as well as our long time adult artists attenders.

Hip to Be Square 2018, photos: Lawrence Whitlock

CALL TO ALL ARTISTS!

September 26 – 29, 2018

Sequoia Gallery + Studios in Hillsboro, Oregon, is proud to continue as host to the 10th annual Plein Air @ Washington County. Capturing moments in time from farm to forest to downtown at various outdoor venues, artists are invited to paint their chosen scenery from Sept 26-29.

The highlight of the event, the artists reception and awards presentation, will be held in downtown Hillsboro at Sequoia Gallery on the evening of Saturday Sept. 29. The juror will be Stephen Hayes.

The Plein Air art show and sale will begin on Sept. 29 at Sequoia Gallery + Studios, and continue to be on exhibit throughout October, Hillsboro Arts Month.

Applications can be obtained from the Sequoia Gallery official site, http://sequoiagallerystudios.org/events/plein-air-2018/

Early Bird Registration 50 before June 30, 2018

Regular Registration 55 after July 1, 2018

Late Registration 60 after August 27, 2018

Email questions to Jen at champlinjen@gmail.com or call 503-307-8017

Sequoia Gallery + Studios invites artists living in the greater Portland area to participate in a non-juried, fundraising, open show in April. The gallery will show 12″ square original works created by up to 200 artists, with a section showing 12″ square works by Sequoia members.

Included in the entry fee of $25 is a 12” x 12” canvas or wood panel. Artists of all ages, experience levels and mediums are welcome.

Entry forms are available in the gallery and on the website. Substrates are available in the gallery beginning January 30^th.

People’s Choice voting for the winning compositions in several prize categories begins on Tuesday, April 3. Award winners and prizes will be announced at the Artists’ Reception in the evening on April 3,

Sequoia Gallery + Studios is expanding this year to include area high school students, so expect the walls and halls of our gallery to be filled with imaginative compositions!

Visit our website to download application.

Sequoia members and volunteers gathered at the home of Sequoia President Barbara Mason on January 25th to celebrate a successful 10th Anniversary Year. The guests of honor at the party were our dedicated volunteers, without whose help Sequoia would not have been able to stay in business for a decade.

Members and volunteers celebrated with lasagna and salad with French bread. Wine was donated by Gayle Pedemonte and Barbara Mason. Appetizers, including a “killer” artichoke dip were donated by Gayle Pedemonte. A white elephant gift exchange was also enjoyed by all.  Some gifts were very nice and some were very white “elephant-ish”.

Our 2017 volunteers include:

Heather Rubicam, Catering for our monthly First Tuesday Art Receptions

Jan Simmons, Community Board Members, Plein Air Committee Member

Carol Loughner, Community Board Members, Plein Air Committee Member

Kay Warden, Gallery Staffer

Doug Petite, Gallery Staffer, Exhibitions, and Jack of All Trades

Mia Hocking, Plein Air Committee Chair

Marlene Nash, Food Server on First Tuesday

Hugh Ferguson, Wine Server on First Tuesday

Catherine Volle, Wine Server on First Tuesday

And all the Sequoia members who volunteer their time in many ways to help run our 501 c3 art non-profit, making the whole larger than the sum of the parts!

Many thanks to everyone for making it a successful 10 year anniversary!