Art Exhibits Feature WSU Vancouver Student Pieces, Ghana Women’s Artwork

VANCOUVER, Wash. – A selection of works from current Washington State University Vancouver student and local artist Jaclyn Humphrey is on display in the Student Services building gallery Jan. 22 to Feb. 22. Humphrey is a senior majoring in Human Development. Her work has won numerous awards locally, and she is an instructor at the Medallion Art School in Vancouver.

Objects created by and for women in Ghana, West Africa are on display in the Library Building gallery Jan. 12 to March 10. The exhibit honors the 50th anniversary of Ghana‘s Independence in 1957 and draws on works from several private collections of African art. The objects include pottery, textiles, beads, sculpture and other works that reflect the significant role women have played as entrepreneurs, mothers, rulers and artists throughout Ghana‘s history. The exhibit is coordinated by the Diversity Council and co-sponsored by Homowo African Arts and Cultures. 

Nii Quarcoopome, a Ghanaian art historian, will speak on campus during the exhibit. Quarcoopome is curator for the Department of African, Oceanic, and New World Cultures at the Detroit Institute of Arts. For more information about Quarcoopome’s lecture, contact Analese Forster at (360) 546-9580.

Colorful acrylic works on canvas by Portland artist Mark Werner will be on display Feb. 2 to March 16 in the Engineering Life Sciences building gallery. His work reflects years of training in painting and printmaking with vivid colors and clean lines while incorporating organic and structural elements. Recent paintings involve incorporating the shapes of stones that have been cast aside from years of being tumbled around the sea with engaging colors. Werner received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting and printmaking from the School of Art at Western Illinois University and studied painting at the Atellier Neo Medici outside of Paris in Verneuil, France. For more information about the artist, visit www.markwernerart.com.

Entry to campus exhibits is free; however payment for parking is required at all times. Parking is available at parking meters or in the blue lot for $2.

WSU Vancouver galleries are open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday.

WSU Vancouver is located at 14204 N.E. Salmon Creek Ave., east of the 134th Street exit from either I-5 or I-205. WSU Vancouver offers 14 bachelor’s degrees, nine master’s degrees and one doctorate degree and more than 35 fields of study. Visit us on the Web at https://www.vancouver.wsu.edu.

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Comb, Ghana Women’s art exhibit

Necklace and bracelet, Ghana Women’s art exhibit

Wildlife paintings by Jaclyn Humphrey

Wildlife paintings by Jaclyn Humphrey