GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
The Chehalem Cultural Center exhibits a wide array of artwork throughout the various galleries in the building. The goal of the center is to feature local, regional, national and international artists that create work in all variety of mediums. Our galleries provide opportunities for critical dialogue, and connecting our community with a wide variety of mediums, processes, concepts and themes. Exhibitions typically rotate every two-months.
Galleries are open for viewing and art purchase:
Tuesday - Saturday | 9am - 6pm
Sunday & Monday | CLOSED
If you are interested in purchasing art from the current exhibition, please call 503-487-6883 or email Galleries@ChehalemCulturalCenter.org
Upcoming Artist Receptions
Friday, March 7 | 4pm - 6pm: Celebrate the openings of the The Little Art Exhibit in the Central Gallery and Rose Colored Windows in the Tri Family Lobby Gallery
Artist Receptions are a free event to view new exhibits and celebrate with the artists! Meet the artists, ask them questions, visit with other art lovers, and purchase art pieces. Wine and snacks are available.
If you are interested in exhibiting in our space, please fill out this interest form.
If you are looking for open Calls to Art at the CCC, please click here.
CURRENTLY IN OUR GALLERIES
A Walk in the Woods
January 14 - March 13 in the Parrish Gallery
Free Public Artist Reception: January 24th | 5-7pm
Inspired by the timeless words of John Muir, “And into the woods I go, to lose my mind and find my soul,” this small group exhibition offers a transformative journey into the heart of nature's wild beauty. Like Muir’s own reverence for the wilderness, the show beckons you to step away from the noise of the everyday and immerse yourself in a space where the woods become both a refuge and a place of discovery. Through a dynamic collection of paintings and sculptures, the artists explore a vast spectrum of woodland experiences—some fantastical and surreal, others haunting or forlorn, and all deeply evocative.
Featured Artwork: Tabby Ivy, A Beaconing Within
Ceramics Studio Showcase 2024
January 14 - February 27 in the Central Gallery
Free Public Artist Reception: Friday, January 24 | 5pm - 7pm
This exhibition is dedicated to showcasing the work of Chehalem Cultural Center’s 2024 ceramic studio users and students. Open to all students actively participating in the center’s ceramics program, each individual was invited to submit up to three ceramic artworks for review and selection. In addition, the exhibition proudly features the work of the center’s 2024 ceramic residents: Courtney Maulding, Emily Jung Miller, and Mya Cluff.
Featured Artwork: Courtney Maulding, A Home in Me
Essence Of Oregon
A Solo Show By Christine Joy Swanson
September 2024 - March 2025 in the Loft Gallery
Join us for a mini "retrospective" of Christine’s last 10 years of painting. In this exhibit, she highlights her steady growth as an artist. Each painting in this show is of a scene found here in our beautiful state of Oregon. From mountains, to deserts, beaches, vineyards and more. "The Essence Of Oregon" is what Christine hopes to capture in this display - the feeling and the beauty of home.
Featured Artwork: Christine Joy Swanson, How Far We’ve Come
WE ARE OREGON
Curated by Natasha Luepke
A rotating monthly exhibit in the Founders’ Lobby
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
The Little Art Exhibit
Exhibition Dates: March 4 - May 1, 2025 in the Central Gallery
The Little Art Exhibit invites you to embark on a fascinating journey into the world of the tiny, the delicate, and the intricately detailed. This small group show celebrates that size is no obstacle to creativity. From tiny paintings to intricate papercuttings and minuscule sculptures, this exhibition offers a diverse range of artworks that challenge the boundaries of scale, craftsmanship, and imagination. Every minuscule brushstroke, cut, or sculpted form tells a story of its own. In a world where bigger often takes center stage, The Little Art Exhibit encourages you to slow down, lean in, and celebrate the small things.
Rose Colored Windows
Exhibition Dates: February 4 - May 1, 2025 in the Tri Family Lobby Gallery
“Rose- Colored Windows” by Alexis Neumann features a large-scale interactive installation and accompanying works inspired by traditional stained glass windows reimagined through individual layers of transparent vinyl designs that uses color, light and incidental beauty to celebrate complexity of experience, hope, and resiliency, in the body and mind.
subject: a show about humans, interaction, bodies, relations, and memory
Exhibition Dates: March 15 - May 8, 2025 in the Parrish Gallery
subject: is a traveling exhibition and event series featuring juried work by recent Masters of Fine Arts graduates from the Northwest. Organizer MFA:NW's goal is to connect diverse rural communities and arts ecologies with these early career artists, creating opportunities for connection, conversation, and growth.
Yamhill County Artist Showcase
Exhibition Dates: May 13 - June 19, 2025 in the Parrish Gallery
The Chehalem Cultural Center is thrilled to announce the third biennial Yamhill County Artist Showcase, a dynamic exhibition that celebrates the incredible talent and creativity of our local artists and makers. Whether seasoned professionals or emerging creators, this showcase provides a platform for artists of all skill levels to share their work with the community and beyond.
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