Willem Volkersz, "Vincent in Paris," 2013
Willem Volkersz: The View from Here
January 23 – March 30, 2024
Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery
Organized by the Missoula Art Museum and the South Dakota Art Museum, Willem Volkersz: The View from Here presents a 25-year retrospective exhibition for Volkersz, an internationally-recognized mixed media artist who is known for his neon and paint-by-number installations.
Calvin Cooper, “Spotted Cat,” 1992
Singular Visions: Self-Taught Artists from the Permanent Collection
January 2 – April 20, 2024
Study Gallery and Print Study Center
Organized by curator Jonathan Bucci and drawn exclusively from the Hallie Ford Museum of Art’s permanent collection, the exhibition features works by self-taught artists—artists who have not received any formal training in the visual arts.
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Highlights from the Permanent Collection
September 19 – December 16, 2023
Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art opened its doors in October of 1998. Join us this fall as we celebrate the museum's remarkable history and growth over the past 25 years. The HFMA director, curators, outside scholars, and others have teamed up to mine the collection to reveal its many hidden treasures, often for the first time.
Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts Biennial
August 26 – December 2, 2023
Study Gallery and Print Study Center
The Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts Biennial exhibition features a selection of contemporary prints created by Native and non-Native artists at the Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts on the Umatilla Reservation in northeastern Oregon.
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Tom Prochaska, "Oregon," 2013.
Tom Prochaska: Music for Ghosts
June 6 – August 26, 2023
Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery
This retrospective exhibition explores the career of longtime Portland artist Tom Prochaska. Well known for his open ended narrative works, Prochaska has developed a body of work that often merges dreamlike memories with a dark sense of humor.
Jim Hibbard, "Jerusalem," 1989
Jim Hibbard: Back in View
May 6 – August 12, 2023
Study Gallery and Print Study Center
Jim Hibbard was an important Northwest artist who, after a 30-year career of exhibiting and teaching in Portland, established a new home and studio in Guanajuato, Mexico. This focused survey exhibition makes his Mexican work available to American audiences for the first time as well as revisits work from his earlier Portland years.
Character Development: Senior Studio Art Majors 2023
April 15 – May 20, 2023
Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery
Each spring, the Hallie Ford Museum of Art features the work of senior studio art majors at Willamette University. The exhibition represents the culmination of their four years at Willamette.
Ranran Fan
Ranran Fan: 上天入地 Ends of the Earth
April 15 – May 20, 2023
Atrium Gallery
This year’s featured faculty member is Visiting Assistant Professor of Art Ranran Fan, who teaches 4D art and photography in the Willamette University Art Department.
Rita Robillard (American, born 1944), "Queen of the Night I," from the series "Flower Serenade: A Gift of Time," 2021.
Rita Robillard: Time and Place
January 24 – March 25, 2023
Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery and the Maribeth Collins Lobby
Rita Robillard (American, born 1944) is a highly regarded Portland, Oregon mixed media artist who explores themes of history, nature, ecology and place in her work.
Cat Figurine (with incised wadjet-eye amulet), Ancient Egyptian, Late Period, 664-332 BCE, Bronze, cast; Gift of Fred W. Neumann, 2020.012.004
Hidden Histories: Artifacts of Daily Life in the Ancient World from the Fred W. Neumann Collection and Ancient Mediterranean Textiles from the Permanent Collection
January 3 – April 22, 2023
Study Gallery and Print Study Center
Organized by faculty curator and professor of art history and archaeology, Ann M. Nicgorski, the exhibition features a range of objects of daily life from Egypt, Cyprus, Greece, and Rome; as well as a range of ancient textiles mainly from late Roman to Late Antique Egypt.
David Boxley (Tsimshian, b. 1952), "Legend Adaox," 1988.