Robert Sperry: Bright Abyss
October 10, 2009 - January 31, 2010

This retrospective explores the life and artistic evolution of one of ceramics’ great innovators, highlighting over 70 works of art, including platters, wall plaques and sculptures, that examine Sperry’s lifelong dedication to innovation in ceramic art... (more)

Robert Sperry, #833, 1988   Photo: Robert Vinnedge

Edge of the Sublime: Enamels by Jamie Bennett
November 3, 2009 - February 28, 2010

Internationally acclaimed artist and innovator in the world of contemporary jewelry, Jamie Bennett, explores the artist’s imaginative use of paint, pencil and enamel to create uncommonly poetic and highly sensuous works of art... (more)

Jamie Bennett, Florilegium I   Photo: Kevin Sprague

John Buck: Iconography, Work from the Collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation
November 3, 2009 - February 28, 2010

Comprised of over 40 artworks, including woodblock prints, sculpture, three-dimensional wood panels and Buck’s little-known series of glass jars, this exhibition is the first large-scale museum survey of the artist’s visually complex work since 1993... (more)

John Buck, North of South   Photo: Strode Photographic, Portland, OR