Esvelt
Gallery
Immerse In Art
The Gallery acts as a focal point for ideas presented in all manner of styles, which operate on both intellectual and tangible levels. This availability of art is not only an important aspect of culture for the broader community who view it, but also a valuable part of maintaining a healthy collegial environment for the CBC campus community.
The Esvelt Gallery brings art from visiting artists, faculty, and students through sponsorship from ASCBC and the Art Department. Our desire is to provide an artistic experience through a variety of exhibitions, artist lectures, workshops, and demonstrations, all of which are open to the student body and the public.
Admission is free and the public is welcome.
Art is an experience
Current Exhibit
[re]siding
presented by Stacy Isenbarger
April 1 – May 2, 2024
Artist Lecture: April 11 at 3pm in the Esvelt Gallery
Reception: April 11 following the gallery talk.
The Esvelt Gallery is honored to present [re]siding by Stacy Isenbarger. The exhibition runs from April 1 – May 2, 2024, with an artist talk on April 11 at 3:00pm in the Esvelt Gallery with a reception to follow at the gallery. Stacy Isenbarger’s creative pursuits include sculpture, installation, mixed-media drawings, and supporting community exchange through art.
There has been much worth letting go of in recent years, yet I still feel an atmospheric pull to try and tie the air back together, to weave something grounding where I am. Consumed by various distractions, disappointments, and environmental consequences, throughout [re]siding, I’m reacting to the weight of distance and a lost sense of home. Through each piece, I am attempting to hold space for desired reconnections, renewed sense of hope, or maybe even some bluer skies.Read More
Since 2018, I’ve been working on a series of mixed-media wall relief pieces called Sheds, some of which will be featured in this exhibition. In this series, oddly shaped upholstered forms are entwined with hand-sewn velvet root forms, bare tree branches, and interior trimmings. As these constructed elements pull themselves together or break apart, the familiar materials of home are juxtaposed with the natural and confront the division between the ideal of homes and the ecology of our domestic environments and personas we craft to survive them. In reaction to changes in how we navigate the boundaries between our communal and domestic spaces, my work also considers our physical, personal, and political boundaries. Collisions of textures and materiality put viewers at odds with the familiar, inviting them to confront distance, restraint, and the claims they stake with each other.
Stacy Isenbarger’s creative pursuits include sculpture, installation, mixed-media drawings, and supporting community exchange through art. Isenbarger’s artworks provoke a sense of tactile memory. Her collisions of textures and materiality, within precariously occupied spaces, invite viewers to confront the sentimentality of distance and the tangles of restraint. As an Associate Professor of Art + Design at the University of Idaho, she celebrates her opportunities to explore creative communication and empowerment. She received her BFA at Clemson University & her MFA from the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia. When she’s not teaching or making—and sometimes when she is—she’s usually dancing since the act continuously validates her joy of community acceptance and shaking up space.
For more information please email the CBC Gallery Director at gallerydirector@columbiabasin.edu.
The Esvelt Gallery would like to thank ASCBC for their continued support.
Gallery Hours:
Monday thru Thursday: 8:00am-5pm
Friday: 8:00am-12:00pm
Permanent Collection
This portable collection of curated professional and student artwork is available on a loan basis to the CBC campus community. Currently consisting of over 200 works, including drawings, paintings, prints, and sculptures, it enhances the aesthetics of our campus to help raise awareness of art as an integral part of our daily lives.
Pieces have been purchased and donated by the college, community members and businesses. If you or your business would like to donate pieces for the collection, please contact the gallery director.
Immersive Visual Arts Instruction
If you are a student or you know of a student seeking information to the higher education programs in visual arts, please visit the Visual Arts Program page to get information on courses, exhibit opportunities, our labs and scholarship opportunities.
Call for art
The Esvelt Gallery is now accepting proposals for solo and group exhibitions for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Applications accepted throughout the year. Honorariums awarded to exhibiting artists. No sales are conducted through the Esvelt Gallery, and inquiries will be directed to the artist.
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(509) 542-4864
P-Building, P-100
2600 N. 20th Ave.,
Pasco, WA 99301