April 18, 2008 - June 28, 2008
Uno E. Richter Atrium Gallery – Watercolors and pastels by Kim Wurster winner of last year’s Peoples Choice Award from the Coos Art Museum Biennial. Her paintings depict skillfully rendered scenes from nature.

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April 25, 2008 - July 5, 2008
Maggie Karl Gallery and Perkins Gallery – This Annual juried competition features the works of painters from 13 western states. Co-sponsored by the Southwestern Oregon Community College Foundation, prize winning works will be added to the collection of the college.

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Juror's Statement

Reality Check: The Uneasy Still Lives of Gary Faigin

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April 25, 2008 - July 5, 2008
Mable Hansen Gallery – Paintings by the juror of the Expressions West 2008 exhibition. Seattle painter, Gary Faigin, is co-founder and Artistic Director of the Gage Academy of Art as well as art critic for KUOW radio in Seattle. He has been exhibiting in Seattle since 1992. His work was featured in a major retrospective at the Frye Art Museum in 2001. Reality Check will inaugurate the museum’s newly remodeled Mable Hansen Gallery.

Photography by Steve Prefontaine

July 1, 2008 - August 2, 2008
Uno E. Richter Atrium Gallery – Few people know that runner Steve Prefontaine was also an amateur photographer. This very special exhibition of his black and white nature photography is timed to highlight the Olympic Trials in Eugene and is brought to us courtesy of the Prefontaine family.

July 19, 2008 - September 20, 2008
First floor of the museum - Maritime art from around the country. Sponsored by the prestigious American Society of Maritime Artists (ASMA) the finest contemporary maritime art will be on display.

Maritime Events!

Featured Maritime Artist - Ned Mueller

July 19, 2008 – September 20, 2008
Perkins Gallery – Ned Mueller of Renton, Washington is one of the jurors for the Annual Maritime Art Exhibition and our featured maritime artist. He is known internationally as a master of Plein Air painting and for his popular workshops.

Selections From The Permanent Collection

July 19, 2008 - September 20, 2008
Mable Hansen Gallery – Selections from the museum’s important collection of modern art, including works by artists such as Alexander Calder, Red Grooms, Robert Rauschenberg and Larry Rivers.

Low Tide: Undetermined Species – The sculptural environments of Angela Pozzi

August 15, 2008 – September 20, 2008
Uno E. Richter Atrium Gallery – Angela Pozzi produces mixed-media sculpture fantasy forms inspired by sea anemones, urchins, corals and other aquatic life. The works are bright, colorful, imaginative and great fun.

October 3, 2008 - December 6, 2008
This museum wide event gives artists living in Oregon the opportunity to exhibit without an extensive jurying process. Galleries will be covered from floor-to-ceiling with participants’ works, professional and amateur hung side-by-side.

December 12, 2008 - February 21, 2009
First floor of the museum – An international competition of contemporary quilts this exhibition premiered at the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, England and was juried by Rudolf Smend of Cologne, Germany.

December 12, 2008 - February 21, 2009
Uno E. Richter Atrium Gallery – A traveling exhibition of 50 small format art quilts. The works from five countries are distinguished by diversity and free exploration with techniques and materials; together they comprise a thoughtful, entertaining and diverse exhibition.

December 12, 2008 - February 21, 2009
Mable Hansen Gallery – Contemporary works of fiber art by five Oregon artists.

March 7, 2008 - April 12, 2008
Second floor of the Art Museum – A juried art competition of high school students from Southern Oregon. Sponsored by Southwestern Oregon Community College Foundation and Coos Art Museum. The exhibition includes drawings, paintings, etchings, photography, ceramics and mixed media. SOCC Foundation provides $6,000 in cash purchase awards, and over $20,000 in tuition waivers.

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March 7, 2008 - April 12, 2008
Maggie Karl Gallery and Perkins Gallery – Artwork by Oregon South Coast art students Kindergarten through 12th Grade. This non-juried show is open to all regional art students.

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December 7, 2007 - February 16, 2008
Maggie Karl Gallery and Perkins Gallery – Current works by artists of the South Oregon Coast [Newport to Brookings] and Southern Oregon [Roseburg to Ashland]. Works include: paintings, drawings, mixed media, sculpture, pottery, fiber art, glass and jewelry.

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December 7, 2007 - January 26, 2008
Uno E. Richter Atrium Gallery – The Top 20 winning watercolor paintings from Watercolor Society of Oregon’s fall 2007 tour will be on display.

Keepers of CAM

February 1, 2008 - March 1, 2008
Uno E. Richter Atrium Gallery – Art by Coos Art Museum's Directors and staff.