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White Sturgeon Art Gallery

Now Showing Nov 7, 2009 through Dec 30, 2009

The Water Center's White Sturgeon Gallery proudly presents a selection of paintings by Grays Harbor College art professor, Erik Sandgren. Sandgren's Northwest Waters is drawn from paintings over the years of the waters of the Pacific Northwest. In his own words, “My paintings sort into two general groups – those from memory, imagination generated in the studio and those done directly from nature. My long-term project has been to gradually weave these two strands together; to bring the freshness and vitality of observation to the invented image and to bring the powers of dreamlike vision to my plein air painting."    

General Information

The Water Center’s White Sturgeon Art Gallery was established in 1999 as a showcase for nature-inspired art. Occupying two 40-foot-long corridors on the first and second floors of the spacious Water Center, the White Sturgeon exhibits the work of emerging and established Northwest artists in a variety of mediums.

At the heart of the gallery is the Water Center’s mission of educating all people in an awareness of precious local waters. Regular visitors to the White Sturgeon will see a changing variety of photography, paintings, carvings, ceramics and fiber arts, among other media, all related to the Pacific Northwest’s environment. Exhibits run for two months and are scheduled through White Sturgeon coordinator/educator, Maya Jones.

Inquiries may be directed to Maya.Jones@ci.vancouver.wa.us or by calling 360-487-7111.