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Current Exhibit

A Democracy of Multiples: Recent Print Publications from the Studio of Mullowney Printing

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Monday through Friday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday: noon to 5 p.m.

A Democracy of Multiples: Recent Print Publications from the Studio of Mullowney Printing will be featured in the Â鶹Çø Gallery in the Miller Fine Arts Center at Â鶹Çø from Oct. 17 through Nov. 22. Mullowney Press founder Paul Mullowney will make remarks regarding the exhibit at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 17, followed by an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Â鶹Çø Gallery with wine and light refreshments. The exhibition features woodcuts, etchings, monotypes and letterpress broadsides published by Mullowney Printing over the past ten years, including work by Sandow Birk and Elyse Pignolet, Demian DinéYazhi', Stephen Hayes, Narsiso Martinez and Marie Watt.

Founder and co–director Paul Mullowney shares the following statement regarding the exhibition:

“The exhibition, A Democracy of Multiples, features recent and past print projects from the studio of Mullowney Printing in Portland, Oregon. The work in the exhibition highlights the important role of print media in our culture to educate and elucidate the public at large. Throughout history, the promulgation of the printed image and word has been an integral part of the forefront of social justice issues. Revolutions and movements were driven by the vision and messaging of artists making work that challenges political norms and authoritarian governments.

In our age when digital image and messaging is ubiquitous through online platforms, this exhibition seeks to elevate the fact that traditional print media is alive and well, indeed flourishing, through the egalitarian means of getting the word out there.”

About :

Mullowney Printing is a multifaceted fine art print studio in Portland, Oregon, publishing traditional print media by leading contemporary artists. They offer community workshops, internships, residency programs, contract printing and public exhibitions.

About Paul Mullowney:

Paul Mullowney has operated Mullowney Printing since 2011, beginning in San Francisco then moving the business to Portland, Oregon in 2019. After becoming a master printer at Crown Point Press in San Francisco in 1990, Mullowney went on to run studios in Japan and Maui, Hawaii. He has taught at Pacific Northwest College of Art and San Francisco Art Institute and has conducted numerous printmaking workshops in America and Japan.

About Harry Schneider:

Harry Schneider has been with Mullowney Printing since 2016 and later became partner and co–director with Paul when the business moved to Portland. Harry helps manage the day–to–day operations of the studio while working on editions. He helps train new printers and apprentices through their program. Schneider graduated from Pacific Northwest College of Art with an MFA in Print Media. He received his BS in Art from the University of Oregon. Harry interned at Hatch Show Print and has helped create printed editions with Watershed Publications.

Sponsorship: This exhibition is sponsored by the Lacroute Arts Series and the Department of Art. The Lacroute Arts Series at Â鶹Çø is made possible by the generosity of arts benefactor Ronni Lacroute. The series, sponsored by the Lacroute Arts Fund at Â鶹Çø, is dedicated to helping the University present art events and activities for the campus and community. It provides programs featuring artists in the areas of music, art and theatre.

Previous Exhibition

Spheres of Influence

Spheres of Influence, a multigenerational exhibition by members of the Hoskinson family, will be featured in the Â鶹Çø Gallery in the Miller Fine Arts Center at Â鶹Çø from Aug. 28 to Oct. 5.

This exciting exhibition, featuring traditional ceramic vessels, sculpture, painting and drawing, honors the works and artistic output of three generations of one artistic family — parents Don and Cindy, daughter Mya and their grandchildren. The family’s special relationship to Â鶹Çø spans several decades, with both Don and Cindy teaching at Â鶹Çø at different periods and Cindy currently teaching. In addition, daughter Brittney graduated from Â鶹Çø and has contributed an essay for the exhibit.

Opening Reception: There will be an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 29. In the Gallery with wine and light refreshments.

Artist Talks: Members of Hoskisson family will present artist talks at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 17. in the Delkin Recital Hall in the , with wine and light refreshments to follow in the Gallery. Delkin Recital Hall is located in the Vivian Bull Music Center at 57 Keck Drive, near the corner of Lever Street. There is ample free parking in the lot east of the building.

About the Artists:

Don Hoskisson is a potter and painter whose artistic practice has spanned more than 50 years and ranges from ceramics to drawing and painting. He received his Masters of Art from Utah State University in 1964 and his Master of Fine Arts from Arizona State in 1971. He taught at Jarvis Christian College from 1966–1969, and at Western Oregon University for over 38 years, retiring in 2003. Hoskisson then team–taught at Â鶹Çø with Cindy until 2015. In addition to teaching, he has been a practicing artist throughout his career with a productive studio practice.

Cindy Hoskinson is an educator and studio potter who has been working in clay since 1980. She was the manager at East Creek Anagama for 30 years. She taught at George Fox University then co–taught with Don at Â鶹Çø, where she is currently teaching. Additionally, Hoskinson has had an illustrious career as a studio potter, exhibiting in numerous exhibitions, fairs, and galleries.

Daughter Mya Cluff is a studio artist living and working in Montana. Cluff graduated from the Oregon College of Art and Craft, receiving a BFA in Craft with an emphasis in Ceramics. Cluff is intrigued with the psychological, political, and interpersonal ramifications of motherhood. She uses her own experience as inspiration, as well as the stories of her peers, written accounts of motherhood, and maternal feminist theory to inform her work. Cluff was a short–term resident at the Red Lodge Clay Center in 2019, Pentaculum at Arrowmont in 2023, and Chehalem Cultural Center in 2024. She has exhibited both nationally and internationally in group exhibitions and has work in various private and public collections.

Daughter Brittney Bailey is a Graduate Fellow in the department of Art History at Rutgers University, specializing in late–nineteenth and early–twentieth century Modernism. Brittney received her BA in English Literature from Â鶹Çø in 2008 and her MA in Art History from American University in 2015. Her research interests include questions of gender, race and transnational exchange. Brittney has held internships in the education departments of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, DC and the Portland Art Museum. She has taught at Rutgers University and Moore College of Art and Design in Philidelphia and George Fox University.

Cindy Hoskisson shares the following statement regarding Spheres of Influence:

“When you sit down with a ball of clay at the wheel, no matter what the finished work is going to become, you start by making a sphere — a strong yet flexible circle that can be stretched wide or lengthened for height or squeezed tight or flattened to create a disk.

When you throw a stone to skip across the water, you create a sphere that continues to spread and make more and more spheres.

For our family, there are many spheres:

• The spheres that bond us together.
• The spheres that require us to create.
• Spheres of community that give us friendships and cause us to stretch and grow, and require more of ourselves and each other.
• Spheres of teaching and sharing what we have and know with each other and with those we are lucky enough to have stewardship over for a short time.

This show represents many of those spheres. The work is old and new, done by us individually and collaboratively. We work together at times to influence each other and support each other. At times, we work alone or separately, but the influence is always there. One piece may touch another just as our spheres hopefully continue to grow and spread, so our work changes and stays the same, and the influence continues.”

SPONSORSHIP: This exhibition is sponsored by the Lacroute Arts Series and the Department of Art. The Lacroute Arts Series at Â鶹Çø is made possible by the generosity of arts benefactor Ronni Lacroute. The series, sponsored by the Lacroute Arts Fund at Â鶹Çø, is dedicated to helping the University present art events and activities for the campus and community. It provides programs featuring artists in the areas of music, art, and theatre

Past events and exhibits

Visit the Â鶹Çø Gallery archive page to view information about past events and exhibits.