Eastern Washington Downtown Gallery hosts EWU Student Bazaar

The Eastern Washington Downtown Gallery has been busy as it just hosted the, "Art of Gail Tremblay: Searching for ways to live in the circle of things that support life."

The exhibit featured baskets woven from film and sweet grass, installation pieces and mixed media art. The artist, Gail Tremblay, is an Onondaga and Mi'kmaq Tribe writer, teacher mixed media artist and advocate for Native people, Indigenous issues and women artists.

Even though the last showcase just ended, the gallery is moving right along into its next art work. This one is a little unique though as it will be art done by students and alumni for the EWU Student Bazaar.

"The EWU gallery used to always do a student bazaar, but this gives the students an opportunity to sell their own artwork," Elizabeth Baker, the organizer for the gallery, said. "This way they can put themselves out there and get feedback on their work."

The show is scheduled to open on Monday, Nov. 13 and run until Friday, Dec. 1. The students displaying their work will be available for a meet and greet for an artists' reception on Thursday, Nov. 16 from 4:30 – 6 p.m. at the gallery.

Fourteen booths will be open during the time frame from current and past students along with the "Last Chance Sale" on Dec. 1.

The students and alumni participating are Amanda Caldwell, Joe Contabile, Remelisa Cullitan-Stillinger, Rebekah Curtis, Ashleigh Davidson, Brittany Decker, Whitney Evans, Olivia Evans, Joel Gaytan, Michael Haynes, Jake Miller, Krystn Parmley, Jonathan Stephan and Kat Walker.

Jenny Hyde, an art professor at EWU, was the one who organized all the students participating.

"I just asked senior art students who have shown ambition and progress in their chosen mediums," Hyde said. "I also asked some alumni if they wanted to participate as well. The work at the bizarre will be a variety of drawings, paintings, ceramics, even zines and stickers. I told the students to have fun with it. There will be nice selection of fine art as well as smaller fun items that are priced to sell."

A zine table, which is pronounced "zeen" and a self-published mini-magazine, from some visual communication design (VCD) students, will also be showcased.

The gallery is in a renovated space located in Brewster Hall at 404 Second St and it is open Monday through Friday from noon – 5 p.m.

"It would be great to see the community come out and support the students and their hard work," Baker said. "The focus of this event is for students to sell their work and learn from it. Professional development is the ultimate goal."

Grace Pohl can be reached at [email protected].