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
Rising and Gliding
September 16 through October 31
Image: Tingler, Oil, Alkyd on Panel, 2004, 35 ½” x 79 ¼”
Rising & Gliding is an exhibition that features a selection of works by artist Richard Martinez (1965-2020). The artwork in this show expresses a deeply personal visual language that intertwines culture, art history, and the pure act of painting. The shaped paintings create a connection between baroque and Hispanic cultural elements while simultaneously referencing Modernist painters like Frank Stella and Elsworth Kelly. The artwork is primarily non-representational and does not lead to a specific or singular narrative, but rather allows for each individual to freely explore the possibilities of meaning that can arise by experiencing the work.Read More
In an artist statement for the 2018 exhibition entitled Poetics of Place at Walla Walla University, Martinez said this about his work and process, “For me, it has been tension between a few things like; subjectivity/objectivity, Hispanic/Western cultures, ornate/Modernist painting and shaped canvas, objects/invisible windows. Living as a Mexican-American in this time and place has been influential. Tension between fitting into community and being “us” is always there. Many customs like language, stories, food always provides alternative ways of seeing.”
Highlights of his exhibition history include solo shows at galleries in Houston, and San Antonio, Texas, as well as Portland, Oregon, and Sacramento, California. His work has also been featured in numerous group exhibitions across the United States. Notable exhibitions and features include Texas Biennial 2011, Austin, TX, Magnetic Fields, at SW School of Art, San Antonio, TX, and Divergent Strategies, Bush Barn Art Center, Salem, OR, Artist Trust Fellowship Award and the periodical New American Paintings.
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.
Floor Plan
Exhibit Events
Exhibit: Rising & Gliding
Exhibit: Rising & Gliding
Exhibit: Rising & Gliding
Contact US
If you have questions regarding exhibitions or the gallery, please reach out!
(509) 542-4864
P-Building, P-100
2600 N. 20th Ave.,
Pasco, WA 99301