Past Exhibitions
2022 PAST EXHIBITIONS
The Joy of Community
Holiday Group Show:
Gallery Artists
Featuring Leo Adams
December 2 – 18, 2022
EAST/WEST
Group Show:
EAST – Darcie Roberts + Gayle Scholl
WEST – Carol Ross + Abbie Birmingham
November 5 – 27, 2022
WILD
Solo Show:
with artist Sara Gettys
October 1 – 31, 2022
This exhibition was generously underwritten by
Nona Schulz
Cornucopia
Group Show:
Volunteers and Directors of Boxx Gallery
Penn Shelton Art Collection Pieces
Leo Adams
Septmeber 3 – 25, 2022
This exhibition was generously underwritten by
Tieton Made + Mighty Tieton, LLC
Images of the Shrub-Steppe
A collaboration with Boxx Gallery and Cowiche Canyon Conservancy.
Juried by Christie Tirado and Tom Harris
August 6 – 28, 2022
This exhibition was generously underwritten by
C4CCC & Mark & Sara Holtzinger
The Potter’s Touch
A group show featuring:
Featuring local potters: Jan Crocker, Jane Fassel, Jane Gutting, Mike Hiler, Carolyn Nelson, Amanda Ontiveros, Debbie Sundlee, and Michelle Wyles along with Seattle potter, Nancy Bocek.
July 2 – 31, 2022
This exhibition was generously underwritten by
Robert & Leslie Wahl, Nona Schulz, and Kathy Hennessy
LIMINALITY
A solo show featuring:
LeAnne Ries
June 4 – 26, 2022
This exhibition was generously underwritten by
Elliot Ries of Capital Advisors Wealth Management
A Thread Runs
Through It
A solo show featuring:
Joan CawleyCrane
May 7 – 29, 2022
This exhibition was generously underwritten by
Ed Marquand of Paper Hammer.
In Your Face Color
A solo show featuring:
Skip Smith
April 2 – May 1, 2022
This exhibition was generously underwritten
by Kathy Miller Parrish of Ascend Financial Managers.
New Painting
A solo show featuring:
Tom Hausken
March 5-27, 2022
This exhibition was generously underwritten
by Ryan Beckett of Keller Williams Realty.
NATURE+1
A solo show featuring:
Barbara Bryn Klare
February 5-27, 2022
This exhibition was generously underwritten
by Mark and Sara Holtzinger.
2021 PAST EXHIBITIONS
Gifts From the
Artist’s Hands
Holiday Show
A group show featuring art for holiday gift giving!
December 4 – January 23, 2021/2022
This exhibition was generously underwritten by
PayneWest Insurance.
TEXTURES
A group show featuring:
Rob Prout
Jackie Prout
Nancy Gabriel
November 6 – 28, 2021
Four Your Eyes Only
A group show featuring:
Susan Harris
Cathy Lapsley
Sheryl Pickering
Darcie Roberts
October 2 – 31, 2021
This exhibition was generously underwritten by
Leonard Rickey Investment Advisors, PLLC.
Art As Story
A mixed media show featuring:
Jane Gutting
Michelle Wyles
Janice LaVerne Baker
Betsy Bloomfield
Kate Bowditch
September 4 – 26, 2021
Images of the
Shrub-Steppe
The 5th Annual Art Exhibition featuring works inspired by the shrub-steppe lands of Cowiche Canyon Conservancy.
Juried by Carolyn Nelson
August 7 – 28, 2021
Uncultivated
Renee Adams
Mixed Media Sculptures
Rachel Hall Kirk
Drawings and Watercolors
July 3 – 31, 2021
Christie Tirado
Gráfica del Campo:
Cultivating the Yakima Valley / Cultivando el Valle de Yakima
June 5 – 26, 2021
A special thank you to Chelsea Abeyta, Meg Irwin, and Sarah Snyder with Invest In Yakima for supporting local arts and underwriting this exhibition. Visit investinyakima.com.
DRAWING FROM THE WELL
CHERYL H. HAHN
Works in Graphite, Charcoal, Color Pencil, Watercolor, and Ink
May 1 – 29, 2021
T. A. Harris
Marty Lovins
Mixed Media
April 3 – 24, 2021
ART IN ISOLATION
Rosie Saldaña
Carlos Prado
February 20 – March 27, 2021
2020 EXHIBITIONS
Sixth Annual
Holiday Show
Group Exhibition
November 2020 to January 2021
“Leo Adams Paintings”
from 1978 – 2020
September/October 2020
Commentary and installation of Leo’s show
Sara Gettys
Sara Cate
Janice LaVerne Baker
“Images of the Shrub-Steppe” Online Exhibition
July/August 2020
A collaboration with Boxx Gallery and Cowiche Canyon Conservancy
Juried by Renee Adams
Exhibition and Publicity Coordinator – Gallery One, Ellensburg
Brian Holtzinger
Mark Sudmeier
“Nothing Left But Bones”
March 7-28, 2020
BRIAN HOLTZINGER
Watercolor on Paper
MARK SUDMEIER
Mixed Media, Wood, Wire, Paper
Opening Reception with the artists:
Saturday, March 7 | 11am-4pm
“Layers Upon Layers”
February 1-29, 2020
JANICE LA VERNE BAKER
Mixed Media
JAY CARSKADDEN
Mixed Media, Jewelry, Enamel
Opening Reception with the artists:
Saturday, February 1 | 11am-4pm
2019 EXHIBITIONS
Fifth Anniversary Group Show
of 40 Gallery Artists —
Showing Small Works
“Five Golden Rings”
December 7, 2019 through January 25, 2020
Opening Reception with the artists:
Saturday, December 7 | 11-4pm
Party + Music with The Fruit Tramps
Saturday, December 7 | 5-8pm
Come celebrate Boxx Gallery!
Everyone is welcome!
Thank you to all the Boxx Gallery artists, patrons, and volunteers! We hope to see you there!
SUSAN MICHAEL HARRIS
Acrylic and Oil Paintings
T.A. HARRIS
Mixed Media
“Landings”
November 2-30, 2019
Opening Reception with the artists:
Saturday, November 2 | 11am-4pm
Kathleen Faulkner
Larry Bullis
October 5 – 26, 2019
Opening Reception with the artists:
Saturday, October 5 | 11-4pm
Kathleen Faulkner, a northwest native, has traveled extensively in the Pacific Northwest, experiencing and documenting what she sees. She works with the idea of a visual journal that keeps track of the times, places and events. Her preferred medium is oil pastel. Faulkner’s formal training was at Cornish College of the Arts, in Seattle. She is the recipient of the 2019 Luminaries Artist award at the Museum of Northwest Art in La Conner.
Larry Bullis is a Yakima native who recalls his childhood fascination with photography watching images appear mysteriously when his mother, a piano teacher at the Wilson School of Music, was given the opportunity to make her Christmas cards in Lorrie Plath’s darkroom. He has had three long careers in Photography, as an exhibiting artist, a college art instructor, and working photographer. He was a travel and garden photographer for Sunset Magazine during its previous incarnation under the Lane family. His artwork has often departed from the traditional medium, but in this exhibit he presents traditional black and white gelatin silver prints from both lens and pinhole images made in the desert regions of the West.
The two artists now live and work in Anacortes.
Cynthia Neely
Oil and Cold Wax and Acrylic Paintings on Panels
“Passing Through”
September 7-28, 2019
Opening Reception with the artist:
Saturday, September 7 | 3-5pm
Poetry and image meet in “Passing Through” – an exhibit of paintings by Cynthia Neely.
The exhibit is held in conjunction with LiTFUSE, a yearly poetry gathering held in Tieton, sponsored by Tieton Arts and Humanities, September 27-29, where Neely will also lead a workshop that marries poetry with visual images.
An art exhibit featuring 50+ works by 40+ artists inspired by the shrub-steppe lands of Cowiche Canyon Conservancy juried by Monica Miller, Executive Director of Gallery One Visual Arts Center.
“Images of the Shrub-Steppe”
July 6 – August 24, 2019
Exhibit opening:
Saturday, July 6 | 11-4pm
Opening Reception with the artists:
Saturday, July 20 | 11-4pm
What is Shrub-Steppe?
Shrub-steppe is a type of arid landscape, made up of native perennial grasses, shrubs, and flowering plants. Historically, shrub-steppe dominated the landscape of Eastern Washington, but today, less than half of Washington’s shrub-steppe remains.
MONIKA J. LEMMON
Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture
“Connections”
June 1-29, 2019
Opening Reception with the artist:
Saturday, June 8 | 4-7pm
Monika Lemmon is as artist from Selah, WA. She received her BFA in Metalsmithing from Central Washington University and her MFA in Studio Art from the University of Idaho. Currently she resides in Denver, CO where she instructs Drawing at Metropolitan State University. Her creative background consists of a wide variety of media and she is currently exploring human anatomy and landscape in both two and three-dimensional media. Her work is driven by an interest in causality, perception of lived experience, and fascination with the natural world.
Artist Statement:
The present is inherently connected to the past. Discovering connections that determine current circumstances exposes the past as a burden, a continuous chain of triggers and reactions that engulfs the individual and buries them in a chronology of determined events.
The work in this exhibition illustrates an anxiety sparked by the realization that everything is connected, somehow, to the past. Stratigraphic layers suggest the passage of time in stacked sequences; each layer of strata corresponding to the one that came before it. Anatomical forms are abstracted and merged with artificial structures and human figures are immersed in chain, wrapped in inescapable bonds and suspended in stifling compositions.
Gayle Scholl — It’s Personal IV
Darcie Roberts – Under Cover
Dena Elzie — Winters Light II
DARCIE ROBERTS
Pastels
DENA ELZIE
Cold Wax Medium
GAYLE SCHOLL
Cold Wax Medium
“Convergence”
May 4-25, 2019
Opening Reception with the artists:
Saturday, May 4 | 11-4pm
Come explore the wonderful work
of three local artists.
Jane Fassel
Michelle Wyles
Carolyn Nelson
Jeff Kent
23 AREA SCULPTORS
works in bronze, metal, wood, clay and mixed media
“Sculpting the Valley III”
April 6-27, 2019
Opening Reception with the artists:
Saturday, April 6 | 11-4pm
Come see the works of 23 area sculptors in bronze, metal, wood, clay and mixed media assemblages.
Special guests:
Heritage University
Art students
CARMELA NEWSTEAD
Paintings
“Connections”
March 2-30, 2019
Opening Reception with the artist:
Saturday, March 2 | 11-4pm
Explore the wonderful paintings of
artist Carmela Newstead.
“Life’s challenges are like climbing mountains
Look ahead, to the sky, to the birds
Don’t fall back into the sea.”
John Barany
Jane Fassel
Randal Leek
JANE FASSEL
Ceramic Artist
JOHN BARANY
Wood Turner
RANDAL LEEK
Wood Sculptor
“Evolution of Space”
February 2-23, 2019
Opening Reception with the artists:
Saturday, February 2 | 11-4pm
Come explore the exciting new works of local three-dimensional artists.
The “Evolution of Space” series is the collaboration of Barany, Fassel and Leek expressing three-dimensional art as it has evolved in each of their personal development to form exciting works that challenge, as well as invites viewers to appreciate beautiful art first hand.
All three artists have been long-time residents of the Yakima Valley and show their works throughout the west coast.
BOXX GALLERY THIRD ANNIVERSARY
GROUP SHOW OF 40 GALLERY ARTISTS
ALL THINGS COMFORT
HYGGE
December 1, 2018 – January 26, 2019
Party/Preview with the artists:
Friday, November 30 | 5-9pm
Music with the Fruit Tramps!
Come celebrate three years of art and community at Boxx Gallery, enjoy some great music, and preview the new show!
Opening Reception with the artists:
Saturday, December 1 | 11-4pm
Hygge (pronounced ‘hoo-ga’) is a Danish word/concept that represents “All Things Comfort.” It’s about coziness, feeling safe and the simple things in life. Sipping a cup of tea, sitting in front of a fire, slowing down, lighting a candle, eating a meal with friends, wearing cozy socks and wrapping up in a blanket are all examples of Hygge.
“Hygge is about having less, enjoying more; the pleasure of simply being. It is generous and celebratory, a way to remember the importance of the simple act of living itself.”
―
2018 EXHIBITIONS
“She’s a Dish” Sarah Haven
“Borrowed” Catherine Cook
SARAH HAVEN
Ceramics
CATHERINE COOK
Paintings
“Sound and Color”
October 6-27, 2018
Opening Reception with the artists:
October 6 | 11-4pm
Sarah Haven came to the Central Washington area thirteen years ago seeking her MFA in ceramics at Central Washington University. After completing her degree, she ran the ceramics program at CWU for a number of years. Since that time, Sarah has worked at Gallery One in Ellensburg. She has been a member of Punch Gallery in Seattle and also was an active member of Culture Laboratory Collective, a nation-wide artist collective whose members made work together and participated in group shows together. She has an extensive show record and has been honored with awards as a participant in juried shows across the country. Always on the hunt for new artists to represent at Gallery One, Sarah travels around the Northwest attending all manner of arts and craft shows, many of which she has participated in herself.
Catherine Cook lives in Roslyn, WA, where she spends as much time as possible in the woods, walking and looking. She holds a BFA in painting from the University of Washington, 1990. Her work is abstract, but based in a solid observation of nature and the changing light of the mountains. Catherine has received grants from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation and the Seattle Arts Commission. Her work has been included in shows at various Seattle galleries and at Gallery One in Ellensburg. For the last two years she has organized art shows at Basecamp Books in Roslyn, with the intent of showing both local artists and those from farther away.
Individual and Group Shows — 2015 to 2018
2016
Dec.4, 2015-Jan. 31, 2016
Inaugural Group Show
18 artists invited
Feb.13-27, 2016
Robert C. Jones and
Tom Hausken Paintings
Lucy Valderhaug Jewelry
March 12-April 2, 2016
Jackie Prout – Fabric Arts
Rob Prout – Photography
Nancy Gabriel – Rugs
April 9-23, 2016
Group Photography Show
“Tumbleweed”
15 artists invited
Creative Coffee
May 7-28, 2016
BOXX Friends + Family
Group Show
40 artists invited
Creative Coffee
June 4-25, 2016
“Art as Kite”
Scott Skinner, Jose Sainz,
and Greg Kono
Kite Making Activity
July 2-Aug 19, 2016
Richard Nicksic and
Delma Tayer paintings
Creative Coffee
UW Block Party Weekend
Aug 27-Oct.22, 2016
“Storytellers ”
Ceramic Group Show
Creative Coffee
14 invited artist
Oct. 29/30, 2016
Pop-Up Mask Show
for Dia De Los Muertos
Mask Activity
Nov 5-26, 2016
“Numinous”
LeAnne Reis, John Barany,
Susan Harris and TA Harris
Creative Coffee
Dec. 3, 2016-Jan. 28, 2017
BOXX Anniversary Exhibit
“Making Boxes”
Group Show
34 artists invited
2017
Dec. 3, 2016-Jan. 28, 2017
BOXX Anniversary Exhibit
“Making Boxes”
Group Show
34 artists invited
Feb. 4-25 , 2017
Drawings and Jewelry
Creative Coffee
Valentine Making Activity
March 4-25 , 2017
“Current Connections”
Carolyn Nelson and
Barb Smith Gilbert
April 1-29, 2017
“The Eye has its Reasons”
Photography by MR McDonald
and Jane Alynn
Creative Coffee
May 6-27, 2017
“Collections/Antiques”
Jane Cooper, Susan Harris
and Eric Swanson
Creative Coffee
June 3-24, 2017
“How would you fill
an empty BOXX?”
Group Show
Janice Baker, Carol Perry,
Jay Carskadden, Jackie Niemi
and Nancy Newberry
Creative Coffee
July 1-29, 2017
“Outside The Boxx”
Cowiche Canyon Conservancy
Exhibition
65 works of art and jewelry
Group Show
Creative Coffee
August 5-26, 2017
Group Show
Gayle Scholl, Karen Quint
and Christie Tirado
Sept 2-30, 2017
Lit Fuse Artist
and Workshop
Nance Van Winckle
and Rik Nelson
Oct. 7-29, 2017
Ceramics
Debbie Sundlee and
Jan Crocker
Hand made masks
for Dia De Los Muertos
Nov.4-25, 2017
“What’s On Your Plate?”
Invitational Show
by Cheryl Hahn
25 artists
all media
Dec. 2, 2017-Jan 27, 2018
“How Many Artists Can
You Fit in a BOXX?”
Group Show
34 artists invited
Creative Coffee
with Leo Adams
2018
Dec. 2, 2017-Jan 27, 2018
“How Many Artists Can
You Fit in a BOXX?”
Group Show
34 artists invited
Creative Coffee
with Leo Adams
Feb.3-24, 2018
Delma Tayer
first one person show!
Creative Coffee
March 3-24, 2018
“Sense of Site”
Carol Hassen and Bob Fisher
paintings
