Events at Reed
Welcome to the Reed College events site! All events listed below are open to the public and are free, unless noted otherwise.
MAY
Through May 15
Studio Art Senior Thesis Exhibition
Weekdays, 11 a.m.–6 p.m., Edith Feldenheimer Gallery, Studio Art
Reception: May 4, Friday, 5 p.m.–7 p.m., Edith Feldenheimer Gallery
The exhibition features artwork by graduating studio art majors, including Tori Abernathy, Lucy Bellwood, Kathleen Conahan, Lucy Maria Hoffman, Amanda Ewa Hrabowski, Nico Hualde, Rachel Peterson Schmerge, Zoe Alexandra Stal, Rebekah Volinksky, Florence A Williams, and Livien Yin.
Through May
Hauser Library Exhibition
Flora in the Library: Books with Flowers
8 a.m.–9 p.m., Monday–Friday; 10 a.m.–9 p.m., Saturday & Sunday; in the library flat and wall cases west of the circulation desk.
Flowers surround us and yet are normally seen as merely a decoration or a passing interest beside our path. Books that contain flower images, however, abound from early treatises on husbandry to artists’ books and include photographic essays, guidebooks, and fancy illustration. Some interesting examples have been selected from the library’s special collections for this exhibition.
Through June 3
Cooley Gallery Exhibition: Lorna Bieber, Image Myths
Tuesday–Sunday, noon–5 p.m., Cooley Art Gallery
American photographer Lorna Bieber creates enigmatic images and immersive photographic installations that emerge through the careful study and delicate transformation of pre-existing images appropriated from both common and esoteric sources. One of the most beautiful and haunting things about Lorna Bieber’s photographs is the pull of time that they embody, the way that one is drawn into and through them, as on a journey. The photographs begin with found images; they originate in an unknown place, at an indeterminate moment, and through someone else’s eyes, and are then embraced by the psyche of the artist through intense looking, and careful arranging. Areas of each image are singled out and altered in relationship to the whole, and this creates a vision of place that feels strangely composited like the landscape of a dream. Surely part of the reason that we know we have seen or visited these places before, is because the hand of the artist summons us into the work. Roland Barthes referred to this as the punctum of the image, the mysteriously charged space of affinity. Like myths, Bieber’s photographs engender shared memories, both real and fantastical. An illustrated publication accompanies the exhibition, with an introduction by curator Stephanie Snyder and an essay by art historian Doris Chon, and is available free of charge at the Cooley Gallery. (Image: Lorna Bieber, (detail) Bush, 1999; courtesy of the artist.)
SUMMER
June 25–July 29
Concert Series: Chamber Music Northwest
Chamber Music Northwest presents its 42nd annual summer festival. Concerts are Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays at 8 p.m., with a final concert, “Baroque Concerto Night,” on July 29 at 3 p.m. Free half-hour, musical conversations begin at 7 p.m. and at 2 p.m. for the final concert. Pre-concert catering is furnished by Bon Appétit. For the final concert, catering is post-concert. Open rehearsals are at 11 a.m. on June 27, July 6, July 11, July 18, and July 27. Informal Q&A sessions conclude each rehearsal. Supervised children age 7 and up are welcome to attend. Tickets: single tickets go on sale May 14 and are priced $15–50; subscription prices are $10–45. Senior Rush (65+ years) is 30 minutes prior to each concert; any available ticket may be purchased for $20 (call ahead for availability). Student tickets, for ages 7 and up, require valid full-time ID; seating is in sections A or B. Student subscriptions are available at $10 per ticket or $15 per single ticket. Order by phone, 503/294-6400; by email; or online.