This exhibition ​presents work from 2019 c3:papermaking residency artists Amy Bay, Megan Hanley, Jess Perlitz and Hannah Kim Varamini. Culminating from their experiences in the Pulp & Deckle studio, each artist utilized handmade paper as a primary medium to create new works that present ideas and forms central to their art practice. This residency seeks to create alternative models and spaces for material exploration in art making.

While each artist approached papermaking through their own unique lens there is a thread in the culminating works presented. Investigations of skins and coverings weave their way through the exhibition. What is on the surface, and what lies below? Each piece in envelop encourages viewers to question their relationship to body, home, and land. 

To accompany the exhibition, we are releasing a publication celebrating the fifth year of this residency program. We are excited to feature the exploratory process of making via the 20 artists who have participated in the program, with 60% being locally based in Oregon. Publication pre-orders will be available throughout the exhibition, with discounted rates available to students, schools and libraries. 

This exhibition is generously supported by a grant from The Ford Family Foundation Visual Arts Program. We are honored to have this support, which has allowed us to expand and strengthen our program offerings.

ABOUT THE RESIDENCY
The c3: papermaking residency was established in 2014 to engage artists with little or no experience in hand papermaking, and offer them an opportunity to learn the craft and stretch the limitations of what the medium can do. Provided with instruction and guidance via technical assistance from a professional papermaker/artist at Pulp & Deckle studio and exclusive 24/7 access to the studio, residents create and exhibit new work.