Our Artists’ Professional Achievements and Community Involvement

Waterstone artists exhibit their work nationally and internationally. In addition, we see it as part of our professional responsibility to raise awareness of and increase access to quality art, and to build supporting networks for artists. Community involvement is one of the tenets of Waterstone’s mission statement and the impact we have had is impressive.

  • We are all part of private or corporate collections regionally and nationally. Most of us are also in international private or corporate collections.
  • Eight of our artists are in public art collections and four are in multiple museum collections including Portland Art Museum; Hallie Ford Museum; Jundt Museum; Anchorage Museum of Art; The Print Museum of Curitiba, Brazil; Spencer Museum of Art in Lawrence, Kansas; National Museum of Kampala, Uganda; Applied Sciences University of Amman, Jordan and China National Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China.
  • Eight of our artists have been juried into national exhibitions and 6 into international exhibitions. Countries include USA, Japan, Israel, Italy, Uganda, Jordan, England, China, Argentina, Brazil, Germany, and New Zealand.
  • Five members have curated exhibitions: local and statewide, one international. Nine current members have served as jurors for local, statewide and regional exhibits.
  • One former member was one of a handful of sculptors to be invited to participate in        government sponsored projects and installations in Mexico, China and Norway. This same member was one of three international artists who juried the Sculpture Exhibition in conjunction with the Beijing Olympics and whose sculpture was installed in Beijing after the close of the Olympics.
  • Three current members and several past members have had their work published in national and international publications. Most of us have been the subjects of regional articles.
  • Three current members and two former members were featured on Art Beat.
  • Waterstone members have served on the following boards: Crow’s Shadow Institute, Washington County Museum, The Cultural Coalition of Washington County, The Gilkey Center, Northwest Print Council/Print Arts Northwest, Salem Art Association, Corvallis Arts Center, Art in the Pearl, Benton County Cultural Commission. Five members (past and current) have been closely involved with the Sitka Center over the years, one serving as Chairperson of the Sitka Invitational. Most of our members have served on committees for arts and community organizations.
  • One member was on the founding board of Da Vinci Days in Corvallis, three current members were on the founding board of Art in the Pearl and two members are on the current Board. One member was chairperson of the Salem Art Fair, overseeing its move to a juried system, and vice-chair of the Save the Elsinore (historic theater in Salem) campaign.
  • We are or have been employees of the following arts organizations:

          -Executive Director, Corvallis Arts Center

          -Executive Director, Salem Art Association (former member)

          -Director Percent for Arts, Oregon Arts Commission (former member)

          -Art Director, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene

          -Coordinator, Professional Division, All-Oregon Art Annual

          -Executive Assistant, NW Textile Center (Mission Mill Museum)

          -Director, Print Arts Northwest (both paid and volunteer)

          -Manager, Inkling Studio and Atelier Mars

          -Publicist, Salem Art Association

  • Three current members and at least one former member have received grants for arts-related projects. Two members have written and won grants for arts organizations. Three members have been on grant-reading committees for the Oregon Arts Commission.
  • Two former members (sculptors) were awarded numerous public arts commissions statewide, nationally and internationally.
  • Two current members have served on public art selection committees for the Oregon Arts Commission, Benton County Cultural Commission, and Corvallis’ Madison Avenue Task Force.
  • One former member was an Oregon Arts Commissioner and was the first director of the Oregon State Percent for Arts Program.
  • 12 of our current members work or have worked as art educators:

          -Five taught post-secondary classes (PNCA, PSU, Marylhurst,

           Pacific U, OSU, Chemeketa Comm. College, Linn-Benton Comm.

           College). 

          -Three of those five teach or have taught all levels from  

            kindergarten through post-secondary.

          -Eleven teach or have taught workshops or classes for community

            arts organizations.

                 -Six members have been invited as guest lecturers at various colleges

                  and universities, including all of the above-mentioned  

                  institutions, as well as UO, WOU, George Fox, Willamette and

                  Linfield.

                 -One member co-founded and taught at an alternative elementary

                  school.