Untitled 343
Artwork copyright held by the artist
Artwork Information
Artist:
Karyn Shearer
Date:
2004
Media:
Screen Print, framed with glass
Size:
Location:
Baird Administration Building (BRD), Room 133
About the Artist:
Karyn Shearer was a Clark College student who then transferred to the Pacific Northwest School of Arts (PNCA).
About the Artwork:
Three wood plank pieces come from the right that lead the eye to an orange and blue porthole or other aquatic apparatus, on a green background, a light blue stripe appears at the top with a yellow square with the number "3" in black.
Acquisition Information:
In 2016, James "Jim" Archer donated much of his private art collection, over 100 pieces to Clark College; selected works from the collection were shown in the gallery that bears his name, in an exhibit called “Archer @ Archer.”
Archer grew up in Vancouver and received his Associate of Arts degree from Clark College before going on to earn his Bachelor of Arts in graphic design from Portland State University and his Master of Fine Arts from Washington State University. Afterward he returned to Clark College to teach. In addition to serving as gallery director, Jim taught art and art history at Clark College for 23 years.
Archer originally became curator of Clark’s art gallery in 1982, when it was still located within the Clark College Bookstore and was called the Index Gallery. Successful in attracting well-known Northwest artists, the Index Gallery became known as one the region’s top alternative venues for contemporary artists. Archer announced his retirement in 1995. That same year, the gallery—which by then had been relocated to a larger space within Gaiser—was renamed in Archer’s honor. It moved to its current location in the lower level of the Penguin Union Building in 2005.
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