Heidi Schwegler, Metals faculty, has a solo show this month at the Hallie Ford Museum in Salem. Her new installation will be on display May 23-July 19 in the Study Gallery. The installation will include a range of sculptural objects, prints and film that focus on “a moment of anguish.” The title of the Schwegler’s installation, “Slipping Underwater,” refers to a phrase that is often used when a person is about to drown. It is quiet and beautiful and says nothing of the horrible struggle and anguish that occurs just before the person slips underwater. For the artist, it is very similar to personal anguish.

Christine Eagon, Studio School instructor, is showing “Christine Eagon & Felix: 1990-2009, Travel Photos with a Feline Twist,“ at Angst Gallery in Vancouver, WA. Christine literally let a stuffed animal cat out of her camera bag, and photographed him visiting ancient standing stones, next to classic gargoyles, totem poles, frolicking amongst frogs, or relaxing on a Scrabble board in her studio. The show runs through May 30, with a gallery talk and slide show on Wednesday May 13, 2009 at 7:00PM.

Micki Skudlarczyk, past Artist-in-Residence and Studio School instructor, is showing “Well Finished,“ a mixed media installation May 1-31 at Launch Pad Gallery in Portland. “Well Finished” investigates the artist’s philosophical and emotional struggle with her reverence for the animals that we eat and her dismay at the pain and fear they sometimes experience at the moment of death. In Fall 2008, Micki was awarded an artist residency the Fundacion Gruber, Jez where she developed a relationship with the small slaughter community in the village of Cholul. There, she experienced the process of animal slaughter first hand, from start to finish. An opening reception for the show takes place on Friday, May 1 from 6:00PM-midnight. Micki will also give a slide lecture and artist talk on May 31 at 1:00PM.