The Benhke Family Gallery

The Behnke Family Gallery is a new exhibition venue at Cornish College of the Arts which includes a ground-level gallery space and an outdoor exhibition space, the Ivey Art Wall, currently featuring the work of Professor Emeritus Preston Wadley. The inaugural show in the gallery was the 2022 Neddy Artist Award Exhibition. The 2023-24 exhibition season was curated by Cornish Art professor Robert Campbell and featured the work of Mary Sheldon Scott, Gary Hill, Preston Wadley, Gala Bent, and Laura Hart Newlon. The 2024-25 exhibition season, also curated by Cornish Art professor Robert Campbell, will feature the work of Design Faculty Susan Boye, the Cornish Art Faculty, Seattle artist Brent Watanabe and Cornish Design alum Victor Melendez.

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