2024 Artist Accelerator Exhibition
June 4 – 29, 2024
Corrine Woodman Gallery
Reception: Tuesday, June 11, 5:30 – 7 PM
Image: Raíces Hibridas, Camila Godoy Valdés
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
The 2024 Artist Accelerator Exhibition celebrates work completed by Camila Godoy Valdés and Marie McMahon during the Accelerator Residency this year at The Arts Center.
The Accelerator Residency is a TAC program that runs for 12 weeks, annually from January to March. Applicants are selected by a jury of artists and arts administrators based on their application and work samples.
This residency is designed to be an intensive program that pushes emerging creatives to improve their business planning and professional skills. Together, the accepted Residents complete lectures, coursework, and consult with the experienced program director to plan and build the framework for their creative business.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Camila Godoy Valdés is a Chilean artist living in Corvallis, Oregon, USA. She started her professional artistic journey in 2022 in Oregon. She teaches art classes focused on inclusiveness in watercolor, colored pencils, inks, and mixed media. Her artwork is joyful and playful and uses loose brushstrokes, vibrant colors, and effects like stains, splatters, and other tiny elements. Her creative process involves a harmonious combination of these pieces to paint flowers, animals, and faces with flowers for hair.
Marie McMahon is a painter based in Eugene, Oregon, who specializes in creating fine art commissions and gallery paintings. Marie’s work features expressive colors, dynamic brushwork, and a unique combination of abstract imagery and realism. Typically referencing flowers, animals, human forms, skyscapes, landscapes, and waterscapes, she aims to evoke the spirit of her subject matter through intuitive expression. Marie values the process of painting and experiencing what she sees. She completes most paintings in one sitting, capturing a fresh and singular experience. Marie aims for her work to enhance feelings of joy, well-being, and connection for customers and viewers.
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