The Front & Center Galleries

The Front & Center Galleries

February 27 - April 4, 2026

Center Gallery

Epoch

A solo show from Joy Kloman

Front Gallery

Grounded

A solo show from Michael F. McDonald

Opening Reception: March 5 from 6-8 pm; Closing Reception: April 2 from 6-8 pm

Joy Kloman is a prolific painter whose work is “an exploration of temporality.” Epoch shows us her connection to the visual archives of time passed and times past. The layers of lush greenery offer a dialogue with the writings of ecopoets like Whitman, allowing Kloman to effectively capture quiet moments that allude to “our short-lived, yet infinite time on earth.”

Michael F. McDonald is a ceramicist who found his way back to the artform during the pandemic after a 30-year hiatus. Grounded is more than a reflection of the earthen medium; in McDonald’s hands, the clay blossoms into a celebration of the now, a symbol of balance found in “the sacred space of creating,” and a product of a life lived unrepressed.

2026 Exhibition Calendar

January 16 – February 21, 2026
Front Gallery – Marilyn Cisneros
Center Gallery – Latoya Lovely & Stephanie Anderson
Reception – Saturday, January 24 from 1-3 p.m.

February 27 – April 4, 2026
Front Gallery – Michael F. McDonald
Center Gallery – Joy Kloman
Opening Reception – Thursday, March 5 from 6-8 p.m.
Closing Reception – Thursday, April 2 from 6-8 p.m.

April 10 – May 16, 2026
Front Gallery – Charlotte Deason Robillard
Center Gallery – Ami Maki & Sarah Heckles
Reception – Thursday, April 16 from 6-8 p.m.

May 22 – June 27, 2026
Front Gallery – PDX Natural Pigment and Dye group show
Center Gallery – Irina Belova & Pearlyn Tan
Reception – Thursday, May 28 from 6-8 p.m.

July 3 – August 1, 2026
MAC Youth Biennial  – A group exhibition by youth age 18 and under who have taken MAC classes in the past three years.
Reception – TBA

August 7 – September 12, 2026
Front Gallery – elijah jamal asani
Center Gallery – Swapna Mukhopadhyay & Philip A. Robinson
Reception – TBA

September 18 – October 17, 2026
Group exhibition curated by Melanie Stevens and Celeste Noche
Reception – TBA

October 23 – November 28, 2026
Front Gallery – Lettie Jane Rennekamp
Center Gallery – The Reprintery (Charlotte Flory & Michelle Freedman)
Reception – TBA

January 15 – February 20, 2027
Front Gallery – Malini Gupta
Center Gallery – Chelsea Ferguson & Torea Frey
Reception – Saturday, January 23 from 1-3 p.m.

January 16 – February 21, 2026
Front Gallery – Marilyn Cisneros
Center Gallery – Latoya Lovely & Stephanie Anderson
Reception – Saturday, January 24 from 1-3 p.m.

February 27 – April 4, 2026
Front Gallery – Michael F. McDonald
Center Gallery – Joy Kloman
Opening Reception – Thursday, March 5 from 6-8 p.m.
Closing Reception – Thursday, April 2 from 6-8 p.m.

April 10 – May 16, 2026
Front Gallery – Charlotte Deason Robillard
Center Gallery – Ami Maki & Sarah Heckles
Reception – Thursday, April 16 from 6-8 p.m.

May 22 – June 27, 2026
Front Gallery – PDX Natural Pigment and Dye group show
Center Gallery – Irina Belova & Pearlyn Tan
Reception – Thursday, May 28 from 6-8 p.m.

July 3 – August 1, 2026
MAC Youth Biennial  – A group exhibition by youth age 18 and under who have taken MAC classes in the past three years.
Reception – TBA

August 7 – September 12, 2026
Front Gallery – elijah jamal asani
Center Gallery – Swapna Mukhopadhyay & Philip A. Robinson
Reception – TBA

September 18 – October 17, 2026
Group exhibition curated by Melanie Stevens and Celeste Noche
Reception – TBA

October 23 – November 28, 2026
Front Gallery – Lettie Jane Rennekamp
Center Gallery – The Reprintery (Charlotte Flory & Michelle Freedman)
Reception – TBA

January 15 – February 20, 2027
Front Gallery – Malini Gupta
Center Gallery – Chelsea Ferguson & Torea Frey
Reception – Saturday, January 23 from 1-3 p.m.