Artwork by local, regional, national, and international emerging artists which challenges preconceived ideas and attitudes, is featured in RCC's FireHouse Gallery.  A variety of art educates and inspires viewers from the college and community.  First Friday Art Night receptions are held monthly at the gallery.

An annual highlight of the FireHouse exhibit schedule is a one-month showing of work donated by local artists for the Black, White & the Blues art auction and dance.

The gallery is located at the corner of H and Fourth Streets in the Historic City Hall, Grants Pass, Oregon.  Our hours are Tuesday - Friday, 11:30am to 4:30pm, or tours by appointment.
For more information call (541) 956-7489 or 956-7339 (office) 

Dates: November 4-25, 2009 Artist: Claudia Marchini Title: Principles of Form Gallery: FireHouse, Grants Pass Medium: oil and tempera on canvas Description: Marchini uses oil and tempera on canvas paintings paired with rocks and meteorites to explore the relationships between emotion, cognition and choices.

Dates: December 3-18, 2009 Artist: local fine artists and craft makers Title: Holiday Art Gift and Sale Gallery: FireHouse, Grants Pass Medium: mixed media Description: An eclectic collection of artwork created by local artists. Items include pottery, paintings, glass, sculpture, scarves, jewelry and wood turnings.

Dates: January 6 - 29, 2010 Artist: IVHS Art Students & Children of the Boys & Girls Club Title: Illinois Valley High School & Boys & Girls Club Gallery: FireHouse, Grants Pass Medium: mixed media Description: Artwork created by students at IVHS and the Grants Pass chapter of the Boys & Girls Club.

Dates: February 3 - 26, 2010 Artist: Daniel Kasser Title: "Western Technosites" Gallery: FireHouse, Grants Pass Medium: digital photographs Description: Digital photographs that combine the picturesque mythic western landscape with actual landscape parsed and purged by a history of human expectations and interventions.

Dates: March 3 - 19, 2010 Artist: Sandra Beard Title: "Circle Dance" Gallery: FireHouse, Grants Pass Medium: mixed media Description: Beard’s mixed media pieces use stitching, paper made translucent with wax, illegible ancient lyrics and plaster to express untold stories, music not heard, references to homelessness and reminders to live in the moment.

Dates: March 31 - April 27, 2010 Artist: Brian Knowles Title: "The Wormhole Effect III" Gallery: FireHouse, Grants Pass Medium: site-specific installation Description: A site-specific installation with animation that combines printmaking, drawing, stop motion animations and collage screen prints.

Dates: June 2 - 26, 2010 Artist: Dante Cohen Title: "Dao De Jing Illustrated" Gallery: FireHouse, Grants Pass Medium: ink and watercolor on paper Description: Cohen creates ink and watercolor paintings that combine fine detail with loose expressionistic brushstrokes to narrate people, places and things from his memories.

Dates: May 5 - 28, 2010 Artist: Pancho Jimenez Title: "Outta my Head" Gallery: FireHouse, Grants Pass Medium: ceramic Description: Ceramic works inspired by pre-Columbian Olmec heads that explore collective, universal identity using a wide range of surface textures and colors.

Dates: June 30 - July 29, 2010 Artist: Erika Lizee & Linda Stoudt Title: "Beyond the Familiar" Gallery: FireHouse, Grants Pass Medium: graphite on paper & oil on sandpaper Description: Lizee and Stoudt use abstract and representational images of plant life to explore impermanence, transition and how our thoughts impact our experiences in the physical world.

Dates: August 6 - 27, 2010 Artist: Community Artists Title: Southern Oregon Art Show Gallery: FireHouse, Grants Pass Medium: multi-media Description: An open community art show featuring professional, amateur and youth entries in watercolor, oil & acrylic, fiber, printmaking, 2-D mixed media, photography, ceramics, sculpture and drawing and pastels.

Dates: September 1 - 24, 2010 Artist: Shane Prine Title: "The Presence of Absence" Gallery: FireHouse, Grants Pass Medium: photography Description: A series of photographs taken of a neglected old farmhouse that documents the farm’s slow but certain decay as a way to connect the viewer with their own life experiences by activating memories.

Dates: September 29 - October 29, 2010 Artist: Juried Artists Title: Spirit of the Rogue Gallery: FireHouse, Grants Pass Medium: multi-media Description: A juried exhibit that features artwork in a variety of media that reflects life along the Rogue River.

Dates: November 3 - 24, 2010 Artist: Eloise Larson Title: "Sitting Still" Gallery: FireHouse, Grants Pass Medium: mixed media Description: Larson attempts to create a reverent, meditative environment using monotypes, works on paper and paintings backed with silk as black and white expressions of reality.

Dates: December 1 - 16, 2010 Artist: Local Fine Artists and Craft Makers Title: Holiday Art Gift Sale Gallery: FireHouse, Grants Pass Medium: multi-media Description: An eclectic collection of artwork created by local artists for your gift giving needs. Items include pottery, paintings, glass, sculpture, scarves, jewelry, photography and wood turnings.