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FireHouse Gallery

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.

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 956-7241 (office) 

Mixed media work that explores the bombardment of information and imagery associated with contemporary news.
Dates: January 8 - 25, 2013
Artist: Jonathan McFadden
Title: Modernized Disaster
Gallery: FireHouse, Grants Pass
Medium: mixed media
Description: Mixed media work that explores the bombardment of information and imagery associated with contemporary news.
Mixed Media photo-constructions that show the constructive nature of identity, the conflict that individuals face constructing their identities and the duality of private and public lives.
Dates: January 29 - February 22, 2013
Artist: O. Gustavo Plascencia
Title: "Transitions"
Gallery: FireHouse, Grants Pass
Medium: photo-constructions
Description: Mixed Media photo-constructions that show the constructive nature of identity, the conflict that individuals face constructing their identities and the duality of private and public lives.
Small, narrative etchings and lino-cuts done as a reflection of the past year featuring the landscape, weather and animals in the artist’s life.
Dates: February 26 - March 22, 2013
Artist: Karen Stinnett
Title: "Small Prints Retrospective 1980-2012"
Gallery: FireHouse, Grants Pass
Medium: etching
Description: Small, narrative etchings and lino-cuts done as a reflection of the past year featuring the landscape, weather and animals in the artist’s life.
Using carnivalesque Americana as a facade, Alves constructs pieces that are often political, personal and controversial.
Dates: April 2 - 26, 2013
Artist: Rita Alves
Title: "Black Comedy"
Gallery: FireHouse, Grants Pass
Medium: mixed media
Description: Using carnivalesque Americana as a facade, Alves constructs pieces that are often political, personal and controversial.
Layers of acrylic, oils, gouache, graphite and collage create narratives that represent various media systems, events, games or experiences that have become culturally expected.
Dates: April 30 - May 31, 2013
Artist: M.A. Papanek-Miller
Title: ...if they could not defend themselves...
Gallery: FireHouse, Grants Pass
Medium: mixed media
Description: Layers of acrylic, oils, gouache, graphite and collage create narratives that represent various media systems, events, games or experiences that have become culturally expected.
The art faculty from Rogue Community College create self portraits in a variety of media and styles.
Dates: June 4 - 27, 2013
Artist: RCC Art Faculty
Title: Art Faculty Self Portrait Exhibit
Gallery: FireHouse, Grants Pass
Medium: multi-media
Description: The art faculty from Rogue Community College create self portraits in a variety of media and styles.
Work from a local figure drawing group.
Dates: July 3 - 25, 2013
Artist: Local Artists
Title: "Body of Work"
Gallery: FireHouse, Grants Pass
Medium: multi-media
Description: Work from a local figure drawing group.
An open community art show with adult and youth categories in watercolor, painting, mixed media, photography, ceramics, sculpture and drawing.
Dates: August 2 - 29, 2013
Artist: Community Artists
Title: Southern Oregon Art Show
Gallery: FireHouse, Grants Pass
Medium: various
Description: An open community art show with adult and youth categories in watercolor, painting, mixed media, photography, ceramics, sculpture and drawing.
Mixed media digital collage that describe the language of the landscape, the visual relationship between landscape, maps and geography, and the idea of becoming lost.
Dates: September 4 - 27, 2013
Artist: Allyn Stewart
Title: "The Landscape of Geography"
Gallery: FireHouse, Grants Pass
Medium: digital collage
Description: Mixed media digital collage that describe the language of the landscape, the visual relationship between landscape, maps and geography, and the idea of becoming lost.
A juried pastel show that runs in conjunction with the Art Along the Rogue Street Painting and Music Festival happening the first week in October in downtown Grants Pass.
Dates: October 2 - 25, 2013
Artist: Juried Artists
Title: "Chalk on the Wall"
Gallery: FireHouse, Grants Pass
Medium: pastel
Description: A juried pastel show that runs in conjunction with the Art Along the Rogue Street Painting and Music Festival happening the first week in October in downtown Grants Pass.
Large charcoal and ink drawings of human figures in contemporary urban settings based on experiences and observations of living in the Midwest and southern Japan.
Dates: October 30 - November 22
Artist: Christopher Troutman
Title: "Watching: U.S. and Japan"
Gallery: FireHouse, Grants Pass
Medium: charcoal & ink
Description: Large charcoal and ink drawings of human figures in contemporary urban settings based on experiences and observations of living in the Midwest and southern Japan.
An eclectic collection of artwork created by local artists and crafters. Items include pottery, paintings, glass, sculpture, jewelry, photography and woodturnings.
Dates: November 27 - December 13, 2013
Artist: Community Artists
Title: Holiday Art Gift Sale
Gallery: FireHouse, Grants Pass
Medium: multi-media
Description: An eclectic collection of artwork created by local artists and crafters. Items include pottery, paintings, glass, sculpture, jewelry, photography and woodturnings.