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The Collins Gallery on Central Library's third floor hosts regular educational and artistic exhibits. The gallery is open the same hours as Central Library, and admission is free.

If you or your organization are interested in exhibiting in the Collins Gallery please review the exhibits policy and complete an application.

Location & hours

Featured exhibitions

Pierre Lecuire: livres de poète

May 2–June 12

Born in southern France in 1922, Pierre Lecuire is a poet who has devoted his lifetime to making books for his poems. Never content with commercial publishing, Lecuire's books are linked to the European idea of livres d'artistes by including the work of printmakers and other artists. But he goes beyond that tradition by having a more direct connection with his artists. Lecuire has described his ambition simply as: "I want to write the poem and build a house for it."

This exhibition will be the first major West Coast show of Pierre Lecuire's stunning work, and the first in the United States since 1994. It features more than 40 books with original art by Henry Moore, Serge Charchoune, Geneviève Asse, Fermin Aguayo, Brigitte Simon, Raoul Ubac, Etienne Hajdu and Nicholas de Staël.

All materials are generously loaned for the exhibition by Mount Angel Abbey Library in St. Benedict, Oregon, and were a gift to the abbey from Nicholas Bez.

Gallery Talk

Tuesday, May 20, 6:30–7:30 p.m.

Please join book artist Inge Bruggeman for an informal talk about Pierre Lecuire's work, its significance and technical details.

 

Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America's Women Physicians

June 18–August 1

This exhibit tells the stories of some of the many extraordinary women who have studied and practiced medicine and their struggles over the past two centuries to gain access to medical education and to work in the medical specialties they chose.

This nationally touring exhibit is based on a larger exhibition that was displayed at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Md., from 2003–2005. The exhibit also includes two interactive kiosks offering access to the NLM's "Local Legends," which features outstanding women physicians from every state, and to the website created for the larger exhibition at the NLM. The exhibition website offers access to educational and professional resources for people considering medicine as a career, as well as lesson plans for classroom activities. The section called "Share Your Story" allows the public to add the names and biographies of women physicians they know.

The exhibit will also be augmented by materials from the Historical Collections & Archives of Oregon Health & Science University. Items on display will be drawn from the History of Medicine, Manuscript, Historical Image, Pacific Northwest Archives, and Medical Museum collections. This portion of the presentation will showcase the lives and practice of women physicians in Oregon.

Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America's Women Physicians was developed by the Exhibition Program of the History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine in collaboration with the American Library Association Public Programs Office. The traveling exhibition has been made possible by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health Office of Research on Women's Health. The American Medical Women's Association provided additional support.

Additional local support provided by Portland State University, Western Oregon University, the National College of Naturopathic Medicine and the Advocates for Women in Science, Engineering & Mathematics.

Opening Reception

Wednesday, June 18, 6–7:30 p.m.

Please join us for the exhibition and light refreshments.