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{{For|the museum the Art Gym gallery merged into in 2018|Portland Art Museum}}{{Infobox museum
| name = The Art Gym
| image = Marylhurst University (2018) - 042.jpg
| established = 1980
| dissolved = 2018
| location = [[Marylhurst, Oregon]], <br>United States
| type = [[University]]: [[art]]
| visitors =
| website = {{text|artgym.marylhurst.edu}}
| founder = Kay Slusarenko, Paul Sutinen, and Terri Hopkins
}}
'''The Art Gym''' was a nonprofit, noncollecting contemporary arts gallery at [[Marylhurst University]] in [[Marylhurst, Oregon]], United States. The gallery had been permanently moved to the [[Portland Art Museum]] in 2018, as Marylhurst University closed at the end of 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hicks |first=Bob |title=The Art Gym moves to PAM {{!}} Oregon ArtsWatch |url=https://www.orartswatch.org/the-art-gym-moves-to-pam/ |access-date=2024-03-15 |language=en-US}}</ref>
Since 1980, The Art Gym, under supervision of director and curator [[Terri M. Hopkins]], has shown the work of more than 300 artists, produced more than 50 exhibition catalogs, and sponsored numerous artist roundtables and public forums.▼
[[File:Marylhurst University (2018) - 039.jpg|thumb|right|Entrance from inside the [[B.P. John Administrative Building]], 2018]]
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==History==
[[File:Marylhurst University (2018) - 043.jpg|thumb|right|Interior, 2018]]
The Art Gym was founded in 1980 by Marylhurst University art faculty members Kay Slusarenko, Paul Sutinen, and Terri Hopkins, who together raised $1500 from a banquet and cookie sale, to open the 2,700 square foot gallery. Hopkins, in particular, lead the charge to curate the exhibits, and to raise the necessary funds for them. The university funds the space and basic infrastructure.<ref name=row05>{{cite news |title=The Art Gym: It's all about the art | work=The Oregonian |date=November 27, 2005 |first=D.K. |last=Row}}</ref> Since then, the gallery has occupied what was previously the campus gymnasium and theater on the third floor of the university's [[B.P. John Administrative Building]]. The Art Gym is dedicated to producing exhibitions and publications featuring artists of the Pacific Northwest.<ref name=gragg90>{{citation|url=https://artgym.marylhurst.edu/about/|title=About the Art Gym at Marylhurst University|accessdate=1 May 2018}}</ref>
In 1990, ''Oregonian'' reporter Randy Gragg asserted it had "become one of the Northwest's most important showcases of regional art," and noted that it had already shown the work of more than 250 Northwest artists, most from the [[Portland metropolitan area]].<ref>{{cite news|title=CELEBRATING THE ART GYM |work=The Oregonian | date=September 30, 1990 |first=RANDY |last=GRAGG }}</ref> He noted three "key opportunities" offered by the Art Gym: "young emerging artists new on the scene, mid-career artists wanting to break new ground and senior artists who deserve recognition."<ref name=gragg90 />
The Art Gym held a fundraiser exhibit for its 20th anniversary, in 2000, to raise money to refinish the floors and rebuild the movable walls. The exhibit, titled "Wonder Women to the Rescue," featured 34 local artists, each of whom contributed 50% of proceeds to the cause.<ref name=WW00>{{cite news |title= WONDER WOMEN TO THE RESCUE | work=The Oregonian |date= April 28, 2000| first=D.K. | last=Row}}</ref>
Marylhurst University announced it would cease operations in 2018, prompting concern about the Art Gym's future. In July 2018, the Art Gym announced that it would be moving to the [[Oregon College of Art and Craft]] effective August 1, 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=Marylhurst University's Art Gym Finds New Home |first=April |last=Baer |work=OPB |date=July 18, 2018 | url=https://www.opb.org/news/article/marylhurst-university-art-gym-gallery-oregon-college-art-craft/ }}</ref> Ultimately, this plan fell through, and Oregon College of Art and Craft closed in 2019 due to financial woes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Oregon College of Art and Craft to Close in May |first=Abby |last=McGehee |work=American Craft Council |date=April 26, 2019 | url=https://www.craftcouncil.org/post/oregon-college-art-and-craft-close-may/ }}</ref> On December 28, 2018, The Art Gym and Portland Art Museum announced that The Art Gym archives, including exhibition catalogs, historical documents, trademarks, proprietary rights and website, would transfer to the Crumpacker Library at the Portland Art Museum. <ref>{{cite news|title=The Art Gym moves to PAM |work=Oregon ArtsWatch | date=December 28, 2018 |first=BOB |last=HICKS }}</ref>
==Recognition==
In 2005, The Art Gym received a Governor's Arts Award.<ref name=row05 />
In 2013, Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation awarded a million dollar match endowment to support the Art Gym's curator position.<ref>{{cite news|last=Stevens|first=Suzanne|title=Marylhurst gets $1.25M to keep art alive|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/2013/08/marylhurst-gets-125m-to-keep-art-alive.html|accessdate=31 August 2013|newspaper=[[Portland Business Journal]]|date=August 29, 2013}}</ref>
==Directors and curators==
Ashley Stull Meyers was appointed the Art Gym's third director and curator in 2017.<ref name=or1017>{{cite news|last=Miller|first=Briana|title=Marylhurst University's Art Gym names new director and curator|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/art/index.ssf/2017/10/art_gym_ashley_stulls_meyer.html|accessdate=1 May 2018|publisher=[[The Oregonian]]|date=October 24, 2017}}</ref>
Previous directors include Terri Hopkins (from 1980 to 2013) and Blake Shell (from 2013 to 2017).<ref name=or1017 />
==References==
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==External links==
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*{{Official website|www.artgym.marylhurst.edu}}
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