Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College

The mission of the Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery is to enrich the intellectual and artistic life of Reed College through a diverse range of visual art exhibitions—both historical and contemporary—lectures, colloquia, and publications. The Cooley Gallery is a secured, professional museum-quality exhibition space with environmental controls that meet the highest standards set by the American Association of Museums. The Cooley Gallery was established by a generous 1988 endowment from Sue and Edward Cooley and John and Betty Gray “in support of the teaching of art history at Reed College, as part of an interdisciplinary educational experience that strengthens the art history component of Reed's distinctive humanities program.” In addition to its stated mission to support the teaching of art history, the Cooley Gallery works closely with the Reed College studio art faculty in order to bring artists and works of art to the college that advance professional studio practice at the highest conceptual and material levels. It is not part of the stated mission of the Cooley Gallery to exhibit Reed student or faculty work. Scholarly and contemporary exhibitions are curated and organized by the John and Anne Hauberg Director and Curator, a position endowed in 1991, and often developed and coordinated in collaboration with Reed faculty members and courses, with attention to the needs and interests of the larger Portland and Northwest arts communities. A schedule of three to four exhibitions during the academic year, and a host of related programming, brings to Reed and the Portland community, work that “would not otherwise be seen in the region.”