Anne Milligan

“The Emergent Field of Becoming,” a show of four recent works by Jessie Rose Vala (@jessierosevala), transforms @wellwellprojects into an anthropological dig in a bioluminescent bay, blending ancient and new with amphora, neon, chains, clay, looping video projections, salt crust remnants of a Pleistocene lake, glittering therapy sand, and the iconography of beckoning and blessing hands.

Still two final weekends to catch it in August, from 12-5pm plus extended closing hours Saturday, 8/29, 5-8pm alongside @oregoncontemporary Converge 45’s opening reception.

📸:
Cesair’s Necklace (2026) (Stoneware, neon, turquoise, mica, aluminum, brass, steel, epoxy, therapy sand, looping video on flatscreen & projection)

40.7996521°, -113.8000029° (2026) (Carbon fiber, Rhodian amphora (BCE)/3D scan, stone ware, salt crust of the Pleistocene Lake Bonneville)

The Interbeings of Range Migration (2026) (Carbon fiber, Redwood, White Oak, American Beech, stoneware)