1998. With contemporaries Terri Hopkins and Paul Sutinen, she rallied the student body and community support to turn the unused gym into the cultural center that it is now. Each spring the gym displays the year's thesis projects. Since 1980, over 300 artists have shown their work at the gym. 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. Oregon Sesquicentennial Film Festival The Oregon Sesquicentennial Film Festival was held at Marylhurst University May 1–10, 2009. The festival was a celebration of the history of Oregon film making. For the festival a 35mm projection booth was constructed on campus in the Villa Maria building. The opening night of the festival was at the Mission Theater with an on stage conversation between James Ivory and Gus Van Sant. The films shown at Marylhurst included Smoke Signals with director Chris Eyre in person; Marked Woman featuring Mayo Methot; Talk Radio with writer Tad Savinar in person; The Lusty Men (set in and partially shot at the Pendleton Round-up); City Girl by F.W. Murnau, shot on location in Athena, Oregon (with a score composed by John Paul and performed by a string quartet; A Soldier's Tale by Penny Allen, and James Ivory's first international hit film Shakespeare Wallah, with James Ivory attending. The special Oregon Cartoon Institute Day at the festival featured Bill Plympton. Notable alumni Madeline DeFrees, poet and author Elizabeth Engstrom, author Norma Heyser, Oregon modernist artist Barbara Roberts, Governor of Oregon Mary F. Sammons, president and chief executive officer of Rite Aid Shane Bemis, Mayor of Gresham, Oregon References External links Official website (Archived) 1893 establishments in Oregon 2018 disestablishments in Oregon Buildings and structures in Clackamas County, Oregon Catholic universities and colleges in Oregon Defunct Catholic universities and colleges in the United States Defunct private universities and colleges in Oregon Education in Clackamas County, Oregon Educational institutions established in 1893 Educational institutions disestablished in 2018 Liberal arts colleges in Oregon Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary Universities and colleges accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities