I actually do have a serious and informative post for later in the week, but I’ve been doing some summer things of late…it began with a seismic upgrade which meant cleaning the basement, this of a house we’ve lived in for 36 years…can you IMAGINE what a momentous photo this is?? …and artist Kathryn Cellerini […]
The City of Salem is rolling out a new plan called “The State Street Corridor” …and to that end we attended a recent neighborhood meeting where we were to sit around some tables and “brainstorm”…and the idea of planting came up, and trash, and this reminded us of the “State Street Renewal” group of the […]
Here’s a little picture-only story of my blissful weekend last week. Katy Vigeland, Nancy Eng and I (one half of the Salem Art Group six) headed to Katy’s family cabin on the Metolius River at Camp Sherman, for 3 days of painting, drawing, talking about art, reading and laughing. There is NO connectivity of any kind […]
We had to leave the beach today… but when we got to the highway it was (as Doug would say) “a parking lot.” As we inched north we decided to take the “secret” shortcut…(I trust you not to tell anyone), (YAY…it was raining!) and head up Schooner Creek… When we got the beach house years […]
Save the DATE!…and that date is Saturday, April 11, 2015. 10:00 a.m. Artist Kristin Kuhns and the Salem Public Library will be unveiling Kristin’s two pieces for the entrances (one on each floor) to the children’s room at the library. Library staff was intent that when Children enter the library they know EXACTLY where to […]
No organized thoughts tonight. No real focus. So many things and events, moments, people, streaking through my brain…images to tell the tale…a visit to the Saward Collection… Henk Pander… William Givler… George Johanson…white paintings… Harry Widman… Ruth Patterson Hart SRH… Barbara Rowland… Bru… RPH… Interlude… Salem Sketchers… the taxes… Reading and thinking… early morning… RPH […]
“Picketing is a form of protest in which people (called picketers) congregate outside a location where an event is taking place. Often, this is done in an attempt to draw public attention to a cause.” It’s been a LONG time since I’ve been on a picket line. Tonight I joined a few intrepid activists on […]
Ellen Stevens and a group of citizens is working on saving the beautiful Church Street Bridge. It was built in 1928 and designed by then Salem bridge engineer R.A.Furrow, one-time colleague of well-known bridge designer Conde McCullough. The bridge is a beauty… spanning Pringle Creek (which is a pretty swollen, roaring body of water today…due […]
I went to Linn Benton Community College in Albany the other day to the opening of their annual invitational show. Each faculty member invites the artist of their choice to participate. Kristin Kuhns (Salem), William Park (Portland), and Cynthia Spencer (Corvallis) were all going to be there talking about their work…and I really like to […]
First, let me remind you of the upcoming fund-raiser for the Salem Public Library Children’s Room renovation, which is on Thursday, November 7th… The Children’s Room renovation will include (according to library staff): “The existing Children’s area activity room and adjacent under-utilized space (where the teen collection was previously housed) will be transformed into a […]
On The Way 