A recent conversation I had with a friend about what Salem used to look like, sent me to my photo “archive” to take a look. Here’s the building at 12th Street and Center Street today and here’s the old East School just before demolition in 1950 to make way for the Safeway… and going a […]
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Art Market Day…
Today I’m off to Bush Barn to turn in my new batch of duct tape quilts to the SAA art market…sale starts this weekend with the opening November 2. I had a lot of fun with “pine burrs” and “building” plaid. Most of these retail for about $10…better get down there this weekend and see […]
Van Evera Bailey
We sloshed up to Portland Sunday with Linda and Greg to the Oregon Historical Society to hear a lecture by Hope Svenson who gave an excellent talk about the work of Portland architect Van Evera Bailey. Her thought-provoking talk included ideas about architecture as archive, a topic currently at the front of R’s thinking. Greg […]
Monday Miscellany…
I really like my eye doctor…. even though I don’t like drops and all that stuff…he’s funny, he’s told me interesting things about my eyes (orbital varix), and he makes little cool drawings… and SOMETIMES he even reads my blog. (Hi Dr. N.) So when I recovered after having my pupils dilated we took off […]
Notes From the Week…
A pretty varied week in these parts with two delicious sunny days as a surprise between rain storms…the Minto bike ride is delightful zooming through the falling leaves… and, of course, there has to be coffee… but this week there was also a surprise from the past. When we visited the site of the old […]
SUN…
Well the sun is gone and the rains are setting in, but last week in California I sat in the sun on Carolyn’s deck, and put the final stitches on this little quilt I started in Alabama at the Camp McDowell Gee’s Bend quilting week. and here it was on the floor as I was […]
Butterfly Dogs
I hope those of you living nearby can join us (the Salem Public Library Foundation) on Sunday evening, October 21st at the library (585 Liberty Street NE) at 6:30… The tickets are only $5 before the event, available at the circulation desk at the library or from me or one of our intrepid planning committee […]
ART LAUNDRY
It all began when Carolyn thought we might want to collaborate on an installation in her “home” gallery Lost Coast Culture Machine, in Fort Bragg, California. She then admitted a deep-seated need to iron in public, and “Art Laundry” was born…with the support of gallery owners Anne Beck and Dietmar Krumrey. We visited the gallery […]
The Arbor Cafe
Anybody remember the Arbor Cafe? 21 years ago today we opened our doors…(and managed to survive in a hard business for 13 years…) and today when I went to the bank I saw that Broken Bread is making the space over…for a fall opening…and it was a familiar sight… and while I was taking a […]
Art Laundry…Part 1
I leave Friday for California, for a 10 day sojourn in Fort Bragg. Carolyn Schneider and I will be doing an installation at the Lost Coast Culture Machine…”Hull and Schneider met in a seventh grade art class in the Chicago suburbs, where Lake Michigan is the ocean.” We’ll be examining the iconography of a mid-west […]
On The Way 