Beautiful gardens abound in Salem, but here’s a peek at two I’ve visited recently. The first is the garden of my “garden mentor” Irene. Years ago the late Oregonian garden columnist Dulcy Mahar wrote that if you were having trouble with your garden, the BEST thing to do was to find a garden you admired, […]
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Project Space, 2012
Monday…I went down to Project Space to get set up…open hours begin Tuesday (11-2, Tuesday through Saturday). It was bliss locked in there all by myself…now that Phil has put in the lights… The artists have begun to arrive and set up work spaces…little by little we are “claiming” the space anew… So I set […]
Bloomsday
Yesterday was “Bloomsday” when all over the world (but most especially in Dublin) devotees of James Joyce celebrate the master. Salem probably was never one of the hot beds of celebration historically, but when combined with the opening of Rex Amos’ show of collage, chine colle and ephemera at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, […]
Kellie’s New Work
I had lunch with Kellie the other day and after “exchange of information” over chicken caesars, she showed me the beautiful died fabrics she has been making. She’s using a method from an Australian artist name India Flint (“Eco Colour”) where the fabric encases plant and other found material that acts as the color source, […]
Rex Amos at the Hallie Ford Museum
Don’t forget the Rex Amos show of elegant collages and chine colles opening Saturday. Besides the beautiful finished work, there will be plenty of ephemera to look at…a lifetime of words and images and thinking about both. Wednesday I had the fun of helping R to do the layout in the cases, which were empty […]
News Bulletin: Church Street Bridge/MIG Pizza
Through much detective work, and with the help of my trusty crew of reporters, I have discovered the identity of the anonymous artist who lives under the Church Street bridge…though the secret stays right here…anonymity is all. New things happening down there… but I think an OVERALL scheme is needed , and here’s my choice….MANY […]
Tin Types
Photographer Alexandra Opie is spending the summer with grant support learning to make tin types…an historic but little used photographic method. She is working with her student Ariel to learn the process, so that each of them can go in a different creative direction. She invited me up to the dark room to get my […]
Variety or Confusion??
Since Thursday evening we’ve been on the road and have seen such a variety of stuff I hesitate to try and cram it into one little post…but here goes… Thursday evening we went up to see Stephan Soihl’s new show at Blackfish Gallery…a real tour de force of his mechanized sculptures…created this year in spite […]
Meanwhile…back in Salem…
The summer begins…and happily the Minto Island Growers (MIG) farm cart is back in business! we stopped for lunch and were just behind this guy who was having the delicious asparagus soup and a fresh Oregon strawberry milkshake… Pretty soon they are getting a wood-fired pizza oven out here!!! Yippeee! Open for lunch Tuesday through […]
Alaska 3…the rest of the story…
One of the most fun parts of the Alaska cruise for me (a former restaurant owner) was the “Galley tour” where we got to see the kitchens on the cruise ship Infinity. The ship carries a staff of 950 of which 150 or so are kitchen personnel. Everything is made on board, including all pastries […]
On The Way 