I think I might be taking my “girl reporter” role a LITTLE too seriously. I Just HATE it when the local paper scoops me. A month or so ago I noticed this building at 440 State Street…that the hideous 1960’s false front had been removed revealing a sort of “time capsule”… and before I could […]
Tag: Manuel Izquierdo
Research of Every Sort: OHS & the MAC Club
Off to Portland last week for a very interesting research day that started at the Oregon Historical Society. Before we got to the library we saw the Lewis & Clark kites, this one called “Native Angels or Tribute to Women” by JoAnne Weber… and this completely adorable tear drop trailer. Then straight to the library […]
Manuel Izquierdo in the 1980’s…
R received this gorgeous photo of Manuel from the mid-1980’s this week. It was taken by Portland photographer Aaron Johanson, and besides being a photo of R’s focus subject of this year, it’s a just a beautifully composed photo…interesting to look at even if you didn’t know a single thing about Manuel. The piece behind […]
Art Sleuths…Alert….
In 1959 there was an exposition celebrating Oregon’s centennial in north Portland along the Columbia river in the Kenton neighborhood…”The Oregon Centennial Exposition and Trade Fair”. The building pictured here, the Forest Products Pavilion, was designed by John Storrs and was built as a permanent structure, though has since been torn down. Inside the Pavilion […]
The Amazing Way Life Is…
Still on the Manuel Izquierdo trail. For MONTHS R has been searching for a sculpture that was at the Seattle World’s Fair “Century 21” in 1962, which was called “Figure”. He had a photocopy of a B&W photo showing the piece… but nobody knew where it was. Katrina at Laura Russo tried to track it […]
Manuel Izquierdo…detective work…
If I wrote everyday about what goes on when a writer is in research mode, I couldn’t really get at it…that’s where images are so very helpful… Here is an update on the progress R is making on his monograph on Manuel Izquierdo and his work. Last week R visited Manuel’s daughter Sara at Manuel’s […]
Our Correspondents….
So…not only are WE scouring the state for Manuel Izquierdo sculptures, our friends are on alert too…this week turned up these two images for R’s growing list: this piece dates from 1996 and is located at Chemeketa Community College. Cynthia teaches there and sent this image and then Liz was at the antique show in […]
Gordon Gilkey, March 10, 2012
Gordon Gilkey gave us a lot. He rounded up lost works in Europe after WW II, he taught a few generations of students at OSU, he curated prints at the Portland Art Museum from 1978 until his death in 2000. Additionally he established the Vivian and Gordon Gilkey print Center at the Portland Art museum […]
Manuel Izquierdo…the hunt goes on…
First let me say that as a maker of things, I have long understood that “things” have lives of their own, separate from the life of the maker. Furniture, dishes, and most especially, art work. Thursday we spent the whole day listening to stories about art works and seeking some answers, and I can’t remember […]
Wednesday Miscellany…and Pot Roast
Wednesday was one of those good solid days…early start, many facets, lots done. But first (and actually it WAS the first thing in the day), the pot roast. We, as a rule, don’t eat red meat (…well maybe the occasional lamb chop…), but R has had a hankering for pot roast. I have only made […]
On The Way 