I like the two shows at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art this fall. Today we went to hear Collections Curator Jonathan Bucci talk about the Russell Childers show of wood carvings that Bucci curated and that is on view at the Museum until the end of October. If you haven’t seen the Childers yet […]
This week of working in the backyard studio with Carolyn Schneider, somebody I’ve known since the 7th grade when we met in an art class, has been fun. Interesting. Poignant. Hilarious. Sad. Our own work, our dead mothers and fathers, our family dynamics, aging, our own work…all this talk whirling around while we have worked […]
Francis John Newton was a curator at the Portland Art Museum from 1953 to 1960. In 1960 he became Director of the museum until he retired in 1975. He was very involved in the Portland art community, and well remembered. We came to Oregon in 1970 and as “new kids from a different neighborhood (Salem)” […]
On The Way 