A ‘Beautiful Interruption’
Artist and gallerist Karin Clarke adapts to social distancing
When I called Karin Clarke to suggest we switch from the in-person meeting we had planned to a phone interview, we were in that very … Continue reading
Ester Barkai
Author: Ester Barkai
Invisible Art
Art and the coronavirus: Reviewing an art show you can no longer go to see
On my way to Salem recently to review Capturing Power: Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection, an exhibit at the Hallie Ford Museum of … Continue reading
Loving Kitsch
An exhibit explores the aesthetic of Lane County’s ordinary past
The Lane County History Museum is celebrating poor taste. The Culture of Kitsch, curator Faith Kreskey says, is meant to be a lighthearted look at … Continue reading
Don’t Forget
Roger Shimomura at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
Roger Shimomura’s life story is, mostly, all-American. Born in Seattle in 1939, he studied art at the University of Washington, joined ROTC and then the … Continue reading
Finding Mother
Lidoña Wagner’s Seed of Imagination: It’s about the journey
Upon meeting Lidoña Wagner I am presented with a guide to her book Seed of Imagination: An Ancestral Creative Journey. The guide is one printed … Continue reading
Mystery is Beautiful
Claire Burbridge looks deep into nature in enormous drawings at JSMA
Claire Burbridge is moved by small things. Her drawings in Claire Burbridge: Pathways to the Invisible at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art are of … Continue reading
Vegan Taxidermy: It’s Art!
Conversations: Reflections of 14 Women Artists is at Maude Kerns Art Center through Feb. 7
When Marjorie Taylor made her first piece of vegan taxidermy she wasn’t sure what she’d done. “I didn’t know if I was making art or … Continue reading
Art and Contribution
The passions of New Zone’s Dianne Story Cunningham
Members of the art collective the New Zone Gallery get a guaranteed “Featured Artist” show once a year and a “Spotlight” show afterward. The relatively … Continue reading
Tiny Pricks
Artists across the U.S. are stitching some of the dumbest — and offensive — things Trump has ever said
This month President Donald Trump broke records — his own records — for tweeting. He tweeted and re-tweeted more than a hundred times in one … Continue reading
Dreams Before Extinction
Naeemeh Naeemaei’s paintings use fantasy in search of a greater truth
About a 100 years ago in Mazandaran Province in Iran, a young girl named Mina and a Persian leopard became friends. When Mina was older, … Continue reading