Three Used Books by Jon Raymond
Three Used Books by Jon Raymond Originally published April 2018 One of the best garage-sale scores I ever had came in Brooklyn sometime in 2003. […]
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My Rules: Patrick Rock’s Aesthetics of Antagonism by John Motley
by John Motley Originally written April 2017 In a promotional poster for Bay Area–based Club Paint’s second exhibition at Rocksbox Contemporary Fine Art in October […]
“Wild Life: The Work of Ryan Pierce” by Melanie Flood
Portland Wild Life: The Work of Ryan Pierce by Melanie Flood Originally published April 2017 The ecology of the place we live in helps define […]
Abstract Art as Political Art: Lynne Woods Turner by Sarah Sentilles
Abstract Art as Political Art: Lynne Woods Turner by Sarah Sentilles Originally published August 2017 Lynne Woods Turner’s abstract paintings and drawings trouble certainty. Her […]
Modou Dieng and the Worksound Moment by Mack McFarland
Modou Dieng and the Worksound Moment by Mack McFarland Originally published April 2017 What makes an art scene? To start, a group of artists, like-minded […]
Thoughts on a Museum of Wonder by Linda Tesner
Thoughts on a Museum of Wonder by Linda Tesner Originally published April 2017 For the past thirty-six years, I have worked in museums and art […]
Kurt Fisk’s Monkey Fishes
by Patrick Collier I first saw Kurt Fisk’s Monkey Fish drawings at ArtWorks, a gallery/project space that is part of Collaborative Employment Innovations (CEI), an […]
“Why We Work Here”
Raymond, Jonathan and Tad Savinar. Why We Work Here. Salem, Oregon: Oregon Arts Commission and The Ford Family Foundation, 2013. The Visual Arts Ecology Project […]
Michael Brophy • Coos Art Museum
Brophy, Michael. Drift: Driftwood 4.Oil. Permanent Art Collection. Coos Bay, Oregon: Coos Art Museum. Purchased with the support of The Ford Family Foundation Art Acquisition […]
Stephanie Snyder, Editors’ Statement
Originally published April 2017 To write is to send thoughts and feelings into the world—seeds that take root and blossom into emotional sustenance. To write […]