This piece is comprised of rectangular sections of flat, perhaps ceramic material that has been painted in deep blue, red, turquoise, and black. A pattern seems to emerge from their painted surfaces. Pieces vary in height, and they are arranged in such a way that they resemble a xylophone that stretches a significant length down the curved wall upon which they are mounted., http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/pagen.html, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Regional Arts and Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
Three, free-standing ceramic forms constructed separately, yet tied together by stylistic considerations regarding form and surface treatment. Each form is comprised of two stacked blocks with a series of rounded blobs placed on the surface of the blocks. Surfaces are glazed in intentionally haphazard earthtones that create a dripped, stripe pattern., Garden Wall; Betty Feves; State Capitol, http://www.feves.com/betty/index.htm, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Mid-Valley Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html
A ceramic platter with a thin lip that presents a dripped glaze pattern that moves horizontally across the piece., Vance Marshall Perry; Untitled Ceramic; OHS Medical Records, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Regional Arts & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
This sculpture made of wood and ceramics has oblong shapes in the primary colors of red, blue, and yellow. The shapes protrude out from a wooden platform on a wall., Dennis Cunningham and Bill Moore; Blind Commission, Bill Moore: buddha-cat@mindspring.com, Brief article on Dennis Cunningham: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-66888284.html For more images of Bill Moore, check the following link: http://www.garden-art.com/sculpture/moore/william.html, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Regional Arts & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
Four panels of the profile of a wolf while howling. The sequence begins with the profile of the wolf with its ears up and alert. In the second frame the wolf cocks back its ears, and in the third frame it cracks it mouth open. In the final frame the wolf tilts its head back in a full howl., Howling Wolf; Anne Storrs; ceramic tile, wood frame; 10 x 40 x 3 inches; WOSC Dormitory, http://www.4culture.org/publicart/registry/parts/parts_artist.asp?ArtistID=34, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Mid-Valley Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html
This piece presents a three-dimensional, black head and neck form. A mask of orange, red, and white paint covers the face. Thin, white vertical lines extend down the forhead, but they are contained by a horizontal bisector. Eyebrows are suggested by two rows alternating white dots. Another row of alternating, light orange dots bisects the area extending from the middle of the nose, and thin lines similar to the ones on the forehead extend down over the rest of the face. Two orange circles, bordered with alternating white and red dots and covered in thin white lines. The orange lips are outlined in red., Phyllis Yes; Untitled Head; 1989; mixed media; U of O Science Complex, http://www.lclark.edu/~yes/, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Lane Arts. You may view their website at http://www.lanearts.org/
This sculpture made of wood and ceramics has oblong shapes in the primary colors of red, blue, and yellow. The shapes protrude out from a wooden platform on a wall., Dennis Cunningham and Bill Moore; Oregon Commission for the Blind;, Bill Moore: buddha-cat@mindspring.com, Brief article on Dennis Cunningham: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-66888284.html For more images of Bill Moore, check the following link: http://www.garden-art.com/sculpture/moore/william.html, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Regional Arts & Culture. You may view their website at http://www.racc.org/
A view of four square ceramic tiles set against a concrete wall and formed together to create a single tile mosaic. Painted on the tiles are many iconic totems., Baba Wague Diakité is a West African artist; he was born in Bamako, Mali., ronnawague@juno.com, http://www.africancraft.com/artist.php?sid=42132141658580101321960056855383&id=wague&pg=portfolio, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Linn-Benton Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.artcentric.org/
A shallow, ceramic vessel glazed in earthtones that create vertical stipes. It is used as a planter., Small Ceramic Pot; Tom Coleman; Commerce, CeledonQueen@aol.com, http://www.tomandelainecoleman.com/, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Mid-Valley Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html
A tall, cylindrical vessel with a clear meridian, glazed in black and dark gray and decorated with fish forms that wrap around the vessel., Carp Vase; Frank Boyden; State Capitol, Frank Boyden was born 1942, in Portland, OR. He attended Yale University, School of Art, achieving a M.F.A. and B.F.A., in Painting, 1968. In 1965, he attended Colorado College, where he received a B.A. in Art., The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Mid-Valley Arts. You may visit their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html