This metal and wood construction suspends horizontal, linear lengths of wood that connect a series of circular wooden pieces with metal faces from wood pillars., The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Eastern Oregon Regional Arts. You may view their website at http://www.artseast.org/
This metal and wood construction suspends horizontal, linear lengths of wood that connect a series of circular wooden pieces with metal faces from wood pillars., The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Eastern Oregon Regional Arts. You may view their website at http://www.artseast.org/
This piece consists of two wooden constructions that hang from the ceiling in relation to each other. The shapes share a form that resembles an inflated boomerang. The larger of the two shapes hangs lower than the smaller one, and it is oriented vertically while the smaller one is oriented horizontally., Darlene Nguyen-Ely; Commissioned by Oregon Arts Commission; Location: Eastern Oregon University; La Grande, OR; Title: Ascending; 2002; wood; 4 feet 2 inches high x 5 feet wide x 7 feet 4 inches long; weight: 35 lbs., http://users.ixpres.com/~darlene/, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Eastern Oregon Regional Arts. You may view their website at http://www.artseast.org/
A large wooden sculpture featuring three supporting leg-like structures atop a round platform. Above the three legs is an abstract formation featuring both circular and linear shapes., William Moore; Untitled; Cherry wood sculpture; LOSO Hall; 8' high, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Eastern Oregon Regional Arts. You may view their website at http://www.artseast.org/
This metal and wood construction suspends horizontal, linear lengths of wood that connect a series of circular wooden pieces with metal faces from wood pillars., The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Eastern Oregon Regional Arts. You may view their website at http://www.artseast.org/
This piece consists of two wooden constructions that hang from the ceiling in relation to each other. The shapes share a form that resembles an inflated boomerang. The larger of the two shapes hangs lower than the smaller one, and it is oriented vertically while the smaller one is oriented horizontally., Darlene Nguyen-Ely; Commissioned by Oregon Arts Commission; Location: Eastern Oregon University; La Grande, OR; Title: Ascending; 2002; wood; 4 feet 2 inches high x 5 feet wide x 7 feet 4 inches long; weight: 35 lbs., http://users.ixpres.com/~darlene/, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Eastern Oregon Regional Arts. You may view their website at http://www.artseast.org/
Medium brown wooden stair railing with three parallel bars on each side of the stairwell. In between two of the bars, are panels of lighter wood with branches and leaves etched or carved, between each vertical bar. The type of wood used for carving is undetermined. The posts and handrails may be made out of clear fir., Gary Rogowski, master woodworker, is the founder and director of the NorthWest Woodworking Studio, in Portland Oregon., http://www.northwestwoodworking.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
"Sampo" is a mysterious object often referred to in the mythological songs of the Finnish. According to the artist, the sampo is forged by the creator-smith Ilmarinen for Louhi, the hag-goddess of the underwold, to be used to harvest crops. This is Imonen's interpretation of that mythological machine. <br> The mammoth cedar logs in the sculpture were salvaged from a forest fire near Roseburg. The steel used is also recycled in that it was purchased as a "second," --purchased but never used by the original buyer. (from OAC materials), 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
Raised, low relief carvings on door panels that feature plants and animals which played primary roles in the rejunvenation of the Tillamook area. There are animals hiding in the panels such as a bear and cub, rough skinned newt and elk herd in the appropriate places. Also in hiding are a banana slug and snail. See if you can find them., http://www.heartwoodcarving.com/about/joev.php, The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Oregon Coast Council for the Arts. You may view their website at http://www.coastarts.org/
The Doris Ulmann photograph collection casts a wide net across fields throughout the humanities and represent important primary source material for historical and ethnographic studies of Appalachian and Gullah culture as well the subject of folk arts and craft traditions.