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1. Chronicle: Tuscan Light
Chronicle: Tuscan Light
Description
This tapestry piece is organized in a tight grid pattern rendered in light neutral tones that are interrupted by randomly placed gray and white rectangles. The neutral tones are subltely inflected with light aqua tones near the top right of the piece., Tapestry; linen& cotton; 17.5 x 20 inches; 1980, bpickett@uoregon.edu, http://www.wlotus.com/BookArts/WLG/Pickett.htm, 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/
2. Through the Williamette
Through the Williamette
Description
A large, textile wall piece presented in neutral tones and accented with a deep reddish-brown and black. The stylized human and animal forms as well as the linear and triangular patterning exhibit similarity with Neolithic art., Dana Boussard; totem of the williamette; professional schools building; psu, danaboussard@hotmail.com, http://www.danaboussard.com/, 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/
3. Portland State University
Portland State University
Description
A large, textile wall hanging that seems to evoke a sense of city street schematics., portland state university; 1989; Judith Poxson Fawkes; linen tapestry; smith center; psu, Judith Poxson Fawkes, a resident of Portland, Oregon, is a graduate of Cranbrook Academy of Art. She taught weaving at four institutions of higher education, most recently at Lewis and Clark College, Portland. Her fifty-six commissions hang in such diverse locations as a Federal courthouse, hospitals, university and school buildings, corporations and businesses, a Royal Caribbean Cruise ship, residences in Saudi Arabia and Paris, and in a jail lobby. Sixty-three tapestries are in public collections. She is a recipient of a WESTAF/NEA Regional Fellowship for Visual Artists, an Individual Artists' Fellowship from the Oregon Art Commission and a Crafts Fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts. She has written a book entitled "Weaving a Chronicle," described as a visual and written catalog by a working tapestry weaver. Forty-six tapestries, pictured in color, are accompanied by adjacent text describing the reasons for each work's creation. Stories of the tapestries revisit commissions and exhibitions. Each tapestry represents seminal ideas in one of six series. The tapestries contribute to the chronicle of how ideas are conceived and executed-- adding to the history of American art and craft, and to the definition of contemporary tapestry. (details provided by artist, 2008), jpfawkes@earthlink.net, http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/fawkes_jp.html <br>For additional information about the artist, see http://www.lindahodgesgallery.com/artists/poxson_fawkes.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/
4. Turbulence
Turbulence
Description
A woven piece of unknown composition, rendered in greenish/blue tones., Lesley E. Shearer; Turbulence; 22.25 x 35 x 0.75 inches, 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/
5. Portland Gothic: The St. John's Bridge
Portland Gothic: The St. John's Bridge
Description
This tapestry depicts a series of Gothic arches in shades of blue accented with purples and reds. The ground plane is a neutral tone., Sharon Marcus; Portland Gothic…; 37 (h) x 35 (w) inches; tapestry, 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/
6. Through the Williamette
Through the Williamette
Description
A large, textile wall piece presented in neutral tones and accented with a deep reddish-brown and black. The stylized human and animal forms as well as the linear and triangular patterning exhibit similarity with Neolithic art., Dana Boussard; totem of the willamette; professional schools building; psu, danaboussard@hotmail.com, http://www.danaboussard.com/, 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/
7. Conflagration
Conflagration
Description
A bright weaving with a warm color palette, accented with bright blue and black. The pattern resembles sedimentary layers., Conflagration Tapestry; Mary Johansen; 10-88; 34 x 28 inches; $330, 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
8. Through the Williamette
Through the Williamette
Description
A large, textile wall piece presented in neutral tones and accented with a deep reddish-brown and black. The stylized human and animal forms as well as the linear and triangular patterning exhibit similarity with Neolithic art., Dana Boussard; totem of the williamette; professional schools building; psu, danaboussard@hotmail.com, http://www.danaboussard.com/, 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/
9. Animated Clouds in Change
Animated Clouds in Change
Description
One in a series on three tapestries that depict changing clouds in white and gray on a blue sky over a dark, rolling landscape., Pam Patrie; wool tapestry; 1984; cloud changes; animated landscape; 44x40 inches; number two, http://revolution.3-cities.com/~abates/meanderings/Pam3.html, 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
10. Outrigger No. 2
Outrigger No. 2
Description
Outrigger No. 2 juxtaposes natural elements (quills) with man-made elements (sails, kites) that represent flight. This view represents the presentation and context of the piece., Susanna Kuo; outrigger no.2; 1980; 22x22x3 inches; peacock quills; katazome (stencil resist dyeing) on silk; acrylic; case., in 1962, Kuo graduated from Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. She holds an M.A. in English literature from Mount Holyoke College and a Ph.D. in English literature and folklore from indiana University. Kuo is one of the authors of "Carved Paper: The Art of the Japanese Stencil," published in 1998., 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
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