01.13.10
The weekly installment from our "What About...?" wall in the exhibition
Northwest artists (in no particular order)
Jack McLarty
Bill Colby
Russell Frost
Betty Frost
Emily Carr
Deborah Lawrence, political/feminist
Elton Bennet, Northwest silkscreen
Pat Dunlap
Helmi Juvonen (three votes this week)
Del McBride
Lorene Spencer
Wes Wehr
Merrill Wagner
Tad Crawford (twice)
Donna Carver
Jay Steensma
Waldo Chase
Cecilia Corr (Northwest watercolors and portraits)
Julie Paschkis
more Jacob Lawrence, Ambrose Patterson, Dennis Evans
Zachary Sterling
Duane Pasco
Thomas Stream
Susan Pointe
Rohn Amegatcher
Themes
the changing cityscape
Northwest coast
Northwest Native American
young artists from the university
the Northwest alt/grunge/punk scene
Local graffiti art, i.e. the Broadway Garage Project
Lego artwork
artwork by kids
scene-rock/emo-rock
black and white pictures of everday life and landscapes of the Northwest
Other artists, not Northwest
Pablo Picasso
Clyfford Still
Other comments
"Me...someday"
"The ugliest building in T-Town"
"a big picture of Myriah"
"Ryman 95 is ridiculous!"
01.7.10
More Northwest artist name suggestions from the gallery. They also been added to the "What About...?" page.
Barbara Lee Smith (Raft Island, fabric wall hangings)
Shirley Scheier (cut paper work)
Richard Gilkey
Jill Nordfors-Clark (basketry, Tacoma)
Trish Harding (Bellingham)
Sara McCormick
Ryan Hardesty
Alex Grey
Luke Brown
Ortega
Beautiful Angle
Edith Willey
Kathleen Gemberling Adkison
Doris Chase
LaVerne Krause
Amanda Snyder
Betty Feves
Virginia Weisel
Victoria Avakian Ross
Frances Senska
Marianne Gold
Margaret Tompkins
Virginia Banks
Eunice Jensen
Sally Haley
Ebbba Rapp
Mike Gold
Tony Angell
F. Mason Holmes (Tacoma)
David Kane
Jessica Kernan Yerxa
Graphic novel illustrators
Local graffiti artists
Art about Grunge
And outside the Northwest: Ansel Adams, Andrew Wyeth, Monet, Juanita San Pablo, Marco San Pablo
12.23.09
A few more suggestions on our post-it wall from museum visitors. I've added these to our Northwest artist list
- Beautiful Angle (multiple votes!)
- Ryan Hardesty
- Victoria Haven
- Mary Henry
- Older works by Scott Fife
- Jennifer Adams (photography)
- A. Curtiss
Otherwise, someone posted a compliment to the museum ("I like the art here!)" and a couple of shout outs to Lincoln High Class of 2011. Someone also suggested the UPS Kayak Club--who knew they were all artists too!
12.22.09
A couple weeks ago, the Whitney Museum of American Art announced its lineup for the upcoming 2010 biennial. The Portland artist Storm Tharp will be included, following the selection of MK Guth in 2008. The outside validation for an artist like Tharp or Guth marks an important milestone in their careers. Additionally, their work has been collected by individuals across the country and has been featured in national publications. For me, this type of achievement becomes important in reinforcing my assessment of their work and underscores their importance as markers of this moment in the region's art history. The question for me is how does a collector or curator weight this present-day judgment in five, ten, or a hundred years?
