By Taylor Forseth
Staff Writer A new art exhibit at the Wolff Gallery in Portland Oregon features felt sculptures that are meant to look like everyday Grocery Items. Each sculpture is hand stitched to perfection by LeBrie Rich. Some of the grocery items featured in the exhibit are Hostess Powdered Donuts, Ritz Crackers, and Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix. The exhibit opened on September 5th and will continue through October 28th. LeBrie Rich is a visual artist who who focuses on colleges, mosaic, and fiber. Riche´s art has been featured in many different places all over the world including store from windows, museums, and even in art vending machines. Rich also owns a felt store called PenFelt in Portland Oregon. PenFelt is a place to make felt pieces like felted decor and clothing. Some of PenFelts upcoming classes include making felt slippers, coasters and ornaments. ¨It is amazing how something so small can turn into a masterpiece,¨ explained Leanne Forseth. Shannon O’Connor and Zemie Barr, the co-owners of the Wolff Gallery said they wanted to expand the portland art display and allow the under represented artist to show their outstanding masterpieces. O’Connor is currently working on a film about artists creative process into making the magnificent end result. Barr also conducts the photography exhibits at Blue Sky Gallery. “They're not only creative but their craftsmanship and detail almost makes them seem real,” said Caroline Woodcock. The Wolff Gallery has had many different exhibits in the past. The most recent exhibit before the Felt Grocery was the Fragmented Fruits exhibit that began on July 4th and went through september 3rd. The art in the display was created by a local artist named Lorena Guerra Matteucci that goes by M3AT. The art is meant to express the feelings of loss, depression, and new beginnings that the artist has gone through in the past year. The Array of art has been features in many different galleries across the United States and even in the Philippines. “Now that I know about the art gallery I am intrigued and interested to learn more,” explained Mariella Marandas. Starting on October 31st, a new exhibit will come to the Wolff Gallery. Artist Tara Murino-Brault is a printmaker in Portland, Oregon. Munro-Braut teaches an array of classes at the Portland Community College. She explained that Symbolism has been a major theme in her art. Her art includes things like trees, hands, and bones and she likes working with opposite aspects like light and dark By Madeline Bell
Staff Writer Watchers can hear the loud noises of the propellers in the air -- that is the sound of vintage airplanes flying in from all around the Northwest to be a part of the annual Hood River Fly In! This two-day event is held on September 9th to September 8th at the WAAAM (Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum). With more than 200 airplanes, including old war planes, biplanes, gliders, stunt planes, $500,000 planes, spy drones, and so many more, the WAAAM “has one of the largest collections of still flying antique aeroplanes and still driving antique automobiles in the country.” The coolest part of the fly in is when you get to watch all of the vintage planes take off! One of the coolest planes that took of was a water scoop plane! There were also private jets, bombers, and so many more airplanes that took off. You could see the ones in the air but, there were planes on the ground all lined up so that you can walk by and get a glance of them. “This is one of the best days of my life!” exclaimed my brother, Spencer, airplane fanatic and future pilot. His favorite was the flying tiger, one of the old WW2 airplanes being exhibited. One of the attractions at the Fly In was a chance to hop in a biplane and fly above the Columbia Gorge. Unfortunately the biplane broke down before we could go on. “I guess it was not meant to be,” said Amy Bell, Lake Oswego resident/Mother. If your brother, sister, son or daughter loves airplanes, take them to the Hood River Fly In and they will freak! Just like my brother did when he walked out and saw his most favorite airplane. By Dylan Burg
Staff Writer Lakeridge Junior High School is a very run down school because of how old it is. The Middle School located in Lake Oswego, Oregon has been around for more than 50 years and because of its old age it has started to fall apart. As you can see from the picture above, there are many cracks in the school walls. this picture was taken by a local reporter in Mr. Kelly’s classroom. Cracks like these can cause leaks when it rains hard enough. Even the foundation of the school has started to collapse in on itself, the library used to have doors that lead into a very nice area with a bench and some trees and grass but It’s dangerous even to try to open one of the doors. With the dreaded Cascadia earthquake looming in the back of oregonian’s heads, these structural weaknesses can be a very serious risk. If the Cascadia earthquake were to happen before the new school is built and used then its very likely for the entire school’s foundation to collapse and kill many students. Many people have mixed feelings about the new school for reasons such as losing all the memories of when they went to Lakeridge or their kids went to Lakeridge and all of the sentimental value this school has. Ms. Stegar was quoted saying “I have mixed feelings about the new school because I went to school here and my kids went to school here, so I have sentimental attachment to Waluga Junior High (Lakeridge Junior High’s old name), but despite that I am still very excited about all the innovative ideas, the cleanliness, but most of all the safety.” Stegar is definitely not alone on that standpoint. In conclusion, the new school will have a huge amount of benefits. At the same time it will have some downsides for people losing the middle school that they went to. Even though the new school will have its ups and downs the general population believes that the benefits outweigh the downsides by a huge amount. |
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