Northwest nature on display in art show ‘Organic’ book delves into food labeling
Fairweather House and Gallery holds reception for artist
SEASIDE — Fairweather
House and Gallery introduc-
es new works by Lee Mun-
sell with an artist reception
from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fri-
day, April 24. A light brunch
with champagne mimosas
will be offered.
After extensive explora-
tion of the Olympic Penin-
sula and Northwest Oregon,
Munsell’s new work demon-
strates stunning scenes of
tree-topped sea stacks, hid-
den coves and sunset skies.
He has traveled throughout
the world gathering insights,
taking photographs and cre-
ating pencil sketches along
the Pacific coast that give
him inspiration for new
work later in his studio.
His work offers up a
sense of the endurance
these monuments withstand
against the relentless Pacif-
ic Ocean. One can only stop
awhile, reflect and take in
Submitted photo
Submitted photo
“Listening” by Lee Munsell.
Lee Munsell works on a painting.
the grandeur of these places
of breathtaking strength and
peace. “There is a design
to the world and cosmos
around us. There are lessons
in everything created,” stat-
ed Munsell.
About Munsell’s work,
art critic William Havlicek
wrote, “Munsell uses nu-
ances of light to create tran-
scendent evocations … the
subjects of the work as are
the peaks, rivers and strong
pines … he seeks to convey
the timeless and lasting ef-
fects of creation.”
Munsell’s fine art work
has been exhibited at the
Laguna Festival of the Arts,
a sought-after juried show.
His work is exhibited in se-
lected galleries throughout
the United States including
a one-man show at the World
Art Gallery in Orange Coun-
ty, California.
Fairweather House and
Gallery is located at 612
Broadway. For information,
go to www.fairweatherhou-
seandgarden.com
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Seaside library hosts award-winning author Peter Laufer
SEASIDE — On Thursday,
April 23, the Friends of the
Seaside Library will welcome
Peter Laufer, award winning
author of “Organic: A Journal-
ist’s Quest to Discover the Truth
Behind Food Labeling.” The
event will take place at 7 p.m.,
in the Community Room at the
library, and there will be book
sales and signings presented by
Beach Books.
Part food narrative, part in-
vestigation, part adventure sto-
ry, “Organic” is an eye-open-
ing and entertaining look into
the organic label. It is also a
wakeup call about the dubious
origin of food labeled organic.
After eating some suspect or-
ganic walnuts that supposedly
were produced in Kazakhstan,
veteran journalist Peter Laufer
chooses a few items from his
home pantry and traces their
origins back to their source.
Along the way he learns how
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“Organic” by Peter Laufer.
easily we are tricked into tak-
ing “organic” claims at face
value.
With organic foods readily
available at supermarkets, con-
fusion and outright deception
about labels have become com-
monplace. Globalization has al-
lowed food from highly corrupt
governments and businesses
overseas to pollute the market
with food that is anything but.
The organic environment is like
the Wild West: oversight is vir-
tually nonexistent, and decep-
tion runs amok. Laufer investi-
gated so-called organic farms in
Europe, South America and in
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Northwest.
Laufer, winner of major
awards for excellence in report-
ing, is an independent journalist,
broadcaster and documentary
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tional and new media. He is the
James Wallace Chair in Journal-
ism at the University of Oregon
School of Journalism and Com-
munication.
Seaside Public Library is
located at 1131 Broadway. For
more information call 503-738-
6742 or visit www.seasideli-
brary.org
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