Wednesday, April 19, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Obituary
Artist’s works added to Local schools
fall below
museum collection
John David Hartman
November 17, 1944 — March 28, 2017
John David Hartman,
72, of Sisters, passed
away on March 28, 2017.
He was born in Scranton,
Pennsylvania on November
17, 1944. Jack served in
the Air Force from 1964 to
1967.
Jack went out of this
life just as he lived it: on
his own terms. Jack took
each day for exactly what
it was worth. He did what
he wanted for as long as he
wanted, and taught many of
us how to let go of the little
things and embrace the joy
of living true to yourself.
A buyer and seller of
“junk,” he had a keen eye
for the unique and valuable,
and loved a good yard sale
or fleamarket. Though he
thrived on buying and sell-
ing, he was not attached to
material possessions and
would easily give something
away. Jack’s generosity was
unmatched, as was shown in
his years of giving to Sisters
Folk Festival, with both
time and art.
He had extraordinary
artistic talent, seen in his
original paintings and sculp-
tures, and in his imagina-
tively designed (and con-
stantly changing) living
spaces. Most who knew him
have some favorite painting
or unique object that Jack
gave to them.
Jack loved the sun, and
spent years living in the
Florida Keys as a camp-
ground manager, where he
met the friends who would
connect him to Oregon. For
the past 12 years, Jack found
happiness and home living
in Sisters in the company of
his adopted family.
Jack always said he was
immune to rules because
he wasn’t playing anyone
else’s game. His charm,
warmth, zest for life, and
unique sense of practicality
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provided him with the means
for all manner of adven-
tures. From Pennsylvania
to the Florida Keys, from
Oregon to Mexico he mean-
dered, staying just as long as
it was interesting to him, but
always returning to Oregon.
Jack goes on to join his
brothers Don and Robert,
mother Iona Belle, and
father Edward David
Hartman. He leaves behind
his brother Red, and a tribe
of treasured friends. All
who knew him will miss his
laughter and the twinkle in
his blue eyes.
There will be a cel-
ebration of life at the Adair
Clubhouse in Adair Village,
Corvallis on Sunday, May
7, 2017, from 1 to 5 p.m.
For more information, call
541-745-7455.
Donations in Jack’s mem-
ory can be made to Sisters
Folk Festival, earmarked for
the Americana Project Arts
Outreach Scholarship. For
more information, please
visit https://sistersfolk.org/
apaos/.
541-549-9388
SISTERS
Visions Art Museum in
San Diego will feature the
work of Sisters quilt and
fiber artist Jean Wells.
Wells’ collection of
quilts will appear in an
exhibit, “Anatomy of
Nature,” April 21-July 2,
before the quilts are added
to the museum’s permanent
collection.
Visions Art Museum:
Contemporary Quilts +
Textiles is celebrating 10
years at Liberty Station
and marking the occasion
with six new additions to
the museum’s permanent
collection.
“I’m honored to have my
quilts at Visions. These quilts
represent so much of life in
Central Oregon and what
inspires me through geogra-
phy, color and nature,” said
Wells. “At this time in my
career, I am deeply moved to
have my work recognized in
such a manner.”
Jean Wells is an artist,
author, instructor, and owner
of Stitchin’ Post in Sisters.
She is the founder of the
landmark Sisters Outdoor
Quilt Show.
Her quilt work has been
juried into the International
Quilt Festival in Houston,
the Pacific West Quilt Fest,
Mancuso shows in San
Francisco and reside in pri-
vate collections. Her com-
missioned quilts live at
FivePine Conference Center,
special ed
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PHOTO PROVIDED
Jean Wells.
Sisters Shibui Spa, Sisters
City Hall, and Gateway
Canyons, Colorado. She
has taught color theory and
quilting around the world,
sharing her books and lec-
tures with thousands of
people.
Wells founded the Sisters
Outdoor Quilt Show in 1975.
The show grew to become
the largest outdoor quilt
show in the world, held on
the second Saturday of July.
The 42nd annual event is set
for July 8, and SOQS Sunday
on July 9.
BEND (AP) — State offi-
cials say less than 75 percent
of special education stu-
dents at the five largest cen-
tral Oregon school districts
are graduating within four
years.
The Bulletin reports data
from the 2014-15 school year
shows Sisters School District
has a 64 percent graduation
rate for its special educa-
tion programs, followed by
Bend-La Pine school at 63
percent and Redmond School
District at 48 percent. Crook
County and Jefferson County
had the lowest rates, with 35
percent and 29 percent.
The Oregon Department
of Education released the
numbers last week. Special
education students are
defined as students with an
individualized education
plan.
Executive Director of spe-
cial programs for Bend-La
Pine Schools Sean Rinehart
say the state’s report cards
do not factor in students who
earn GEDs or alternative
certificates.
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