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TK McDonald scoops soil onto the bass of a newly planted tree in Martin Luther King Jr Park
Tree planted in King’s honor
Tasha Eichenseher
Oregon D&*ty EmertkS
Blue skies and a brilliant rainbow graced a circle
of reflective citizens present to rededh ale Martin
Luther king. Jr Park by planting a cherry tree there,
last Saturday.
"That is a sign from Marlin Luther king about the
color of this country." said Guadalupe Quinn, co
chairwomen of the Lugene Human Rights Com
mission. about the rainbow.
The afternoon vigil and tree planting was one
of many events organized by the Martin Luther king.
Jr. Celebration Committee, to commemorate and
honor King's birthday. Jan 15.
Several community members, including Quinn,
Cxmnly i-ommissioner Green,! diversity Rub
hi Hnnun Sills, and 1-eRoy Dickens, vii e-ch-umutn
of the Human Rights Commission, spoke about the
implit ations and results of Kind's work
"I would like to thank (aid for Martin 1.other kmn
Because of him we t an lie who we are Green said
"His struggle for justice has not been in vain
"The most influential thing IKmgl said was that
wo have to live as brothers and sisters and die as
fools." Dickens said "Looking around this circle,
I know that King's spirit is still there "
This is the second tree planting sponsored by the
Martin Luther King. lr Committee in Martin Luther
King, Jr Park The park is located on the comer
of 10th Avenue and Grant Street
Artist puts soul into his work
Pat Daly
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To artist Arvie Smith, painting
is one of the hardest jobs in the
world
“It's never easy." he said about
his art ' You're on the line if
you're being honest with your
self You're pouring out your
soul,"
A selection of Smith's paint
ings are on display in Room 115
Lawrence Hall. 1190 Franklin
Blvd,
The show, “Strange F'ruit,"
explores “cultural and sexual
issues dealing with race." Smith
said.
A visiting fine arts professor
from Pacific Northwest College
of Art in Portland, Smith sees a
correlation between the ideas Dr,
Martin Luther king Jr taught and
how he feels about his own work
"It would he that all men are
free. Everyone has the right to do
what they want, ns long as they
don't hurt someone Expression
is one of those freedoms."
"In a general kind of way," he
said, “I'm an African American
urtist trying to break into a field
dominated by white males '
"I think Martin's (King) big
thing was human rights." he said
"That's what I'm talking about,
the right of expression
One of the most powerful
paintings Smith said he ever < rv
ated was on the day King was
killed When Smith heard the
news, he said, he went out and
immediately began painting Not
usually an abstract artist. Smith
said he threw a lot of himself and
his anger into that work.
"This was just rage," Smith
said "! thought it was a great
catharsis."
Smith's personal history, and
that of his family, art) part of his
paintings His great gr.mdmoth
or was a slave, a fact not missed
in Smith's works, many of which
look at historical black .'white
relations.
For a time. Smith worked as a
social worker in South Central
Los Angeles, where he lived as a
young man Smith said those
exponent es. both growing up and
as art adult, play into his work.
“1 saw so much working with
kids and families." he said. "I saw
pimps and prostitutes on the
same corners as when 1 was grow
ing up Nothing had changed,"
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