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About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1982)
feature By David J. Hayden Of the Print If you were to pick up “Creative Variety ’82” you’d gain a great deal of insight into Arthur Main, a College janitor. As editor, publisher and distribute», Main puts more than a little of himself into the newly established publication. Main began writing when he was 8 years old. “I began writing adventure stories about superman- and other . 'comic book characters,” Main said. “I’d write about all of their adventures in Portland. “I want peo ple to be more satisfied with themselves. I want them to realize they are more than they hink they are.” “In high.school I started to vrite poems,” he continued. The more I understood about he world, the more I wrote. I lad several of my poems jublished in the school’s nagazine.” Later, when Main vent to Clackamas Communi- y College, he continued to vrite poems and began writing irticles. At least some of Main’s iews and insights come from lis job. Photo by Duffy Coffman “You can’t classify a per son by his job,” Main said. “No matter what a person’s job, it’s possible they were coerced into it by people or a bad situation. “I want people to be more satisfied with themself,” he said. “I want, them to realize they are more than they, think they are. Some of the mill workers don’t think of themselves as being creative or being important, but they need to realize the potential they have and they need to work on reaching at it. . “Too many people do things automatically,” he con tinued, “without actually think ing about them. I believe we can’t let experience control,us. We have to learn from our past and know how to respond to future actions.” Art Council matures, finds area needs tour we had 45 people,” Em mert commented. “People are there and they do want to become involved in art ac tivities. All ,we need to do is organize it. “The Art Investment seminar is a major step for the Art Council,” continued Em mert. “Other than the art gallery tours it’s our first pro gram.” For people interested in investing in art or interested in art in general, two more seminars will be held at 7 p.m. in Board room A on Feb. 1, and Feb. 8. The first y/ill feature Dr. Gordon Gilkey, curator of the Portland Art Museum, discussing how to begin an art collection. The second night will pre sent Jo Ann Perse, an art dealer and gallery owner from St. Louis, Missouri, speaking on the best ways to invest your money in art. “In the last six months we’ve come a long way,” she said. “We’ve drawn people from all areas of the county. We’ve involved residents of Canby, Molalla, and Estacada, and the Arts Council is becom ing involved in their com “I feel that if my articles munities helping to organize satisfy myself, they’ll satisfy the programs they’re interested others,” Main said. in.” It could be just about any college class. But, unlike other classes there is a $6,000 LeRoy Neiman print sitting at the back of the room and the lecture is about stone lithography„ and the possible profit in the latest gallery offering. For Kathy Emmert this is more than just an unusual class. For her it’s the results of over six months’ time and work. As Director of the newly formed Clackamas County Arts Council, Emmert is star ting to see the product of a great deal of hard work. This three-part seminar is the first major event the Council has scheduled. The Arts Council was founded to provide support to local artists and to bring more art, exhibits, productions, and performances to the rural areas of Clackamas County. Our goal is to make it less difficult for artists to live and produce in our community, said Emmert. We want to make art more available to everyone. The first program the Arts Council developed was tours of local art galleries. “On our first Wednesday, Jan. 27, 1982 page 7
