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FEATURE O'Driscoll's art work begins to make impact THE CLACKAMAS PRINT HI < ■ t 74' Wife ' — Claudia O’Driscoll makes rattles that are made out of clay and decorated’'« with’found objects."O'Driscoll's artwork can be Gallery. MiogW ri wa^ Claudia O'Dricoll is an upcoming artist. O'Driscoll is the Interlibrary/Seriais Coordinator at' the college library. I >r. bSffH»l I Mon? ■ by Aaron Brown Staff Writer After 16 years of hard work, the fruits of labor are paying off for artist Claudia O’Driscoll, in- terlibrary loan/serials coordina tor. O’Driscoll has been involved with art for most of her life, but since 1973 has been involved in an unique side of pottery, using no complex machinery whatsoever. “Everyone is unique, mine is just more visible,” explains O’Dris- oolL “It (pottery) is something that just came.” More specifically, O’DriscoH’s vehicle for expression is Native American pottery. Her creations include spirit bundles and rattles. Spirit bundles consist of a combi nation of natural artifacts (bones, twigs etc.), wrapped in pottery. The “rattles” are actually two pots bonded together with a rattle in side, hence the name rattle. The most interesting part of her pottery is the method offiring in a kiln made of brick. A layer of sawdust is laid on the bottom of the kiln, with the rattles she cre ates placed on top. This is re peated, depending on how many layers of rattles, concludifig with Epstein attends seminar at Princeton • 3Vii! by Jim Titus Education is a never-ending process. Just ask Dr. Donald Epstein, a history professor at Clackamils:COmmunity College. < •-r' Epsteih' intended a month long seminar at Princeton Uni versity this summer through a grant he received from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Epstein was required to read 30 books during the seminar, which concerned the origins of modem Turkey. “All of us (at the seminar) had our doctorates and were ex perienced teachers, so we had no objections,” Epstein said. “We had to do what we always told our students to do: buckle down and READ. We were doing about four to five hours of reading a day and four to five hours of library re- sëâffiB/ït wasïtwàllÿ a pleasure; Princeton has an extremely good libraty.” The seminar was especially interesting for Epstein, who is personally researching how the modernization of Turkey affected Palestine, which became the state of Israel in 1948. Turkey occupied Palestine during the Ottoman empire. Epstein is working on a paper on Ottoman Palestine for inclu sion in a regional publication of the National Social Science Asso ciation. He is a member of the editorial board of the publication. Once written, Epstein will present the paper to the associa tion at their convention in Van couver, B.C. in February in the hope it will be accepted for publi cation. “I don’t know whether it(the paper) is going to be accepted or not. Sometimes you write a paper, read it, and it doesn’t get accepted (for publication) for two to four years,” stated Epstein. “Right now I’m just in the proposal stage.” The knowledge Epstein gained at the seminar and the subsequent development of his paper will probably show up in his classes at Clackamas. “I am going to try and apply the information in my classes here, especially in the course on Arabs and Jews I’m teaching in the Spring,” Epstein explained. “I’m also developing my theme in a series of lectures at Willamette View Manor. I’m going to test out the thesis on the groupât Willam ette View and see how they react” October 18,1989 Page 6 one final layer of sawdust. This is then lit, closed with a piece of metal and left to bum for 48 hours at the most. This creates a “natu ral” effect O’Driscoll desires. Studies are an important fac tor in O’Driscoll’s art. Starting with a B.A in Literature, she studied art at a series ui. ''rk- shops in Oregon, based on Native art designing. While attending a workshop here at Clackamas, taught by Rick True, O’Driscoll learned basic design in found objects. It was this course that brought it all together for her. O’Driscoll’s work is on dis play at two Portland galleries, the Graystone Gallery and the Mother Goose Gallery. Her work is also located on the coast and hopes to expand to Victoria, BC. The environment plays an important role in O’Driscoll’s art work. Because of her interest in the environment, O’DriscoU is not out to make large profits off her art. O’Driscoll wants to raise the public’s awareness of the environ ment, as well as the small details in around them. , “It (her art) makes me look more closely at my surroundings^” explained O’Driscoll. “It’s just another way of expressing myself.” ilfVÁtí Photo by Lane Scheideman Dr. Donald Epstein, history instructor, received a grant to attend a seminar at Princton University last summer. Fall winner for ' Baker Boys FREE CLASSIFIEDS* Classified ads FREE to all students and staff of Clackamas Community College! Why not sell your car, boat, or used books. Looking for a girl or boy friend? Why not put a classified ad in the Clackamas Print? The Clackamas Print gets results! What? You're not a student at Clackamas Community College! That's O.K. The Clackamas Prints classified rates are relatively inexpensive. Only $2 forthe first 15 words and $.15 a word thereafter per issue. ' name _________________________________________ ^ADDRESS________________ _________________ ;____________________ .CITY, STATE, ZIP__________________ * ___________________ ■PHONE__________________________________________ ____________ .WRITE YOUR AD COPY HERE:__________________ ;__________________ ■_________________________________ __________ —--------- ■ . ...y (Clackamas $rint 19600 S. Molalla Ave. Oregon City, Oregon 97045 * 657-6958 Ext. 578 •SOME RESTRICTIONS MAY APPLY. CONTACT THE CLACKAMAS PRINT FOR INFORMATION The Fabulous Baker Boys, contrary to the advertisements is not a fast-paced laugh-a-minute comedy movie. It is, however, the kind of movie that lets you see a slice of life that many of us may not wish to, or get to experience. Piller's Picks by Rick Piller When the genre title, dramedy, is placed on a television show it is it’s death kneU. When the title is placed on a movie doom can also happen to the film. When that movie has Jeff Bridges, his brother Beau, and Michelle Pfeiffer in it well, death knells have had a habit of being shattered before. Jeff Bridges plays Jack Baker who along with his brother Frank, played by Beau, play in piano bars around the Northwest and down the west coast. Frank plays quite welland Jack plays extremely weH. This is what has helped them last for twenty years on the night club scene. Fabulousness can fade and Jack, like his listeners becomes more and more a drunk and Frank wants to try anything to keep the business afloat, even a singer. Enters Pfeiffer as Suzy Diamond. Suzy gives the Baker boys’ act what it needs, sexual energy com ing out the ends of their hair. Now not only are they packing the house every night, they are able to turn down jobs that just a few weeks back they were practically begging for. Soon their self es teem that they had lost after years on the road starts to return. This in and of itself might make a good movie but to make a better movie one needs to throw a wrench into the works and this is just what writer/director Steve Kloves did. Frank gets caUed home because of a family crisis, leaving Jack and Suzy to put on the New Year’s show by themselves. After the show the two are alone in the auditorium where they make love. Pfeiffer and Jeff Bridges heat up the screen quite well and the acting all around is quite good. This is all around a very good movie with just the right amount of comedy, drama, sexual energy and cuteness to make it a perfect Fall movie. If Kloves were a chef he would have a souffle of three star proportions. inches 9 52.24 48.55 18.51 D50 Illuminant, 2 degree observer Density ■■■■■■■■■■ 10 97.06 -0.40 1.13 11(A) 92.02 -0.60 0.23 12 87.34 -0.75 0.21 13 82.14 -1.06 0.43 14 72.06 -1.19 0.28 62.15 -1.07 0.19 0.04 0.09 0.15 0.22 0.36 0-51 B ¿0 GoldenThread