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rts ^Entertainment
March 2, 2005
lexander Gallery opens with fresh palette
hculty artists’ exhibition held in Niemeyer Center
Cassandra Mathieson
[Clackamas Print
¡This past Wednesday brought
| it the opening exhibition of
Alexander Gallery in the
Jeyer Center. Each member
lie art department faculty
leased select pieces of their
for viewing and sale.
ere is a far better turnout
in we would have thought,”
'■dRonald Egger, a student of
■e ¡Gallery Management and
■n class who organized the
fag of the exhibition.
Balking along the perimeter
| the Alexander Gallery, one
get a certain sense of fla-
■rom the artwork of our
ft
J
ty-
■Smith Eliot’s “Redwings,”
[see a woman sitting on a tree
with her hands resting
¡ether in between her legs,
¡image is brushed over in
J
a breathtaking red hue; a pair
of broken wings float beside
the woman in the air as she
gazes almost sorrowfully into
resemblance to one leading
political figure. A favorite of these
in particular is the piece entitled
“Ouroboros,” or, “the snake
that eats itself,”
featuring
that
aforementioned
political figure’s
head on the body
of a tremendous
serpent.
Another
interesting piece
of artwork at
the
Alexander
Gallery exhibition
was
David
Andersen’s “Fruit
Love,”
which
shows two beings
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comprised only
“Fruit Love” by Art Instructor David of various pieces
Andersen is just one piece for sale.
of fruit, with a
juxtaposition of
the distance. Nora Brodnicki’s fruit stems that leads the viewer
collection of white stoneware to assume that one is male, the
jars bares images with a striking other female. The acrylic on
canvas painting is
120” x 120” and
was for sale at the
price of $20,000.
“Our existence
is
filled
with
paradoxes
and
ambiguities where
events, tragic or
otherwise, appear
to
be
unfair,
ridiculous or just,”
said
Anderson
about his extraor­
dinary
work.
“It
is
through
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my work that I
utilize, order and
“Oscillating Octopi” by Art Instructor
attempt to make
Rick True is on display until April 1.
sense of these
absurdities.”
you may have missed out on
The other pieces showing at the grand opening, there are still
the exhibition are also up for quite a few exemplary pieces of
sale, spanning in price from artwork to be experienced, and
$85 to $4,000 individually. The a greater appreciation for the
Alexander Gallery is open for artists we have on our campus to
business now so even though be gained.
sterman Theatre’s first night bodes well
lannon Armstead
\Clackamas Print
theater department, uti-
the state-of-the-art tech-
of the Osterman Theatre,
Kis its audience into the twists
■ turns of Shakespeare’s iron-
^■e of love and trickery with
B latest production, “Twelfth
■t”
^■welfth Night” is the first
^Biction in the new Osterman
^■tre, making it a special
^■t for actors and production
^■alike.
^■here is such an excitement
■t doing something that we
been waiting 37 years to
■0,” said Theater Department
^■r and “Twelfth Night”
■feeler David Smith-English.
■Twelfth Night” was chosen
E Smith-English as a means to
a statement of the depart-
^■s dedication to the theater
I‘[Twelfth Night’ is one of
|y favorite shows,” said Smith-
nglish. “I wanted to make a
Bement in the first show [in
■Osterman Theatre] that we
■erious about theater.”
■hock full of Shakespeare’s
■nparable wit and humor,
Eelfth Night” is a tale of
fely romances, unraveled by
lamas’ cast with color and
hilarity. With cos­
tumes reminiscent
of the 1700s, the
cast sings, dances
and employs humor
to engage their
audience.
The
use
of
Shakespearean
terms
such
as
“catch” meaning
“simple song or
round” and “com­
plexion’’
mean­
ing “personality”
are defined in the
play’s program and
give the production
an authentic qual­
ity that calls for
the audience to pay
special attention to
each word spoken
by the cast of char­
acters.
The characters
in “Twelfth Night”
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are. composed of
a cast of new and The cast of “Twelfth Night,” Jayson M. Shanafelt, Annie Rimmer, John
returning students, Renner and Seth Wrobleski take a bow after their first performance.
including artist in
Kortüm. Nordurft holds the title Musical Theatre Company, The
residence Amanda Jensen.
“We have a wonderful med­ of professional clown and has Portland Opera and OBT, as well
ley of old and new students in traveled with the Ringling Bros, as appearances in feature-length
the play,” said theater student and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Ira independent films.
Another talent in the per­
Bekah Finch, who plays Olivia Kortüm has written and direct­
ed and acted in his own hor­ formance of “Twelfth Night,”
in the production.
Casts members include such ror show “Toxic Avenger: the composer and pianist Mike Van
talents as Travis Nordurft and Ira Musikill,” performed with the Liew. Van Liew has worked with
Concert Calendar
Tonight
Thurs Ccont'4)
tolieHoland
Bottom, Stovokor, Slowhawk
Bp.m.
9:30 p.m.
Dante’s
$5(21+)
Boug Fir Lounge
Ip (21+)
9:30 p.m.
Dante’s
$6(21+)
O.A.R.
Boon’s Treasury
free (21+)
Thursday
[lothouse Flowers
■ p.m.
Aladdin Theater
|19 (All ages)
Good Time Gil & the Cham­
pagne Cowboys
Friday
ffark Parrish
I p.m.
Saturctay
8 p.m.
Roseland Theater
$23 (All ages)
Junior Brown
7 p.m.
Aladdin Theater
$20 (All ages)
Tradition y Vanguardia
6:30 p.m.
Aladdin Theater
$25 (All ages)
The Bettilu Bombshells
9 p.m.
Dante’s
$6(21+)
Smith-English in several plays
creating original music, and is a
freelance musician-teacher-com-
poser in Portland who performs
and records professionally.
“I love working with Mike,”
said Smith-English. “He has a
special understanding for writ­
ing music and playing it and
incorporating it into what hap­
pens on stage.”
While the cast of “Twelfth
Night” boasts of talented artists,
its performance in the new the­
ater makes it all the more spec­
tacular. The Osterman Theatre’s
new state-of-the-art equipment
brings the stage to life through
the use of lighting and sound.
“The sound quality is like
nothing else I’ve ever worked
with,” said theater student Annie
Rimmer, who plays the mischie­
vous Maria in the show. “[The
new theater] is the most beauti­
ful theater I’ve seen on a college
campus.”
With the splendor of the new
facility, “Twelfth Night” pro­
vides its audience with a cast
of talented actors, mesmerizing
original music, the intrigue and
merriment of Shakespeare, and
makes for an excellent evening
of entertainment. The theater
department looks forward to four
more performances of “Twelfth
Night” March 3-5 at 7 p.m., and
March 6 at 2:30 p.m.