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Clackamas Print Arts&ulture 5 Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008 ocal artists featured at (_Jackamas Emlli Walters Johirfiurlburt The Clackamas Print “Confluence,” the latest art exhibit featured at the college, came to an end on thé 18th. The show included works frdm local artists, sculpturists Mike Suri and Tom Yodi and printmaker Tim Lundholm. Suri was not only involved in the show, but also has an iron sculpture titled “Gather,” which is part of the perma nent collection at the college. “Gather” is located on the Oregon City campus, directly in front of the Dye Learning Center. More of Suri’s art can be found on his Web site, suri- iron.com. Prints, which were Lundholm’s contribution to the exhibit, are original, ink-on-paper works of art. Lundholm basically uses one of the types of matrixes, ink ing it and printing it onto paper by either hand-rubbing or using a press. Some of his art can be seen at handpulledprints.com/tim- lundholm.html. The next art exhibit, titled “Limelight” - made up of the work of three artists - will open in the Alexander Gallery, inside Niemeyer Hall, on Monday, Jan. 28. The artists’ reception will take place on Saturday, Feb. 2, from 2 to 4 p.m. Although Terry Chatkupt, the Alexander Gallery manag er, usually curates, Director of Organism Jeff Jahn is guest curating Limelight. Jahn runs a blog at Portlandart.net, and he start ed the nonprofit program Organism at artorganism.org. Chatkupt chose Jahn to Curate in part to receive more attention for the Alexander Gallery outside of the college, and also because of what he does in the art world. Chatkupt said that he will not be currat- ing much longer and will be replaced by Art Department Chair Rick True. Chatkupt usually decides who to showcase in the gal lery simply through network ing. The artists being featured in “Limelight” are Philippe Blanc, Salatore Reda and Marne Lucas. Blanc is creating a large- scale installation piece in honor of French culture, while Reda’s contribution is the video “Dino” on the great Dean Martin. Lucas is a pho tographer. For more information on the Alexander Gallery, Terry Chatkupt may be reached at ext. 2294. 5OVE: Several of the art pieces that were part of the ;hibit “Confluence.” iLOW: A wall-hanging titled “Bloom” was one of any sculptures in the art exhibit. Katrina Cook, a full-time student at Clackamas, walks through the Alexander Gallery looking at the sculptures and prints that made up the recent exhibit “Confluence.” egnant teenager Juno bumps funny bone with witticisms ily Walters & Culture Editor mps Gome along in everyone’s »rowing up; some simply are - not to mention more visible others. se in point: becoming a teen- other. lat ain’t no Etch-A-Sketch; one doodle that can’t be un- >meskillei ” t exactly the most comforting for 1^-year-old Juno MacGuff tr from a convenience store j while shaking a pregnancy Ian attempt to make the large, lus sign disappear. f iaovie “Juno” relays the y of growth - of body, mind lart - that Juno experiences lie duration of her incidental ncy, which is the outcome joipaneous night with cross ¡1 boy Paulie Bleeker (who mply by Bleeker). rough the 2007 film ced Up” also features a preg- ;ad character, abortion was considered an option by the in: the movie. 3 takes a completely differ- vjtof her situation at first, in to “Women Now” for an appointment, because, as she tells Bleeker, “... pregnancy often leads to, you know, infants,” and she is not ready to raise a child. However, when Juno arrives she is informed by a sign-wav ing classmate protesting in front of the clinic that her baby is fa enough along in devel- opment that it already “probably has fingernails.” That, followed by the punk reception That decision means that Juno has to tell her family about her preg nancy. They support her decisions despite their initial shock “I think it was interesting how they all accepted [the pregnancy],” said Devon Skyles, community member. Juno’s attachment to her baby’s “parents,” although the adoption is to be a closed one, begins to grow, especially to the former rocker husband, Mark. Slowly she pushes young Bleeker further and further away as she engrosses herself in a fantasy world that seems so differ ent from her own. Coupled with a script full of wonderfully witty repertoire and a delightful soundtrack made up of songs from the alternative per suasion, “Juno” capped off 2007, breaching the topic of teenage preg nancy, which has been considered taboo by many. “[The movie] was hilarious; I just really liked Juno’s sense of humor,” said Chelsea Shell, another community member. “It was her response to everything that hap pened that I loved.” Juno has seized four major Academy Award nomi nations, including Best Actress for Ellen Page Illustration by Megan Koler Clackamas Print and Best Picture. ist offering her boysenberry con doms that make “junk smell like pie,” makes Juno have second thoughts, and hastily leave. Abortion then being out of the question, Juno resorts to search- lg through the Pennysaver ads for prospective par ents with her best friend, Leah. She settles on the Loring couple, who eem to have an idyllic life- style.
