Clackamas Print
Arts&ulture 5
Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008
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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.”
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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
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protesting in
front of the
clinic that
her baby
is
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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.
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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.