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Wednesday, November6,2013
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P R IN T : News
A closer focus on an old piece of CCC
Erin Carey
News Editor
Many people who have attend
Clackamas Community College
might never lay eyes on the cam
pus’ previous art building, and if
you have, you might even con
sider it a bit on the ominous side.
It is quite the trip to get out there,
past the track and the shiny new
art building, hidden away in unat
tended brush and out of the eye
sight of most, save for the stray
runner or cyclist.
The building had been an
old berry processing plant for
Smucker’s jam, before it was
used by CCC — hence the name.
The Smucker’s Building used to
house various art classes, and was
used until 2001 when the new art
center was built.
Asking people on cam
pus, many may give a strange
look, completed with, “I never
knew there was an old art build
ing.” With its broken and badly
patched windows, oddly placed
doors that seem to lead out to
nowhere, decrepit art on peeling
painted green-blue walls and a
spray-painted image of a hornet
protecting one of the sides of the
building, it is one of CCC’s older
structures.
A look through a foggy and
often broken window, all it seems
to be used for is storage for the
lost and never used again.
Although the Smucker’s
Building isn’t labeled on the cam
pus’ map, it has “Art Center”
painted on one of its walls. The
inside seems not to have fared any even barred.
better than its outside — strewn
The building still has a few
around are chairs and tables, pieces o f art, one in particular is
where formerly it was probably made of exhaust pipes and a muf
fler, a cheerful face decorating
much like the new building.
The new art center is alive the rusted piece. There’s large-
with pieces from students past scale works from Michi Kosuge,
and present decorating the walls Lee Kelly and Richard Pickering.
The Oregon Encyclopedia
and shiny new accessories for the
students’ use. It’s much closer to online states that Roy Mikalson
the hustle and bustle of the main permanently founded Clackamas
campus, as the older building Community College in 1966 with
takes at least five minutes just to 165 acres. It intended to cover
: Clackamas community, with
walk there.
The doors of the old build the exception of Lake Oswego
ing no longer have “AC 101,” which was covered by Portland
the ‘ones’ peeled off, leaving a Community College, along with
shadow of their former presence. Sandy, Damascus and Boring
It’s marked as building 29, which which were served by Mt. Hood
seems to be its only official mark Community College.
Looking past the creepy
ing anymore.
The doors are locked and bolt demeanor of this antiquated
ed and a few of the windows are building, it commands respect.
The Smucker’s Building served
many students, the worn brick
posts sporting names o f past stu
dents on faded name pieces with
pride. The broken windows give
evidence that time and vandals
have diminished it.
The Smucker’s Building
stands on the outreaches of the
campus, proving that there’s a
lot to learn about a campus that’s
nearing its 50th anniversary. It’s
important to know the history as
a community and to preserve the
integrity of the campus for years
to come.
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The Smueker’s Building now stands alone at the fa r reaches o f the campus. It
was Clackamas Community College’s main art resource up until 2001 when a
new bond was passed to build a new art center closer to the main campus. It
was a dwelling that enabled art students the creative space they needed while
having some distance from the hustle and bustle o f the other buildings. The
building was formerly owned by Smueker’s to process its fruit fo r jam.
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