SEPTEMBER 11, 2015, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A3
Gallery display becoming
more popular at city hall
KT on vacation
Submitted photo
KEIZERTIMES/Craig Murphy
Keizer Public Arts Commission members and others look at possible places to display a quilt at
the Keizer Civic Center on Aug. 25.
By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
The gallery at Keizer Civic
Center is becoming more
popular.
When members of the
Keizer Public Arts Commis-
sion (KPAC) started schedul-
ing displays in the gallery last
year, fi nding four shows a year
wasn’t easy.
Because of that, shows are
currently on display for three
months at a time. The Col-
ored Pencil Art show went up
in July and runs through the
end of September, with a dis-
play from photographer Mike
Hare to be up from the start
of October through the end of
December.
The Mid Valley Quilt Guild
will have its third annual dis-
play from January through
March, followed by an April
through June youth show fea-
turing work from McNary
High School, the Salem-
Keizer Education Foundation,
Boys and Girls club as well as
homeschoolers.
After that, displays will be
for only two months instead
of three, starting with work
from the Red Raven Gallery
Co-op next July and August.
“We are booked through
August of next year,” said Lore
Christopher, KPAC chair.
“Our next available time is
next September.”
Christopher
noted
it
doesn’t matter to her where
the group is from.
“The idea is to get art in
front of Keizer residents,”
she said. “They don’t need to
be from Keizer. The quilters
group is predominantly from
Dallas. There are 100,000
people that come through this
building annually. The only
provision is for hangable art
currently.”
For the most part, work on
display at city hall can be sold.
However, the question has
been brought up a couple of
times how much commission
the city should get for that.
“The policy says the
rate shall be determined by
the city council,” said Nate
Brown, director of Commu-
nity Development for Keizer.
“We have yet to decide on a
specifi c rate.”
Christopher had previ-
ously suggested a 25 percent
commission, while Rick Day
made a motion for a 20 per-
cent commission. Fellow
KPAC members agreed with
that suggestion.
“That’s the recommen-
dation we’re making, Nate,”
Christopher said. “All art will
be 20 percent (commission),
any public art through KPAC.”
Brown pointed out current
contracts with committed
groups don’t have a clause for
commission.
“This would be going for-
ward,” Christopher responded.
In other recent KPAC
news:
• There had been some
discussion in recent months
about a large ring art display
going up in front of Boucher’s
Jewelers. The ring was con-
structed for May’s Iris Festi-
val Parade, but city attorney
Shannon Johnson had raised
concerns about such a display
being interpreted as advertis-
ing, with his fear being other
businesses would follow suit
and start getting around city
sign code rules by using art
displays as advertising.
Brown said a compromise
had been reached: the ring
will be on display in front of
Sonic Drive-In, located at
3775 River Road N. Bouch-
er’s is located at 4965 River
Road N.
“It will be happening
soon,” Brown said.
• Time is running out
to enter the city’s inaugural
holiday greeting card contest.
KPAC members are inviting
Keizer residents of all ages to
submit art work that expresses
the holiday season in Keizer.
The winner will get a $100
gift card to Michael’s Art and
Craft, while the design will be
used for a holiday card sent
out by the city.
The deadline to enter the
contest is next Friday, Sept. 18
at 5 p.m. All submitted entries
become property of the city
and are expected to be shown
in the display case at city hall
during the holidays.
Contest rules and an appli-
cation can be downloaded at
keizer.org; they are also avail-
able at city hall.
• A large quilt from the old
Keizer Merchants Association
will soon be on display in the
lobby at city hall, above the
city hall portion where city
employees work.
The Keizer Chamber of
Commerce gave the quilt to
the city after a recent move to
its current location.
Maynard and Sharon Probst took their Keizertimes with them earlier this year on a trip to
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He has seen the light
KEIZERTIMES/Craig Murphy
Bob Zielinski, president of the Keizer Chamber of Commerce, carries in one of the new
Christmas lights to display during Tuesday’s Keizer City Council meeting.
CenturyLink food drive
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fi ght against hunger.
From June 1 to 12, during
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community members donated
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of food for Marion-Polk Food
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with $175,496 by Century-
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The local food drive in
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Contributions to the food
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