Portland Observer, November 10,1982 Page 7
O B S E R V A T IO N S
FROM THE SIDELINES
by Kathryn Hall Bogle
at Bowling Oreen, Kentucky, where,
for five years. Taylor was Assistant
E W IN the Portland commu
Professor o f Art.
The couple met each other in, o f
nity and already quite well
all
known, M ichael T a y lo r, assistant places, N airobi, in Kenya, A fr i
ca. M ike Taylor was in Nairobi as a
professor o f art at Lewis and Clark
graduate student doint art research
college, and his wife, Stephanie, are
on the arts and crafts o f the region.
searching for a house to buy.
Stephanie Taylor was in Nairobi as
The house has to be a special
a philosophy m ajor from K alam a
house to accomodate all o f the arts
zoo College in Michigan. An art gal
and crafts they produce as well as
lery called "A frican Heritage L td ."
collect.
N
M ichael, “ my favorite probably ia
the one made o f mango wood, a rar
ity . It's p ro b ab ly o f A fric a n and
A rab blend in origin. It has slender
h an d -tu rn ed spools a d o rn in g the
headboard and fo o tb o a rd ; and it
has four mango poles for support
ing a canopy. It would be glorious
to see a canopy o f some silken fab
ric, but over there the canopy was o f
mosquito netting. Then there are a
couple o f antique brass beds----- ”
In P o rtla n d , M rs. T a y lo r is a
part-time rehabilitation therapist at
"Conquest C e n te r,” an agency o f
the Center for C om m unity M ental
H e a lth . “ Conquest C e n te r” is a
daycare treatm ent center fo r the
chronically m entally ill on U nion
Ave. M rs. T aylo r counsels her c li
ents in developing job skills and as-
siting those who have spent time in
hospitals to form realistic views in
work in the competitive workforce.
Mrs. Taylor is also a published poet
o f modern style weaving verbal pic
tures of her life in Kenya and o f the
people o f the countryside.
The Taylors are the parents o f a
young son and daughter, Christo
pher, 5 years, and J e n n ife r, 13
months.
The talented Taylors w ill be ex
hibitors at the November 14 Assem
bly o f Black Artists at the Firehouse
In te rc u ltu ra l C enter when The
Links, Inc. celebrates its 25th Anni
versary o f Chapter activities in the
Portland community. They will also
show a unique craft item : a q u ilt,
handm ade, and ornam ented by
transfer from xerox design, photo
graphs o f hands, and bedbugs.
Judge Mercedes D eiz o f C ircu it
Court is back in town after her re
cent participation in a series o f class
discussions and public programs on
the Lehigh U n ive rs ity campus in
Pennsylvania.
Judge Deiz was presented by the
W oodrow W ilson Fellowship Pro
gram. As a Visiting Fellow , Judge
D eiz has made several trips to the
Lehigh campus in encouraging "the
flow o f ideas between academic and
non-academ ic worlds and to help
students to see the relation between
a lib e ra l arts education and their
lives after graduation.”
U pon her retu rn to P o rtla n d
Judge Deiz gave the keynote speech
at Lewis and C lark School o f Law
for an all-day affair arranged by the
Oregon State Bar Association in be
h a lf o f m in o rity students on that
campus. H er topic, “ Routes In to
Law School and Roads O u t,” gave
students a nudge to consider “ ex
panded areas that a law degree can
take once they have reached their
goals. No longer must a law student
make a choice between becoming ei
ther a tria l law yer or a c orpo rate
lawyer,” Judge Deiz said.
“ There are new technological
fields to explore such as the compu
ter occupations, urban and ru ra l
planning, industiral engineering and
so on into politics and economics
and international relations.
“ Everyone h ere,” she said to
classes, "w ill be calling the shots to
m o rro w .
“ We are in a world o f micro-elec
tronics, macro-economics— a com
pletely new world of exploding pos
sibilities and hopes. Maybe a world
o f black companies, black mayors,
perhaps black governors and black
T V stars.”
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NORTHWEST IN ACTION
MICHAEL TAYLOR
M ike is a graphics artist holding a
M I A from U C L A and now teach
ing graphic design, its fundamental
techniques, basic design and design
concepts. His w ork, some o f it on
exhibit u n til N ovem ber 15 at the
Templeton Center on the Lewis and
Clark campus, reflects his interest in
precision, and study o f the contrast
o f Order and Disorder. He deals in
abstracts and with no actual object
and he sticks to black and w hite.
" M y pictures have to do with space
and position in space,” Taylor says.
“ I ’ m also concerned w ith the re
flective qualities o f surface and the
use o f texture. It please me to do
them . They have no hidden
meaning.”
An observer looking at the exhibit
found the Taylor paintings a ffo rd
ing a sense o f tranquility.
The T aylo rs came to P o rtlan d
from Western Kentucky University
rt
was the setting for their acquaint
ance begun over a piece o f sculp
ture. So two Americans fell in love.
Stephanie T a y lo r has since ac
quired her philosophy degree from
Kalamazoo and is currently working
towards an advanced degree in clini
cal psychology.
The Taylors married in America
but (hey have lived in N airo b i, re
turning there when a position as As
sistant Professor o f A rt and Design
at the University o f Nairobi opened
for Mike.
Both have collected numerous
items o f sculpture, rugs, tables,
stools, pictures, fabric, jewelry and
even games from A frica. But, per
haps, am ong some o f th e ir more
prized possessions from Nairobi are
their some half-dozen beds.
" W e have to have a house big
enough to put up our beds. We love
them so. A favo rite? W e ll,* ' said
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