Page6, Portland Observer, February 13, 1985
Chicano art shown at Clark College
A .M . P R IN TIN G CO.
2201 N. Klllingsworth
by R o b trt Lot bun
Clark College in Vancouver is host
ing the first region-wide group exhibit
of the work o f Northwest Chicano and
Latino artists.
The unique exhibit captures the
spirit, sense o f struggle and connected-
nos to the land of Hispanic culture. It
is on display in the college’ s Index
G allery, in back o f the bookstore in
Gaiser H a ll, 1600 E. M c L o u g h lin
Blvd.
Nine artists are represented, most
from W ashington and Idaho. T heir
w ork includes painting, sculpture,
photography and prints. Panels with
statements by prom inent Northwest
M exican-A m ericans describe H is
panic culture.
“ Chicanos and Latinos are no
strangers to the Pacific Northw est
states o f O regon, W ashington and
Id a h o ," says a statement by Erasmo
Gamboa, of the Chkano Studies Cen
ter at the University o f Washington.
Hispanics have lived in the agricultural
valleys of the Northwest at least since
the Am erican R evo lu tion , he said,
adding that according to the I960 cen
sus, 220,434 persons o f Hispanic de
scent live in the Northwest.
A nother panel inform s the reader
that Chicano art is influenced by the
art o f Mexico, Cuba, Latin America.
Pre-Columbian art, the third world art
o f the 1960s and also the art o f the
“ M o v im ie n to ," a C hicano political
and cultural resurgence o f the 1960s
and 70s.
One mural-like painting is rich with
Chicano racial, cultural and political
symbols: the flag o f the United Farm
workers Union, the cross o f the R o
man Catholic Church, olaca ocrets,
scenes o f fa rm w o rk e r; w orking the
land, and Chicano heroes and hero-
Chicano women are the subjects of
painter Cecelia Concepcion Alvarez.
One colorful portrait depicts a woman
with Ind ian features in trad itio n al
dress. Another, with rich earth tones,
shows two dignified Chicano women
who could be twins, possibly posing
the question o f the two cultures. Mexi
can and A m erican, that Chicanos
five in.
Painter Jose E. Orantes was born in
C1 Salvador and grew up in Guatemala
before moving to Seattle. "Perhaps
I'm seeing this earth with *ojos de ex-
tra n je ro ’ (eyes o f a stranger),“ be
cause o f his movement between cul
tures, said Orantes. Mayan culture as
well as the energy and technology of
Am erica figure in his bright acrylic
paintings. A M ayan chief dominates
one, and a wild and raucous freeway is
the subject of another.
C lark College Spanish instructor
John Calvert said a number o f talks
and other programs have been sched
uled in conjunction with the exhibit,
which leaves at the end o f February to
tour Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Cal
ifornia, Texas and Illinois. “ One thing
this has done is to create a sense o f
community," said Calvert, who added
that many o f the artists did n 't know
each other prior to their collaboration
on the exhibit.
IL-fl Donna Butler, John Calvert end Rosa Armendariz discuss works of art at Clark College's Index Gallery
(Photo: Richard J. Brown)
Fred Meyer joins child search
Fred Meyer, in cooperation wiih the
National Child Safely Council will be
the first local retailer to run inform a
tion about missing children on half-
gallon cartons o f milk.
(iordon Johnson, Fred Meyer Dairy
Buyer, said that approximately 100,000
of the specially printed cartons o f 2%
and 3.25% M y-T e-F in e m ilk will be
gin appearing in Oregon and W ash
ington Fred Meyer Food Departments
on Thursday and Friday o f this week.
T w o missing children w ill be pro
filed on each carton. The child's name
and photograph, along with a descrip
tion, will appear on the side panel.
Johnson stated, "This program was
initiated in California and back bast.
Because it’s resulted in the recovery of
several children, Fred Meyer felt it was
a worthwhile project to support,” In
January and M ay of 1984, Fred Meyer
provided parents with free fingerprint
ing kids, so they could keep c o n fi
dential records o f their children at
home.
The milk carton program is imple
mented through the N ational Child
Safety Council, which provides infor
mation on the missing children; and
the In te rn atio n al Paper C o ., which
makes thecartoas. International Paper
Phone: 283-2487
mes. A surrealist painting by A rtu ro
A rto rez, o f Seattle, how ever, tran
scends those categories.
"A re you an American or a M exi
can artist?**, painter Jose Luis Rod-
riguezasks himself rhetorically. “ I re
sist being called either or both, and
draw upon the best that each can o f
fer," he wrote. A huge pope or bishop
looms gloomily out o f one o f his im
pressionistic paintings.
The show was “ te r rific " fo r two
women who came from Washington
County to see it. " I think its wonder
ful to bring it to this area because there
exists a real high Spanish-speaking
population not too far from here in
W ashington C o u n ty ,” said Donna
Butler o f Forest Grove.
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NAACP February
meeting planned
The Portland Branch N A A C P will
hold its first regular meeting under
its new President, O ra Nunley, Febru
ary 17 at the Antioch Missionary Bap
tist Church, North Minnesota at Kil-
lingsworth at 4 p.m.
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