August 2, 2000
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IFCC Gallery presents Una Kim & Kathy Pennington
and Shaver completed in 1989,
exhibitions at PCC - C ascade
Campus and the Oregon College o f
Art and Craft i n ’8 5 - ’86, and here
at the IFCC in our annual Kwanzaa
invitational. She has three pieces in
(Eire
the Visual Chronicle o f Portland,
Most recently her work was selected
in the Journal o f American Planning.
©bserlier
proudly
presents
Sketch by Kathy Pennington called My Great Uncle Buck.
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T he F o R ii vM ) O bsekxer
The Interstate Firehouse Cultural
CenterGallery presents exhibitions
o f new work by Una Kim and Kathy
Pennington throughout the month
o f August until August 26.
K orean-born p ain ter U na Kim
employs a strikingly expressionistic
style to her works on canvas which
purposely give each work a visually
staggered quality. The paintings are
manifestations o f K im ’s nomadic
feelings o f identity. She left Korea
for the U.S. at age 16 and returned
there after earning an MBA from
the Parson’s School o f Design only
to leave again to make her home in
Portland. In this series o f works,
Kim draws on the pop cultural
iconography o f what she refers to as
Asian Kitsch.
“These works represent my attempt
to capture the instant familiarity o f
these images as signs o f a popular
c u ltu re o f A sia , and to re
mythologize the absent distance
from them,” states the artist.
In addition to teaching art at
Clackamas Community College,
K im a lso se rv e s as C u ltu ra l
Consultant for the Federation of
K orean A rtistic and C u ltu ra l
O rganizations o f U SA in Los
Angeles. Her work was
most recently shown last
y ear at the Silk Road
Gallery.
Kathy Pennington is best
known for her contributions
to the City o f Portland’s
V isu a l C h ro n ic le - a
compendium o f art pieces
that have captured elements
o f Portland’s identity -
Kathy Pennington creates
b /w
p h o to
re a listic
paintings, colorfully glazed
c la y tile re lie fs , and
figurative paper mache
pieces with ethnic themes.
T he A frican -A m erican
a r tis t’s w o rk s o ften
highlights the daily routines
o f children, striving to
c a p tu re the p o sitiv e
qualities o f youthful hopes
and dreams.
“When you view my work,
I hope you look at the
children in a different light
and not just the surface o f
the canvas but realize that
you are looking at the
future,” relates Pennington.
Pennington ’ s art has strong
com m unity connections
including a mural at MLK
For The Music.
For The Food.
For The Fun.
For The Family.
September 2
For thirty years Stye ^ u rtia n h ®bseruer has been committed to
bringing you information regarding people of diverse backgrounds.
In this spirit we bring to the community this first DiversityFest.
Free to the public, this event will be providing barbecue and
entertainment for the entire family, as well as childrens' rides. We
hope you can come and enjoy the fun.
September 2, noon - 7 pm, at Oaks Park
East end of the Ross Island Bridge
If you have any questions please call 503.288.0033