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April 15, 2015
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Art by Dr. Yemonja Smalls
United by Art
An interactive multicultural
art show will be held in Portland,
thanks to work of local students
and the inspiration from a powerful
image titled Come-Unity created
by the gifted Chicago author and
illustrator, Dr. Yemonja Smalls.
Warner Pacific College student
and co-curator Sunshine Dixon
is excited to welcome the exhibit,
Come-Unity, during the month of
April in the Otto L. Linn Library.
An artist reception is scheduled
to take place on Thursday. There
will be live music, poetry, and in-
teractive art opportunities. Krispy
Kreations artist Rusty Weise will
even provide an oversized edible
work of art; and that is something
you can sink your teeth into.
“Art can bring people together.
It has been a dream of mine to find
a way to incorporate my love for
art into my work in the library,”
says curator and Library Director
Mari Bettineski. “I majored in Art
History here at Warner and believe
this library space should aid in
building community. This event is
a great start toward that end.”
Although Dr. Yemonja Smalls
will not be on hand for the show at
Warner Pacific, her work inspired
its current theme. “Dr. Y,” as af-
fectionately known, is a self-taught
artist who gives birth to creations in
acrylic paint and various other me-
dia. Vibrant and restorative, Yemon-
ja’s work focuses on the intimacies
of human relationship through de-
piction of figure. She is known for
her fine art paintings, greeting cards,
furniture embellishment, murals as
well as a newly developed apparel
and accessory line, Just Human™.
Yemonja’s works have been exhib-
ited in the Museum of Science and
Industry, Gallery Guichard, and one
of her recent pieces, “No Matter
What” currently hangs on the set of
the Fox tv show “Empire”.
Come-Unity will celebrate its
artist reception on Thursday, April
16 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Otto
L. Linn Library at Warner Pacific
College, located at 2219 Southeast
68th Avenue, Portland. The event
is free and open to the public.
Bobby
Watson joins
an all-star
lineup for
a tribute
concert that
is part of
the PDX Jazz
series on
Friday, April
17 at Alberta
Abbey, 126
N.E. Alberta
St.
All-Star Jazz at Alberta Abbey
The National Pastimes Produc-
tions All-Star Quartet featuring
Bobby Watson, Ray Drummond,
Donald Brown and Marvin “Smit-
ty” Smith, will come together for
the first time in Portland to pay
tribute to two of their close mu-
sical friends - pianists James Wil-
liams and Mulgrew Miller.
The quartet will perform Fri-
day, April 17 at 7:30 p.m. as part
of the PDX Jazz series at Alberta
Abbey, 126 N.E. Alberta St. with
an opening performance by Devin
Phillips and Darrell Grant.
For tickets and more informa-
tion, call PDX Jazz at 503-228–
5299.