M USEUM
FEATURES ART FROM PERMANENT COLLECTION
COURTESY PHOTOS
From left: “Summer” by Czech artist Dagmar Mezricky and “The Wonderful Mr. Man” by Jane Kent are both part of the Coos Art Museum’s
595-piece permanent collection, now on display with “Permanent Collection: People and Prints”at the museum through Feb. 4.
COOS BAY — Until Feb. 4,
Coos Art Museum, 235
Anderson Ave., will be featur-
ing a large exhibition of select-
ed works from its Permanent
Collection.
The exhibition opens with a
free reception for the public at
the museum on Friday, Dec. 9,
from 5 to 7 p.m.
“Permanent
Collection:
People and Prints” focuses
on two areas within Coos
Art Museum’s Permanent
Collection — portraits and fig-
ures, and fine art prints.
Many newly acquired works
will be on display for the
first time at the museum and
this will be an opportunity
Burns tells
‘Fish Tales’
in Coos Bay
to savor the breadth of
the Permanent Collection
which now includes over 595
works.
Many of the works are by
well-known local artists such
as Gan Martin, while others are
by artists with an international
reputation
such
as
the
Englishmen Henry Moore and
“Fish Tales: Traditions and Challenges
of Seafood in Oregon” is a talk by ennifer
Burns Bright on Saturday, Jan. 21, at 5:30
p.m. at Coos History Museum &
Maritime Collection, 1210 N Front St.
It is a free conversation with Bright and
hosted by the Coos History Museum,
sponsored by Oregon Humanities and is
part of the Oregon Humanities statewide
Lynn Chadwick.
Coos Art Museum’s fine art
print collection is broad — con-
taining styles from abstract
works such as “Constellations”
by the New York artist
Howardena Pindell to an Art
Nouveau inspired figure by the
Czech artist Dagmar Mezricky.
The museum offers a wide
Conversation Project.
Bright is a food and travel writer based
in Port Orford, Ore. She recently retired
from teaching at the University of
Oregon, where she researched desire in
twentieth-century literature, led a faculty
research group in the emerging discipline
of food studies, and won a national peda-
gogy award for a team-taught, interdisci-
range of arts activities includ-
ing exhibitions, art classes and
lectures.
Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Tuesday through Friday, and 1
to 4 p.m. on Saturday.
Museum admission is $5
general, $2 for students, veter-
ans and seniors and free to
museum members.
plinary class on bread.
She holds a PhD from the University of
California at Irvine and a Master Food
Preserver certifi-cation. As a community
organizer linking local producer and con-
sumers, Bright often speaks and teaches at
events.
For more information contact Amy
Pollicino at 541-756-6320.
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