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China painting: Breathing life into ‘a dying art’
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under the instruction of their
teacher, the students went
through the process of add-
ing a layer of paint, having
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tures exceeding 1,000 de-
grees in a kiln each evening,
and repeating the steps four
times.
The students also ex-
plored various techniques,
such as luster painting, pen
work, stamping and inlaying
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terials.
Additionally,
many
of the teachers hosted
demonstrations in the eve-
nings for further educa-
tion, and students could
have their demo pieces
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tional charge.
Students paint villas on
porcelain tiles under the
instruction of teacher Marie
Nafzgar (not pictured), of
the California Association
of Porcelain Artists, during
the Oregon Porcelain Art
Retreat, sponsored by the
Oregon World Organization
of China Painters, held May
5 through 8 at the Seaside
Civic and Convention Center.
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A banquet was held the
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opportunity for camarade-
rie, and the event featured
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for artistic works and porce-
lain painting supplies.
The school also includ-
ed an exhibit that was open
to students and the public
throughout the week. The
exhibit displayed works
crafted by the teachers, past
and present OWOCP pres-
idents and members of the
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represented in Oregon.
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Chehalem Valley Club in
Newberg; Fernwood Club
in Portland; High Desert
Club in Lakeview; Petal
Pushers Club in Longview;
and Rogue Valley Club in
Grants Pass.
The annual Seaside
school is unique because,
besides drawing in stu-
dents and teachers from
throughout the states, all
the classes happen in the
same facility.
“Everything is centered
here,” Thackery said, which
allows for a greater sense of
fellowship and increased so-
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to the school’s various as-
pects and activities.
Thackery, who is from
Clatskanie, started practic-
ing the art about 20 years
ago after developing an
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One of her favorite facets
about china painting is that
since the paint doesn’t dry
as fast, it allows the artist to
be more meticulous and take
her time.
She has overseen the art
school seven years. The
number of students each
year has stayed mostly con-
sistent, Thackery said, but
she acknowledged china
painting “is a dying art,”
which accounts for the ele-
vated ages of most students.
Some cities have clubs
or groups open to young-
er people, but there are
none in Astoria or Seaside,
Thackery said. Because the
process of creating a china
painting takes several days,
it requires a patience many
other arts forms do not.
There are teachers and
members of the Oregon
clubs, however, who have
regularly scheduled classes
in their homes. The Oregon
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Painters can help guide indi-
viduals to a club nearest their
geographical area to help
answer questions regarding
china-painting classes, sem-
inars and workshops.
For more information,
visit www.orwocp.com/ or
www.oparoregon.com/.
Locals interested in partnership to expand community gardening
Program could involve
multiple food- and
nutrition-focused
organizations, groups
By Katherine Lacaze
Seaside Signal
Seaside resident Mary
Blake is steering an effort to
expand the Clatsop Commu-
nity Gardens, as well as local
access to nutritional food and
education, and she’s asked
the city of Seaside to join in
creating a public/private part-
nership.
Blake, who is involved
with multiple food-focused
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sented to her ideas to the
Seaside City Council at a
meeting in March, and the
councilors expressed support
for her end goal. The path to
get there, though, is slightly
more clouded.
Blake would like to see
the creation of a public/pri-
vate partnership that would
provide opportunities for par-
ticipation from many groups,
such as the South Clatsop
County Food Bank, the North
Coast Food Web, Clatsop
County Master Gardeners,
Sunset Empire Park & Recre-
ation District and the Friends
of the Clatsop Community
Gardens. The partnership,
she hopes, would give coun-
ty residents access to public
gardens and various nutrition
and wellness programs.
“Right now, there isn’t a
coalition built, but a lot of the
parties are really aware of the
opportunity that can be creat-
ed,” she said.
She wants to leave it
open-ended at this point
and offer multiple interested
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place at the table.”
Use the city’s farm?
The idea for this new proj-
ect germinated when Blake
and others involved with
the community gardens ex-
pressed a desire to expand
the program and offer more
space. The North Coast Food
Web, of which Blake also is a
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riers to farming on the north
coast, such as weather, lack of
land and cost.
She was then reminded the
city owns a 107-acre farm on
Lewis and Clark Road, east
of Seaside, and that could be a
potential location to kick-start
a support system for people
who want to start their own
garden but have a limited
budget and little to no access
to land.
The program also could be
a companion piece to Seed to
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offered through the Oregon
Food Bank and the Oregon
State University Extension
Service. The Seed to Supper
class is available to everyone,
not only recipients of food
bank services.
Other ideas for how this
program could be used, Blake
said, include: developing
local jobs, public education
around healthy and local
food, making connections for
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and growing food for local
pantries, as well as restau-
rants, hospitals, schools and
other groups.
“We think a good pilot
program would be 10-acres
and see how that goes,” she
said.
She also believes a pro-
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well into Clatsop County’s
participation in the Way to
Wellville program and there
might be potential grant op-
portunities through the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
At the March 23 meeting,
several of the council mem-
bers expressed support for
the idea and encouraged the
group to move forward in
determining what will be the
next steps and crafting a con-
crete plan.
Council member Jay Bar-
ber said he was excited about
the opportunity to possibly
create a public/private part-
nership for use of the property.
Some challenges
Public Works Director
Neal Wallace said the dis-
cussion is still in a very ear-
ly stage, and there could be
some obstacles that postpone
or impede access to use of the
farm for this purpose.
“I see lots of possibilities
and lots of good ideas, but I
haven’t pursued this enough
to have things very well ce-
mented,” he said.
The city currently is using
part of the property for the
Public Works Department’s
wastewater treatment system.
The department is transition-
ing to a dependence on its
dryer to produce eco-friend-
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sludge leftover from the treat-
ment process, but right now
the farm still is used for ap-
plying those biosolids.
“We are trying to get the
dryer to be a bigger part of
the process out there and we
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city farm,” Wallace said.
The city recently faced
some issues with the dryer,
including the lack of a per-
son to operate it because the
department was short-handed
for a while due to injuries and
health issues. They are trying
to “phase it back in,” Wallace
said, but the farm has to be
available as a back-up plan.
“I can’t put the function
of the sewer plant in jeopar-
dy for a community farming
project,” he said.
Even once the depart-
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property that could get the
program started, other steps
would have to take place be-
fore it could be used.
Wallace is unsure of par-
ticular environmental regula-
tions, but he believes soil test-
ing or other analyses would
have to take place to ensure
the property is suitable to grow
crops for human consumption.
There also likely would be a
period of time after ending the
application of biosolids the
city would have to wait. Those
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out, Wallace said.
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a waiting period,” he said.
“I’m not sure that I see the
city parcel being the answer if
this is something they want to
get jumped into right away. I
see this being a possible long-
term, down-the-road solu-
tion.”
Even if the city’s farm is
not the best option for right
now, though, he believes oth-
er property could be obtained
for the program.
“I have faith that this is
something that will happen –
I’m not sure exactly when or
exactly where,” he said.
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