FYI - Read the official proposal for renaming Balch Creek to kulla kulla Creek

 Not a hard read and you might find it interesting.

Here you go:

kulla kulla Creek 

(not capitalized as per the conventions of the chinuk-wawa language) 

And come by Gallery 114, 1100 NW Glisan St, PDX. The show comes down on the evening of 9/27. 

 

interview on KBOO radio

 Joseph Gallivan did a good job interviewing me about the current exhibit - Riparian Reflections.

listen here if you'd like - 

interview begins about 4 minutes into the show.

Thanks Joseph and KBOO

click here: Art Focus 

 

It's UP - Riparian Reflections - Come on down! Gallery 114, 1100 NW Glisan St. Thursday-Sunday noon to 5- or by appointment

 So proud of the work and the opportunity to challenge myself and get my thoughts about kulla kulla Creek coalesced. 

 Come see!

 

You are invited to our art exhibit running the month of September, and to the  Opening Reception, Artist Talk, kulla kulla Creek renaming update, and/or the Wrap Up. (lots to choose from ;) Gallery hours are Thurs-Sun, noon-5 and by appointment! And I will be hosting every Saturday afternoon - 2:30-5pm, so come by for a viewing and a chat. Showing with Lisa and Julie, both responding to the flow and strength of water has been exciting. I have continued my work questioning the

human geometric overlay of mapping and measuring of the land.  A simultaneously elegant organizing system for what appears to be chaos, but is actually nature, with its own intricate organization.  Think of how much we have learned and how much our society has changed in the last 175 years. Come by,  you will find beauty and hope in all this work, because naturally occurring water is an amazing and resilient part of our world! I hope to see you.  Nancy

 

Getting Ready !

 

SAVE the DATE - Riparian Reflections - September 4th - 27th at Gallery 114

Riparian Reflections - Opening Reception September 4th 5-8 pm

Artists' Talk - Saturday, September 6th, 3-4:30pm 

Artists' Meet & Greet, a wrap-up reception - Saturday, September 27th 3:30-5:00 pm

 

Gallery 114 member Nancy Helmsworth with guest artists, ceramicist Lisa Conway and 

plant-based fiber artist Julie Johnson create work inspired by water. 

This promises to be an engaging exhibit, with multiple mediums with complimentary energies.

 

Nancy Helmsworth continues her work inspired by kulla kulla Creek, flowing alongside 

Lower Macleay trail in Forest Park and within the Bird Alliance of Oregon. 

 

She works to integrate the human history of the area, the desire to measure and control, 

as it collides with the beauty, resilience and powerful persistence of any body of flowing water. 

The more humans try to dominate nature, the more they interfere with the natural systems. 

In their desire to possess and extract, they simplify and destroy. 

 

 

 Nancy Helmsworth - Water worn stones creating the pool in the late summer, 36"x36"

acrylic paint on panel. 

 

 

Lisa Conway’s ceramic sculpture references water and nature from an intimate and sensual standpoint, 

rooted in our own physical bodies.  She is inspired by the ability water has to calm and slow the 

world around us, even as water itself as a material is continually in motion and in transition. 

 

Water can feel incredibly strong and even muscular, while still being utterly transparent and 

ephemeral. 

 

 

 Lisa Conway, “Body Water Drop”, 12x15x12.  Ceramic and glaze

 

Julie Johnson's sculptural works are made with plants she gathers in both urban and wild settings.

Each plant represents a particular place, season and ecological role. Her inspiration for this work

is kulla kulla ("bird" in chinuk-wawa) Creek Watershed of Forest Park - it's riparian areas, water flow

and quality, and some of the human influences in this uniquely urban setting. 

 

 

 Julie Johnson, “Turbulence”, 15”d x 11”h, wild willows, sculptural random weave basket.

 

Come see us - it should be a delightful show - 

Gallery 114

1100 NW Glisan St.

Thursday - Sunday noon-5pm and by APPOINTMENT  - contactgallery114pdx@gmail.com 

 

 

 

   

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