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Episode 305: Thursday October 18, 2001

Open Studios

Find out what Portland area artists think about opening their studios to the public for two special weekends.

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Third Angle New Music Ensemble

This premier contemporary chamber group in the Northwest is known for its innovative approach.

Ceramicist Lillian Pitt

Born in Warm Springs, Or, in 1943 Lillian Pit comes from the Native American tribe of the Columbia River Gorge and has been praised as one of the great innovators within her own tribal tradition. After high school, she moved to Portland and began a career as a successful hairdresser. During the 1980s, after many years in the field, she began to experience back problems and was forced to make a career change. Lillian enrolled at Mt. Hood Community College, where she took her first ceramics classes. At age 35, she began working with clay as a medium, using Asian techniques like raku and anagama. Since then she has also worked with bronze, precious metals, wood, copper, glass, shell, leather, feathers, and a wide variety of other materials. Lillian has also dappled in mix media and various technologies from around the globe. In 2000, Lillian and a team of Native American artists were commissioned by the city of Portland, the Oregon Convention Center and Portland State University to create public art that reflected Native American heritage.

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LillianPitt.com