Oregon Art Beat
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Episode 639: Thursday July 28, 2005
- Painter Ann Ruttan
- Painter Ann Ruttan was born at the base of Mount Shasta, an area that inspired her artistic creativity at an early age. During her childhood, Ann began to draw, paint and study art in school. She continued her art studies in college at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. Presently, she has made a successful career as an impressionist landscape painter. Her work has been incorporated in many notable company collections including Nordstrom, Wells Fargo Bank, NW Medical, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, and many more. Ann’s work is a reflection of the America West and all the natural wonders it has to offer such as Yellowstone National Park, the Cascade and Rocky Mountains, the Columbia River, the River of No Return in Idaho, the Willamette Valley and the California deserts.
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- AnnRuttanArt.com
- Singer Cindy Lou Banks
- Award winning musician and songwriter, Cindy Lou Banks has opened for dozens of national acts while also touring professionally throughout the Northwest. Cindy gained local and regional attention as the lead singer and songwriter of the alt-country band No Way Home, which is often credited with starting the momentum behind Portland's "alternative" country scene. Signed to the indie rock label Tim Kerr Records, the band was awarded the Portland Music Association's Crystal Award for Outstanding Country Act twice and played at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Roseland Theater, Hult Center for the Performing Arts and Pendleton Round-Up. Cindy left No Way Home behind, choosing to focus on her writing and the recording of her most recent CD, Charmed Life, released in August 2003.
- 'Zines
- In the age of desktop publishing, just about anybody can put out a magazine. We'll meet some people who put their sweat, and their heart into very personal publishing.
