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Art Photographer Jim Riswold

Jim Riswold didn’t set out to become an artist…he already had a very successful career in advertising. He was the genius behind award winning ads for companies like Nike. He was a creative director at Weiden & Kennedy. Then a bad diagnosis turned his life upside down and propelled him into the world of art. Now, he says he’s gone from selling things people don’t need to making art people don’t want.

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Food Stylist Carolyn Schirmacher

We follow Portland food stylist Carolyn Schirmacher from the grocery store to the studio as she prepares for a photo shoot using game hens and pears. Preparing food to be photographed is very different from cooking it. She explains the specialized tools that help her make food more photogenic, and the attention to detail and eye for design that she brings to the table as she works with a food photographer and a magazine editor.

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Oregon Symphony's Community Music Partnership

In a program called the Community Music Partnership, the Portland-based Oregon Symphony adopts a rural community for a two-year "intensive" that includes sending musicians to work with kids in local schools, and performing concerts to bring the classics to the country.

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