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Found Objects Artist Diane Archer: Diane Archer is an artist currently working on the Oregon Coast. She enjoys combining many different materials and techniques in mixed media assemblages and jewelry. In her recent mixed media work, she explores emotional and physical aspects of place, using paper and metal maps, drawings and found objects. The paper maps are stained with dyes she makes from vegetation found in each place. Her jewelry is fabricated mainly from sterling silver and bronze, using soldering and hollow-forming techniques. The metal surfaces are textured using a variety of methods. Diane's most recent jewelry combines photo etched metal topographical maps with found objects. Much of Diane's work is sold through galleries and art fairs. She makes both limited-edition and one-of-a-kind pieces. She also enjoys working on commissioned pieces for clients that celebrate and commemorate significant places, events, experiences and/or relationships. Diane works with individuals and groups to create uniquely personal art by combining relevant maps, imagery, mementos, collections, and sacred objects.; Watch this story now
On the web:: DianeArcher.com

Folk Duo The Wanderers: Carl and Bill met in a folk trio at Washington State University in Pullman, Wash., in 1959. After winning a campus talent show, the trio, including Al Hansen, appeared regularly at campus dances and fraternal functions. The trio split up after college, however Carl and Bill started singing together again a few years later. Bill and Carl revived the Columbia River songs written by Woody Guthrie during his one-month visit to Portland, Or., in May 1941. Bill recovered Guthrie's 26 Northwest songs and published them in the Columbia River Collection songbook. He also produced an album containing Woody's recordings of 17 of those songs. Some of the newly published songs had never been seen or heard until they were released in 1987. Bill and Carl have presented the Guthrie songs and their stories since 1985. The Wanderers feature folk songs from the 1950's to today. They focus on good harmonies backed with well-blended guitars and banjo. Their long-awaited recording, "It's About Time" is now available.; Watch this story now
On the web:: TheWanderersFolk.com

Playwright Joseph Fisher: Joseph Fisher has finished his fourth and final year as playwright-in-residence at Stark Raving Theatre in Portland where they produced world premieres of his plays, Prometheus Bound, Tundra, Cupid & Psyche, and Faust. Us. Also in Portland, Joseph’s play The New House and his adaptation of The Seagull have been produced by Artists Repertory. In 2004, Joseph’s Play Thunderbird was produced at The Cherry Lane Theatre’s Mentor Project where he was mentored by the incomparable A.R. Gurney. Joseph’s plays have also appeared at Kitchen Dog Theater, Portland Center Stage, Artists Repertory Theatre, The Cherry Lane Theatre, The Australian National Playwrights Conference, and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Joseph is a recipient of the Playwrights First Award, the Charlotte Woolard Award, a 2002 grant recipient from the Kennedy Center’s Fund for New American Plays, and is a resident playwright at New Dramatists since 2002. Joseph currently resides in Los Angeles where he is a screenwriting fellow at Walt Disney Studios.; Watch this story now

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