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Found Objects Artist Diane Archer

Oregon Coast artist Diane Archer uses a wide variety of materials to create mixed media pieces and jewelry. Focusing on sense of place, she uses found objects, maps and dyes that she makes from local plants. Working in sterling silver and bronze, she incorporates photo etched topographical maps into her jewelry. She also creates pieces on commission, making uniquely personal art by combining maps, mementos and sacred objects from her clients.

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Folk Duo The Wanderers

Carl and Bill played together in a college folk trio in 1959,including some songs by Woodie Guthrie, and then they went their separate ways. But when Bill,, who worked for the Bonneville Power Administration, found a file with details of Woodie Guthrie's employment there as a songwriter, a new group was formed. Now playing as the Wanderers, Bill and Carl are reviving the Columbia River songs that Woodie wrote while living in Portland in 1941.

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Playwright Joseph Fisher

Up-and-coming young playwright Joseph Fisher has won awards and gained acceptance into the prestigious New Dramatists group in New York City. We'll meet him and watch as he sees his play, Tundra, come to life on stage.

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