Simon Benson House
View Related Episode: Black Swan Theatre, Sculptor Mike Leckie, Simon Benson House
The ornate home of one of Portland's most prominent early citizens was about to fall to pieces when a group came together to restore it. Watch as Simon Benson's home is moved to its new location on the Portland State University campus and restored by master craftsmen. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places.
First Broadcast: 2001
Producer: Jessica Martin
Appeared in episode: Black Swan Theatre, Sculptor Mike Leckie, Simon Benson House
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- Wang Gongyi: Floating and Flowing
- by Jule Gilfillan | 03/04/2010
- The serenity of the watercolor-like washes and fluid gestures of Wang Gongyi’s prints give no indication of her turbulent past. Born in Tianjin, China in 1946, Wang was on a collision course with China’s Communist revolution. As a teen, she nearly starved to death during Mao’s disastrous Great Leap Forward, then later was “sent [...]
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