View Related Episode: Artist Jerry Werner, Painter Alice Wanke Stephens, Ceramicist Lillian Pitt

Lillian Pit comes from an American Indian tribe that is native to the Columbia River Gorge and has been praised as one of the great innovators within her own tribal tradition. At age 35, she began working with clay as a medium, using Asian techniques like raku and anagama to create a series of masks. Since then she has also worked with bronze, precious metals, wood, copper, glass, shell, leather, feathers, and a wide variety of other materials.

First Broadcast: 2001
Producer: KC Cowan

Appeared in episodes: Open Studios, Third Angle New Music Ensemble, Ceramicist Lillian Pitt, Lifecasting Artist Peny Wallace, March Fourth Marching Band, Ceramicist Lillian Pitt, Artist Jerry Werner, Painter Alice Wanke Stephens, Ceramicist Lillian Pitt

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The Woman with the Veil
by KC Cowan | 11/17/2009
It isn’t often that the Portland Art Museum brings in an exhibit that consists entirely of one painting, but a masterpiece by Raphael is now on display and worth the trip to see. I finally got there last week and am so glad I did. “The Woman with the Veil” is so stunning, so richly painted [...]
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