The Museum's NW Curator Looks Back At 46 Years Of NW Art
Slideshow: Bonnie Laing-Malcolmson has worn many hats in the NW art world, from student to president of the Oregon College of Arts and Craft to NW art curator. She looks back at 46 years on the eve of her retirement.

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On "Ursa Major" by Rick Bartow: “Rick was one of our incredible Northwest artists, a Native American artist, who used his Native American heritage to make some really strong, meaningful, playful, sometimes political sculpture. This is a wonderfully carved, pegged-together raven on top of a bear, with some Native American masks on it and some wings. It’s just this wonderful piece that weds traditional Northwest carving to a kind of contemporary sculptural idiom. I love it.”
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