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Elaine Falbo-Lowe shows off a piece of her hand crafted fairy furniture at her Northeast Portland shop on June 24, 2024.

This artist brings fairy whimsy to the Oregon Country Fair

When textile and botanical artist Elaine Falbo-Lowe was juried into her first Oregon Country Fair 40 years ago, she was a young mother and skilled basket weaver. Now a grandmother at 71, she reflects on how the fair has shaped her life and career making an array of whimsical, handcrafted goods.

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Ashes to rainbows: The art of Alice Lok Cahana is featured at the Oregon Jewish Museum

Alice Lok Cahana survived the Nazi Holocaust, moved to the US and became a successful painter. Her multi-dimensional work explores the trauma of her time at the camps and offers a glimpse of hope and survival, turning “ashes into rainbows.” Her son, Rabbi Ronnie Cahana, is a poet and his daughter Kitra Chana, is an acclaimed photographer. The new show at the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education presents work by these three generations of artists, looking at the concept of immortality through art. Survival and Intimations of Immortality runs through May 25th at the OJMCHE in Portland.






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For 25 years, OPB’s Emmy award-winning series “Oregon Art Beat” has told the stories of artists, chronicling the dynamic and creative spirit of the Northwest. From one of the world’s most famous children’s author to a painter living in a ghost town; from a family of weavers working in the ancient Oaxacan tradition to a stop-motion animator creating a perfect fable for our modern era – the artists featured on “Oregon Art Beat” are a diverse group of creators who share their personal stories and artistic vision.