"Body Into Clay" - In Memory of Tom Rohr

"Body Into Clay," an article in the current issue of The Studio Potter, was written by Lisa Favero in memory of Tom Rohr, former instructor in ceramics at Lane Community College.

Favero writes about Tom's pots: "To each and drink from them is to enter a terrain of pleasure and exploration, in pursuit, enroute to satisfaction. ... The obvious, fundamental action of Tom's work - the erasure of the boundary between pots and who we are -- he left us to experience ourselves. ... "A master potter because there was no boundary between his palm, his belly, his heart, and the clay, Tom died of a heart attack quickly, with the suddenness of a cup departing when it falls from the hand."

The article appears in The Studio Potter, Summer/Fall 2010, Vol. 38, No. 2, pp 12-15. www.studiopotter.org/ Photocopies of the article are posted in the Art and Applied Design Department office and in the Ceramics studio in Building 11 on the main campus of Lane Community College.

Rob Adams - Collegium, Italy

Rob Adams, instructor of painting, drawing and design, attended the Collegium Phaenomenologicum in Citta di Castello, in Umbria, Italy, July 9-31. The conference included sessions about aesthetics and the phenomenology of experience. Rob taught art lessons to conference participants and studied the work of artist Alberto Burri who worked in Citta. Adams received funding from the LCC Faculty Professional Development.

Check the Art & Applied Design's Flickr page to see photos of Rob in Italy. http://www.flickr.com/photos/laneccarts/sets/72157624668237719/

Gabriella Soraci, Millay Colony Residency, September 2010

Gabriella Soraci is one of 48 artists, writers, and composers selected for a one month artist residency at the Millay Colony in Austerlitz, New York, for the 2010 season. Soraci's residency is for the month of September 2010.

The Millay Colony's mission statement reads, "Promoting the vitality of the arts and the development of writers, visual artists, and composers by providing a retreat for creative work." Visit www.millaycolony.org for more information.

Gabriella Soraci teaches painting and drawing at Lane Community College and the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon. Contact: Art & Applied Design, 541-463-5409.

Gabriella Soraci Painting in Bowery Gallery in NYC

Gabriella Soraci's painting "Folded Map II" has been selected by juror Rackstraw Downes for inclusion in the 2010 Bowery Gallery National Competition in New York City. Dates of Exhibition: August 3rd - 21st, 2010. Opening Reception: Thursday August 5th, from 5-8 pm.

The Bowery Gallery is an artist run gallery in the Chelsea area of New York City located at 530 West 25th St, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10001. http://www.bowerygallery.org/

Gabriella Soraci teaches painting and drawing at Lane Community College and the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon. Contact: Art & Applied Design, 541-463-5409.