Jonquil-Design

07/08/2024

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We are heartbroken to learn of the passing of philanthropist and champion of the arts, Dorothy Lichtenstein. The widow of Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein and Founding Director of his eponymous foundation, died on July 4 at the age of 84. In a statement her family has shared, “Maximally generous and well informed about the many causes she supported, she extended her benevolence to family, friends, colleagues and employees, sharing her good fortune with all.” Here at the Whitney Museum, we were lucky enough to receive her thoughtfulness and good fortune, as the recipient of hundreds of Roy’s works and most recently, his former home and studio in Greenwich Village, which now houses our Independent Study Program.

Our director Scott Rothkopf said it beautifully, “And she was so incredibly generous to so many institutions and people, whether brilliantly stewarding Roy’s legacy, or blessing Aggie Gund’s decision to fund Art for Justice with the sale of one of his masterpieces, or sending me home from a weekend at her house with a bag of cookies for my grandparents (I kid you not). She recently gave the Whitney Roy’s studio and their former home to be the new lodgings of our Independent Study Program. She liked the idea that this place that meant so much to her would continue to inspire artists, critics, and curators for decades to come. I wish she were around to see how that’s happening.” Sending warmth to her family, friends, and admirers who were touched by her wisdom and kindness.
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Dorothy Lichtenstein at the Whitney Independent Study Program in the Lichtenstein Studio space, 2023. Photo: Filip Wolak

07/08/2024

Twilight Shadow girl… and shadow girl with dog😍😍 #106°

07/01/2024

Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit!!
Painting by Karen Sausman, colleague and incredible artist as well! 1976

06/22/2024

Summer Solstice with “Moon Branch” small sculpture for the Strawberry Full Moon

06/20/2024

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Breaking News: Donald Sutherland, the “M*A*S*H” star whose ability to charm and unsettle was displayed in scores of film roles, died at 88. https://nyti.ms/3RCD9Lo

06/20/2024

06/13/2024

Using empty Polygem Epoxy buckets to make garden stools… reuse!

05/27/2024

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Hall of Fame center and longtime broadcaster Bill Walton has died of cancer, the NBA announced. He was 71.

05/27/2024

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Bill Walton, who led the Trail Blazers to their only NBA title, is dead at age 71.

The center, who won two NBA titles during his injury-plagued career, died of cancer, the NBA announced Monday morning.

“Bill Walton was truly one of a kind,” NBA commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement. “As a Hall of Fame player, he redefined the center position. His unique all-around skills made him a dominant force at UCLA and led to an NBA regular-season and Finals MVP, two NBA championships and a spot on the NBA’s 50th and 75th Anniversary Teams.

Read more here: https://www.oregonlive.com/nba/2024/05/former-nba-trail-blazers-legend-bill-walton-dead-at-age-71.html

05/06/2023

“Rootmass” has been installed in the gardens of Phil Washburn and Becky Washburn . They have done a wonderful job featuring lighting for day and night! The piece was originally featured in the 2012 Serving Up Style Show sponsored by Molly’s Fund Fighting Lupus(Founder Molly McCabe) Jonquil-Design Dining Room “Beyond Nurishment” won Best Lighting Award that year! Gabriel Evans Debbie McCabe Kimberly Allen Hodgin Phyllis Auger
Garden design at the Washburn’s by Walsh Custom Landscape. Photography by Becky Washburn.

05/03/2023

Making clients happy at Voastal Coastal Wine Market & Tasting Room

10/23/2022

‘Tis the season to see everything in a slightly creepy way…vines eating a barn…👹

09/12/2022

The palace has five beehives, each containing around 20,000 bees

09/12/2022

Royal beekeeper, John Chapple, has informed the hives kept in the grounds of Buckingham Palace and Clarence House of the Queen's death. The bees were also told King Charles is now their boss.

06/21/2022

☀ Today is the summer solstice – the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, also known as midsummer ☀

Stonehenge was carefully designed to align with the solstice, marking the extreme limits of the sun’s movements – the word solstice is derived from the Latin sol (“sun”) and sistere (“to stand still”).

The enormous sarsen stones and smaller bluestones were precisely arranged to frame two particular events in the year: the sunrise at summer solstice, and the sunset at winter solstice.

In our latest blog, Dr Susan Greaney, Senior Properties Historian at English Heritage, takes a look at Stonehenge, and explores how the summer solstice has been celebrated at the famous monument: http://ow.ly/jmLh30smr6e

🎫 Book your tickets for today – closes 17 July: http://ow.ly/USaP30smrbq

📸 Solstice 2018 © English Heritage, Sam Frost.

06/21/2022

This Louis Carlos Bernal photograph, taken in Tucson's Barrio Hollywood, was published on the front cover of Picture Magazine (no. 9) in 1978. Titled "Espejo: Reflections of the Mexican American," the issue explored a documentary project on Mexican American life in the US Southwest, in which five photographers were commissioned by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund and project directed by photographer Morrie Camhi. The "Espejo Project" culminated in a touring exhibition that visited museums in Oakland, Los Angeles, and Chicago.

Bernal's life and photo practice in Tucson proved elemental to his style, his use of color in addition to black and white, and his documentation of barrios. Ann Simmon-Myers writes that, upon his move to Tucson to work with Pima Community College earlier that decade, Bernal mused, "During the physical move, I also began a spiritual move back to the barrio and a new attitude toward life--Chicanismo." Barrio Hollywood is one of Tucson's oldest neighborhoods and, among other distinct characteristics, is well-known for its dynamic family-owned restaurant scene. Learn more about other important barrio histories through the regional initiative "Barrio Stories Project.”

This summer, we're diving into photographs taken in Tucson and Arizona within CCP's print collection, and through the generous support of the Henry Luce Foundation, CCP is organizing a major exhibition about Bernal and his photographic legacy in 2023.

Image: Louis Carlos Bernal, "Sr. Ernesto Villa, Barrio Hollywood," 1977, Gift of the artist, © Lisa Bernal Brethour and Katrina Bernal

05/27/2022

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05/27/2022

On February 19, 1942, with a frightened nation still reeling from Japan’s recent attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, which led to the imprisonment of nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II. Inspired by the Japanese concept of gambatte — to triumph over adversity — Gambatte! Legacy of an Enduring Spirit features large-format contemporary photos taken by Paul Kitagaki, Jr., displayed next to historic images shot by noted photographers with the same individuals or their direct descendants as the subject matter. Illuminating a very dark time in American history as well as the legacy of its survivors, these images tell personal and heartfelt stories, stories that should not be forgotten. While Japanese American incarceration occurred more than 75 years ago, current events and contemporary political rhetoric demonstrate that racism and prejudice still exist. The stories told in this exhibition may be more relevant now than ever.

Gambatte! Legacy of an Enduring Spirit opens Friday, May 27, at the Oregon Historical Society and is on view through August 7 (please note that the Oregon Historical Society will be closed for Memorial Day weekend, May 28–30).

https://www.ohs.org/museum/exhibits/gambatte.cfm

Image Credit: Contemporary photograph of Junzo Jake Ohara, Takeshi Motoyasu, and Eddie Tetsuji Kato taken in Monterey Park, California, in 2013 by Paul Kitagaki, Jr. Courtesy of Paul Kitagaki, Jr.

05/26/2022

05/26/2022

We need to go to anYC and Chicago

Nick Cave: ForothermoreMuseum of Contemporary Art Chicago220 E Chicago Ave.Chicago, IL 60611On View through October 2mcachicago.org

05/26/2022

After approximately 30 hour of prep and making the “room cocoon” step #33 takes approximately 23 minutes😍 now to move on to carving and finding her beautiful curves AGAIN 🥰

05/26/2022

Kay Campbell this is where we want to be

05/08/2022

“Oh My Momma Told Me….” And I believed her💓

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05/06/2022

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It took 32 years and more than 150 volunteers to hand-stitch embroider cushions for all the pews inside Westminster Presbyterian church.

05/06/2022

05/06/2022

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We are excited to announce that the State Library of Oregon recently awarded OHS a grant to process and make publicly accessible the Yasui Brothers records, which document the experiences and contributions of businessman and noted community leader Masuo Yasui and his family of first- and second-generation Japanese immigrants who lived in Hood River, Oregon. This massive manuscript collection contains over 180 linear feet of business and personal materials from the first half of the twentieth century, over half of which is written in a pre-WWII Japanese language script that is difficult to translate. While our research library has had these records in its care since Homer Yasui, Masuo’s son, donated them to OHS in 1991, they have never been fully processed due to the collection’s size and the language barriers present.

Masuo Yasui operated the Yasui Brothers’ Store in Hood River with his brother, Renichi Fujimoto, for more than thirty years before they were forced to close it permanently following President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s signing of Executive Order 9066 in February 1942. These records document the brothers’ business activities and extensive support of their local community and offer a glimpse of what was destroyed by Japanese incarceration during World War II.

Grant funds will support extensible processing of this collection to appropriately arrange and describe the bulk of the several thousand records in this collection, perform selective digitization and translation of pre-WWII Japanese language text, and rehouse documents for preservation. OHS is grateful for its partnerships with the Japanese American Museum of Oregon, who has helped OHS foster important connections with the Japanese American community and locate expert translation consultants to interpret the collection, and with The History Museum of Hood River County.

This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the State Library of Oregon.

Image Credit: Notice on Yasui Brothers Store, Hood River. OHS Research Library, Yasui Brothers records, Mss 2949.

https://www.ohs.org/about-us/news-and-press/upload/Yasui-Grant-Press-Release.pdf

05/06/2022

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Moore was a three-time All-American for legendary UO coach Bill Bowerman.

05/04/2022

The BEST birthday card award goes to Vic Vicki Ragan ❤️thank you … this was waiting for me when I got home💓

04/25/2022

Wildfires in Arizona, Nebraska and New Mexico have left at least one person dead and destroyed hundreds of structures.

04/20/2022

Is tjis what you’re getting Jake?

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