Art and Industry Connect at Lock Fest 2006

Limited Edition COLLECTOR'S POSTER Still Available

The 2006 festival first featured the work of nationally-recognized Oregon artist Daniel Robinson, whose work has been showcased on OPB's Oregon Art Beat.

Robinson's book, "In Oregon", is a collection of 31 of his striking images of the rural and industrial places and structures he admires, many of which will be instantly recognizable to the communities near Willamette Falls' historic industrial district.  To support Lock Fest, Robinson permitted use of one of his images of the West Linn mill as the centerpiece in a Lock Fest advertising poster and fundraiser.

This striking poster project came together thanks to the energy, generosity and creativity of many partners, including, first, Robinson, who loaned us a transparency of the image; Lisa Wilcox, an Oregon City graphic artist and project manager, who contributed the design work on the poster; JDA Creative Color, of Portland, which faithfully digitized the image, at a discount; West Linn Paper Company, which contributed high-quality, coated sheet paper; and Bridgetown Printing, in Portland, which agreed to print the poster on the donated paper at a deep discount for our small non-profit. The final stroke of generosity that made the poster possible was a donation from Gramor Development that covered most of the costs of poster production.

The 2006 poster was an instant hit. Both the professionally framed 18 x 24-inch poster and a copy of "In Oregon" were displayed and given away at Lock Fest, as doorprizes, and we have been selling it through PayPal.

  UPDATE:

The 2007 Lock Fest Commemorative poster is here!  Artist Dan Robinson has offered to make a different painting of the falls area available each year, to benefit the Willamette Falls Heritage Foundation and Lock Fest.  Be sure to go to "Falls Gear" page to purchase either of these beautiful fine-arts posters before they're gone.

    18 x 24" posters (mounted on quality foamcore by Howden Art) will be available for $35 plus shipping (only 2006)
    18 x 24" posters (unmounted) will be available for $25 plus shipping
    12 x 18" version available for $15 plus shipping

(Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor, the Willamette Falls Heritage Foundation has been able to donate a copy of "In Oregon" to the permanent collection of West Linn Public Library.)

PAPER + INK = ART
(A monotype printing activity for all ages)

This year, thanks to the generosity of Blue Heron Paper Company, which donated the heavy, high-quality newsprint, and Gramor Development, which paid for the non-toxic, water-soluble inks, rolling pins, plexiglass and other art supplies, young and old will again try their hand at making art through the mechanical process of print-making at Lock Fest.  This activity was a smash hit in 2006, with children's colorful creations hanging from clothespins around the edge of the booth canopy, drying in the sun and adding a bright accent to the heritage display area at the festival.

If you visited the Paper+Ink=Art booth, admired our gorgeous poster, and looked at "In Oregon" at Lock Fest, with the heavy purring of huge machines in a working mill as your backdrop, we hope you considered the historic importance of paper, as well as the relationship between the mills that make paper and the artists who create and express themselves in print and images.