Industry and Arts projects
Art and Industrial Heritage connect in fine Lock Fest posters
Our 2010 Poster is 'under construction'--should be ready for distribution/posting one month before the festival.
Limited-edition COLLECTOR'S POSTERS for 2006, 2007and 2008 are still available
The 2006 festival was the first to feature an image by nationally-recognized Oregon artist Daniel Robinson, whose work has been showcased on OPB's Oregon Art Beat. Mr. Robinson sells his original oils through the Mercury Gallery in Boston and Charles Hartmann Fine Art in Portland, Oregon.
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 has allowed us to create a poster series of his images of the West Linn mill area.
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 for the first three years. There will not be a 2009 poster because Lock Fest 2009 was postponed until the reopening of the Locks in 2010.
Look for a new 2010 poster at the May 15th Lock Fest, where we celebrate the reopening of the canal and locks on Armed Services Day and thank the Corps of Engineers for 95 years of stewardship of the canal.
UPDATE
All three posters were instant hits and professionally framed 18 x 24-inch posters were given away as doorprizes at Lock Fest.
Order your unframed posters from our online Heritage Store, through PayPal, or by mail, to WFHF, PO Box 635, West Linn, OR 97068.
18 x 24" posters (unmounted) are available for $25
12 x 18" version is available for $15
(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.)
Another major Industry & Art project has been our partnership with Portland General Electric and regional fine artists to produce the three art collections created to show the excitement and beauty of historic Clackamas County hydropwer facilities: T.W. Sullivan, Hawley / Blue Heron, and the Bull Run Powerhouse, in Sandy.
UPDATE:
Seventeen artists produced work for the Bull Run exhibit. See the art at artcontemplatesindustry.com, or, in April, at the West Linn Library. Artists' reception April 11, 2-4 p.m. at the Library Gallery.
PAPER + INK = ART
(A monotype printing activity for all ages)
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 on September 13, 2008. This popular family activity debuted 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 have visited the Paper+Ink=Art booth, admired our gorgeous poster, toured the mill or looked at the heritage booths 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.