NOVEMBER ART NEWS from Diane Jacobs
Autumn Colors Abound Wishing you a season of wonder and rejuvenation This election has huge implications locally and nationally! Please VOTE! Keep Oregon Blue: the environment and women’s reproductive rights are on the line. We are stronger together. Portland opportunity to see deluxe display of Owed to The Mountain this coming Friday, November 4, 5:30 – 8:30…
Read MoreNew ART website launch from Diane Jacobs May 2022
We Need Some Magic Walking in the neighborhood I happened upon this double rainbow. New Art Website Please visit my new art website by clicking the button above. New features include: bigger images, video, newsletter posts on Blog page, and the ability to purchase fine prints and digitally printed Owed to The Mountain. Please let…
Read MoreStorytelling Event this Saturday May 21, 2022
Join us this Saturday May 21, 12 – 3 PM For a storytelling + fundraising event to honor and support the work of the CRÍID Foundation, Bark Defenders of Mt. Hood, and artist Diane Jacobs https://www.criid.orgJoin us for a special showcase of artists, activists, and storytellers. The sculptural box, Owed to the Mountain, will be…
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Owed to The Mountain
a storytelling + fundraising event to honor and support the work of the CRÍID Founation, Bark Defenders of Mt. Hood, and artist Diane Jacobs
Join us on Saturday, May 21, 2022 for a unique showcase of artists, activists, and storytellers. Thank you Bark for hosting and Al Rose, Native Communities Liaison with Bark, Diné (Navajo) & Karuk Tribes, for their vision and energy in planning this event. Special guests include Executive Director of the Columbia River Institute for Indigenous…
Read MoreMarch 2022 Art News from Diane Jacobs
Happy 2022 My daphne bush is blooming and the flower is one of my favorite smells! I hope this email finds you doing well. There are many challenges on numerous fronts and I find it hard to keep a positive outlook but one thing is certain we are stronger together and flowers bring joy! In…
Read MoreWake
Wake click to view Installation incorporating dollar bills, weed roots, military dog tags, bullet shell casings, chicken egg shells, ceramic, human hairballs, cigarette butts, matches, poultry wishbones, and living tree stump Solo Installation at the Bush Barn Annex in Salem, OR 2019 Video I think about capitalist greed as a root cause of our dire…
Read Morewoven with Human Hair
woven with Human Hair click to view COMB OVER human hair, plastic comb 17″ x 23″ x 2″ 2011 Commentary on the national financial crisis.
Read MoreThis Hunger
This Hunger click to view pin oak trees, twisted wire, ceramic apples and birds burned magnolia leaves laser cut copper This Hunger, In these Five Remaining Days after Hafez, and Before Surgery are all poems written by Kathleen Flowers. These three pieces were part of the Open Sesame: The Magic of Artist Books Revealed exhibition…
Read MoreBiracial Basket Faces
Biracial Basket Faces click to view woven photolithography on paper 10″ x 10″ x 5″ 2001 The Biracial series is constructed by weaving two different women’s faces of diverse ethnic backgrounds and age together. A checkerboard pattern develops from the process as well as a new design element on the edges of the 3-dimensional object.…
Read MoreOwed To The Mountain
Owed To The Mountain click to view wood engraving, reduction wood cut, linoleum cut, etching, handset letterpress metal type, pressure printing, silk-screen printed book cloth, unique eco printed end pages, and mono print centerfold 13.5″ x 13″ x .25″ closed, 36 pages 2021 Thank you to the following institutions, programs, and people for your financial…
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Owed To The Mountain
Deluxe Box
Owed To The Mountain Deluxe Box click to view lithography, wood engraving, reduction wood cut, linoleum cut, etching, letterpress, plexiglass, handmade paper, mono print, silk-screen, solar etching, natural pigments, handset type, pressure printing, and eco printing. 14″ x 14″ x 7.5″ closed, 60″ x 60″ x 7″ open 2021 Video Owed to The Mountain is a…
Read Moresculptures with human hair
sculptures with human hair click to view Weigh Station Human hair, scale 10″ x 5″ x 7″ 2005 For me, hair represents humanity and is a rich material thick with history, genetics and societal taboos. I use hair in the form of hairballs, locks, sewing thread, matting, and weaving fiber. In 1993 I shaved my…
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