2008

July 10th ArtWalk 5pm - 8pm

Featuring Megan Gifford

"Coming Home"

July 10th featuring, Megan Gifford. This is Megan's Artist statement about her upcoming show:

       “Coming Home” has been a journey for me.  As a native of Wyoming I have always been influenced by nature and my unique surroundings I grew up with, and although I have addressed bodies of work encompassing the figure and the figure’s relationship with its environment, my strongest work is and always has been about the places I have been and what I have seen.  I have, in the past, tried to reject my natural draw to landscapes out of fear of making art I felt to be boring, but this body of work was a journey of acceptance.  Once, a professor told me in regards to writing about art that I should write what I know, and I now know that to me that statement is true in regards to making art as well.  I began these works intending to make a statement regarding environment, humans’ impact on the environment, and how nature takes back what is rightfully hers, and I wanted to do this through portraying cabins and machinery that are being reclaimed through the process of time and elements.

            What I actually found is a rekindled awareness of my unique past and the beauty of where I grew up, and how important it is to me to be proud of who I am and where I’m from.  “Coming Home” felt to me to be the perfect title because this body of work did bring me home in many ways that I am unable to explain in words, but my prints do tell the story I am unable to verbalize.  These prints reveal a small piece of history of where I am from, and through their existence that history will continue to be remembered or at least acknowledged.  I made these prints by manipulating photographs into various printmaking techniques.  I shot the photographs during the winter of 2007 at the base of the Big Horn Mountains in Wyoming, and I intended for the prints to feel like old photographs that reflect a long history.

Megan Gifford

                2008

Porta Restaurant - Yum!

Who doesn't love fabulous food, a welcoming, warm ambience and fun?

When in North Bend, do yourself a favor and go to Porta. A gem of an intimate restaurant and a very lovely addition to the city of North Bend, Oregon.

Owned and operated by chef, Alex Bourgidu and his charming wife, Kaisa, Porta is an Italian inspired restaurant committed to serving simply prepared, seasonal cuisine. Prior to opening Porta, chef Bourgidu gained fame as chef at Portland restaurant, Genoa. 

Hours of operation are Tuesdays through Saturdays 5-10pm. Reservations are available, walk-in parties are welcome. Porta restaurant is located at 1802 Virginia Avenue in North Bend. Phone number, (541) 756-4900.

We love this place!!