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Wellspring: Humanities and Arts During Covid-19, Issue Four
Posted by Andrew Cohen
“A people also perish when they fail to keep alive the values that make them human, the wellsprings of their sanity.” —Ben Okri
Dear Colleagues:
In this week’s edition of “Wellspring: Humanities andArts During Covid-19,” we are reminded of what a remarkably talented community ˿Ƶ is, and, too, how vibrant the arts and cultural life is right here in Portland. Please see below for some outstanding student and faculty work—music, cartoons, poetry, photography—as well as dynamic arts and humanities offerings from the Portland Metro area.
PCC’s Humanities and Arts Highlights:
- When Cascade and Rock Creek English faculty, GailJeidy, isn’t busy navigating her remote writing classes, she is keeping a colorful graphic journal titled,“Pandemic Pictorial,”portions of which she has graciouslyshared with us on theHARTS website.What a treat.
- Here is titled, “Tears of Europa,” put together by talented Sylvania music student, Chris Kennedy,who ispursuing a degree in music composition (and has even workedfor Mark Mothersbaugh, founder of the group, Devo).
- This week,Two Deep Breaths,the bi-weekly poetry postingcurated byPCC Writer-in-Residence and Cascade English Faculty, Justin Rigamonti,offers upbySylvania English faculty, Jeff Alessandrelli and byJames Masao Mitsui,PCC President Mark Mitsui’s uncle.
- Even in theface of remote classes,PCC’s literary magazines are in full swing. This week English faculty, Van Wheeler, offers asneak-peak at the forthcoming issue ofAlchemy, Sylvania’s literary magazine.Take some time to enjoy the terrific artwork, photography and writing edited by Advanced Editing and Publishing (Writing 249) students.
- Want to participate in an open mic or just enjoy some live poetry? Consider attending tonight’sPCC Virtual Open Mic, hosted by the Cascade Writing Department and students from Writing 249 (Advanced Creative Writing/Editing and Publishing). The event is continuation of Cascade English faculty Melody Wilson’s First Tuesday Rose City Book Pub Open Mic called WordHub. Readers will get five minutes on the virtual stage. Sign-ups are from 7-7:30pm, and the readings will take place from 7:30-9pm.
Local Arts and Letters:
- Throughout May, the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education is co-presenting the“Rising Up For Human Dignity Free Film and Discussion Series,”a three-part series that will bring audiences together to witness, celebrate, and amplify the perspectives of Syrian, Rohingya, and Congolese communities through film and discussion.This Thursday, watch when you likeI am Rohingya: A Genocide in Four Acts(2018, Canada), a powerful documentary that chronicles the journey of fourteen Rohingya youth who take to the stage in order to depict their families’ harrowing experience in Burma and beyond. Then join the discussion at 7pm. Panelists include director Yusuf Zine, actor Ruma Ruma and Rohingya activist, Sirazul Islam.
- Missing time at the Portland Art Museum and the Northwest Film Center?Check out PAM’s “Daily Art Moment,” includingthis oneabout artwork by a 19th Century Dakota artist andthis Bactrian camelfrom the Tang Dynasty of China.Alternatively, through May 15th, watcha screening of the documentary,Spaceship Earth,which followseight people who spent two years inside of a replica of Earth’s ecosystem called Biosphere 2.
- Published quarterly, by Sylvania philosophy faculty, Joseph Corrado,,is a quarterly onlineliterary journal first started in print back in 1992.The spring 2020 issue features creative writing, photography and artwork from Portland and beyond.
- Theiscelebrating the end of its 96th season. Because the final,celebratory concerts have been cancelled, they are sharing performances from the archives on their.
- Finally, if you only have a couple of free minutes, check outshared bythe Portland Opera in which theirResidentArtist, Ricardo Garcia, performs Joaquín Turina’s “Nunca olvida”—from his balcony!