Friday, December 29, 2023

A Year of Marvelous Art at the Huntington Beach Art League

Noted Artists Demonstrated at our Monthly Meetings
November 2022 to November 2023



Son Do 
November 2022


Anne Kupillas
December 2022



Jim Ellsberry
January 2023



Dawn Buckingham
February 2023


Nancy Anderson
March 2023


Joe Oakes
April 2023



Andrew Cortez
September 2023


Rich Boyd
October 2023


Jacki Long
November 2023

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Celebrating a Successful Exhibit

Exhibit Curator Roberta Wong
Portland Chinatown Museum
(May 19-October 8, 2023)


Journalist Amy Wang's story in the Portland Oregonian, July 2, 2023.



Executive Director Anna Truxes introduced the Scholars Round Table panel: Roberta Wong (art advisor and curator for the Portland Chinatown Museum), Diana Greenwold Ph.D. (Lunder Curator of American Art at Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art), Jeannie Kenmotsu, Ph.D. (Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Curator of Asian Art at the Portland Art Museum), Sarah Baker Munro (called the historian of Timberline, author of Timberline Lodge: The History, Art, and Craft of an American Icon) and Dan Kee by Zoom (nephew of Bue Kee and early advocate for a museum retrospective of Bue Kee's work, resulting in the PCM exhibition). 

       Dr. Greenwold juxtaposed Hassan's Chinese Merchants and Bue Kee's Old Chinatown.
 


Dr. Kenmotsu presented an analysis of Bue Kee's self-portrait now showing at the Portland Art Museum exhibit Passages in American Art.  Dr. Kenmotsu arranged a preview with Collections Manager Anne Crouchley (Cousin Dennis Tong joined).

Sarah Baker Munro offered historical context for Bue Kee's art pieces 
displayed at Timberline Lodge. 


Dan Kee showed slides of his Uncle's art and shared stories.




The Bue Kee Exhibit closed on October 7, 2023. 




Celebrating a legacy rediscoved!



Links


Amy Wang's Oregonian article:

https://www.hereisoregon.com/experiences/2023/06/exhibit-rediscovers-legacy-of-chinese-american-artist-bue-kee-a-rising-star-in-the-1930s-who-fell-into-obscurity.html?fbclid=IwAR3s1hynbPStidGZYERNkUWQgDO6BaXkohhHPVZE_qWXTuJaco2VjkzOSe0


Scholars Round Table video recording on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=839369464484578


Bue Kee: An Artist's Life and Legacy--Before the Opening 
https://dwkee.blogspot.com/2023/06/bue-kee-artists-life-and-legacy-before.htmlhttps://dwkee.blogspot.com/2023/06/bue-kee-artists-life-and-legacy-before.htm

Dan's "slide-deck" will be available soon.

Sunday, August 13, 2023

Bolsa Chica Wetlands walk with Grandchildren

 

Common Tern



Fence Lizard
(spotted by the grandchildren)

Cormorants

Northern Rough-Winged Swallow

Cliff Swallow


Crab
(spotted by the grandchildren)


Ridgeway's Rail nest

Snowy Egret





Sunday, June 4, 2023

Bue Kee: An Artist's Life and Legacy--Before the Opening

Arrived early in Portland to help stage my Uncle's exhibit.

Let's Do it!
Exhibit curator Roberta Wong and Cousin Dennis Tong









Finishing touches--Verifying label locations and captions.
Judy with 
Joanna Sun (Manager of Museum Experience).




Opening night photos arriving soon...


Notes. 

Photo Credits: Judy Todd contributed three photos (Let's Do It, Susan Tong taking a snapshot of the Photo Wall set up, and Dan at the entrance of the Portland Chinatown Museum). Also, Dennis Tong provided the second photo of Bue's landscape under the ladder.

Kapiolani Lee, Online Programming and Community Engagement Manger, composited the closing poster.

Distortion in a couple of photos produced by 9mm ("fisheye") lens.


Monday, May 8, 2023

May Colors at Gum Grove Park