1. Frank’s Landing

    This is Willie Frank at Frank’s Landing. Messages from Frank’s Landing by Charles Wilkinson tells his story. Willy Frank was first arrested for fishing on his own Nisqually land when he was 14 years old. He led the fight in the Northwest to gain Indian fishing rights. He was arrested many many times but ultimately […]

    This entry was posted on August 27, 2008 and is filed under Boldt decision, salmon fishing, Willie Frank.

  2. Global Warming and the Art World

    Well, I have been thinking I need to get onto this subject. It is SOOO much in the news right now.So what do we have to show for the new trend.Really, it is the same artists, the same strategies, the same work, with a new trendy title. There seem to be about three basic approaches: […]

    This entry was posted on August 14, 2008 and is filed under Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison, Lynne Hull, Natalie Jeremijenko.

  3. Eco Art Back to the Future

    Rebecca Bray and Britta Rile have a provocative piece written up in the special ecology issue of Art NewsCalled Drink PeeDrinkPeeDrinkPee 2008 ( the title doesn’t quite fit the smartness of the work)it uses urine and light to illuminate what happens to that stuff you flush down the toilet.In their art work it grows algae […]

    This entry was posted on August 14, 2008 and is filed under REbecca Bray Britta Riley Drink Pee Drink Pee.

  4. Olympics Beijing

    The opening show was spectacular, even if the little girl we saw was not the one who sang. What else is new. So the Chinese are no different from Americans – worship perfect beauty and cute in little girls over all else of course.What I want to know is if anyone can tell me if […]

    This entry was posted on August 14, 2008 and is filed under Beijing Opening Ceremony.

  5. Our Flesh of Flames Theodore A. Harris captions by Amiri Baraka

    Our Flesh of Flames is a must buy, must read, must get on it book. You can buy this book from Anvil Arts PressThe collages are full of specific references to racism, and the corruptions of capitalism. Harris has drawn on events that we all know about, and presented them in a way that tells […]

    This entry was posted on August 13, 2008 and is filed under Our Flesh of Flames Theodore A. Harris.
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