Yes, there is some. Check out the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, where you can see five plays in a summer weekend; the Oregon Bach Festival in July in Eugene, bringing German Bach choral interpreter Helmuth Rilling to the city’s Hult Center; and check out the Portland Art Museum year round for a variety of contemporary and historical exhibits.
Check out some of the state’s other museums. One of the best is the Hallie Ford Museum of Art in Salem.
Oregon has a lot of artists, whose work can be seen in galleries in Portland and Eugene. And there are lots of books and movies about the state.
A little known fact is that poet Richard Brautigan grew up in Eugene.
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Oregon coast artist Rick Bartow is showing new work at the Froelick Gallery, 714 NW Davis St., Portland, through Nov. 27.
Bartow, shown in a photo taken a few years ago during a visit to his studio, is a terrific artist.
Here’s a link to a Newport News-Times story on the show.
“The Smithsonian knows who he is, as does the Gemological Institute of America. His work has been featured in galleries in Manhattan, Aspen and Beverly Hills. American Express commissioned him to create the centerpiece for a monument to Sept. 11 for its New York City headquarters….”
