January 6, 2009
Hallie Ford Museum
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art, on campus at Willamette University, right next to the state Capitol in Salem, does the best job of any museum anywhere collecting and showing work by Oregon artists.
It's a small museum but well designed and well run; it offers well curated shows of contemporary painters like Portland landscapist Michael Brophy and Oregon coast painter Rick Bartow but also looks at mid-20th century Oregon figures like Charles Heaney and Carl Hall.
The museum is at 700 State St., Salem. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is $3 adults, $2 students and seniors.
Photo: Rick Bartow in his studio, 2004
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