Madison Munro 2020 April 30

Today I learned that Jack Eyerly worked for the Statesmen Journal on top of everything else he did. And that his wife Polly Illo worked for the Portland Art Museum which sounds like a dream.

Madison Munro 2020 April 29

Just kept working through the recording today. They mentioned how Jack's collection was a good look at the art history of Oregon which is a very interesting concept. Dr. Hull mentioned the controversy surrounding contemporary art and traditional art during the State Fair in the 1960s it would be so fascinating to hear more about that especially with the Oregon specific lens.

Madison Munro 2020 April 28

I'm officially over the one hour mark! Gives me a sense of accomplishment. On today's audio they all looked through more of Jack's collection. It sounds like it's mostly photographs which I would love to look at someday.

Madison Munro 2020 April 27

The section of audio for today was much harder to get through than previous. Mostly because they were diving into Jack's collection of work, and there was a lot of curatorial excitement that made everyone talk over each other. I learned that Jack designed sets for Pentacle theater and screen printed all the show posters in his basement! I had no idea the Pentacle theatre was that old.

Madison Munro 2020 April 23

I'll have to conduct my own research on the murder mystery as the interviewers have become distracted with art. Typical. (I'm still delighted to hear about art obviously). It sounds like they have been looking at various prints which excites me and makes me miss my etching class even more. There has been a lot of mention about Clifford Gleason who I'll have to look into.

Madison Munro 2020 April 22

I haven't yet heard an oral history told by someone other than the subject of the oral history. It's fascinating to get a perspective from someone who knew the artist instead of the artist themselves. I wonder what Jack would say about his work were he giving the interview. I haven't heard much about his art, but Jim has talked about his need to help others and his personal life. I'm looking forward to learning more and looking up some of Jack's work late. 

Madison Munro 2020 April 21

Today I got farther into the Jim Shull oral history talking about Jack Eyerly. He was beginning to talk about the suspected murder of artist Brian Kazlov which I'm very interested to hear the rest of as a true crime fanatic. 

Madison Munro 2020 April 20

I started on the Jim Shull oral history today. I didn't get very far with transcriptions because it took me awhile to find Jack Eyerly on google. Both out of curiosity and because the translation software couldn't figure out "Eyerly" so I needed to find the proper spelling. It was shockingly hard to find him but once I did things went a lot faster. Excited to learn more about Jack and Jim as I get further into the interview!

Madison Munro 2020 April 16

I was able to finish the Henk Pander oral history today. The last bit he talked about the portraits he painted of his late partner Delores. He also mentioned that he has school groups at his house to look in his studio and he talks to them about his work. Sounds like the field trip of a lifetime! Next week I'll start on another oral history, I love learning about these Pacific Northwest artists!

Madison Munro 2020 April 15

Nearly done with this oral history of Henk Pander but I have about ten more minutes to go. I changed all of the 'speaker 1' labels to Mary McRobinson. I should be finished with this audio tomorrow.

Madison Munro 2020 April 14

I'm nearly done with the Henk Pander interview, so I should be finishing it tomorrow. He spoke about his scavenging in the desert for props for paintings. At one point he said he "put a word out in the desert for animal skeletons" I found it so whimsical that he could just 'put a word out' in the Oregon desert. He also talked about the education model in Holland, where education is free and they would give students a stipend and they would work for twelve hours a day. I wish we would adopt that model in the U.S.  

Madison Munro 2020 April 9

Continuing with the Henk Pander interview he spoke more about portraits and even some self portraits he's done. I keep thinking this would make a good novel or indie film.

Madison Munro 2020 April 8

I continued to work through the audio of Henk Pander's interview. The part that stuck out to me today was when he discussed the portraits he's painted. He said he always tries to paint an honest painting and not only get their likeness but a portion of personality. Citing that to paint a fellow human being is a powerful thing. I've never attempted portraits myself, but it made me think of my fellow art major and friend who paints wonderful and large scale portraits. I'd be interested to see her response to this portion of the interview. It also brought to mind a new movie called 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' that was cinematic genius in my opinion that was all about portraiture and I could see similar sentiments from what Henk said he thinks about in portrait making.

Madison Munro 2020 April 7

Continuing with the Henk Pander transcription, today he talked about when he would bring his sketchbook on police ride alongs and just became to go into this crazy story that I'm looking forward to hearing the rest of tomorrow while working. Henk has quite a sense of humor and once museums are back open I'm going to look for his work at the Portland Art Museum and Hallie Ford.

Madison Munro 2020 April 6

Today I worked more on transcribing the Henk Pander interview. It is very interesting so far, he is talking about his sketchbook.

Madison Munro 2020 April 2

Today I started on the Henk Pander interview. I spent some time googling him and his art work is so striking I enjoy it immensely and I'm excited to hear more about his life and practice. Being from the Netherlands, his accent has been a bit of a learning curve especially if he talks quickly and quietly. It's hard to get the most accurate transcription but hopefully that will get easier as I go and with slowing down the audio. I also don't know who the interviewer is and so sometimes when I untag Henk it will either say speaker 1 or speaker 2 but they're the same person.

Madison Munro 2020 April 1

Today I finished the Bartow interview! It was fairly heavy at the end where he really dove deep into his wife's death and the effects of that. I'll start on another transcription tomorrow.