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Marjorie Feldman stands under her banner titled "Origami Salmon" along Jackson Street in Roseburg. Her banner on Jackson Street near City Hall is one of 45 hanging from downtown Roseburg lamp posts as part of the Salmon Run Public Art Project.
After Hiroshima, the origami crane became a symbol of peace and of healing.
“So this became a symbol of healing for the salmon,” said Marjorie Feldman, explaining the salmon banner she painted, origami-style. “It details how to fold a salmon.”
From paper scrap to completed fish, her painting shows the origami folds one would make with paper.
“It ties in with fly-fishing,” she said, where a fly is intricately knotted on the end of a line, just as the paper is intricately folded with the fingers.
Her banner on Jackson Street near City Hall is one of 45 gracing downtown Roseburg for the Salmon Run Public Art Project, an effort of the Umpqua Valley Arts Center.
“The diversity in them are incredible,” Feldman said.
Walk the streets of Douglas and Oak avenues and Jackson, Main and Kane streets to see them all.
Some were painted by professional artists. Some by amateurs. Some were done by high school art students, some by little kids.
McKaela Larkin, a 9-year-old who attends Eastwood Elementary during the school year, painted an aqua green fish with bubbles on a dark green background. The fish is jumping up for air while smaller fish swim above the rocky bottom, depicting, so McKaela said, the life cycle of salmon.
“I like to draw and make things,” she said.
The banners will be up through the month and are set to be auctioned off July 26 on eBay. Money raised will help pay for a permanent, 3-D art exhibit of a salmon for downtown Roseburg.
“Part of it is wanting a public art project to revitalize downtown Roseburg,” said Gabriel Burian-Mohr, an AmeriCorps*VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) in charge of coordinating the salmon banner project.
If there are leftover banners, they will be on display for sale at the Roseburg Harvest Festival in Stewart Park at the end of September.
J. Lynn Peterson, a Melrose artist who works for the Umpqua Valley Arts Center, explained her art by saying sometimes it just happens: She had space to fill, she drew a background, and, voila, a half-dozen salmon appeared, diving in the middle of a waterfall, or off a dam, with markings inspired by native artwork of the Pacific Northwest.
“So this became a symbol of healing for the salmon,” said Marjorie Feldman, explaining the salmon banner she painted, origami-style. “It details how to fold a salmon.”
From paper scrap to completed fish, her painting shows the origami folds one would make with paper.
“It ties in with fly-fishing,” she said, where a fly is intricately knotted on the end of a line, just as the paper is intricately folded with the fingers.
Her banner on Jackson Street near City Hall is one of 45 gracing downtown Roseburg for the Salmon Run Public Art Project, an effort of the Umpqua Valley Arts Center.
“The diversity in them are incredible,” Feldman said.
Walk the streets of Douglas and Oak avenues and Jackson, Main and Kane streets to see them all.
Some were painted by professional artists. Some by amateurs. Some were done by high school art students, some by little kids.
McKaela Larkin, a 9-year-old who attends Eastwood Elementary during the school year, painted an aqua green fish with bubbles on a dark green background. The fish is jumping up for air while smaller fish swim above the rocky bottom, depicting, so McKaela said, the life cycle of salmon.
“I like to draw and make things,” she said.
The banners will be up through the month and are set to be auctioned off July 26 on eBay. Money raised will help pay for a permanent, 3-D art exhibit of a salmon for downtown Roseburg.
“Part of it is wanting a public art project to revitalize downtown Roseburg,” said Gabriel Burian-Mohr, an AmeriCorps*VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) in charge of coordinating the salmon banner project.
If there are leftover banners, they will be on display for sale at the Roseburg Harvest Festival in Stewart Park at the end of September.
J. Lynn Peterson, a Melrose artist who works for the Umpqua Valley Arts Center, explained her art by saying sometimes it just happens: She had space to fill, she drew a background, and, voila, a half-dozen salmon appeared, diving in the middle of a waterfall, or off a dam, with markings inspired by native artwork of the Pacific Northwest.
“So many people took one idea and took it so many ways,” Peterson said.
• You can reach reporter Chris Gray at 957-4218 or by e-mail at cgray@newsreview.info.
• You can reach reporter Chris Gray at 957-4218 or by e-mail at cgray@newsreview.info.
So you know...
Full-color guides with a map of downtown Roseburg and the Salmon Banner Walking Tour are available at most downtown stores.
To see all of the banners online, go to www.uvarts.com/banners |
