BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20070311T100000 RDATE:20070311T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20071104T090000 RDATE:20071104T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070202 LOCATION:Watzek Library SUMMARY:Lewis & Clark College Aubrey Watzek Special Collections DESCRIPTION:Lewis &\; Clark College Aubrey Watzek Special Collections Footprints of Pacifism: The Creative Lives of Kemper Nomland and Kermit Sheets Spring 2007 Exhibit February 1-May 31\, open daily Sheets and N omland were key figures in the WWII CPS Camps in Oregon. Their artistic t alents had an impact both socially and artistically on their fellow camp members\, and the literary and artistic society of America during the war . Nomland went on to continue the literary magazine The Illiterati\, and establish himself as a leading architect in Southern California. He is be st known for his contribution to the Case Study Home designs and fabricat ions of the 1950s. The Case Study Houses were experiments in residential architecture sponsored by Arts &\; Architecture magazine\, which commi ssioned major architects of the day to design and build inexpensive and e fficient model homes for the residential housing boom caused by the end o f World War II and the return of millions of soldiers. Sheets also conti nued printing and publishing. He was co-founder with James Broughton of t he Centaur Press in San Francisco in 1949 which published poets Robert Du ncan\, Madeline Gleason\, Glen Coffield\, Muriel Rukeyser\, and James Bro ughton. Sheets also worked with Broughton on films\, one of which\, The P leasure Garden\, won the Cannes Film Festival in 1953 for Best Fantastic- Poetic Film. He also was the founder of the Interplayers a small but infl uential theater group in San Francisco after the war. WWII brought these men together\, and they remained linked through friendship\, social caus es\, and as advocates for peace for the rest of their lives. This exhibit will look at how peace\, art\, and social advocacy were all woven togeth er in the lives of these men. This exhibit includes photographs\, archit ectural drawings\, typescripts\, books\, and original art from the Watzek Special Collections. For further information\, contact Doug Erickson\, director\, special collections (503) 768-7254 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Lewis &\; Clark College Aubrey Watze
k Special Collections
Footprints of Pacifism: The Creative L
ives of Kemper Nomland and Kermit Sheets
Spring 2007 Exhibit
February 1-May 31\, open daily
Sheets and Nomland were key
figures in the WWII CPS Camps in Oregon. Their artistic talents had an i
mpact both socially and artistically on their fellow camp members\, and t
he literary and artistic society of America during the war. Nomland went
on to continue the literary magazine The Illiterati\, and establish himse
lf as a leading architect in Southern California. He is best known for hi
s contribution to the Case Study Home designs and fabrications of the 195
0s. The Case Study Houses were experiments in residential architecture sp
onsored by Arts &\; Architecture magazine\, which commissioned major a
rchitects of the day to design and build inexpensive and efficient model
homes for the residential housing boom caused by the end of World War II
and the return of millions of soldiers.
Sheets also continue
d printing and publishing. He was co-founder with James Broughton of the
Centaur Press in San Francisco in 1949 which published poets Robert Dunca
n\, Madeline Gleason\, Glen Coffield\, Muriel Rukeyser\, and James Brough
ton. Sheets also worked with Broughton on films\, one of which\, The Plea
sure Garden\, won the Cannes Film Festival in 1953 for Best Fantastic-Poe
tic Film. He also was the founder of the Interplayers a small but influen
tial theater group in San Francisco after the war.
WWII brou
ght these men together\, and they remained linked through friendship\, so
cial causes\, and as advocates for peace for the rest of their lives. Thi
s exhibit will look at how peace\, art\, and social advocacy were all wov
en together in the lives of these men.
This exhibit includes
photographs\, architectural drawings\, typescripts\, books\, and origina
l art from the Watzek Special Collections.
For further infor
mation\, contact Doug Erickson\, director\, special collections (503) 768
-7254