by Rich Wandschneider | Jul 30, 2019 | Chief Joseph, Colville Reservation, Doug Hyde, Joseph Oregon, Josephy Center, Nez Perce
‘etweyé·wise—Return On Saturday, June 22, 2019, we dedicated a new sculpture at the Josephy Center on Main Street in Joseph, Oregon. Two years of preparation and the artisanship of Doug Hyde gave us a work he calls ‘etweyé·wise—which is an old word meaning “I...
by Rich Wandschneider | Nov 19, 2018 | Alvin Josephy, Doug Hyde, Haruo Aoki, Josephy Center, Nez Perce, Wallowa
Dear Friends,(Uh oh! Sounds like he is going to ask for money—yes, but nicely.)First, I want to tell you what a privilege it is to work at the Josephy Center. Exhibits are fun—and fun to be a part of. Seeing classes and students, from pre-schoolers to adults,...
by Rich Wandschneider | May 29, 2018 | Arts Build Communities, Bobbie Conner, Josephy Center, sockeye salmon, Tamastslikt, Wallowa Lake
If you are “in the territory” in June!Salmon talk—and controversy—today is about “spills” on Columbia and Snake River dams to help push salmon smolt to the sea. Fifty and sixty years ago it was about getting salmon upriver to native spawning grounds.The June...
by Rich Wandschneider | Apr 24, 2018 | Allen Pinkham, dugout canoe, Josephy Center, plateau Indian culture
Allen Pinkham Jr was here this weekend working on the canoe. He had some help in a Saturday work party, and the small canoe–16 feet–Is looking like a canoe. To remind, we had it in the water much earlier–Allen wanted to make sure it floated right,...
by Rich Wandschneider | Apr 12, 2018 | Creative Heights grant, Doug Hyde, Joseph, Josephy Center, Nez Perce, Oregon, Oregon Community Foundation
Nez Perce Removal and ReturnArtist Doug Hyde was born in Hermiston, Oregon, and traces Nez Perce, Assiniboine, and Chippewa tribal ancestry. He attended the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe and the San Francisco Art Institute in the 1960s. While...
by Rich Wandschneider | Nov 27, 2017 | Allen Pinkham, dugout canoe, Josephy Center, Nez Perce canoe
Allen Pinkham Jr. got his dugout canoe into the water at Wallowa Lake in November. He’ll be back for some finishing work on this 16 footer, and then on to the 30 footers! The plan is to build one with the help of modern tools–as was done with the smaller...
