Visitor Information Center in Portland, OR 1948, designed by John Yeon, image courtesy of the Oregon History Cooperative

The University of Oregon's Winter Architecture Lecture series continues with The Far East in the Architecture of the Pacific Northwest: John Yeon and the Landscape Arts of China and Japan by UO Professor of Architecture Kevin Nute. "The Northwest modernist John Yeon (1910-1994) is perhaps best known as a designer of houses that seem made for their particular natural surroundings. This lecture will examine parallels between techniques used to integrate buildings and landscapes in Yeon's work and the traditional Chinese and Japanese pictorial art he collected for most of his career..."

Architecture lecture • 12pm • January 6
UO White Stag Building • 70 NW Couch • Event Room



Ben Buswell, "black eye" (detail)

For the next installment in their First Wednesday lecture series, Clark College presents local artist Ben Buswell.

Artist lecture • 7pm • January 6
Clark College • 1933 Fort Vancouver Way, Vancouver, WA • Penguin Union Building (PUB) 161