UPCOMING ADULT LECTURES
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This is Our Place: A Conversation with Amiran White Tuesday, October 15, 2024, 11:00AM - 12:00Noon Ford Room at the Museum Join photographer Amiran White for a discussion about ntsayka iliî ukuk – This is Our Place, a new exhibit at CRMM that showcases the resilience of the Chinook People in their ancestral lands at the mouth of the Columbia River. Amiran will talk about her creative process and share her experiences documenting the people and their stories over a long-term relationship. Amiran was born and raised in the United Kingdom, but began her photojournalism career in North American stringing for The Associated Press in Portland, OR. From there, she spent 10 years working as a staff photographer on various daily newspapers in Oregon, Pennsylvania, and New Mexico before freelancing as a photojournalist. Amiran has won a variety of awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Associated Press, World Press, National Press Photographers’ Association, Sony World Photography Awards and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Most recently, she was awarded an honorable mention in the Deeper Perspective category of the International Photography Awards, and was chosen as one of ten Oregon visual artists to be awarded the 2022 Individual Artists Fellowships from the Oregon Arts Commission. Included with Museum Admission - MEMBERS are FREE! No registration required, seating limited to 50 |
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Oregon's Boat Documentary Screening Tuesday, November 19, 2024, 11:00AM Ford Room at the Museum Oregon’s emerging river guide businesses flourished in 1915 as cars began to make the drive to the rural McKenzie River a comfortable and short trip. The river guides created a special boat to provide anglers and adventurers safe passage through treacherous whitewater previously feared by pioneers. Follow the stages of evolution and growing influence of the boat designed to navigate the shallow, rocky rivers of the West as it becomes the McKenzie River Drift Boat: Oregon’s Boat. Included with Museum Admission - MEMBERS are FREE! No registration required, seating limited to 50 |
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Past to Present Lecture Series will return in early 2025. Check back for the 2025 line up.
2024 Lecture Series now available on YouTube with subtitles:
2023 Past to Present Lecture Series Playlist available now on YouTube with subtitles
Jacob Hendrickson: Longest Row Across the Pacific - Solo, Non-Stop, Unsupported
Zachary Stocks: Executive Director of Oregon Black Pioneers
Kristofer Lindberg: Master Salvage Diver
Cameron La Follette: Author and Historian, "What Happened to Oregon's Sea Otters?"
Samantha Steerman: First Female Dispatcher for Columbia River Bar Pilots
Morgan Heim: Wildlife Photographer
Zachary Stocks: Executive Director of Oregon Black Pioneers
Kristofer Lindberg: Master Salvage Diver
Cameron La Follette: Author and Historian, "What Happened to Oregon's Sea Otters?"
Samantha Steerman: First Female Dispatcher for Columbia River Bar Pilots
Morgan Heim: Wildlife Photographer
