Portland State Magazine Spring 2012

V for vegetables FREELANCE GRAPHIC ARTIST Joe Wircheim '10 has combined his artistic and progressive sensibilities to create Victory Garden ofTomor– row, a series of self-commissioned, World War II-style propaganda posters in praise of homegrown food. The posters caught national attention a little over a year ago in Martha Stewart Living magazine. Ar its core, Wircheim's work taps a historic sense ofAmerican optimism to encourage sustainable changes in how we live today. Jazzed up NAOMI LAVIOLETTE started playing the piano when she was 4 years old, but it was her time at Portland State earning her master's in piano performance chat kicked off her love of jazz vocals and piano. Now, the classically trained musician and singer has released a self-titled debut album described as a mix of Sarah Mclachlan and Madeleine Peyroux. The CD release party ac Jimmy Mak's sold out, and LaViolecce, who lives in Wilson– ville with her husband and two young children, plans to soon tour the West Coast. ■ FANFARE SPRING 2012 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE 7