Portland State Magazine Spring 2017

8 PORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE SPRING 2017 Five galleries, one show ART STUDENT Joshua Sherburne says he is “trying to contain anxiety, but it can’t be contained” in his piece Angora Organismo, made from vinyl, water and light. Sherburne’s work will be part of the “We__.” BFA Thesis Exhibition June 5-16 in five galleries on campus. Fourteen students graduating from the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree program will show pieces that incorporate diverse practices: print, painting and sculpture as well as video, photography and digital media. The thesis exhibit takes place in Autzen Gallery; AB Lobby Gallery; MK Gallery; and Littman and White galleries (which will display the art through June 23). Visit www.pdx.edu/art-design/ exhibitions for location information and hours. Fanfare A nuclear close call IN JANUARY 1964, a B-52 carrying two thermonuclear bombs crashed 90 miles from Washington, D.C. Although the Air Force kept the incident as hushed up as it could, its story was family lore for Matt McCormick—his grandfather (pictured left) was the plane’s pilot. McCormick, now a Film Studies instructor at Portland State, has made a one-hour documentary called Buzz One Four about the crash, and about the broader, even more disturbing discoveries he made as he conducted his research. “We so nonchalantly handled nuclear weapons back in those days,” says McCormick. “It made me suspect that we were in greater danger of nuking ourselves than getting bombed by the Russians.” Buzz One Four is now playing at film festivals, and McCormick anticipates a digital release in late fall or early 2018.