Portland State Magazine Winter 2016

winter 2016 pORTLAND STATE MAGAZINE 9 New Works WESTPORT OREGON: HOME OF THE BIG STICKS AND GOLD MEDAL SALMOn By Jim Aalberg ’72, Clatsop County Historical Society, 2015 SUSTAINABLE FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS By Brian Bolton (business faculty), Palgrave Macmillan, 2015 RHYME TIME FOR THE FOOLISH & COOLISH By Devon Brooke Clasen ’02, 2015 WRITE THEM DOWN Music CD by George Colligan (jazz faculty), RMI Records, 2015 THE TERRITORY Music CD by Darrell Grant (jazz faculty), PJCE Records, 2015 BROKEN HOMES & GARDENS By Rebecca Kelley MA ’03, Blank Slate Press, 2015 BETWEEN HEARTBEATS By Donelle Knudsen ’71, Booktrope, 2015 PURE ACT: THE UNCOMMON LIFE OF ROBERT LAX By Michael McGregor (English faculty), Fordham University Press, 2015 WHAT MAKES AN ALWAYS By Jessica Tyner Mehta ’05, MS ’07, Tayen Lane Publishing, 2015 A CUP WITH RUMI: POETRY By Flamur Vehapi MA ’13, Al-Albani Publishers, 2015 f a n f a r e Professor’s life as art AT PORTLAND STATE , Frank Wesley is best known for his 50-year tenure as a psychology professor, but in a new documentary by Portland filmmaker David Bee, Wesley is shown in a much different light. Frank’s Song  tells the story of Wesley’s life from his history as a Holocaust survivor and World War II veteran to his teaching career at PSU and the taking up of jazz saxophone at age 70. Wesley is now 97. He and Bee first bonded over jazz and grew close during the four years they worked together on the documentary, which is now showing locally and is being prepared for film festivals and an as-yet unscheduled showing at PSU in 2016. PORTLAND’S newest art museum is a bit different than you’d expect—it’s located in the halls of King School, a public K-8 school in Northeast Portland. The King School Museum of Contemporary Art is a collaborative effort between King and Portland State School of Art + Design students and faculty. Its inaugural exhibit last May, titled “Postcards from America” (pictured here), taught the King students about museum practices and careers as the students curated, installed and promoted the exhibit. The postcards exhibit—photos of American cities by the world-renowned Magnum Photo Agency—remains on display along with three new exhibits that King and PSU students worked on together. The exhibits are open to the public by contacting ksmoca@gmail.com .  Mini art curators