Hello, my name is Amelia Berle and I will be one of Real
Life’s bloggers this year. I’m a
sophomore here at Lewis and Clark. I
blogged last year as well, so feel free to go back and see what first-year life
was like. Since it’s a new year I’ll go
ahead and introduce myself again. I come
from a small town in Tennessee where I live on 33 acres that I share with my
parents, two siblings, two cats, two parakeets, and a dozen chickens. I’m a biology major, though I haven’t technically
declared that yet, and I am one of the two vice presidents of L&C Fire Arts
(a club specializing in, you guessed it, spinning fire). My weekends tend to focus more on camping or
a good book than parties, so you won’t see much about L&C’s nightlife in my
posts.
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| "Five Words in Orange Neon" by Joseph Kosuth |
This last weekend’s adventure was admittedly pretty
schoolwork-y. Saturday was Museum Day
Live which means participating museums across the country offer free
admission. ‘Free’ is a college student’s
favorite word, so a few of us who need to visit a museum for a class (ceramics
in my case) went while the price was right.
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| The Eutectic Gallery |
My first stop, however, was actually an art gallery. Again, for my ceramics class, I needed to
visit and write a page on it. The
Eutectic Gallery is located on the far side of the Willamette so odds are you
won’t simply wander by it, but if you happen to, go on in. Galleries are free and, in addition to art, this
one has two large, fluffy dogs.
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| Max |
The Portland Art Museum is huge, I got turned around multiple
times. (Luckily, my roommate has a better sense of direction inside large,
maze-like buildings than I do). It’s a
fantastic place to wander through and it is incredibly close to the Pio (Pioneer
Express) stop. They also offer free
admission the first Thursday of every month so consider checking it out when
you’re here.
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| "Untitled" by Robert Gober |
Have any questions? Feel free to email me at
ameliaberle@lclark.edu