Linn-Benton Community College

Bill Laing "Exploring Low Tide" (top) Kat Sloma "Vanishing" (below) An exhibit of photographs created with mobile phone technology by Kat Sloma and Bill Laing of Corvallis will be shown Feb. 3-28 in the South Santiam Hall Gallery of Linn-Benton Community College, 6500 Pacific Blvd SW. A reception and gallery talk will be held Thursday, Feb. 6, from 5:30 - 7 p.m.     "Myphoneography" features more than 20 prints by the two artists, who use their mobile phones to capture images encountered in their everyday lives and then apply various "apps" to achieve painterly results.     Sloma is presenting a selection from her "Treescapes" series, which she describes as poems painted on the sky:  "When viewed against the open sky, the tree becomes the landscape.  The open sky becomes an empty canvas to paint upon.  I create unreal scenes, but find them grounded to earthly reality through the recognizable skeleton of the trees."...

"Girl on Steps" charcoal drawing by Audra Mote. Graphic arts major Audra Mote is the featured student artist in the Calapooia Center Gallery at Linn-Benton Community College, 6500 Pacific Blvd. SW., this month. Mote is showing a selection of her paintings, drawings and calligraphy through Jan. 31. A resident of Corvallis who grew up in Quebec and Vermont, Mote is in her second year of the LBCC graphic arts program. She has an undergraduate degree in languages and took post-graduate studies in calligraphy, drawing and painting before enrolling at LBCC in 2012. Her collection of calligraphy and art on display in the Calapooia Center Gallery contains pieces that take their inspiration from things that have special meaning for her, including family ties, poignant words and beautiful views. The charcoal drawing titled "Girl on Steps" is especially meaningful, she said, because it is a study from a photograph of a girl who was the victim of the child sex trade in Camb...