Artist Jeremy Okai Davis has created entire shows inspired by a discarded box of photographs, the role of Black men in American sports and the white-centric practice of calibrating color in early photo processing. His latest show, more than two years in the making, brings Davis’ eye for intimate detail to pay tribute to some of Oregon’s Black pioneers.
Willie Richardson, Salem-based Black historian and education advocated, died Jan. 25 at the age of 74. Multiple friends described the activist and small business owner as “a force to be reckoned with” – passionate, kind and deeply impactful. Richardson was also remembered for her fashion savvy, looking her best even when she arrived to do the hard work of assembling museum exhibits.