Going Large with Beth Kerschen
Artist Beth Kerschen is a problem-solver. Her toolbox is full of local images she has been obsessively collecting since 2009. Each photo-collage she builds brings her one step closer to solving her self-inflicted quandary: how to tell the story of Portland. Portland: East Meets West (top image) is Beth Kerschen’s large-scale installation at PDX. In it, Beth attempts to capture the essence of…