Nearly 30  students from Linn Benton Community College, and head of the art depart-ment Gary Westford, headed up to Portland, Ore., Friday to the Portland Art Museum. 

Westford had encouraged students from three of his classes, two Understanding Art classes and one Art History class, to attend the function, so that they could get a better understanding of different art from different periods of time as well as visit a once in a lifetime exhibit called the “La voluptė de go ȗt,” which would end on May 17.

One of the great experiences of college life is taking advantage of once in a lifetime experiences. I felt fortunate, as did others to have the chance to visit the “La volupte de go ut,” before the exhibit was over. 

There were a lot of great paintings that were presented at the museum that I had never even thought existed. Works by Leonardo DaVinci, Vincent Van Gogh and other great artists such as Andy Warhol were also located at the museum. The museum also had a plethora of ancient artifacts from China, Korea, Japan and many other cultures and times.

One of the newest additions to the Portland Art Museum was an 11th-century artifact from India called Ganesha. It is in the figure of a man with the head of an elephant. A lot of history goes into this artifact, both in it's religious and cultural aspects making this piece very unique.

History and art can both found at this great museum that is currently ranked one of the greatest museums in the world.  For me it was a great place to understand art all over again.

Gary Westford explains some artistic facts about Portland.