Category: Newspaper clippings

Bertha makes Washington State’s “Who’s who” list (January 8, 1950)

Full clipping here.

Bertha’s art show in the news – October 20, 1963

[Note: Bertha has been an art instructor at Holy Names college since 1955]

Bertha’s exhibition at the Spokane public library is covered by the local newspaper (January 29, 1967)

“At the library, there are 16 portraits on exhibit by Miss Ballou, well-known portrait painter of Spokane (…) Miss Ballou now has her attractive studio in what was formerly the carriage house on her family’s grounds.”

[Note: Students from the Spokane Community College had their own exhibit, featuring: “principally abstract compositions with occasional suggested form.”]

Full text here.