Norma Heyser and Ron Peterson, 1960-2000

Norma Heyser and her husband Ron Peterson were fixtures of the Portland art scene in the 1950s and 60s. They owned and operated the New Gallery of Contemporary Art in Portland until it closed in 1962. While it was open, it hosted many of Oregon’s foremost modernist artists. Both painters themselves, Heyser and Peterson participated in shows at their own gallery and were also involved with their local government in Lake Oswego. This subseries contains correspondence related to the operation of the New Gallery of Contemporary Art, exhibition-related materials from the “Paper Works” show at the Portland Art Museum, and a proposal for becoming an artist in residency at Mt. Angel College filed by Ron Peterson.