Generations: Betty Feves, by the Museum of Contemporary Craft in partnership with Pacific Northwest College of Art, © 2012. Softcover, 192 pages. Retail $40 at Armchair Books in Pendleton; available at most retail outlets and online.

The Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland is featuring the works of Betty Feves through July 28, with a concert of classical and new music composed in tribute to the iconic Northwest ceramicist scheduled for July 27.

The companion book to the exhibit, Generations: Betty Feves, was researched and compiled by the museums latest curator, Namita Gupta Wiggers, who also contributed to the book.

The book is full of photos of Feves life and work, and examples of the works and artists that inspired her in her early years. These are interspersed with photos of the Eastern Oregon landscapes and rock formations that formed the basis of her later works. Each section of the book was written by a different contributor, and a lecture given by Feves in 1980 at Oregon State University and edited for the book by Wiggers also is included.

It would be easy to call this book Perspectives,?as each writer gives their own perspective on Feves, her art, and her impact on the art community and her hometown of Pendleton. This is not just a dry treatise about the art that brought her acclaim, or the community service that made her one of Pendletons most loved citizens. Its a very personal memoir of how Betty Feves changed the way clay is perceived, and impacted the lives of those who knew her.