The Oregon Alliance for the National Museum of Women in the Arts - https://nmwa.org/ - has Sue Taylor presenting Alice Neel and the Politics of Figure Painting.
"An occasional painter of expressive city- scapes and still lifes, Neel (1900-1984) remained passionately dedicated in her practice to the human figure. Her portrait subjects ranged from family members to the socialists and labor activists she admired, art-world and literary cognoscenti, and the down-and-out denizens of her upper West-side New York neighborhood. Working doggedly yet unrecognized for decades, Neel became her own publicist, armed with an entertaining personality and a repertory of slide lectures stressing the remarkable originality of her pictures. The feminist movement of the 1970s brought the by-then grandmotherly Neel a renown she had so long deserved. In this presentation, Taylor will focus on the artist’s unique approach to portraiture and the nude, with special attention to Neel’s anti-sentimental concepts of motherhood and female identity."
Talk at PNCA | Willamette University www.pnca.wilamette.edu 511 NW Broadway Map 2PM-4 Free
The Tweed Ride is a little later and drier this year. Wear vintage-y clothing, tweeds, fancy hats, fancy socks, and if you like, fancy shoes and gloves. Bring a picnic. Bring tea. Bring fancy drinkware.
The Portland Tweed Ride 2024 https://www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/event-18647 starting at Brooklyn Park near SE 10th and SE Haig. Ending in NE Portland. 3PM gather, 4PM ride, 12 miles. Free
