The Stello Arts program is a Park Blocks gallery and a country residency at their Camp Colton.
There, today:
"Noon - Gates open - Guests are invited to arrive and stroll the campus, or enjoy lunch or snacks from Kristy’s Down Home Cooking food truck at the Gathering Hall
1:15 pm - Artist talk by Anie Toole (see bio below)
2:00 pm - Walking tours of Camp Colton with historical narrative from Camp's Co-Owners, Shir and Laurence Grisanti
2:30 - 3:30 pm - Hands-on demonstrations and work samples in the print & papermaking studios"
At Stelo Arts https://www.steloarts.org 30000 S Camp Colton DriveColton, OR https://www.google.com/maps/place/30000+S+Camp+Colton+Dr,+Colton,+OR+97017/@45.172119,-122.433292,16z Noon-4
Saturday, April 29, 2023
Friday, April 28, 2023
April 28-29 Occupy Space Movement
Lu Yim & Kabir Carter are movement artists. They are moving in the Volta show.
"Carter will use his body to interact with a microphone and sound projection system to see and hear how passive and active acoustic energies circulate through Volta. Where and how do acoustic energies move across spatial tensions as forces driving adaptive reuse and the effects of housing scarcity collapse into one another? Yim will reckon with the building’s mass and imagined speed of deterioration. As an extension of the room, they will inhabit its concrete surfaces and refigure a quality of care with this unforgiving material."
At Sator Prokects https://www.satorprojects.com/ 1709 SE 3rd. Friday 7PM and Saturday 5PM
"Carter will use his body to interact with a microphone and sound projection system to see and hear how passive and active acoustic energies circulate through Volta. Where and how do acoustic energies move across spatial tensions as forces driving adaptive reuse and the effects of housing scarcity collapse into one another? Yim will reckon with the building’s mass and imagined speed of deterioration. As an extension of the room, they will inhabit its concrete surfaces and refigure a quality of care with this unforgiving material."
At Sator Prokects https://www.satorprojects.com/ 1709 SE 3rd. Friday 7PM and Saturday 5PM
April 28 Spring
Outlet is having a meetup and viewing.
At Outlet https://www.outletpdx.com/ 2500 NE Sandy Blvd E 2PM-8 Free
At Outlet https://www.outletpdx.com/ 2500 NE Sandy Blvd E 2PM-8 Free
Friday, April 07, 2023
April 7 Land-, Mushroom-, Social- Scapes
Deb Stoner has landscape photographs made in her neighborhood. At Pushdot Studio www.pushdotstudio.com 2505 SE 11th Avenue Suite 104 6PM-8 Free
Mushrooms are the rage. Cluster is a mushroom themed group show. At Nucleus House Gallery 1137 NE Alberta 5PM-8 Free
Angela Anh Nguyen has How We Hegemony, labor intensive figuative rugs. At One Grand Gallery www.onegrandgallery.com 1000 E Burnside 6PM-9 Free
More at 1FPDX FB, their FirstFridayPDX Insta and individual space socials.
Mushrooms are the rage. Cluster is a mushroom themed group show. At Nucleus House Gallery 1137 NE Alberta 5PM-8 Free
Angela Anh Nguyen has How We Hegemony, labor intensive figuative rugs. At One Grand Gallery www.onegrandgallery.com 1000 E Burnside 6PM-9 Free
More at 1FPDX FB, their FirstFridayPDX Insta and individual space socials.
Thursday, April 06, 2023
April 6 Westside Art Openings+
There is also a very nice interview with Phil Knight and the late Dan Weiden on the interwebs in honor of the film Air.
Leach, Froelick, and A&O continue.
I have never vibed with Parralax/Jones. But this month they have a show similar to the Climate Kids movement. Hello, get wih the program Portland parents! Long time art makers Shawn Creedon, Sarah Baker, and Nora Colie bring playful climate discussion in Making Earth Cool. At Parallax Art 516 NW 14th 5PM-9 Free
Kristen Joy Emack, from Cambridge, MA, brings sensetive portraits of her daughter and nieces imaged over 10 years. Liliana Guzmán combines photography and painting, many with mask-like faces. * PNCA photo students selected by faculty have a show at Blue Sky too.
Ronna Neuenschwander has an intimate connection to Mali and it can be seen in her ceramic scultures. She is at the Nine Gallery inside Blue Sky.
At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 6PM-8 Early Close Free
Arleene Correa Valencia has Antes De Mi / Before Me techings. Julia Oldham has Dendrostalkers. There is a BFA juried show. Mounds is by Rosie Colette Christopher. And Todd Umhoefer performs. At PNCA www.pnca.edu 511 NW Broadway Map 5PM-8 Free
Michael Brophy has NW themed landscapes, especially themed on luminous forests. Long time painter Lucinda Parker has a variety of paintings beyond her historic geometric abstarcts. At Laura Russo Lee Gallery www.russoleegallery.com 805 NW 21st 5:30PM-7 Early Close Free
JWUNY (just wait until next year) by Simone Fischer opens at After/time Gallery 730 SW 10th 5PM-8
Blackfish has a another massive show of many of their artists. At Blackfish Gallery https://www.blackfish.com/ 938 NW Everett Map 6PM-9 Free
Dave Haslett has sculptures Force of Earth and Kristy Kun has organic sculptures. At Waterstone Gallery www.waterstonegallery.com 124 NW 9th Free
Leach, Froelick, and A&O continue.
I have never vibed with Parralax/Jones. But this month they have a show similar to the Climate Kids movement. Hello, get wih the program Portland parents! Long time art makers Shawn Creedon, Sarah Baker, and Nora Colie bring playful climate discussion in Making Earth Cool. At Parallax Art 516 NW 14th 5PM-9 Free
Kristen Joy Emack, from Cambridge, MA, brings sensetive portraits of her daughter and nieces imaged over 10 years. Liliana Guzmán combines photography and painting, many with mask-like faces. * PNCA photo students selected by faculty have a show at Blue Sky too.
Ronna Neuenschwander has an intimate connection to Mali and it can be seen in her ceramic scultures. She is at the Nine Gallery inside Blue Sky.
At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th 6PM-8 Early Close Free
Arleene Correa Valencia has Antes De Mi / Before Me techings. Julia Oldham has Dendrostalkers. There is a BFA juried show. Mounds is by Rosie Colette Christopher. And Todd Umhoefer performs. At PNCA www.pnca.edu 511 NW Broadway Map 5PM-8 Free
Michael Brophy has NW themed landscapes, especially themed on luminous forests. Long time painter Lucinda Parker has a variety of paintings beyond her historic geometric abstarcts. At Laura Russo Lee Gallery www.russoleegallery.com 805 NW 21st 5:30PM-7 Early Close Free
JWUNY (just wait until next year) by Simone Fischer opens at After/time Gallery 730 SW 10th 5PM-8
Blackfish has a another massive show of many of their artists. At Blackfish Gallery https://www.blackfish.com/ 938 NW Everett Map 6PM-9 Free
Dave Haslett has sculptures Force of Earth and Kristy Kun has organic sculptures. At Waterstone Gallery www.waterstonegallery.com 124 NW 9th Free
Wednesday, April 05, 2023
April 5 Lost and Found Ephemeros
Tina Beebe has paintings Lost & Found, which look like abstract landscapes. She studied with Joseph Albers at Yale. Nell Warren has landscape paintings, Ephemeros.
At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 1825 NW Vaughn Map 5PM-7 Free
At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 1825 NW Vaughn Map 5PM-7 Free
Saturday, April 01, 2023
April 1 Still Bizarre Daily Exchange
Fisk, which is always fun, is launching their next print edition of The Daily Fisk. They are designers, including print work. They are doing a free bring your own t-shirt screening too. At Fisk Projects 3613 NE MLK Jr. Blvd. Noon-3 Free
Shintaro Kago opens manga illustrations. "He describes himself as kisou mangaka (“bizarre manga artist”), and his work usually features strong satirical overtones as well as themes of grotesque, experimental, and the bizarre." At Nucleus Portland http://www.nucleusportland.com 2916 NE Alberta 4PM-6 Free
Still Life by Sun Eun Park is an installation with a serious theme.
"Hearing the rhythmic sound of musical instruments playing somewhere, an old man suddenly realizes that it is the last day to see his first love’s final moment. It is a perfect ceremony for not only the dead but everyone in this small village. The man dresses to attend the funeral of the woman, who died at the age of 99. Death is the only certainty in life—we are aware that all living organisms die—and, fortunately, this is not the death of a child or a young man or even someone struck by a sudden tragedy. It is a peaceful death of a person who lived a full life, which gives way to a “happy funeral.” The scenes of the funeral in “Village of the Watermills” from Akira Kurosawa’s collection of short films “Dreams” (1990) is what greatly stimulated my interest to explore the idea of a “good death.”
Speculating about the meaning of life and death often reveals that they do not need to be extraordinary to be significant. To be alive in the present moment is only magnificent and remarkable when we all suffer identity crises, becoming a distinctive “someone” or a “nobody” who is completely merged with the crowd during the limited period of our journey. Death must honor the dignity of the person who has lived a life.
With the current pandemic, we would all be deliberating the concept of mortality. The intensity of this inevitable shadow forces us to accept the prospect of personal death, and this acceptance has an impact on how we live. How can we fearlessly but more consciously accept the truth of reality? What should the end of our journeys look like? Do we have the opportunity to genuinely grieve about the closure of life? Is it enough to show the dignity of death in the current funeral culture, whether it’s a cultural or religious ritual or a superstition? What does our body remaining as part of nature after death mean?"
At Well Well Projects www.wellwellprojects.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate Map 5PM-8 Free
Tennessee is very weird now, and not in a good way. The few large cities are more normal, but the cultural politics are offensive.
Between Spaces is an exchange between Carnation Contemporary and Wavelength Space in Chattanooga. They bring visiting artists Eleanor Anderson, Katie Hargrave, Meredith Laura Lynn, Ayo Janeen Jackson, Taylor Loftin, Carlie Trosclair, Olivia Tawzer, and Claire Whitehurst.
At Carnation Contemporary www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 5PM-8
Oregon Contemporary is on Spring break and preparing for their auction party next weekend.
Shintaro Kago opens manga illustrations. "He describes himself as kisou mangaka (“bizarre manga artist”), and his work usually features strong satirical overtones as well as themes of grotesque, experimental, and the bizarre." At Nucleus Portland http://www.nucleusportland.com 2916 NE Alberta 4PM-6 Free
Still Life by Sun Eun Park is an installation with a serious theme.
"Hearing the rhythmic sound of musical instruments playing somewhere, an old man suddenly realizes that it is the last day to see his first love’s final moment. It is a perfect ceremony for not only the dead but everyone in this small village. The man dresses to attend the funeral of the woman, who died at the age of 99. Death is the only certainty in life—we are aware that all living organisms die—and, fortunately, this is not the death of a child or a young man or even someone struck by a sudden tragedy. It is a peaceful death of a person who lived a full life, which gives way to a “happy funeral.” The scenes of the funeral in “Village of the Watermills” from Akira Kurosawa’s collection of short films “Dreams” (1990) is what greatly stimulated my interest to explore the idea of a “good death.”
Speculating about the meaning of life and death often reveals that they do not need to be extraordinary to be significant. To be alive in the present moment is only magnificent and remarkable when we all suffer identity crises, becoming a distinctive “someone” or a “nobody” who is completely merged with the crowd during the limited period of our journey. Death must honor the dignity of the person who has lived a life.
With the current pandemic, we would all be deliberating the concept of mortality. The intensity of this inevitable shadow forces us to accept the prospect of personal death, and this acceptance has an impact on how we live. How can we fearlessly but more consciously accept the truth of reality? What should the end of our journeys look like? Do we have the opportunity to genuinely grieve about the closure of life? Is it enough to show the dignity of death in the current funeral culture, whether it’s a cultural or religious ritual or a superstition? What does our body remaining as part of nature after death mean?"
At Well Well Projects www.wellwellprojects.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N. Interstate Map 5PM-8 Free
Tennessee is very weird now, and not in a good way. The few large cities are more normal, but the cultural politics are offensive.
Between Spaces is an exchange between Carnation Contemporary and Wavelength Space in Chattanooga. They bring visiting artists Eleanor Anderson, Katie Hargrave, Meredith Laura Lynn, Ayo Janeen Jackson, Taylor Loftin, Carlie Trosclair, Olivia Tawzer, and Claire Whitehurst.
At Carnation Contemporary www.carnationcontemporary.com in the Disjecta building 8371 N Interstate. 5PM-8
Oregon Contemporary is on Spring break and preparing for their auction party next weekend.
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