Thursday, June 13, 2013
June 14-16 Crowdsource Art
The Weird Shift Con instantiates this weekend with a series of artist presentations, a visual show and foods. The program is heavily dependent upon you, who can sign up to make a short, medium or long performance or talk. There is also a dinner by the Special Snowflake Supperclub, which is fully booked. Should all be loads of fun. Schedule at www.poszu.com/poszu/index.php/projects/weird-shit-con/weird-shift-con-20/#test. Weird Shift Con at Gallery Homeland www.galleryhomeland.org in the Ford Building www.fordbuildingpdx.com 2505 SE 11th x Division. Enter through the cafe on the corner if the main doors on 11th are locked. Friday 7PM-10ish Saturday 11PM-7 Sunday noon-8 Free, donations encouraged
June 14 Food for Thought
Tickets are sold out for this event, but you might enjoy viewing the video when it is posted after, free. Creative Mornings is an international series of monthly talks by creative individuals. In Portland their 200 seat events book in minutes. In Seattle they guest Michael Hebb this morning. Know him, he has good insights.
Food is a primal experience. Without it we die. Hebb has been thinking about food for some time. In addition to thinking, he has created many temporary and enduring communities around food including with editor, writer and publisher Matthew Stadler.
The Eventbrite provides a good summmary:
""The Scale of The Dinner Table; finite space, infinite potential.
Michael Hebb has been staging convivial gatherings and redefining hospitality/tablemaking since 1997; co-founding the City Repair project and Communitecture with Mark Lakeman; and co-founding family supper, ripe, clarklewis, and the Gotham Bldg Tavern in Portland OR with Naomi Pomeroy. His expansive multidisciplinary dinners have taken place on five continents, have been exhibited in several museums and featured in the NY Times, W, Art Forum, The New Yorker, GQ, The Guardian and dozens of international publications. Michael strongly believes that the table is one of the most effective (and overlooked) vehicles for changing the world.
He is also the founder of One Pot - a creative agency that specializes in the technology of the common table, and the ability to shift culture through the use of thoughtful food and discourse based engagements and happenings. One Pot has worked closely with thought/cultural leaders and many foundations/institutions including: the Republic of Gabon, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Clinton Global Initiative, X Prize Foundation, FEED Foundation, Architecture For Humanity, and Summit Series. Michael is the founding Creative Director of The City Arts Festival, the founder of Night School @ The Sorrento Hotel, and is currently a Teaching Fellow at University of Washington's Master of Communication in Digital Media department. His writings have appeared in GQ, Food and Wine, Food Arts, ARCADE, Seattle Magazine and City Arts. Michael and Dr. Shauna Shapiro are currently writing a book focused on mindfulness, neuroscience, and table ritual.
In Fall 2012, as part of UW MCDM, Michael and Scott Macklin began designing Let's Have Dinner and Talk About Death with Masters students and many of our countries healthcare leaders - the interactive digital platform is scheduled to launch Spring 2013.
About Let’s Have Dinner and Talk about Death
The Let’s Have Dinner and Talk about Death project brings the important subject of end of life into the foreground and gives people the opportunity to talk about it. The Let’s Have Dinner and Talk about Death project stemmed from a Master of Communication in Digital Media (MCDM) course at The University of Washington. The course and resulting long-term project is intended to not only create communal dialogues around death, healthcare and human life, but to bolster a universal discourse, ushering in a revolution of life itself. The syllabus for the course is available at www.learni.st. For more information about Let’s Have Dinner and Talk project, visit deathoverdinner.org.""
You should be able to view the video of the event in about a week at www.creativemornings.com.
Michael Hebb at Creative Mornings|Seattle. At EMP 8:30AM Free
Food is a primal experience. Without it we die. Hebb has been thinking about food for some time. In addition to thinking, he has created many temporary and enduring communities around food including with editor, writer and publisher Matthew Stadler.
The Eventbrite provides a good summmary:
""The Scale of The Dinner Table; finite space, infinite potential.
Michael Hebb has been staging convivial gatherings and redefining hospitality/tablemaking since 1997; co-founding the City Repair project and Communitecture with Mark Lakeman; and co-founding family supper, ripe, clarklewis, and the Gotham Bldg Tavern in Portland OR with Naomi Pomeroy. His expansive multidisciplinary dinners have taken place on five continents, have been exhibited in several museums and featured in the NY Times, W, Art Forum, The New Yorker, GQ, The Guardian and dozens of international publications. Michael strongly believes that the table is one of the most effective (and overlooked) vehicles for changing the world.
He is also the founder of One Pot - a creative agency that specializes in the technology of the common table, and the ability to shift culture through the use of thoughtful food and discourse based engagements and happenings. One Pot has worked closely with thought/cultural leaders and many foundations/institutions including: the Republic of Gabon, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Clinton Global Initiative, X Prize Foundation, FEED Foundation, Architecture For Humanity, and Summit Series. Michael is the founding Creative Director of The City Arts Festival, the founder of Night School @ The Sorrento Hotel, and is currently a Teaching Fellow at University of Washington's Master of Communication in Digital Media department. His writings have appeared in GQ, Food and Wine, Food Arts, ARCADE, Seattle Magazine and City Arts. Michael and Dr. Shauna Shapiro are currently writing a book focused on mindfulness, neuroscience, and table ritual.
In Fall 2012, as part of UW MCDM, Michael and Scott Macklin began designing Let's Have Dinner and Talk About Death with Masters students and many of our countries healthcare leaders - the interactive digital platform is scheduled to launch Spring 2013.
About Let’s Have Dinner and Talk about Death
The Let’s Have Dinner and Talk about Death project brings the important subject of end of life into the foreground and gives people the opportunity to talk about it. The Let’s Have Dinner and Talk about Death project stemmed from a Master of Communication in Digital Media (MCDM) course at The University of Washington. The course and resulting long-term project is intended to not only create communal dialogues around death, healthcare and human life, but to bolster a universal discourse, ushering in a revolution of life itself. The syllabus for the course is available at www.learni.st. For more information about Let’s Have Dinner and Talk project, visit deathoverdinner.org.""
You should be able to view the video of the event in about a week at www.creativemornings.com.
Michael Hebb at Creative Mornings|Seattle. At EMP 8:30AM Free
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
June 13 Happening #6
The PSU Time Arts Club invites your participation in the Happening Pride edition with live music by Lavender Mirror, Fred Meyer and the Tenses. Performance by Stacey y Blanca; video - performance by Angela Campbell; video art by Julie Perini, Mami Takahashi, Tim Ferrell & Heather Palmer; and installation by Bugenhagen. All ages, BYOB. At Shattuck Hall Annex 1914 SW Park 8PM-11 Free
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
June 12 Shock and Aw
Not all of our notes are for art events. This would fall into the keep Portland weired category. Tonight is a Tesla coil demonstration. Don Anderson talks about Tesla, Edison and electricity. Then he flips the switch on his homebuilt Tesla coil to make some lightning. Meanwhile there will be steampunk art and crafts on display in the parlor in a show entitled Through the Aetherscope by Don Anderson, Valentine Barker, Andy Clapp, Louis Delegato, Steven J. Elliott, Victoria Hammond, Kit Kerkvliet, Josh W. Kinsey, J Kovach, Richard Moore III and Jessica R. Van Hulle. Later in the month there will be a reception for the artists accompanied by a DJ playing 'steampunk inspired music'. In July there is a steampunk conference, pdxgearcon.com. I am not making this up. (And actually this is not weird at all, it is just one of many specialized subcultures that thrive in Portland) At Catalyst Art & Cultural Space www.catalystculturalspace.com 4810 NE Garfield 7:30PM $3
Friday, June 07, 2013
June 10 Your You(Tube) is Watching (You)
Getting to Know You (Tube) hosts the video selections shown on the big screen of Lydia Rosenberg, Alisa Bones and Riley King. Each artist has selected 10-15 minutes of favorites made by others on YouTube. Free time at the end to suggest your own favorites. If you power down your phone, bike and pay with cash, your viewing can't be tracked, yet. Getting to Know You(Tube) www.gettingtoknowyoutube.com at the Hollywood Theater www.hollywoodtheatre.org 4122 NE Sandy Boulevard 9:30PM $5
June 9 Vodoun R Us
Vodoun, voodoo, vodun. Forget tired zombies, this is real. Vodoun in popular use is the lazy term encompassing the traditional spiritual beliefs of numerous individual African tribes, and Western hemisphere amalgams resulting from the admixture of tribes brought as slaves and later arriving free.
Vodoun Gods on the Slave Coast is a 2010 documentary on ceremonies in Benin. Not an anthropological study. The filmmaker, Hisham Mayet, is a Portlander, cofounder of Sublime Frequencies, and tireless explorer of the music and traditions of Africa, West and North (as well as other world parts!). Mayet has also gathered footage of possessed individuals in West Africa.
Presented by xray.fm, the film shows at the Hollywood Theater www.hollywoodtheatre.org 4122 NE Sandy Boulevard 7PM $8
Vodoun Gods on the Slave Coast is a 2010 documentary on ceremonies in Benin. Not an anthropological study. The filmmaker, Hisham Mayet, is a Portlander, cofounder of Sublime Frequencies, and tireless explorer of the music and traditions of Africa, West and North (as well as other world parts!). Mayet has also gathered footage of possessed individuals in West Africa.
Presented by xray.fm, the film shows at the Hollywood Theater www.hollywoodtheatre.org 4122 NE Sandy Boulevard 7PM $8
June 8 Sad Tamales
We are approaching peak daytime hours as the scales of Winter-sad are lifted! That's a perfect antidote to Sad Night Live, a celebration of sad musics. Michael Hurley, Shelley Short and Dragging an Ox Through Water perform sad songs and writer Patrick DeWitt reads his saddest stories. The presenters win a special copywriting award for their observation: "The sadness of others, when presented in the form of song, story, or painting, can be moving and empowering, as the viewer is forced to recognize sorrow as a shared or communal experience". At the Portland Museum of Modern Art inside Mississippi Records www.portlandmuseumofmodernart.com 5202 N Albina Map 8 Free
I have never seen the fireplug party trick in Portland, but we do love our street parties. This afternoon and evening, art and street party make love. Latino Art Now is a show at Recess Gallery including Chris Beanes, Alejandro Ceballos, Claire Barrera, Julia Carrillo, Paul Clay, Edgar Frias, Hector Hernandez, Mark Martinez, Michael Martinez, Jeremy Neldon, Kirk Rea and Sergio Torres. Recess is one of a list of the top Portland experimental galleries countable on one hand. So their work with Latino Art Now, following previous great shows on crossing national and cultural borders is recommended. The street fair includes a tamale taste off with tamales from Amo Sabor, Mextica Catering, Gabe Flores, Montiel's Cocina and more. Taste, vote 3PM-5:30, winners 6. Music afternoon; performances and readings at 6PM and 7. www.latinoartnow.org/street-party.html at RECESS recessart.com at Oregon Brassworks Building, 1127 SE 10th Map All ages. 3PM-9 Free
I have never seen the fireplug party trick in Portland, but we do love our street parties. This afternoon and evening, art and street party make love. Latino Art Now is a show at Recess Gallery including Chris Beanes, Alejandro Ceballos, Claire Barrera, Julia Carrillo, Paul Clay, Edgar Frias, Hector Hernandez, Mark Martinez, Michael Martinez, Jeremy Neldon, Kirk Rea and Sergio Torres. Recess is one of a list of the top Portland experimental galleries countable on one hand. So their work with Latino Art Now, following previous great shows on crossing national and cultural borders is recommended. The street fair includes a tamale taste off with tamales from Amo Sabor, Mextica Catering, Gabe Flores, Montiel's Cocina and more. Taste, vote 3PM-5:30, winners 6. Music afternoon; performances and readings at 6PM and 7. www.latinoartnow.org/street-party.html at RECESS recessart.com at Oregon Brassworks Building, 1127 SE 10th Map All ages. 3PM-9 Free
Thursday, June 06, 2013
June 7 Eastside Art Openings+
In contrast to Westside galleries' shift to safe Summer group shows, the Eastside is going inventive.
Shades of berny is a show by NY artist Bunny Rogers. Rogers is a fearless artist and Parsons grad based in Brooklyn. She taps memories of the transition between childhood and adulthood, usually shelved as, shall we say politely, unedited. We are so brilliant then. But those crazy, by their boundlessness, thoughts hold taboo engrams connecting childhood and adulthood we still carry. Her work is varied, including performance, video, installation, illustration, poetry and machinima. You can get a sense at her websites. plus.google.com/100485286965708864927/about.
Appendix is a double garage in a humble residential neighborhood, with white walls glowing against night. Showings go late, late onto a gravel alleyway with no signs, no directions and no address. Earlier it was an even rougher alley of mud puddles overgrown with invasive weedy blackberries and bounded by hay bales. Even now, one direction of the alley cannot be passed at night for its plants taking back the land wildness. Sometimes there is a bonfire. Nonetheless it is well known for showings of international artists.
The show includes 5 works from her residency at Appendix. The space is occupied by a fat comfortable velvet upholstered chair with a draped bright red riding hood cape and an archaic strap on pocket of pure white fabric. The chair faces a deep black shiny resin-covered and very old looking book on the floor, with pits and holes, being devoured by skinny scrappy black mice in the same resin texture. The back wall holds a simple modern quilt, logoed with a geometric font RU in mirror, top level domain name of the Russian Republic. The artist maintains her interwebs home there, and is fascinated with the different from USA values there too. To the left is a color photograph of a young girl carrying a basket of apples dressed in red with a black, very wolf-like dog, the frame surrounded by purple roses. To the right is a framed line drawing of a dog and a cat verging making a baby.
Maybe a dated association, but she reminds me of early Miranda July in her ability to confidently engage "dangerous" raw material. That "danger" carries more weight for the viewer than the creator, though some get that backwards.
At Appendix Project Space www.appendixspace.com On the alley between 26th and 27th, South of Alberta. Map 8-late
Homeland opens Weird Shift Con: The Conference June 14-16. An art component in the gallery is The Long Share, works by Peter Claugh, Julia Oldham, Tom Sherman, Stephen Slappe, Soda Jerk and Weird-Fiction, opening tonight.
The Con wins the copywriter monthly content award for a description of the weekend event:
The Long Share includes "para-fictional photo essay by Rosalynn Rothstein; a speculative history of WikiLeaks by Australian art collective Soda Jerk; and Portlander Stephen Slappe's video of a surprisingly erotic bomb-diffusing robot and the weekend event is an "array of presentations, lectures and performances including LE Long’s “Critical Fight Studies,” Adam Flynn’s “Solarpunk” and “Secret Twitter Fan Club,” along with Suzanne Fischer’s histories of psychokinesis artifacts at the intersection of museology and parapsychology. Michael Reinsch attempts to understand who we think we are in an anthropologically inclined sculptural performance while D.Todd Dickerson demonstrates the cut-up sorcery methodologies of his Soup Purse performances, and an array of appetizers are provided by the Center for Genomic Gastronomy’s pop-up culinary hacklab.
The weekend also promises outward excursions, including those of the “We’ll See Tour Co.,” running alongside and in opposition to reality as it is commonly construed.
Agoraphobes may prefer the indoor offerings of the event...including the Research Commons, the PDF Library, the dossiers, and the Map Room, paired with fine coffee and edibles, will provide other itineraries betwixt and between the scheduled events."
Very Museum of Jurassic Technology. Organized by Poszu www.poszu.com/poszu/index.php/projects/weird-shit-con/weird-shift-con-20.
At Gallery Homeland www.galleryhomeland.org in the Ford Building www.fordbuildingpdx.com 2505 SE 11th x Division. Enter through the cafe on the corner if the main doors on 11th are locked. 6PM-9 Free
Catherine Haley Epstein shows Sorting the Seeds www.mindmarrow.com/mindmarrow/projects/Entries/2013/6/7_For_This_I_Breathe.html. It's mixed media, photography and illustration. At Pushdot Studio www.pushdotstudio.com 2505 SE 11th Avenue Suite 104 6PM-9
The Ford Building, www.fordbuildingpdx.com the ark holding Homeland, holds its annual open house this evening. It tends to run early, 5PM-8
Marie Koetje extends her Space Invader work. It's bright simple and abstract painting reminding primitive electronic paint tools. At Nationale www.nationale.us 811 E Burnside Map
Moons of a Dewdrop is a collaborative installation by Paul Swenbeck and Joy Feasley from Philadelphia. The work ties together prehistory ritual, romantic landscape painting and science fiction. At Adams and Ollman Gallery www.adamsandollman.com 811 E Burnside #213
Field Notes: Landscape and Architecture is a group show at Black Box Gallery www.blackboxgallery.com 811 E Burnside, Suite 212 upstairs 5PM-8:30
Papercut is a show of paper cut art. At Redux www.reduxpdx.com 811 E Burnside 6PM-10
There is a large show of art themed on Home at Union/Pine www.unionpine.com 525 SE Pine 7Pm-late
Home:bass presents its first Friday Art Bash with LA artists Tommy Face and Jennifer Korsen. They join Portland artists Doctor Rasterbator and Justone Racoon. Music by Skeme and DJ ADHDJ. At Home:Bass www.homebasspdx.com 123 NE 6th 6PM-10
Portland Storage Building opens its studios this evening too at 215 SE Morrison St. 5PM-9
Brandon Thibodeaux has When Morning Comes, a personal journey through the Mississippi Delta and there is also a show of photos by its own board of directors members. At Newspace Photo www.newspacephoto.org 1632 SE 10th Map 6PM-9
Lightbox Kulturhaus has Finding Our Place and installation inspired by Northwest geography by Tyler Corbett and Erinn Kathryn. At Lightbox Kulturhaus lightboxkulturhaus.com 2027 NE MLK Blvd, behind Tiny’s Coffee Haus 6PM-9
APAK show their prints at Buy Olympia's Land Gallery www.landpdx.com 3925 N Mississippi 6PM-8
Spring goes back a way in history. The rites of Spring too. The Rite of Spring, 100 years. Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, Le Sacre du Printemps, was first performed May 29, 1913 with choreography set on Ballet Russes by Nijinsky at age 23, and when Stravinsky was 31. Tonight the Agnieszka Laska Dancers perform their own version with the Portland State University Orchestra. At PSU Lincoln Hall 1620 SW Park x Market portlandstate.universitytickets.com/user_pages/event.asp?id=348&cid=51 8PM $20, seniors $15, students $10
And for fun, in addition to the next few weeks of Pedalpalooza fun, a pinewood derby is tonight at Nemo. http://www.facebook.com/MeatCheeseBreadPinewoodDerbyRace. Prize for design and speed, plus an "outlaw class" race. 6PM-10 race 8.
Shades of berny is a show by NY artist Bunny Rogers. Rogers is a fearless artist and Parsons grad based in Brooklyn. She taps memories of the transition between childhood and adulthood, usually shelved as, shall we say politely, unedited. We are so brilliant then. But those crazy, by their boundlessness, thoughts hold taboo engrams connecting childhood and adulthood we still carry. Her work is varied, including performance, video, installation, illustration, poetry and machinima. You can get a sense at her websites. plus.google.com/100485286965708864927/about.
Appendix is a double garage in a humble residential neighborhood, with white walls glowing against night. Showings go late, late onto a gravel alleyway with no signs, no directions and no address. Earlier it was an even rougher alley of mud puddles overgrown with invasive weedy blackberries and bounded by hay bales. Even now, one direction of the alley cannot be passed at night for its plants taking back the land wildness. Sometimes there is a bonfire. Nonetheless it is well known for showings of international artists.
The show includes 5 works from her residency at Appendix. The space is occupied by a fat comfortable velvet upholstered chair with a draped bright red riding hood cape and an archaic strap on pocket of pure white fabric. The chair faces a deep black shiny resin-covered and very old looking book on the floor, with pits and holes, being devoured by skinny scrappy black mice in the same resin texture. The back wall holds a simple modern quilt, logoed with a geometric font RU in mirror, top level domain name of the Russian Republic. The artist maintains her interwebs home there, and is fascinated with the different from USA values there too. To the left is a color photograph of a young girl carrying a basket of apples dressed in red with a black, very wolf-like dog, the frame surrounded by purple roses. To the right is a framed line drawing of a dog and a cat verging making a baby.
Maybe a dated association, but she reminds me of early Miranda July in her ability to confidently engage "dangerous" raw material. That "danger" carries more weight for the viewer than the creator, though some get that backwards.
At Appendix Project Space www.appendixspace.com On the alley between 26th and 27th, South of Alberta. Map 8-late
Homeland opens Weird Shift Con: The Conference June 14-16. An art component in the gallery is The Long Share, works by Peter Claugh, Julia Oldham, Tom Sherman, Stephen Slappe, Soda Jerk and Weird-Fiction, opening tonight.
The Con wins the copywriter monthly content award for a description of the weekend event:
The Long Share includes "para-fictional photo essay by Rosalynn Rothstein; a speculative history of WikiLeaks by Australian art collective Soda Jerk; and Portlander Stephen Slappe's video of a surprisingly erotic bomb-diffusing robot and the weekend event is an "array of presentations, lectures and performances including LE Long’s “Critical Fight Studies,” Adam Flynn’s “Solarpunk” and “Secret Twitter Fan Club,” along with Suzanne Fischer’s histories of psychokinesis artifacts at the intersection of museology and parapsychology. Michael Reinsch attempts to understand who we think we are in an anthropologically inclined sculptural performance while D.Todd Dickerson demonstrates the cut-up sorcery methodologies of his Soup Purse performances, and an array of appetizers are provided by the Center for Genomic Gastronomy’s pop-up culinary hacklab.
The weekend also promises outward excursions, including those of the “We’ll See Tour Co.,” running alongside and in opposition to reality as it is commonly construed.
Agoraphobes may prefer the indoor offerings of the event...including the Research Commons, the PDF Library, the dossiers, and the Map Room, paired with fine coffee and edibles, will provide other itineraries betwixt and between the scheduled events."
Very Museum of Jurassic Technology. Organized by Poszu www.poszu.com/poszu/index.php/projects/weird-shit-con/weird-shift-con-20.
At Gallery Homeland www.galleryhomeland.org in the Ford Building www.fordbuildingpdx.com 2505 SE 11th x Division. Enter through the cafe on the corner if the main doors on 11th are locked. 6PM-9 Free
Catherine Haley Epstein shows Sorting the Seeds www.mindmarrow.com/mindmarrow/projects/Entries/2013/6/7_For_This_I_Breathe.html. It's mixed media, photography and illustration. At Pushdot Studio www.pushdotstudio.com 2505 SE 11th Avenue Suite 104 6PM-9
The Ford Building, www.fordbuildingpdx.com the ark holding Homeland, holds its annual open house this evening. It tends to run early, 5PM-8
Marie Koetje extends her Space Invader work. It's bright simple and abstract painting reminding primitive electronic paint tools. At Nationale www.nationale.us 811 E Burnside Map
Moons of a Dewdrop is a collaborative installation by Paul Swenbeck and Joy Feasley from Philadelphia. The work ties together prehistory ritual, romantic landscape painting and science fiction. At Adams and Ollman Gallery www.adamsandollman.com 811 E Burnside #213
Field Notes: Landscape and Architecture is a group show at Black Box Gallery www.blackboxgallery.com 811 E Burnside, Suite 212 upstairs 5PM-8:30
Papercut is a show of paper cut art. At Redux www.reduxpdx.com 811 E Burnside 6PM-10
There is a large show of art themed on Home at Union/Pine www.unionpine.com 525 SE Pine 7Pm-late
Home:bass presents its first Friday Art Bash with LA artists Tommy Face and Jennifer Korsen. They join Portland artists Doctor Rasterbator and Justone Racoon. Music by Skeme and DJ ADHDJ. At Home:Bass www.homebasspdx.com 123 NE 6th 6PM-10
Portland Storage Building opens its studios this evening too at 215 SE Morrison St. 5PM-9
Brandon Thibodeaux has When Morning Comes, a personal journey through the Mississippi Delta and there is also a show of photos by its own board of directors members. At Newspace Photo www.newspacephoto.org 1632 SE 10th Map 6PM-9
Lightbox Kulturhaus has Finding Our Place and installation inspired by Northwest geography by Tyler Corbett and Erinn Kathryn. At Lightbox Kulturhaus lightboxkulturhaus.com 2027 NE MLK Blvd, behind Tiny’s Coffee Haus 6PM-9
APAK show their prints at Buy Olympia's Land Gallery www.landpdx.com 3925 N Mississippi 6PM-8
Spring goes back a way in history. The rites of Spring too. The Rite of Spring, 100 years. Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, Le Sacre du Printemps, was first performed May 29, 1913 with choreography set on Ballet Russes by Nijinsky at age 23, and when Stravinsky was 31. Tonight the Agnieszka Laska Dancers perform their own version with the Portland State University Orchestra. At PSU Lincoln Hall 1620 SW Park x Market portlandstate.universitytickets.com/user_pages/event.asp?id=348&cid=51 8PM $20, seniors $15, students $10
And for fun, in addition to the next few weeks of Pedalpalooza fun, a pinewood derby is tonight at Nemo. http://www.facebook.com/MeatCheeseBreadPinewoodDerbyRace. Prize for design and speed, plus an "outlaw class" race. 6PM-10 race 8.
Wednesday, June 05, 2013
June 6 Westside Art Openings
Summer is early and many galleries are offering group shows, the Summer gallery tradition, early. It is a good opportunity to learn the style of work each gallery gathers.
As previously mentioned, art school thesis shows are up. The public reception for the PNCA BFA show is tonight in the main building. By shear numbers sprawling, but often including gems. At PNCA www.pnca.edu 1241 NW Johnson Map 6PM-9:30
The Laura Russo Gallery is one of Portland's oldest, heir to the Fountain Gallery. Occasionally they take on new artists. Tonight they open six: Sahar Fattahi, Jo Hamilton, Ruth Lantz, Loren Nosan, Ahmad Rafiei and Samantha Wall. At Laura Russo Gallery www.laurarusso.com 805 NW 21st 5PM-8
In addition to helming the excellent Fourteen30 gallery, Jeanine Jablonski curates occasional recent graduate shows. Here Come the Warm Jets is one such show of masters grads from PSU: René Allen, Leif Anderson, Steve Brown, Will Bryant and Mami Takahashi. As she is one of a handful of Portland curators that understand what is happening in galleries outside Portland, her selections are worth a look. At the temporary space 929 NW Flanders. 6PM-8 early close
Portland is a paper town, more so for printing than sculpture. Marisa Green presents Intersect, a geometric structure of folded paper pyramids in grayscale tones. Also showing her cut paper works. At Gallery 135, 135 NW Park 6PM-9
We usually eschew graphic design shows, and the term digital arts often captures that work. But some of the work in a UO graduating class show includes video installations. So you can see for yourself. There are other students shows scattered around the building, some of art. White Box at the University of Oregon White Stag Building, whitebox.uoregon.edu 70 NW Couch 6PM-9
Digmeout continues to make love to Portland. Tonight two Digmeout artists, Yoriko Youda and Tomoe Taniguchi present Stunning Beauty, a show of watercolor in the suiboku or sumi-e style. The painting style was brought from China by Zen monks. At Compound Gallery www.compoundgallery.com 107 NW 5th 6PM-10
Hellion has Nigamushi and Gloria Muriel. At Hellion Gallery www.helliongallery.com 19 NW 5th Suite 208. Through the lobby of the arched brick entry, up the stairs and to the back. Very upper floor Japan-style.
Map
PDX has a group show, Range, comprising Anne Appleby, Johannes Girardoni, Victoria Haven, James Lavadour, Wes Mills, Megan Murphy, Jane Timken and Leigh Wells. At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 925 NW Flanders Map early close 8PM
Augen has a free art history lesson with prints by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, 1863-1944. At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis early close 8
Everett Lofts are recommended as always. It's easier for you to see them all than for me to write suggestions. Some close as early as 9PM. At the Everett Lofts 625 NW Everett. Bounded by NW Everett, Broadway, Flanders and 6th Map
As previously mentioned, art school thesis shows are up. The public reception for the PNCA BFA show is tonight in the main building. By shear numbers sprawling, but often including gems. At PNCA www.pnca.edu 1241 NW Johnson Map 6PM-9:30
The Laura Russo Gallery is one of Portland's oldest, heir to the Fountain Gallery. Occasionally they take on new artists. Tonight they open six: Sahar Fattahi, Jo Hamilton, Ruth Lantz, Loren Nosan, Ahmad Rafiei and Samantha Wall. At Laura Russo Gallery www.laurarusso.com 805 NW 21st 5PM-8
In addition to helming the excellent Fourteen30 gallery, Jeanine Jablonski curates occasional recent graduate shows. Here Come the Warm Jets is one such show of masters grads from PSU: René Allen, Leif Anderson, Steve Brown, Will Bryant and Mami Takahashi. As she is one of a handful of Portland curators that understand what is happening in galleries outside Portland, her selections are worth a look. At the temporary space 929 NW Flanders. 6PM-8 early close
Portland is a paper town, more so for printing than sculpture. Marisa Green presents Intersect, a geometric structure of folded paper pyramids in grayscale tones. Also showing her cut paper works. At Gallery 135, 135 NW Park 6PM-9
We usually eschew graphic design shows, and the term digital arts often captures that work. But some of the work in a UO graduating class show includes video installations. So you can see for yourself. There are other students shows scattered around the building, some of art. White Box at the University of Oregon White Stag Building, whitebox.uoregon.edu 70 NW Couch 6PM-9
Digmeout continues to make love to Portland. Tonight two Digmeout artists, Yoriko Youda and Tomoe Taniguchi present Stunning Beauty, a show of watercolor in the suiboku or sumi-e style. The painting style was brought from China by Zen monks. At Compound Gallery www.compoundgallery.com 107 NW 5th 6PM-10
Hellion has Nigamushi and Gloria Muriel. At Hellion Gallery www.helliongallery.com 19 NW 5th Suite 208. Through the lobby of the arched brick entry, up the stairs and to the back. Very upper floor Japan-style.
Map
PDX has a group show, Range, comprising Anne Appleby, Johannes Girardoni, Victoria Haven, James Lavadour, Wes Mills, Megan Murphy, Jane Timken and Leigh Wells. At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 925 NW Flanders Map early close 8PM
Augen has a free art history lesson with prints by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, 1863-1944. At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis early close 8
Everett Lofts are recommended as always. It's easier for you to see them all than for me to write suggestions. Some close as early as 9PM. At the Everett Lofts 625 NW Everett. Bounded by NW Everett, Broadway, Flanders and 6th Map
Friday, May 31, 2013
June 2 Song of the Gamelan
Venerable Showers of Beauty presents a special concert with Heni Savitri and Midiyanto. Midiyanto is a musician and puppetmaster long connected to the Venerable Showers. Heni Savitri is a rarely heard outside Indonesia gamelan vocalist. More information at www.vsbgamelan.org/concerts.html. At the First Presbyterian Church 1200 SW Alder 2PM $10-$12
May 31 - June 1 Quiet Creative
The Quiet Music Festival returns quietly. It's the child of artist Chris Johanson, tapping his artistic music networks' deep vibes for your deep listening. This year the performers Friday are Lori Goldston, Money Mark, Heidi Alexander, Tara Jane Oneil, Dragging An Ox Through Water and Michael Henrickson. Saturday is White Magic, Volunteers Park, Peggy Honeywell, Meg Baird, Sun Foot and Michael Henrickson. The Quiet Music Festival www.disjecta.org/exhibitions-events/quiet-music-festival-of-portland at Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.disjecta.org 8371 N. Interstate Map Doors 7PM, show 8. Tickets at the door: $10 a night, $18 two
We don't usually cover the usual music events, except sometimes when they are connected to art as is the above. But sometimes we make an exception when they are connected to dance. Like the Improvisation Summit of Portland.
Friday's program is: films Bridge & C.A.G.E, musicians Jen Hackworth & Heather Treadway, the John Gross Trio, movers Linda Austin, Gregg Bielemeier and Ken Ollis, Grammies, Eet, Daniel Menche, Taka Yamamoto & Lisa Schonberg, William Hooker, Gulls, the WIMBC Big Band (with Ryan Spangler, Ben Kates, Stephanie Simek, Carson McWhirter, Russel Durham), Dawn Stoppiello & Thollem Mcdonas, HITS and Elphin Elephant. Saturday there are early events then Doug Theriault & Juniana Lanning, movers Jim McGinn, Tere Mathern, Ben Kates, John Savage and Catherine Lee, Battle Hymns and Gardens, mover Noelle Stiles, Marisa Anderson and Christi Denton, 1939 Ensemble, movers Danielle Ross & John Niekrasz, Like a Villain, mover Tracy Broyles & Loren Chasse, Wm. Hooker Ensemble and Golden Retriever. Tickets www.brownpapertickets.com/event/382722. Schedule including Sunday afternoon items www.creativemusicguild.org/improvisation-summit. At Sandbox Studio. 420 NE 9th 7PM $12-40 one-two days, sliding scale
We don't usually cover the usual music events, except sometimes when they are connected to art as is the above. But sometimes we make an exception when they are connected to dance. Like the Improvisation Summit of Portland.
Friday's program is: films Bridge & C.A.G.E, musicians Jen Hackworth & Heather Treadway, the John Gross Trio, movers Linda Austin, Gregg Bielemeier and Ken Ollis, Grammies, Eet, Daniel Menche, Taka Yamamoto & Lisa Schonberg, William Hooker, Gulls, the WIMBC Big Band (with Ryan Spangler, Ben Kates, Stephanie Simek, Carson McWhirter, Russel Durham), Dawn Stoppiello & Thollem Mcdonas, HITS and Elphin Elephant. Saturday there are early events then Doug Theriault & Juniana Lanning, movers Jim McGinn, Tere Mathern, Ben Kates, John Savage and Catherine Lee, Battle Hymns and Gardens, mover Noelle Stiles, Marisa Anderson and Christi Denton, 1939 Ensemble, movers Danielle Ross & John Niekrasz, Like a Villain, mover Tracy Broyles & Loren Chasse, Wm. Hooker Ensemble and Golden Retriever. Tickets www.brownpapertickets.com/event/382722. Schedule including Sunday afternoon items www.creativemusicguild.org/improvisation-summit. At Sandbox Studio. 420 NE 9th 7PM $12-40 one-two days, sliding scale
Sunday, May 26, 2013
May 26 PNCA BA Thesis Show Opens
The first piece I collected was from this show. There is a theory that from a collecting standpoint, post the MFA jag is the way to go for safety. But collecting is not about safety, it is about love. Whatever your philosophy, the BFA show represents a summary of the thinking of a large number of artists in a time and place honed by the thesis faculty advisors, social elements and current culture. That PNCA BFA show opens tonight after the commencement. At PNCA www.pnca.edu 1241 NW Johnson Map 6PM Free
Saturday, May 25, 2013
May 25 May Ragas
Yoga Shala hosts a concert of ragas by Michael Stirling and his students. At Yoga Shala 3808 N Williams 8PM Donation
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
May 20-26 Experimental Experiment
The Portland Experimental Film Festival happens throughout this week at various venues. See www.effportland.com
Saturday, May 18, 2013
May 19 Birding
Portland illustrator Trish Grantham has new stuff now. Grantham's work is instantly recognizable to Portlanders. She is an early put a bird on it artist. Some of her work has become signboards by cafes and even material for the big ad agency. Tonight is a reception for Grantham's new work. At Stumptown Division stumptowncoffee.com/trish-granthama-sympathetic-seaart-at-division-may-2013/ 4PM-6 Free
May 18 Radio Rogue Sound Plain High Who
Radio is magic. I'm an engineer, with deep specialization in the field. Even to me it is magic, though not in its mechanics, but in the ethnographies of its application. The first radio receivers were crystal radios. The same principal then, the electrical properties of rocks, is at work today in microchips of ultra purified sand. Artist Stephanie Symek is interested in the magic of radio too. She has made an art installation, Radio Room, of a crystal radio and other artifacts, such as rare earth magnets, of her own construction.
Rogue Waves is geometric op art illustration by Nathanael Thayer Moss. It is a pun; op art is a visual system artifact, not produced by [wave] diffraction.
Safe & Sound? is a video installation and website by Portland community members, journalists and artists Julie Perini, Jodi Darby, Erin Yanke, Amelia Cates, Christopher Hamann and Ian Wallace. Its theme is the power relationship between police and community. The creators also participate in a discussion: Socially & Politically Engaged Art, Sunday, May 19th 4PM-6 in the gallery.
Off the Plain is a group show curated by TJ Norris including artists Ben Buswell, Brooks Dierdorff, Jacqueline Ehlis, Melanie Flood, Ted Hiebert, Harrison Higgs, Tricia Hoffman, Joshua Kim, Heidi Kirkpatrick, Sarah Knobel, Elizabeth Papadopoulos, Richard Schemmerer, Michael Sell, Jennifer Vaughn, Chao Wang, Colleen Woolper and Bea Nettles.
All at Place, www.placepdx.com a gallery on the 3rd floor of the Pioneer Place Mall along with the People's art of Portland and the Woolley Gallery. If the mall appears closed, enter the film theater building adjacent, travel through the tunnel to the Place mall, and take the elevator to the 3rd floor, sometimes the bridge on the 3rd floor is open too. 700 SW Fifth. 5PM-9 Free
At the same location, the Mark Woolley Gallery and People's Art of Portland will likely be eventing.
There is a theory that it is a universal human need to get high. People climb mountains, trees, fly and even go into space to slip the surly bonds of earth. People like to dance too. Combine them and you have aerial dance.
Early aerial dance in Portland was established by Do Jump, with a focus on children's classes. Robert Davidson, a national pioneer in aerial choreography, choreographed a scene for the Portland Center Stage production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Davidson created a lyrical work informed by Skinner Releasing Technique. A performers in those works spread branches through a series of Portland dance units: Aero Betty, Pendulum and AWOL. It is the brave desire of these performers to get high and our pleasure to be audience to them.
AWOL, Aerial Without Limits, opens their studios this evening for a student performance at a very reasonable price. At AWOL www.awoldance.org 2303 N Randolph, back of building, enter at A-WOL door in gravel lot. Tickets http://www.awoldance.org/2013/05/a-wol-2013-student-showcase/ 7PM $5
In art, annuals, biennials and other periodic competitive group shows are olympics. They are not scored, but they are curated. The curator, with their singular vision, sifts thousands of artists to select a handful. Once upon a time, the Portland Art Museum hosted a biennial group show. It was a bold move: it is unusual for collecting museums to be interested in the local region. They have little incentive to do so in the museum value system. The local focus here was driven by philanthropists the Schnitzers. Arleen Schnitzer had one of the first art galleries in Portland, the Fountain, operating from 1961-1977. Local and regional collectors, the Schnitzers, have been a strong force in encouraging the museum to collect locally and engage the local art community. The Oregon biennial relocated a few years ago from the Museum to Disjecta. In a bold and savvy move, Disjecta has invited an out of town curator, Amanda Hunt, based in LA and operating internationally, to select the 2014 biennial. Her resume is on the Disjecta website.
Tonight there is a reception for Hunt, an opportunity to sense her aesthetic interests in person. She will be introduced by Disjecta curator Summer Guthery, with a short Q&A. At 923 NW Flanders 6PM Free
Rogue Waves is geometric op art illustration by Nathanael Thayer Moss. It is a pun; op art is a visual system artifact, not produced by [wave] diffraction.
Safe & Sound? is a video installation and website by Portland community members, journalists and artists Julie Perini, Jodi Darby, Erin Yanke, Amelia Cates, Christopher Hamann and Ian Wallace. Its theme is the power relationship between police and community. The creators also participate in a discussion: Socially & Politically Engaged Art, Sunday, May 19th 4PM-6 in the gallery.
Off the Plain is a group show curated by TJ Norris including artists Ben Buswell, Brooks Dierdorff, Jacqueline Ehlis, Melanie Flood, Ted Hiebert, Harrison Higgs, Tricia Hoffman, Joshua Kim, Heidi Kirkpatrick, Sarah Knobel, Elizabeth Papadopoulos, Richard Schemmerer, Michael Sell, Jennifer Vaughn, Chao Wang, Colleen Woolper and Bea Nettles.
All at Place, www.placepdx.com a gallery on the 3rd floor of the Pioneer Place Mall along with the People's art of Portland and the Woolley Gallery. If the mall appears closed, enter the film theater building adjacent, travel through the tunnel to the Place mall, and take the elevator to the 3rd floor, sometimes the bridge on the 3rd floor is open too. 700 SW Fifth. 5PM-9 Free
At the same location, the Mark Woolley Gallery and People's Art of Portland will likely be eventing.
There is a theory that it is a universal human need to get high. People climb mountains, trees, fly and even go into space to slip the surly bonds of earth. People like to dance too. Combine them and you have aerial dance.
Early aerial dance in Portland was established by Do Jump, with a focus on children's classes. Robert Davidson, a national pioneer in aerial choreography, choreographed a scene for the Portland Center Stage production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Davidson created a lyrical work informed by Skinner Releasing Technique. A performers in those works spread branches through a series of Portland dance units: Aero Betty, Pendulum and AWOL. It is the brave desire of these performers to get high and our pleasure to be audience to them.
AWOL, Aerial Without Limits, opens their studios this evening for a student performance at a very reasonable price. At AWOL www.awoldance.org 2303 N Randolph, back of building, enter at A-WOL door in gravel lot. Tickets http://www.awoldance.org/2013/05/a-wol-2013-student-showcase/ 7PM $5
In art, annuals, biennials and other periodic competitive group shows are olympics. They are not scored, but they are curated. The curator, with their singular vision, sifts thousands of artists to select a handful. Once upon a time, the Portland Art Museum hosted a biennial group show. It was a bold move: it is unusual for collecting museums to be interested in the local region. They have little incentive to do so in the museum value system. The local focus here was driven by philanthropists the Schnitzers. Arleen Schnitzer had one of the first art galleries in Portland, the Fountain, operating from 1961-1977. Local and regional collectors, the Schnitzers, have been a strong force in encouraging the museum to collect locally and engage the local art community. The Oregon biennial relocated a few years ago from the Museum to Disjecta. In a bold and savvy move, Disjecta has invited an out of town curator, Amanda Hunt, based in LA and operating internationally, to select the 2014 biennial. Her resume is on the Disjecta website.
Tonight there is a reception for Hunt, an opportunity to sense her aesthetic interests in person. She will be introduced by Disjecta curator Summer Guthery, with a short Q&A. At 923 NW Flanders 6PM Free
Thursday, May 16, 2013
May 17-19 Engaging Open Engagement
Social Practice art is relatively new, though it has roots going back. Portland Oregon is a world center for Social Practice Art studies. Today those centers include Chicago, San Francisco and maybe London. So art types come here for the only conference on social practice art. They practice exchanging ideas, likely leading to experiments and classes elsewhere. The conference is packed with talks, panels and meals. Best of all it's entirely free. Most venues are in walking radius downtown. See the entire schedule at www.openengagement.info Friday, Saturday, Sunday 10PM-midnight Free (except Shine a Light at the Museum Friday evening)
May 17 Shine a Light All Over Again
Shine a Light is what happens when social practice artists take over the Museum and create a series of interactive tableau throughout its many galleries. In the courtyard and many spaces in the Masonic Temple Building there is food and drink. It's about as filled as the Museum ever gets and as late night as galleries go. Flirty, friendly and conversational. You can see the whole schedule here: www.portlandartmuseum.org/document.doc?id=103. There is often a waity line for admission, so picking up hard tickets in advance is recommended. The cost is a regular Museum admission, good all day, come early before the crush if you like. Members are free, so by becoming a member, you can save admission. Shine a Light at the Portland Art Museum, a production of the PSU Social Practice Art program www.pam.org 1219 SW Park 6PM-midnight $15, $12 students
Friday, May 10, 2013
May 11 No 5upremacy
Gallery Homeland hosts Activated Complex curated by Julie Perini and Jodie Cavalier. Two completely different artists. It's Trojan Horse, Brian King; Salt Lick, Allison Halter; Human ontology – why we are the way we are, Helli Kontinnen; Transmission, Ernest Wedoff & Tim Ferrell and Uncertainty Principle. At the same time is Happening #5 by the PSU time arts club. Modeled after 1980's NY events organized by Warhol, Portland's happening tonight includes time-based painting by Kaila Farrall-Smith, 16mm film projections by Colin Manning, video Performances via Buenos Aires by Daniela de Sarasqueta, a visit from the Future by Bugenhagen, Soup Purse, Portland Bike Ensemble, Manny & Lyrels. It is all part of the Portland Experimental Film Festival. Wow, just wow. At Gallery Homeland www.galleryhomeland.org in the Ford Building www.fordbuildingpdx.com 2505 SE 11th x Division. Enter through the cafe on the corner if the main doors on 11th are locked. all ages 6PM-9 Free
Vancouver is a suburb of Portland. I'm mystified by it. But this weekend they are hosting a b-boy/b-girl battle, Street Supremacy. It's an all day into evening event. 11 starts preliminary rounds. Noon is a junior-adults battle. 2 is 2on2 all style battles. 6 is the championships and guests Elm & Dancers and Beat Freaks. It is at Skyview High School. Details and directions to the suburbs at the link on the facebook: www.facebook.com/events/329843243802311 11AM-9:30PM $20 attend, $25 to compete, which is a little weird
Vancouver is a suburb of Portland. I'm mystified by it. But this weekend they are hosting a b-boy/b-girl battle, Street Supremacy. It's an all day into evening event. 11 starts preliminary rounds. Noon is a junior-adults battle. 2 is 2on2 all style battles. 6 is the championships and guests Elm & Dancers and Beat Freaks. It is at Skyview High School. Details and directions to the suburbs at the link on the facebook: www.facebook.com/events/329843243802311 11AM-9:30PM $20 attend, $25 to compete, which is a little weird
May 10 Fly Room
New York artist Hayley Silverman presents a performance Fly Room tonight at 9PM Sharp. At Appendix Project Space www.appendixspace.com On the alley between 26th and 27th, South of Alberta. Map 9PM arrive early Free
Thursday, May 09, 2013
May 9-11 Compassion and the Earth
Compassion is a human value learned when we are babies. A little older, many of us apply the principle to the natural environment and all its non-human actors. Yes that is a jump, but it definitely falls into the realm of self actualization. The earth and its environment need a counterbalancing force to the forces of raw short term economic exploitation. It is not clear that we have enough compassion, or even common sense as a species, to balance exploitation and sustainability.
The indigenous nature-based religions of the world have a strong tradition of that balance. Without the tools of the scientific method and with a mystic view of nature, perhaps destructive exploitation did not occur to them. And without vast machinery of industry, their ability to exploit beyond sustainability was limited.
Christianity's "multiply and subdue" passage, coupled with the tools of industry, has resulted, though not necessarily by intelligent design, in a culture of unsustainable exploitation of nature. That is not to say that philosophy is shared by all Christians, or that there have not been Christians with a focus on sustainability. One need only look at the work of Thomas Merton.
Taoism, with strong roots in nature, proposes a balance between man and nature. Modern Buddhism has addressed the question too. This week is a series of talks in Portland and Eugene by the Dalai Lama and others on the application of compassion and spirituality to environmental sustainability.
The events are long since sold out. But each event is being webcast live. Free!
May 9: “Spirituality & the Environment” at the University of Portland 9AM-11:30
Live webcast can be viewed at http://www.dalailama.com/live-portland9am
May 9: “Universal Responsibility & the Inner Environment” at the University of Portland 1:30PM-3
Live webcast can be viewed at http://www.dalailama.com/live-portland9pm
May 10: “Life and After Life” at Maitripa College 9AM-11
Live webcast can be viewed at http://www.dalailama.com/live-portland10am
May 10: “The Path to Peace and Happiness in the Global Society” at the University of Oregon’s Matthew Knight Arena 1:30-3:30
Live webcast can be viewed at http://www.uoregon.edu/
May 11: “Universal Responsibility & the Global Environment” at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland 9:30AM-11
Live webcast can be viewed at http://www.dalailama.com/live-portland11am
May 11: “Inspiration for the Global Environment” at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum 1:30PM-3:30
Live webcast can be viewed at http://www.dalailama.com/live-portland11pm
The webcasts are also available at http://youtube.com/dalailama or http://www.dalailama.com/liveweb.
All times Pacific time, now GMT-7.
We live in an era of spiritual remix. Each of us today can construct a personal spiritual system from samples of many available. Maybe a little Buddhist compassion for sustainability and the environment is a good sample for each of us to include?
Live, learn, act (compassionately).
The indigenous nature-based religions of the world have a strong tradition of that balance. Without the tools of the scientific method and with a mystic view of nature, perhaps destructive exploitation did not occur to them. And without vast machinery of industry, their ability to exploit beyond sustainability was limited.
Christianity's "multiply and subdue" passage, coupled with the tools of industry, has resulted, though not necessarily by intelligent design, in a culture of unsustainable exploitation of nature. That is not to say that philosophy is shared by all Christians, or that there have not been Christians with a focus on sustainability. One need only look at the work of Thomas Merton.
Taoism, with strong roots in nature, proposes a balance between man and nature. Modern Buddhism has addressed the question too. This week is a series of talks in Portland and Eugene by the Dalai Lama and others on the application of compassion and spirituality to environmental sustainability.
The events are long since sold out. But each event is being webcast live. Free!
May 9: “Spirituality & the Environment” at the University of Portland 9AM-11:30
Live webcast can be viewed at http://www.dalailama.com/live-portland9am
May 9: “Universal Responsibility & the Inner Environment” at the University of Portland 1:30PM-3
Live webcast can be viewed at http://www.dalailama.com/live-portland9pm
May 10: “Life and After Life” at Maitripa College 9AM-11
Live webcast can be viewed at http://www.dalailama.com/live-portland10am
May 10: “The Path to Peace and Happiness in the Global Society” at the University of Oregon’s Matthew Knight Arena 1:30-3:30
Live webcast can be viewed at http://www.uoregon.edu/
May 11: “Universal Responsibility & the Global Environment” at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland 9:30AM-11
Live webcast can be viewed at http://www.dalailama.com/live-portland11am
May 11: “Inspiration for the Global Environment” at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum 1:30PM-3:30
Live webcast can be viewed at http://www.dalailama.com/live-portland11pm
The webcasts are also available at http://youtube.com/dalailama or http://www.dalailama.com/liveweb.
All times Pacific time, now GMT-7.
We live in an era of spiritual remix. Each of us today can construct a personal spiritual system from samples of many available. Maybe a little Buddhist compassion for sustainability and the environment is a good sample for each of us to include?
Live, learn, act (compassionately).
Tuesday, May 07, 2013
May 8 Innovation is Free
Quality is free was a realization beginning in the 1960's applied to space manufacturing. Innovation, progressively driven out of American business, is free too. It is just that management does not want to pay for it. Writer Bruce Nussbaum discusses his book Creative Intelligence: Harnessing the Power to Create, Connect, and Inspire. He also speaks at 4 tomorrow at Ziba but reservations are closed. At Ecotrust 721 NW 9th noon-1 Free
Bullseye Glass is a world class manufacturer of glass sheet, powder and rod, right here in Portland. They also operate a gallery and glass art residencies. We don't cover glass art here because it has its own aesthetics and collector base, distinct from contemporary art. Tonight is a rare opportunity to tour the Bullseye factory. The local chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts sponsors a tour tonight. You can register at this link. At Bullseye Glass 3610 SE 21st 6PM $10
The first year students of the joint OCAC and PNCA MFA in applied contemporary craft present a show tonight. At the Bison Building, 3610 SE 21st 6PM-9 Free
Bullseye Glass is a world class manufacturer of glass sheet, powder and rod, right here in Portland. They also operate a gallery and glass art residencies. We don't cover glass art here because it has its own aesthetics and collector base, distinct from contemporary art. Tonight is a rare opportunity to tour the Bullseye factory. The local chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts sponsors a tour tonight. You can register at this link. At Bullseye Glass 3610 SE 21st 6PM $10
The first year students of the joint OCAC and PNCA MFA in applied contemporary craft present a show tonight. At the Bison Building, 3610 SE 21st 6PM-9 Free
Sunday, May 05, 2013
May 6 Know the Tube
Getting to Know You (Tube) hosts the video selections shown on the big screen of Jamie Edwards, Julie Perini and Jodie Cavalier. Each artist has selected 10-15 minutes of favorites made by others on YouTube. Getting to Know You(Tube) www.gettingtoknowyoutube.com at the Hollywood Theater www.hollywoodtheatre.org 4122 NE Sandy Boulevard 7:30PM $5
Saturday, May 04, 2013
May 5 Tuvan Throat Singing and Infinite Reproduction In Portland
Tuva is a region in Siberia adjacent to Mongolia. For some it is on the map because the physicist Richard Feynman aspired to visit. Feynman is famous for his brilliance, including uniting previously unconnected physics theories to form quantum electrodynamics using social practice and ethnographic methods. With the bureaucratic and ideological differences between the Soviet Union, now the Russian Republic, and the United States of the 1980's (to now?), he was only granted a visa to visit the day after his death from cancer in 1988 at age 70.
Tuva is internationally known for throat singing. It is an unusual but instantly identifiable method of generating multiple overtones in the vocal tract. In Tuva it is part of land-based spiritual beliefs.
Portlander Enrique Ugalde has visited Tuva extensively, learned Tuvan throat singing, recorded performances, arranged Tuvan throat singing tours in the US, competed in international throat singing competitions and won third best in the world and best foreigner. He is universally acknowledged as the finest throat singer in the world outside Tuva and is a continuous vocal innovator.
He performs worldwide. Portland rarely. Tonight is an opportunity to hear him perform here and now. After he embarks a European and Asian tour.
At Star Theater 13 NW 6th 8PM $10
Noted Portland artist Wynde Dyer, the principal of Golden Rule and exhibitor at Place, Milepost 5 and elsewhere opens images from her China series. Family is all. Dyer taps family experiences in her art-making to strong impact, ask the artist or do your research for more. Opening reception tonight with music. At Stumptown www.stumptowncoffee.com 128 SW 3rd. Early close 5PM-7 Free
Tuva is internationally known for throat singing. It is an unusual but instantly identifiable method of generating multiple overtones in the vocal tract. In Tuva it is part of land-based spiritual beliefs.
Portlander Enrique Ugalde has visited Tuva extensively, learned Tuvan throat singing, recorded performances, arranged Tuvan throat singing tours in the US, competed in international throat singing competitions and won third best in the world and best foreigner. He is universally acknowledged as the finest throat singer in the world outside Tuva and is a continuous vocal innovator.
He performs worldwide. Portland rarely. Tonight is an opportunity to hear him perform here and now. After he embarks a European and Asian tour.
At Star Theater 13 NW 6th 8PM $10
Noted Portland artist Wynde Dyer, the principal of Golden Rule and exhibitor at Place, Milepost 5 and elsewhere opens images from her China series. Family is all. Dyer taps family experiences in her art-making to strong impact, ask the artist or do your research for more. Opening reception tonight with music. At Stumptown www.stumptowncoffee.com 128 SW 3rd. Early close 5PM-7 Free
May 4 Rockin' Modern Art
(You) New Bad Things (Video) is a show featuring (video) from Chase Allgood, Chase Biado, Matthew Green, Ashby Lee Collinson and Jason Hirata. (video) (art) is nascent in Portland for some reason, maybe it's not painterly, printerly or crafterly enough, or it is too heady. Rock has a good eye for performance and I'm familiar with several of these artists' (good) work along those lines. So this will be a good show to see and a great setting upon opening to discuss (video). Rocksbox is a place for Portland's most contemporary artists to converse and experience art beyond the warm and fuzzy Portlandia genres. Always recommended. At Rocksbox Fine Art www.rocksboxfineart.com 6540 N Interstate Map 8PM-11 Free
Uncontrollable Urge!!! is a retrospective of artist contributors to Mike McGonigal's Yeti journal. They include Fred Tomaselli, Alexander Ross, David Moreno and Saul Chernick from New York; Chuck Nanney from Oakland, David Fair from Baltimore, Kevin Arrow from Miami Beach, James Trotter from Kansas City, from Paris, Hippolyte Hentgen, Geneviève CastrĂ©e from Canada, Kinke Kooi from the Netherlands. Portland represents with Jen Olesen, Eric Mast, Marly Beyer, Josh Kermiet, Lori Damiano, Chris Cilla and Shana Cleveland. Visionary artist Anne Marie Grgich, Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Lonnie Holley and the anonymous artist known as “Philadelphia Wireman” are in the show. Classic art vibes from Joe Brainard - New York School poet and painter, flmmaker Bruce Conner and mail artist Ray Johnson. Many are musician multi-artists too - that's the journal's theme. This show is perfect Summer fun band example of what this little museum can put out. At the Portland Museum of Modern Art inside Mississippi Records www.portlandmuseumofmodernart.com 5202 N Albina Map 8PM Free
Uncontrollable Urge!!! is a retrospective of artist contributors to Mike McGonigal's Yeti journal. They include Fred Tomaselli, Alexander Ross, David Moreno and Saul Chernick from New York; Chuck Nanney from Oakland, David Fair from Baltimore, Kevin Arrow from Miami Beach, James Trotter from Kansas City, from Paris, Hippolyte Hentgen, Geneviève CastrĂ©e from Canada, Kinke Kooi from the Netherlands. Portland represents with Jen Olesen, Eric Mast, Marly Beyer, Josh Kermiet, Lori Damiano, Chris Cilla and Shana Cleveland. Visionary artist Anne Marie Grgich, Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Lonnie Holley and the anonymous artist known as “Philadelphia Wireman” are in the show. Classic art vibes from Joe Brainard - New York School poet and painter, flmmaker Bruce Conner and mail artist Ray Johnson. Many are musician multi-artists too - that's the journal's theme. This show is perfect Summer fun band example of what this little museum can put out. At the Portland Museum of Modern Art inside Mississippi Records www.portlandmuseumofmodernart.com 5202 N Albina Map 8PM Free
Friday, May 03, 2013
May 3 Eastside Art Openings
Newspace has S.A.P.E photographs of sapeurs, flamboyantly costumed Congolese who adopt historic styles for France. At Newspace Photo www.newspacephoto.org 1632 SE 10th Map 6PM-9
The Rock and Roll Camp for Girls produces visual art. Who would have known? This wins tonights copywriting award for content: "Music provided by Voices. Voices is a double drummer band featuring Gillian Avina and Cayla Davis. Gillian and Cayla met this summer at Rock and Roll Camp for Girls. Cayla stays busy in her other Portland bands Blind Lovejoy, Break Up Flowers, and Tofurkey Jerky. Gillian has a background playing violin in several orchestras as well as playing in the English band This is the Kit, as well as playing in another Not Enough! band this year, The Juggy River Sisters!" Wow. She Shreds Magazine will also be in the house. At adxportland.com 417 SE 11th x Stark Map 6PM-9 Free
Aidan Koch has a show at Nationale www.nationale.us 811 E Burnside Map 6PM-9
Big show at Redux: April Coppini, Brent Wick, Brett Superstar, Keith Carter, Ryan Berkley, and Wesley Younie. At Redux www.reduxpdx.com 811 E Burnside 6PM-10
Shadows and Light is the new show at Black Box Gallery www.blackboxgallery.com 811 E Burnside, Suite 212 upstairs 5PM-8:30 Free
Art+Music in the form of Dre LeRoca, Penpointred and Erin Mader + Aurei, Enjoy and Realiez. If they have some 3d art up, check it with anamorphic glasses! At Home:Bass www.homebasspdx.com 123 NE 6th 6PM-10 Free
William Rihel opens pilates, an installation which may have nothing to do with the exercise. Also the UO thesis show takes over the rest of the space. At Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.disjecta.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 6PM-10 Free
The Rock and Roll Camp for Girls produces visual art. Who would have known? This wins tonights copywriting award for content: "Music provided by Voices. Voices is a double drummer band featuring Gillian Avina and Cayla Davis. Gillian and Cayla met this summer at Rock and Roll Camp for Girls. Cayla stays busy in her other Portland bands Blind Lovejoy, Break Up Flowers, and Tofurkey Jerky. Gillian has a background playing violin in several orchestras as well as playing in the English band This is the Kit, as well as playing in another Not Enough! band this year, The Juggy River Sisters!" Wow. She Shreds Magazine will also be in the house. At adxportland.com 417 SE 11th x Stark Map 6PM-9 Free
Aidan Koch has a show at Nationale www.nationale.us 811 E Burnside Map 6PM-9
Big show at Redux: April Coppini, Brent Wick, Brett Superstar, Keith Carter, Ryan Berkley, and Wesley Younie. At Redux www.reduxpdx.com 811 E Burnside 6PM-10
Shadows and Light is the new show at Black Box Gallery www.blackboxgallery.com 811 E Burnside, Suite 212 upstairs 5PM-8:30 Free
Art+Music in the form of Dre LeRoca, Penpointred and Erin Mader + Aurei, Enjoy and Realiez. If they have some 3d art up, check it with anamorphic glasses! At Home:Bass www.homebasspdx.com 123 NE 6th 6PM-10 Free
William Rihel opens pilates, an installation which may have nothing to do with the exercise. Also the UO thesis show takes over the rest of the space. At Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.disjecta.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 6PM-10 Free
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
May 2 Westside Art Openings
Jaq Chartier has Ultra Marine, continuing simple a simple and seductive markmaking strategy started with paintings reminiscent of electrophoresis gels. And Claire Cowie has Unreliable Source, a little bit of everything, illustrations, sculpture and photographs of performance/ costuming. At Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map 6PM-9
Lucas Foglia shows A Natural Order, portraits of individuals in the Southesat of the US living off the grid. It reminds a Northwest series, Community, Skyblue, by Justine Kurland about 10 years ago. Tamara Staples has portraits of chickens from Georgia. Portland is not the only weird place. Both series were gathered by the photographers traveling to the subjects in extended camper van expedition. At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org map 122 NW 8th 6PM-9
Tom Prochaska has Johnson City, paintings in a loose impressionistic style of people and people in landscapes. Along with Gail Tremblay: Reframing images, Conceptualizing Indigenous Art. Tremblay makes basket-like forms from non-traditional materials, like photographic film, itself terminally endangered as a medium. At www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis
Daydreamers is the theme of work by Stella Im Hultberg and Suite Charlie. Perfect for a warm evening of smells, sights and sounds. At Compound Gallery www.compoundgallery.com 107 NW 5th 6PM-10
Monica Choi has curated a group show - In the Process - of illustration work. Buzz Parker has Home Tree Home, light hearted illustrations of tree houses. At Hellion Gallery www.helliongallery.com 19 NW 5th Suite 208. Through the lobby of the arched brick entry, up the stairs and to the back. Very upper floor Japan-style.
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Everett Lofts are recommended as always. It's easier for you to see them all than for me to write suggestions. Some close as early as 9PM. At the Everett Lofts 625 NW Everett. Bounded by NW Everett, Broadway, Flanders and 6th Map 6PM-9/10sh
Lucas Foglia shows A Natural Order, portraits of individuals in the Southesat of the US living off the grid. It reminds a Northwest series, Community, Skyblue, by Justine Kurland about 10 years ago. Tamara Staples has portraits of chickens from Georgia. Portland is not the only weird place. Both series were gathered by the photographers traveling to the subjects in extended camper van expedition. At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org map 122 NW 8th 6PM-9
Tom Prochaska has Johnson City, paintings in a loose impressionistic style of people and people in landscapes. Along with Gail Tremblay: Reframing images, Conceptualizing Indigenous Art. Tremblay makes basket-like forms from non-traditional materials, like photographic film, itself terminally endangered as a medium. At www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis
Daydreamers is the theme of work by Stella Im Hultberg and Suite Charlie. Perfect for a warm evening of smells, sights and sounds. At Compound Gallery www.compoundgallery.com 107 NW 5th 6PM-10
Monica Choi has curated a group show - In the Process - of illustration work. Buzz Parker has Home Tree Home, light hearted illustrations of tree houses. At Hellion Gallery www.helliongallery.com 19 NW 5th Suite 208. Through the lobby of the arched brick entry, up the stairs and to the back. Very upper floor Japan-style.
Map
Everett Lofts are recommended as always. It's easier for you to see them all than for me to write suggestions. Some close as early as 9PM. At the Everett Lofts 625 NW Everett. Bounded by NW Everett, Broadway, Flanders and 6th Map 6PM-9/10sh
Sunday, April 28, 2013
April 28 Talk With a Brunch Back
The Research Club, a meetup over a pot luck brunch, is back. A few speakers make preannounced talks. It is an opportunity to share creative ideas with artists, entrepreneurs and nonrprofit movers.
Today:
Sam Smith on Community Supported Everything. In Portland and other cities we have community supported agriculture and kitchens. Kickstarter and other crowdfunding projects are often a similar model; customers providing working capital in advance of delivery of products. There is a long history of coops which the United States learned from Scandinavian immigrants. Smith talks about the Community Supported Everything Guildhall, a resource for starting new community-supported projects.
Kevilina Burbank on IncitED, a social enterprise supporting education world by means of a crowd funding platform.
Mat Lippincot - on speaking at TED, and the TED culture. Why are they so perky? Why is their selection of art and music so insipid?
Bring food, drink and your own plate cup and utensils please. The Research Club www.research-club.org at Geoloqi, 920 SW 3rd Ave #400. Noon-2PM, Talks 12:30. Free
Today:
Sam Smith on Community Supported Everything. In Portland and other cities we have community supported agriculture and kitchens. Kickstarter and other crowdfunding projects are often a similar model; customers providing working capital in advance of delivery of products. There is a long history of coops which the United States learned from Scandinavian immigrants. Smith talks about the Community Supported Everything Guildhall, a resource for starting new community-supported projects.
Kevilina Burbank on IncitED, a social enterprise supporting education world by means of a crowd funding platform.
Mat Lippincot - on speaking at TED, and the TED culture. Why are they so perky? Why is their selection of art and music so insipid?
Bring food, drink and your own plate cup and utensils please. The Research Club www.research-club.org at Geoloqi, 920 SW 3rd Ave #400. Noon-2PM, Talks 12:30. Free
Saturday, April 27, 2013
April 27 Boat People
Red Sox beat Yanks. 5-4. On Chapmanʼs homer. It's a heavy meme from a time past. It can be about our society's inability to adapt to change. We will see what artist Kyle J Thompson does with it in an art show this evening. Thompson is a principal of the Labrador 12128 Project, a gallery and studio on a boat known for great curation. At False Front Studio www.falsefrontstudio.com 4518 NE 32nd Map 7PM-10 Free
Monday, April 22, 2013
April 25-26 33 1/3 Years of Raw, Raucous and Sublime
Vanessa Renwick is an experimental filmmaker artist in Portland. She is well known for pioneering Portland's filmmaker road trips to show experimental work at colleges and clubs across the country, including the work of fellow Portland filmmakers. She releases a compilation of her work, North South East West: All Over The Map With Vanessa Renwick tonight.
In celebration there will be two nights of work. Thursday is Britton, South Dakota, Toxic Shock, Crowdog, Food is a Weapon, The Yodeling Lesson, Worse, Olympia, Richart, U C A BOX, S.F. HITCH, Satan's Holiday and Portrait #2: Trojan. Friday is Westward Ho, Mighty Tacoma, Stretcher, Satan's Holiday, Babyman, Red Stallion's Revenge, Portland Meadows, Yawn, Portrait #1: Cascadia Terminal. Portrait #2: Trojan, Portrait #3: House of Sound. At the Hollywood Theater www.hollywoodtheatre.org 4122 NE Sandy Boulevard 7:30PM $7, students seniors $5
In celebration there will be two nights of work. Thursday is Britton, South Dakota, Toxic Shock, Crowdog, Food is a Weapon, The Yodeling Lesson, Worse, Olympia, Richart, U C A BOX, S.F. HITCH, Satan's Holiday and Portrait #2: Trojan. Friday is Westward Ho, Mighty Tacoma, Stretcher, Satan's Holiday, Babyman, Red Stallion's Revenge, Portland Meadows, Yawn, Portrait #1: Cascadia Terminal. Portrait #2: Trojan, Portrait #3: House of Sound. At the Hollywood Theater www.hollywoodtheatre.org 4122 NE Sandy Boulevard 7:30PM $7, students seniors $5
April 23 Thoughts on Energy
Our recent chair of the Department of Energy, Dr Steven Chu, speaks in Portland tonight. As cabinet member, he created new research and commercialization opportunities for renewable energy. Chu was awarded a Nobel prize for laser trapping at Bell Labs. Later he directed the Lawrence Berkeley Labs, including seminal energy efficiency research. He summarized his 4 years of work as energy secretary here. This is a great opportunity to see Nobel winner Chu in Portland. Register for the free lecture at www.ohsu.edu/xd/education/schools/school-of-medicine/about/marquam-hill-lectures.cfm Parking is difficult on campus. At the OHSU Auditorium. 6PM Free
Saturday, April 20, 2013
April 20 Color Bike Night
Painter Whitney Nye has a show at Laura Russo. Today she presents an artists talk. Her medium large abstract works have always had a distributed pattern. Earlier it was collage elements. In this work it is paint marks contrasting with the dominant colorfield of the work. At Laura Russo Gallery www.laurarusso.com 805 NW 21st 2PM
Filmed by Bike is this weekend! It's Spring and the bicyclists are feeling it. Meow! It is today through Tuesday at the Clinton Street Theater, beginning with a street fair today at 3PM. More info at filmedbybike.org.
Ragas are written for and performed at specific times of the day. There are morning ragas, day, evening and night ragas. Tonight is an ultra rare opportunity to participate in the night raga phenomena. Michael Stirling will perform Raga Mian Ki Malhar, Raga Malkauns and Raga Lalit. Accompanying will be David Jacob, tabla; Peia Luzzi, tambura and Lucy Stirling on tambura. I would bring a blanket! At Yu Contemporary Art www.yucontemporary.org 900 SE 10th 10PM $10
The Place complex opens their next round of shows and Mark Woolley continues last month's. At Place, placepdx.com a gallery on the 3rd floor of the Pioneer Place Mall along with the People's art of Portland and the Woolley Gallery. If the mall appears closed, enter the film theater building adjacent, travel through the tunnel to the Place mall, and take the elevator to the 3rd floor, sometimes the bridge on the 3rd floor is open too. 700 SW Fifth. 5PM-9 Free
Filmed by Bike is this weekend! It's Spring and the bicyclists are feeling it. Meow! It is today through Tuesday at the Clinton Street Theater, beginning with a street fair today at 3PM. More info at filmedbybike.org.
Ragas are written for and performed at specific times of the day. There are morning ragas, day, evening and night ragas. Tonight is an ultra rare opportunity to participate in the night raga phenomena. Michael Stirling will perform Raga Mian Ki Malhar, Raga Malkauns and Raga Lalit. Accompanying will be David Jacob, tabla; Peia Luzzi, tambura and Lucy Stirling on tambura. I would bring a blanket! At Yu Contemporary Art www.yucontemporary.org 900 SE 10th 10PM $10
The Place complex opens their next round of shows and Mark Woolley continues last month's. At Place, placepdx.com a gallery on the 3rd floor of the Pioneer Place Mall along with the People's art of Portland and the Woolley Gallery. If the mall appears closed, enter the film theater building adjacent, travel through the tunnel to the Place mall, and take the elevator to the 3rd floor, sometimes the bridge on the 3rd floor is open too. 700 SW Fifth. 5PM-9 Free
Friday, April 19, 2013
April 19 Voltage Control Fragments
Mike Bray opens Fragments of an Unknowable Whole. It is a meditation on spectacle and the relationship between performer and audience inspired by a documentary, Gimme Shelter, on a performance by a band, the Rolling Stones. The film includes footage of the death by knife at the hands of a motorcycle gang hired as security of a fan in front of the stage with a gun while the band played. Bray is a founder of Ditch Projects. At Portland's only member of the New Art Dealers Alliance www.newartdealers.org, Fourteen30 Gallery www.fourteen30.com 1501 SW Market Street Map 6PM-8 Free
Want some experimental electronic music tonight? Free? The Volt per Octaves performs on Moog and other synths tonight. DJ Rescue - Zia McCabe spins as well. At Control Voltage www.controlvoltage.net 3742 NE Mississippi 7PM-9:30 Free
Want some experimental electronic music tonight? Free? The Volt per Octaves performs on Moog and other synths tonight. DJ Rescue - Zia McCabe spins as well. At Control Voltage www.controlvoltage.net 3742 NE Mississippi 7PM-9:30 Free
April 19-20 The Marrow of Madness
Diego PiĂ±Ă³n directs a performance Marrow within Madness, which, when you think about it, is a rich metaphor. PiĂ±Ă³n is new world butoh performer from Mexico. He is known for psychodrama and landscape for inspiration. Dancers who work with him know the work is intense, yet his personal movement is restrained and calm, even perhaps more so than the late career work of another butoh former wild man, Min Tanaka. PiĂ±Ă³n's performance includes a gifted group of movers: Sheri Brown (Seattle), Amelia Burns (Colorado), Mizu Desierto (Portland), Diana Garcia Snyder (Seattle), Lin Lucas (Seattle), Kat MacMillan (Portland), Christopher Mankowski (California), & Nathan Montgomery (Colorado), each with many years experience working with Senior PiĂ±Ă³n and together. Produced by and tickets on sale at www.WITD.org. At the Headwaters Theater, 55 NE Farragut St. #9. The theater is in the back of the building by the active railroad tracks facing Winchell Street. Map 8PM $18, $15 Students, Artists, Disabled & Seniors
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
April 18 Portland Made
Portland Made is Portland's better version of Olympia Made. It is a website to tell the story of small Portland manufacturers, crafters, makers and independent retailers. It's a place for makers to collaborate on suppliers, strategy and exchange manufacturing capability.
Tonight is their launch party.
Mayor Charlie Hales and State Representative Jules Bailey will speak about the economic opportunities for Portland makers, the Portland Made launch video will be unveiled and there will be music from DJ Leftovers.
Details www.portlandmade.com/portland-made-launch-party. At adxportland.com 417 SE 11th x Stark Map 7PM-10
Tonight is their launch party.
Mayor Charlie Hales and State Representative Jules Bailey will speak about the economic opportunities for Portland makers, the Portland Made launch video will be unveiled and there will be music from DJ Leftovers.
Details www.portlandmade.com/portland-made-launch-party. At adxportland.com 417 SE 11th x Stark Map 7PM-10
April 17 Impulse to Collect Lunch
Portland is a great photography town. Ampersand is a small business that contributes strongly to that. It is a photography bookstore and seller of found photographs, lost collections, and small press items. Ampersand also publishes books. Myles Haselhorst, Ampersand's founder gives a talk today: Photographic Abundance & the Impulse to Collect. He brings a thoughtful view on what it means to collect in a digital age and the meaning of romance for the chemical age of photography. Sponsored by the Portland Art Museum Photography Council. It's a brown bag lunch in the Miller Room (first floor to the right in the lobby of the former the Masonic temple) of the Mark Building. 1219 SW Park Noon Free
April 16 In-person Life of Imitation
Life of Imitation is a video work in the GreyBox space of the UO WhiteBox. It is a room suitable for video.
The work is by Ming Wong from Singapore in two channels. This evening the gallery welcomes the artist for a reception. At the University of Oregon White Stag Building, http://whitebox.uoregon.edu/ 70 NW Couch 5PM-7
The work is by Ming Wong from Singapore in two channels. This evening the gallery welcomes the artist for a reception. At the University of Oregon White Stag Building, http://whitebox.uoregon.edu/ 70 NW Couch 5PM-7
Friday, April 12, 2013
April 14 Six
Channeling.
Stereo is not 4Chan, 5.1 has its charms, and, of course, six trumps.
Sound.
Six musicians from in and out of Portland present electronic music performed live in six channels tonight. The event takes place in the atrium of the art school. Sit on the floor in the middle of six speakers. Bring soft things to sit or lounge and blankets. Musicians include Strategy, Marcus Fischer, Jetfinger, Wndfrm, Manny Reyes and Seth Nehil. Yummy. Lights on, keep it clean. At PNCA www.pnca.edu 1241 NW Johnson Map 7PM Free
Stereo is not 4Chan, 5.1 has its charms, and, of course, six trumps.
Sound.
Six musicians from in and out of Portland present electronic music performed live in six channels tonight. The event takes place in the atrium of the art school. Sit on the floor in the middle of six speakers. Bring soft things to sit or lounge and blankets. Musicians include Strategy, Marcus Fischer, Jetfinger, Wndfrm, Manny Reyes and Seth Nehil. Yummy. Lights on, keep it clean. At PNCA www.pnca.edu 1241 NW Johnson Map 7PM Free
April 13 Indian Music to the Max
Anand Bhate presents a vocal performance of classical Indian music this evening. He will be ccompanied by Bharat Kamat on tabla and Suyog Kundalkar on harmonium. Sponsored by Kalakendra www.kalakendra.org. At the Valley Catholic School, 4275 Southwest 148th Avenue, Beaverton 7:30PM Free members, $20 otherwise
The Vestibule Gallery, a long hall at Disjecta, marches to its own drum, and sometimes their own opening schedule. Tonight they open Wisconsin artist Michael Velliquette, neo-psychdelic illustration. Some of his paper work reminds of Peter Max. Max was discovered by ad agencies, think Mad Men, in the late '60's when he was in his early 30's, think Thomas Frank's Conquest of Cool. He was also associated with the band the Beatles in their film projects. You can see Velliquette's work opening tonight. At Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.disjecta.org 8371 N. Interstate
Map 6PM-9 Free
The Vestibule Gallery, a long hall at Disjecta, marches to its own drum, and sometimes their own opening schedule. Tonight they open Wisconsin artist Michael Velliquette, neo-psychdelic illustration. Some of his paper work reminds of Peter Max. Max was discovered by ad agencies, think Mad Men, in the late '60's when he was in his early 30's, think Thomas Frank's Conquest of Cool. He was also associated with the band the Beatles in their film projects. You can see Velliquette's work opening tonight. At Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.disjecta.org 8371 N. Interstate
Map 6PM-9 Free
April 12 Appendaplex
We rarely mention individual Everett Lofts, but one of Portland's most interesting independent spaces, Appendix, is having an art fund raiser hosted at Multiplex. It is also on line. The work is artist designed blankets, modern ink jet printed on fleece. See them at appendixspace.com/blankets/.
Tonight is the in-person event. And beginning at 8, a blanket will be raffled on the hour. DJ's, dancing, and drinks. Appendix at Multiplex party fundraiser. Multiplex is mid-block on NW 6th. 8PM-late.
Tonight is the in-person event. And beginning at 8, a blanket will be raffled on the hour. DJ's, dancing, and drinks. Appendix at Multiplex party fundraiser. Multiplex is mid-block on NW 6th. 8PM-late.
Monday, April 08, 2013
April 8 Doing Museum
Brian Ferriso came to Portland in 2006 to direct the Portland Art Museum. He spent a lot of time listening and reconnecting the museum to the city. What is next? Ferriso discusses the collection and the philosophy for any building expansion. It is part of the Bright Lights series sponsored by local magazine the Portland Monthly and the City Club, a thoughtful public interest group. The crowd runs to architects and planners. At Jimmy Mak's, 221 NW 10th. Doors 5:30PM, discussion 6. Free
Sunday, April 07, 2013
April 5 - June 8 Not Lumber Sculpts
Artists Fred Sandback and Julia Dault show minimal sculptures at a private gallery in Portland with limited hours. Sandback was an early minimalist studying with Judd at Yale in the late 1960's. While Mr Sandback has passed, Canadian artist Dualt is much alive and making new work. The Lumberroom has put them together. Well worth engaging. At The Lumber Room lumberroom.com 419 SW 9th, above Liz Leach Map Check the site for hours. Free
Friday, April 05, 2013
April 5 Eastside Art Openings
Up in NE Chase Biado opens the Spring season at Appendix with Chase Biado in time. An artist and curator to watch. At Appendix Project Space www.appendixspace.com On the alley between 26th and 27th, South of Alberta. Map 7-10ish Free
Ty Ennis opens JKJKJK tonight. He is an illustrative painter with eclectic subject matter. He moves to Nationale for full time representation, a welcome move given Nationale's network, span and respect. At Nationale www.nationale.us 811 E Burnside Map 6PM-9
For Hire is a show of resumes. And resumes are still being accepted. The studios at Recess: Maggie Craig, Figurative Painting; Jenny Vu, Drawing, Painting & Comics; Lucile Marlome, Jewerly Making; Erica Edmonson, Sculpture & Textiles; Ashley Burke, Graphic Design; Paul Clay, Video & Performance and Chloe Kendall, Video & Printmaking, will be open as well. And a DJ opening night for your dance pleasures. At RECESS recessart.com at Oregon Brassworks Building, 1127 SE 10th Map 7PM-late
Ann Ploeger is one of Portland's great individualistic portrait photographers. Her trademark is people at home with their feet maybe oddly bare. She shows My Melinda tonight, multiple personae of a single subject. At Pushdot Studio www.pushdotstudio.com 2505 SE 11th Avenue Suite 104 6PM-9
Charlie Haughey presents A Weather Walked In a show of photographs made between 1968 and 1969. Haughey served in the infantry in the Vietnam War. His over 2000 negatives remained largely unseen until last year. Haughey has selected 28 and presents them in his handmade frames. At adxportland.com 417 SE 11th x Stark Map 6PM-10
Redux has a favorite illustrator Jennifer Parks. Her subject is women who would seem at home in Portland. Parks is one of the partners in the Pony Club. At Redux www.reduxpdx.com 811 E Burnside 6PM-10
Black Box has a photo salon, a larger show than most for them. At Black Box Gallery www.blackboxgallery.com 811 E Burnside, Suite 212 upstairs 5PM-8:30
New to LoBu Home Bass has a show by Davey Cadaver and Sarah Hoyt with DJ's. Hoyt makes caffeinated drawings of many-eyed cats. Cadaver has Juxtapoz-style heads. Both artists have made work for viewing with 3d glasses which induce extreme chromatic aberration, pulling red forward and violet back. Many other items in the store look great through them too. At Home:Bass www.homebasspdx.com 123 NE 6th 6PM-10 Free
Newspace has some potential curiosities. Early Works are some of the first images of now grown up photographers with their personal narratives. Then. Now. Here is a sequence of images alternating vintage photographs with current Oregon photographers working the same locations. There will also be a show of photographs by Newspace's young after school program photographers. At Newspace Photo www.newspacephoto.org 1632 SE 10th Map 6PM-9
Ty Ennis opens JKJKJK tonight. He is an illustrative painter with eclectic subject matter. He moves to Nationale for full time representation, a welcome move given Nationale's network, span and respect. At Nationale www.nationale.us 811 E Burnside Map 6PM-9
For Hire is a show of resumes. And resumes are still being accepted. The studios at Recess: Maggie Craig, Figurative Painting; Jenny Vu, Drawing, Painting & Comics; Lucile Marlome, Jewerly Making; Erica Edmonson, Sculpture & Textiles; Ashley Burke, Graphic Design; Paul Clay, Video & Performance and Chloe Kendall, Video & Printmaking, will be open as well. And a DJ opening night for your dance pleasures. At RECESS recessart.com at Oregon Brassworks Building, 1127 SE 10th Map 7PM-late
Ann Ploeger is one of Portland's great individualistic portrait photographers. Her trademark is people at home with their feet maybe oddly bare. She shows My Melinda tonight, multiple personae of a single subject. At Pushdot Studio www.pushdotstudio.com 2505 SE 11th Avenue Suite 104 6PM-9
Charlie Haughey presents A Weather Walked In a show of photographs made between 1968 and 1969. Haughey served in the infantry in the Vietnam War. His over 2000 negatives remained largely unseen until last year. Haughey has selected 28 and presents them in his handmade frames. At adxportland.com 417 SE 11th x Stark Map 6PM-10
Redux has a favorite illustrator Jennifer Parks. Her subject is women who would seem at home in Portland. Parks is one of the partners in the Pony Club. At Redux www.reduxpdx.com 811 E Burnside 6PM-10
Black Box has a photo salon, a larger show than most for them. At Black Box Gallery www.blackboxgallery.com 811 E Burnside, Suite 212 upstairs 5PM-8:30
New to LoBu Home Bass has a show by Davey Cadaver and Sarah Hoyt with DJ's. Hoyt makes caffeinated drawings of many-eyed cats. Cadaver has Juxtapoz-style heads. Both artists have made work for viewing with 3d glasses which induce extreme chromatic aberration, pulling red forward and violet back. Many other items in the store look great through them too. At Home:Bass www.homebasspdx.com 123 NE 6th 6PM-10 Free
Newspace has some potential curiosities. Early Works are some of the first images of now grown up photographers with their personal narratives. Then. Now. Here is a sequence of images alternating vintage photographs with current Oregon photographers working the same locations. There will also be a show of photographs by Newspace's young after school program photographers. At Newspace Photo www.newspacephoto.org 1632 SE 10th Map 6PM-9
Thursday, April 04, 2013
April 4 Westside Art Openings
We already mentioned the Littman show, which is recommended.
It's Portland Photo Month, officially organized as well as independently inspired. For more details: www.portlandphotomonth.org
What If? is an art & design exhibition for TEDxPortland auction items for the Children's Healing Art Program. It's varied and well curated. They start the evening early with a reception. At the University of Oregon White Stag Building, http://whitebox.uoregon.edu/ 70 NW Couch 4:30PM-6 reception, perhaps on display later
Up in Northwest, the Laura Russo Gallery has Whitney Nye and Roll Hardy. Nye excels in compositions of large patterns of small details, and does so in new abstract paintings. At Laura Russo Gallery www.laurarusso.com 805 NW 21st 5PM-8
We like China, so we will probably like Philipp Scholz Rittermann's Emperor’s River, documenting the thousand mile canal connecting Beijing to Hangzhou. Also showing Tamas Dezso's portrait of Hungary, and Retratos Pintados, vintage hand colored formal portraits from Brazil. At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org map 122 NW 8th 6PM-9
Everett Lofts are recommended as always. Some close as early as 9PM. At the Everett Lofts 625 NW Everett. Bounded by NW Everett, Broadway, Flanders and 6th Map
PDX has photos by Amjad Faur, Evan La Londe and Masao Yamamoto. At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 925 NW Flanders Map early close 8PM
Hellion has unusual for it minimal work by Joshua Krause. At Hellion Gallery www.helliongallery.com 19 NW 5th Suite 208. Through the lobby of the arched brick entry, up the stairs and to the back. Very upper floor Japan-style.
Map
Space. It's big. It's the theme of a show by Lea Loo, Savannah Julian, Ethan Allen Smith, Ryan J Bush, Allison Berg, Kengo Olsen, Alex DeSpain, Bryony Redhead, Cassandra Swan, Samantha Sacomano. Guest curated by Dawn Yanagihara. At Compound Gallery www.compoundgallery.com 107 NW 5th 6PM-10
It's Portland Photo Month, officially organized as well as independently inspired. For more details: www.portlandphotomonth.org
What If? is an art & design exhibition for TEDxPortland auction items for the Children's Healing Art Program. It's varied and well curated. They start the evening early with a reception. At the University of Oregon White Stag Building, http://whitebox.uoregon.edu/ 70 NW Couch 4:30PM-6 reception, perhaps on display later
Up in Northwest, the Laura Russo Gallery has Whitney Nye and Roll Hardy. Nye excels in compositions of large patterns of small details, and does so in new abstract paintings. At Laura Russo Gallery www.laurarusso.com 805 NW 21st 5PM-8
We like China, so we will probably like Philipp Scholz Rittermann's Emperor’s River, documenting the thousand mile canal connecting Beijing to Hangzhou. Also showing Tamas Dezso's portrait of Hungary, and Retratos Pintados, vintage hand colored formal portraits from Brazil. At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org map 122 NW 8th 6PM-9
Everett Lofts are recommended as always. Some close as early as 9PM. At the Everett Lofts 625 NW Everett. Bounded by NW Everett, Broadway, Flanders and 6th Map
PDX has photos by Amjad Faur, Evan La Londe and Masao Yamamoto. At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 925 NW Flanders Map early close 8PM
Hellion has unusual for it minimal work by Joshua Krause. At Hellion Gallery www.helliongallery.com 19 NW 5th Suite 208. Through the lobby of the arched brick entry, up the stairs and to the back. Very upper floor Japan-style.
Map
Space. It's big. It's the theme of a show by Lea Loo, Savannah Julian, Ethan Allen Smith, Ryan J Bush, Allison Berg, Kengo Olsen, Alex DeSpain, Bryony Redhead, Cassandra Swan, Samantha Sacomano. Guest curated by Dawn Yanagihara. At Compound Gallery www.compoundgallery.com 107 NW 5th 6PM-10
Sunday, March 31, 2013
April 4 People in Glass Houses
Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle has been awarded a MacArthur for his thought provoking and beautiful sculptures and video. Portland State has arranged to bring his work, usually shown in museums, to the Littman Gallery. The gallery shows a video and a painting, each referencing the seminal Glass House of architect Mies van der Rohe, founder of architectural modernism.
Mies built the house in 1951 along a river South of Chicago. It was later reprised by Philip Johnson at New Canaan. These gems were birthed in a different era of energy and economic optimism. They dispense with the gable, a strong symbol of home and gemutlichkeit in Europe and the United States, and substitute an efficient flat roof and inside out living on display.
So the metaphoric possibilities possibilities are rich.
The video, Always After (The Glass House), 2006 was inspired by the destruction of the glass sheathing of the S. R. Crown Hall at the Illinois Institute of Technology on the occasion of its renovation, 49 years after its inception. The building was designed by Mies when he chaired the architecture department of the school and houses the department of architecture.
The print, House with Four Columns, 2010 is inspired by the great unbuilt Mies project 50x50. The design, initiated in 1950, was an early American proposal for low cost housing. It echoed Mies' Bauhaus sensibilities: the Bauhaus was birthed in an economically depressed Germany, crippled by war reparations for WWI, and by the great recession.
The Bauhaus vision was for beautifully designed minimalist, inexpensive and durable housing and household goods for the people. Mies was the last director of the Bauhaus. It was closed by Hitler's rise and many of its Jewish creatives came to the United States. Their impact on design, architecture and art, including on Black Mountain College, is unassailable.
Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle speaks at PSU in a paid event April 26. Exhibition at the PSU Littman Gallery in Smith Union. www.pdx.edu/littmanandwhite Littman Gallery:
PSU Smith Hall, Room 250
1825 SW Broadway 7PM-8:30 Free
Mies built the house in 1951 along a river South of Chicago. It was later reprised by Philip Johnson at New Canaan. These gems were birthed in a different era of energy and economic optimism. They dispense with the gable, a strong symbol of home and gemutlichkeit in Europe and the United States, and substitute an efficient flat roof and inside out living on display.
So the metaphoric possibilities possibilities are rich.
The video, Always After (The Glass House), 2006 was inspired by the destruction of the glass sheathing of the S. R. Crown Hall at the Illinois Institute of Technology on the occasion of its renovation, 49 years after its inception. The building was designed by Mies when he chaired the architecture department of the school and houses the department of architecture.
The print, House with Four Columns, 2010 is inspired by the great unbuilt Mies project 50x50. The design, initiated in 1950, was an early American proposal for low cost housing. It echoed Mies' Bauhaus sensibilities: the Bauhaus was birthed in an economically depressed Germany, crippled by war reparations for WWI, and by the great recession.
The Bauhaus vision was for beautifully designed minimalist, inexpensive and durable housing and household goods for the people. Mies was the last director of the Bauhaus. It was closed by Hitler's rise and many of its Jewish creatives came to the United States. Their impact on design, architecture and art, including on Black Mountain College, is unassailable.
Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle speaks at PSU in a paid event April 26. Exhibition at the PSU Littman Gallery in Smith Union. www.pdx.edu/littmanandwhite Littman Gallery:
PSU Smith Hall, Room 250
1825 SW Broadway 7PM-8:30 Free
April 1 Half the Sky
Could we live with half the sky, half the sun, half the rain? The idea is unthinkable.
In 2009 Nicholas D. Kristof from Yamhill, Oregon and Sheryl WuDunn wrote a book Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. Since, they have traveled the world documenting for public television situations where women of all ages are blocked from reaching their full potential. And with the great challenges facing our species, we need everyone working on them!
Kristof and WuDunn were in the right place at the right time to report on the Chinese democracy movement in 1989, for which they won a Pulitzer. They have gone on to report all over the world. Kristof has had a strong impact on reporting on the war in Darfur Sudan and on trafficing of girls in Southeast Asia. He operates a scholarship program in which college students accompany him on hard berth reporting projects worldwide. World news gathering is in decline over costs and perhaps disinterest, distraction or overwhelming depression. Maybe there is an antidote; there is a good argument that he is the most effective journalist operating in the world today.
Kristof presents his Half the World project in a talk tonight, with a book signing to follow. At Reed College in Kaul Auditorium www.reed.edu 3203 SE Woodstock 7PM Free
In 2009 Nicholas D. Kristof from Yamhill, Oregon and Sheryl WuDunn wrote a book Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. Since, they have traveled the world documenting for public television situations where women of all ages are blocked from reaching their full potential. And with the great challenges facing our species, we need everyone working on them!
Kristof and WuDunn were in the right place at the right time to report on the Chinese democracy movement in 1989, for which they won a Pulitzer. They have gone on to report all over the world. Kristof has had a strong impact on reporting on the war in Darfur Sudan and on trafficing of girls in Southeast Asia. He operates a scholarship program in which college students accompany him on hard berth reporting projects worldwide. World news gathering is in decline over costs and perhaps disinterest, distraction or overwhelming depression. Maybe there is an antidote; there is a good argument that he is the most effective journalist operating in the world today.
Kristof presents his Half the World project in a talk tonight, with a book signing to follow. At Reed College in Kaul Auditorium www.reed.edu 3203 SE Woodstock 7PM Free
March 31 Atlas Insecta Obscura
When you were a kid, did you collect bugs? For some it can turn into an obsession, which is great for inspiring the next generation of bug collectors. In the great English traveler tradition of collecting, Don Ehlens brings his bug collection to Portland for an Insect Safari and will guide you through it.
Ehlens started collecting bugs at age 5. He studied entomology in college and keeps up active collecting. In some ways this falls into the "keep Portland weird" category, but really science is not weird.
See the insect safari at Paxton Gate www.paxtongatepdx.com 4204 N Mississippi noon-2, refreshments 2PM-5 Free
Ehlens started collecting bugs at age 5. He studied entomology in college and keeps up active collecting. In some ways this falls into the "keep Portland weird" category, but really science is not weird.
See the insect safari at Paxton Gate www.paxtongatepdx.com 4204 N Mississippi noon-2, refreshments 2PM-5 Free
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
March 26 Modern Sleep Reading
The Portland Museum of Modern Art hosts Sleep, a roving reading series organized by Hannah Pass and Elizabeth Pusack. Readers tonight are Nour Mobarak, Jay Nebel, David Weinberg and Morgan Ritter. At the Portland Museum of Modern Art inside Mississippi Records www.portlandmuseumofmodernart.com 5202 N Albina Map 8PM Free
Saturday, March 23, 2013
March 23 Waltz Stimulus False Space
Are you bored tonight, the first Saturday of Spring? Nooo, don't be.
Portland artist Palma Coral opens a show, Stimulus, Sensation, Thought (EstĂmulo, SensaciĂ³n, Pensamiento), focused on fear. Step into her installation. At Sum Gallery 2821 NE Martin Luther King Boulevard 7PM-11 Free
Kyle Simon from the East Coast opens a show, the waltz: the story of August and Eloise, flatish illustration paintings. At the Portland Museum of Modern Art inside Mississippi Records www.portlandmuseumofmodernart.com 5202 N Albina Map 7:30PM-9:30 Free
False Front opens Andrew Lorish. He is a painter, unusual for False Front, which likely means that it is painting worth seeing. It is a show opening tonight at False Front Studio www.falsefrontstudio.com 4518 NE 32nd Map 7PM-9 Free
Space is the Place. It is a meme owing origin as title to a film by musician Sun Ra. In this case, it's an epic group show. The show includes some people you may know, like Guillermo GĂ³mez-Peña, David Huffman, Wendy Red Star and Saya Woolfalk. I'm a fan of GĂ³mez-Peña though he can be an overbearing pain. Meanwhile there is a video opening in the Vestibule space at Disjects: Infinity vs Eternity by Chele Isaac. At Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.disjecta.org 8371 N. Interstate
Map 6PM-9 Free
Portland Museum of Modern Art is thrilled to present new work from Brooklyn, NY-based artist Kyle Simon. Simon’s solo exhibitions are multimedia meditations on expansive narratives, equally elaborate in their planning and execution. Simon delights in storytelling, and utilizes a blend of painting, printmaking, sculpture and the written word to weave together an engrossing, multi-layered narrative that strongly rewards multiple viewings. With evocative story lines that call to mind archetypal folklore and the intense personal mythologies of childhood, Simon goes to great lengths to create a realm of his own unique fantasy. THE WALTZ the story of August and Eloise details a complex saga of lust, music and jealousy amongst apprentices in the workshop of Hephaestus, the Greek god of blacksmithery and volcanoes.
A master print-maker by trade, Simon constantly acquires new skills for each project, often devising innovative processes by which to realize his vision. Whether building his own lathe to create a functioning record album from a Plexiglas disc, mixing his own oil paints from pigments and fats, or applying gold leaf to a roasted chicken to make a feast fit for a king, Simon dazzles with the effort, ingenuity and energetic spirit of his work.
Simon has exhibited his work at renowned contemporary galleries around the world, including La Serilla in Barcelona, Gallerie allerART in Bludenz, Kennedy Gallery in San Francisco, and Artjail and Pace in New York City. THE WALTZ the story of August and Eloise will be Simon's first show in Portland and will also feature work made with his frequent collaborator, artist Benjamin Folstein.
http://manthonyssong.blogspot.com/
Portland artist Palma Coral opens a show, Stimulus, Sensation, Thought (EstĂmulo, SensaciĂ³n, Pensamiento), focused on fear. Step into her installation. At Sum Gallery 2821 NE Martin Luther King Boulevard 7PM-11 Free
Kyle Simon from the East Coast opens a show, the waltz: the story of August and Eloise, flatish illustration paintings. At the Portland Museum of Modern Art inside Mississippi Records www.portlandmuseumofmodernart.com 5202 N Albina Map 7:30PM-9:30 Free
False Front opens Andrew Lorish. He is a painter, unusual for False Front, which likely means that it is painting worth seeing. It is a show opening tonight at False Front Studio www.falsefrontstudio.com 4518 NE 32nd Map 7PM-9 Free
Space is the Place. It is a meme owing origin as title to a film by musician Sun Ra. In this case, it's an epic group show. The show includes some people you may know, like Guillermo GĂ³mez-Peña, David Huffman, Wendy Red Star and Saya Woolfalk. I'm a fan of GĂ³mez-Peña though he can be an overbearing pain. Meanwhile there is a video opening in the Vestibule space at Disjects: Infinity vs Eternity by Chele Isaac. At Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.disjecta.org 8371 N. Interstate
Map 6PM-9 Free
Portland Museum of Modern Art is thrilled to present new work from Brooklyn, NY-based artist Kyle Simon. Simon’s solo exhibitions are multimedia meditations on expansive narratives, equally elaborate in their planning and execution. Simon delights in storytelling, and utilizes a blend of painting, printmaking, sculpture and the written word to weave together an engrossing, multi-layered narrative that strongly rewards multiple viewings. With evocative story lines that call to mind archetypal folklore and the intense personal mythologies of childhood, Simon goes to great lengths to create a realm of his own unique fantasy. THE WALTZ the story of August and Eloise details a complex saga of lust, music and jealousy amongst apprentices in the workshop of Hephaestus, the Greek god of blacksmithery and volcanoes.
A master print-maker by trade, Simon constantly acquires new skills for each project, often devising innovative processes by which to realize his vision. Whether building his own lathe to create a functioning record album from a Plexiglas disc, mixing his own oil paints from pigments and fats, or applying gold leaf to a roasted chicken to make a feast fit for a king, Simon dazzles with the effort, ingenuity and energetic spirit of his work.
Simon has exhibited his work at renowned contemporary galleries around the world, including La Serilla in Barcelona, Gallerie allerART in Bludenz, Kennedy Gallery in San Francisco, and Artjail and Pace in New York City. THE WALTZ the story of August and Eloise will be Simon's first show in Portland and will also feature work made with his frequent collaborator, artist Benjamin Folstein.
http://manthonyssong.blogspot.com/
Friday, March 22, 2013
March 22 Bleaps Happening
Portlandorusnow is more a sight event blog than a sound event blog. With the diversity of sounds in Portland, we leave it to others to do better on sounds. But we do note sometime Indian music, international and stand out electronica.
Ambient blips, bleaps, synthetic instruments and sonic landscapes are on our program tonight. Craig Padilla & Howard Givens from Spotted Peccary present their electronic musics at electronic music central in Portland. Throw a pillow, BYO bottle, or blanket in your pack for bringing as you desire.
At Control Voltage www.controlvoltage.net 3742 NE Mississippi 7PM-10 Free
4Happening is the #4 event by artists to create the Portland instantiation of Andy Warhol's collaboration parties. Performances by Goodwin, Solenoid & Activity Universal; mural by Dunja Jankovic; visuals-installation by Cody Brant, Perry Doane, Ernest Wedoff, Tim Ferrell & Bugenhagen. All ages. At PSU in Neuberger 293 7PM-9 Free
Ambient blips, bleaps, synthetic instruments and sonic landscapes are on our program tonight. Craig Padilla & Howard Givens from Spotted Peccary present their electronic musics at electronic music central in Portland. Throw a pillow, BYO bottle, or blanket in your pack for bringing as you desire.
At Control Voltage www.controlvoltage.net 3742 NE Mississippi 7PM-10 Free
4Happening is the #4 event by artists to create the Portland instantiation of Andy Warhol's collaboration parties. Performances by Goodwin, Solenoid & Activity Universal; mural by Dunja Jankovic; visuals-installation by Cody Brant, Perry Doane, Ernest Wedoff, Tim Ferrell & Bugenhagen. All ages. At PSU in Neuberger 293 7PM-9 Free
Thursday, March 21, 2013
March 21 Art Sparks
Art Spark, the networking meetup for the arts meets tonight. Writing concern The Attic Institute talks about their work. At Migration Brewing 2828 NE Glisan 5PM-7 Free
Saturday, March 16, 2013
March 16 Grand Mall
NĂm Wunnan, Patrick Collier, Katherine Groesbeck, Michael Reinsch and Adrienne Huckabone open-continue shows at Place, placepdx.tumblr.com a gallery on the 3rd floor of the Pioneer Place Mall along with the People's art of Portland and the Woolley Gallery. If the mall appears closed, enter the film theater building adjacent, travel through the tunnel to the Place mall, and take the elevator to the 3rd floor, sometimes the bridge on the 3rd floor is open too. 700 SW Fifth. 5PM-9 Free
The Mark Woolley Gallery has well known for a good reason artists Amy Ruppel and Wesley Younie. At Mark Woolley Gallery www.markwoolley.com 5PM-9 Free
The Mark Woolley Gallery has well known for a good reason artists Amy Ruppel and Wesley Younie. At Mark Woolley Gallery www.markwoolley.com 5PM-9 Free
Thursday, March 14, 2013
March 15 Opening & Closing
Philip Iosca opens his Moment, Monument show at Fourteen30. The gallery is a good match for his work and we hope the work will be introduced to other cities. At Portland's only member of the New Art Dealers Alliance www.newartdealers.org, Fourteen30 Gallery www.fourteen30.com 1501 SW Market Street Map 6PM-9
The Portland Museum of Modern Art closes its Sun/Light show which opened on February 9. At the Portland Museum of Modern Art inside Mississippi Records www.portlandmuseumofmodernart.com 5202 N Albina Map 7:30PM-9:30 Free
The Portland Museum of Modern Art closes its Sun/Light show which opened on February 9. At the Portland Museum of Modern Art inside Mississippi Records www.portlandmuseumofmodernart.com 5202 N Albina Map 7:30PM-9:30 Free
Monday, March 11, 2013
March 13-16 Let's Get Critical
We have written about the Critical Art Ensemble since discovering them through the Gene(sis) art show curated by Robin Held at the Henry. Their early work, beginning in 1987, was political and often participatory. In the late 1990's they began to create bio-art work which were included in Gene(sis). That would make them early participants in the biohacker and biopunk movements. Then there was the unfortunate instance of CAE artist Steve Kurtz being arrested in 2004 for making art from living cells in his home laboratory. After 2006, the CAE shifted its focus to critique of global warfare, climate changes, endangered species, pollution and economic inequality.
Now the Critical Art Ensemble comes to PNCA.
Their visual show, Acceptable Losses, runs from March 13 to June 2 in the Feldman gallery.
The show opens and the artists speak on March 13 at 5PM at PNCA.
With support from Lewis and Clark and Portland State University, the Critical Art Ensemble talks about art and politics, a long time theme in their work. The talk will be held at the PSU 5th Avenue Cinema March 14 at 7PM.
Brian Holmes speaks on Tactical Media in the Neoliberal Era: The Helicopter View (or should we say the drone view) March 15 6:30PM at PNCA.
And using the social practice tactic of food, the CAE hosts a block party on NW 13th by PNCA March 16 noon-5.
You can do you own research on the artists, then join the events. The PR is sub par, but this link covers the entire program: cal.pnca.edu/e/675?s=20130313.
The PNCA events art at NW 13 and NW Johnson. The PSU Hall Street Cinema is at 515 SW Hall. All events are free.
Now the Critical Art Ensemble comes to PNCA.
Their visual show, Acceptable Losses, runs from March 13 to June 2 in the Feldman gallery.
The show opens and the artists speak on March 13 at 5PM at PNCA.
With support from Lewis and Clark and Portland State University, the Critical Art Ensemble talks about art and politics, a long time theme in their work. The talk will be held at the PSU 5th Avenue Cinema March 14 at 7PM.
Brian Holmes speaks on Tactical Media in the Neoliberal Era: The Helicopter View (or should we say the drone view) March 15 6:30PM at PNCA.
And using the social practice tactic of food, the CAE hosts a block party on NW 13th by PNCA March 16 noon-5.
You can do you own research on the artists, then join the events. The PR is sub par, but this link covers the entire program: cal.pnca.edu/e/675?s=20130313.
The PNCA events art at NW 13 and NW Johnson. The PSU Hall Street Cinema is at 515 SW Hall. All events are free.
March 12 Design at World Scale
D-Rev is a nonprofit design firm focused on products for underserved world markets. Helping rather than entertaining distraction. One is a low cost artificial knee joint. The other is a long life low powered therapy device for a common infant disease. The founder, Krista Donaldson, speaks about the mission of her design house, how they settled on these projects, and the design challenges for each.
Her talk is Design for Scaled Impact. Details: www.mercycorps.org/events/2013/02/21/28224 RSVP by email requested. At the Mercy Corps Action Center www.actioncenter.org 28 SW 1st 7PM Free
Her talk is Design for Scaled Impact. Details: www.mercycorps.org/events/2013/02/21/28224 RSVP by email requested. At the Mercy Corps Action Center www.actioncenter.org 28 SW 1st 7PM Free
Monday, February 25, 2013
March 11 Beautiful Losers FTW!
Aaron Rose is a writer, director, curator, gallerist and cultural mover who also does copious commercial work. He has been one of the most skillful facilitators of engaging artists authentically in commercial branding. He is cocurator of the Beautiful Losers art show, codirector of the documentary film on the artists and coeditor of ANP Quarterly. He founded Alleged Gallery, 1992-2002, in New York which brought that aesthetic to the world's art center. It worked, the 2002 Whitney Biennial included for the first time Beautiful Loser artists operating outside New York and outside the commercial gallery ecosystems of the time.
Rose encourages artists to develop a strong personal aesthetic independent of sampling.
He looks back tonight over cultural movements in a talk Everything Starts Small. Rose observes that major movements in art, fashion, music and film started with an individual or small group. This is obvious, and identifiable in retrospect. The trick is to find them early as do we. It is part of an Oregon College of Arts and Crafts lecture series. Usually we don't publish this far in advance - in this case reservations required by email lectures@ocac.edu or phone 971-255-4165. In the auditorium of the Tiger Woods center on the Nike campus. 7PM Free
Rose encourages artists to develop a strong personal aesthetic independent of sampling.
He looks back tonight over cultural movements in a talk Everything Starts Small. Rose observes that major movements in art, fashion, music and film started with an individual or small group. This is obvious, and identifiable in retrospect. The trick is to find them early as do we. It is part of an Oregon College of Arts and Crafts lecture series. Usually we don't publish this far in advance - in this case reservations required by email lectures@ocac.edu or phone 971-255-4165. In the auditorium of the Tiger Woods center on the Nike campus. 7PM Free
March 9 Evening Ragas
Ragas are a perfect ritual for Spring ahead. Ustad Aashish Khan performs evening ragas on sarod, accompanied by Pranesh Khan on tabla. Both are musical descendants of Baba Allauddin Khan and Ustad Ali Akbar Kahn. Both relocated to the San Francisco Bay area, and both have collaborated extensively with Western musicians. Here is a late night rag in which they play together, Darbari Kanada. Presented by Kalakendra at the First Baptist Church of Portland SW 12th and SW Taylor. 7:30PM $20, $15 students, Free Kalakendra members
March 7 Westside Art Openings and Mali Now
We Never Knew Exactly Where: Dispatches from the Lost Country of Mali is a book by Peter Chilson, who began an engagement with West Africa in the Peace Corps. He has returned many times, was visiting Mali in the time of the coup, and visited the North during the civil war. Chilson speaks tonight on his observations of Mali today. Details: www.mercycorps.org/events/2013/01/18/28064 RSVP by email requested.
At the Mercy Corps Action Center www.actioncenter.org 28 SW 1st 7PM Free
Amanda Wojick is a Northwest sculptor. Her work uses small units of common materials referencing nature in a contemporary way. Tonight she opens a new work of a large number of hawthorne tree leaves supported by steel rods and painted overall in a variety of colors. At Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map 6PM-9
The Optimist is a new show by Portland painter Adam Sorenson of bright geometrical mystical landscapes. At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 925 NW Flanders Map early close 8PM
Tokyo printmaker Ritsuko Ozeki presents Scene A, his response to the tsunami which struck Japan two years ago. At www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis
Stumptown has a show from the collective Crayon Coffin and the Mushroom Necklace. At Stumptown www.stumptowncoffee.com 128 SW 3rd until 7
Photographer Sarah Meadows, who studied at PNCA, presents a show of her new work. She excels at enigmatic landscapes, fashion photography and photos of friends and their events. At the PNCA www.pnca.edu 13th and NW Johnson 6PM-9
Daughter Like a Specter by Nonnow Naruse from Tokyo opens tonight at Hellion. Her illustration-style paintings. The work taps what I read as ennui and disaffection, a charming theme in Japanese art. At Hellion Gallery www.helliongallery.com 19 NW 5th Suite 208. Through the lobby of the arched brick entry, up the stairs and to the back. Very upper floor Japan-style.
Map 7PM-10
Michelle Morin, Sarah Burwash, Kelly Rae Burns, Bill Dunlap, Becca Stadtlander, Nokkasili, Midori Yamada, Micca and Tadashi Ura have a show of watercolor illustrations, Transparent Truth at Compound Gallery www.compoundgallery.com 107 NW 5th 6PM-10
Arthur Tress splits a show between Newspace and Blue Sky this month. Included are surreal settings made long before today's digital collage. At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org map 122 NW 8th 6PM-9
Everett Lofts are recommended as always. It's easier for you to see them all than for me to write suggestions. Some close as early as 9PM. At the Everett Lofts 625 NW Everett. Bounded by NW Everett, Broadway, Flanders and 6th Map
At the Mercy Corps Action Center www.actioncenter.org 28 SW 1st 7PM Free
Amanda Wojick is a Northwest sculptor. Her work uses small units of common materials referencing nature in a contemporary way. Tonight she opens a new work of a large number of hawthorne tree leaves supported by steel rods and painted overall in a variety of colors. At Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map 6PM-9
The Optimist is a new show by Portland painter Adam Sorenson of bright geometrical mystical landscapes. At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 925 NW Flanders Map early close 8PM
Tokyo printmaker Ritsuko Ozeki presents Scene A, his response to the tsunami which struck Japan two years ago. At www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis
Stumptown has a show from the collective Crayon Coffin and the Mushroom Necklace. At Stumptown www.stumptowncoffee.com 128 SW 3rd until 7
Photographer Sarah Meadows, who studied at PNCA, presents a show of her new work. She excels at enigmatic landscapes, fashion photography and photos of friends and their events. At the PNCA www.pnca.edu 13th and NW Johnson 6PM-9
Daughter Like a Specter by Nonnow Naruse from Tokyo opens tonight at Hellion. Her illustration-style paintings. The work taps what I read as ennui and disaffection, a charming theme in Japanese art. At Hellion Gallery www.helliongallery.com 19 NW 5th Suite 208. Through the lobby of the arched brick entry, up the stairs and to the back. Very upper floor Japan-style.
Map 7PM-10
Michelle Morin, Sarah Burwash, Kelly Rae Burns, Bill Dunlap, Becca Stadtlander, Nokkasili, Midori Yamada, Micca and Tadashi Ura have a show of watercolor illustrations, Transparent Truth at Compound Gallery www.compoundgallery.com 107 NW 5th 6PM-10
Arthur Tress splits a show between Newspace and Blue Sky this month. Included are surreal settings made long before today's digital collage. At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org map 122 NW 8th 6PM-9
Everett Lofts are recommended as always. It's easier for you to see them all than for me to write suggestions. Some close as early as 9PM. At the Everett Lofts 625 NW Everett. Bounded by NW Everett, Broadway, Flanders and 6th Map
Sunday, February 24, 2013
March 6 You New Bad Things Time
You New Bad Things is a show by artists Chase Allgood, Erika Anderson/Leif Shackelford, Chase Biado, Zoë Clark, Zachary Davis, Alex Mackin Dolan, Jamie Edwards, Travis Fitzgerald, Mike Merrill and Chloé Womack. Those names will no doubt be familiar to many who visit Portland's alternative spaces. They all work together at the Holladay Studios. There will be a reception for the artists tonight. Recommended. At PSU in the Autzen, AB Lobby, and MK Galleries: AB Lobby Gallery, PSU Art Building, 1st Floor Lobby, Room 110, 2000 SW 5th; MK Gallery, PSU Art Building, 2nd Floor, Room 210, 2000 SW 5th; Autzen Gallery, Neuberger Hall, 2nd Floor, Room 205, 724 SW Harrison. 5PM-7 Free
(What's) Happening #3, an experiment by the PSU Time Arts Club, happens tonight. Visuals + installations by Bugenhagen, Tim Ferrell and Ernest Wedoff. Live mural by Kaila Farrell-Smith. Live performances by Maxx Bass, Solenoid and The Tenses. Conveniently at PSU in Neuberger 293. 5PM-7 Free
(What's) Happening #3, an experiment by the PSU Time Arts Club, happens tonight. Visuals + installations by Bugenhagen, Tim Ferrell and Ernest Wedoff. Live mural by Kaila Farrell-Smith. Live performances by Maxx Bass, Solenoid and The Tenses. Conveniently at PSU in Neuberger 293. 5PM-7 Free
March 4 Tube Your Quarter
Oregon is not Portland. One way to look it is a state of four quarters. The upper left hand corner is the Willamette Valley to Eugene and the Northern Coast, Florence to Astoria. The upper right is La Pine to Burns, to Lagrande and Enterprise, Pendleton and The Dalles. The lower left is Ashland, Medford, Roseburg, K-Falls, Crater Lake and the Southern Coast. The empty quarter is what's left, including the Steens, Alvford, Christmas Valley and antelope and bird refuges. Pam Minty & Alain LeTourneau traveled the area, met some of the scattered residents, and made a film about the place, The Empty Quarter. For tonight's showing, the filmmakers will be in attendance. Film at PSU's 5th Avenue Cinema 510 SW Hall Street 7PM Free
Getting to Know You(Tube) is back tonight with social practice artist Ally Drozd and Sky Cunningham. Getting to Know You(Tube) www.gettingtoknowyoutube.com at the Hollywood Theater www.hollywoodtheatre.org 4122 NE Sandy Boulevard 7:30PM $5
Getting to Know You(Tube) is back tonight with social practice artist Ally Drozd and Sky Cunningham. Getting to Know You(Tube) www.gettingtoknowyoutube.com at the Hollywood Theater www.hollywoodtheatre.org 4122 NE Sandy Boulevard 7:30PM $5
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