Beth Robinson (‘08) has had work accepted in the 8th Issue Autumn 2010 Bailliwik. This is a self-published, periodical book (and website) of work made by an ever-changing roster of members from around the world. Each year since 2004, we have come together to publish and distribute ongoing projects, new pieces, and limited-edition art works. All of the work in the book, some additional material, and past issues are available for viewing @ http://www.bailliwik.org .

Pam Gibson is showing “Bearing Witness: Tapestries, Paintings, Encaustics” at The Dairy Center for the Arts in Boulder, CO August 6-September 17, 2010.
www.pamelagibsonartist.com

Image: Nicole Gibbs
Nicole Gibbs (’06) has a new website at http://www.nicolegibbsart.com. She will be teaching this year at Columbus College of Art & Design in Columbus, Ohio.

Katie Behel (07’) was part of a group show opening titled Wearable at Worksound Gallery, 820 SE Alder, Portland, OR in August.  Her Work takes a fresh rubbery look at 3 familiar forms: the collar, the cuff and the tie. 

Hilary Pfeifer (‘99) is working on an installation for RACC’s Portland Building Installation Space in October. The project, titled “The Beauty of Life,“ which is based on a William Morris wallpaper pattern, will be composed of hundreds of pieces of jewelry. Follow along on her blog http://www.hilarypfeifer.blogspot.com to watch this project evolve, and through September 20, you can pre-purchase a piece from the show and help Hilary pay for production costs.  See a video that tells more about the project on Kickstarter at http://kck.st/dldIA8.  Hilary is also having an open studio day to showcase the project in progress on Saturday, September 11, where there also will also be a sale of art, art supplies, and music to make art by. The studio is located at 4634 NE 19th Avenue and the event will run from 10am throughout the day. 

Lori Mason (‘95) has quilts made from her own collection of printed fabrics featured in the following publications: Quilter’s Home June/July 2010, McCall’s Quilting July/August 2010, Quilts and More Fall 2010, Fabric Trends Magazine Fall 2010, Fons and Porter’s Love of Quilting January 2011. Preview her new Fall fabric line, the Woodland Collection on her website: http://www.lorimasondesign.com/ 


Ellen Goldschmidt’s (’00) show at Blackfish Gallery, Drawing Frames, was reviewed in the Oregonian. Click on this link to read the review. http://www.oregonlive.com/art/index.ssf/2010/08/review_ellen_goldschmidt_at_bl.html.  Goldschmidt participated in an August group show at Gallery 110 in Seattle. She will be represented in Eugene by Opus VII gallery starting in September.

Liv Rainey-Smith (‘08) is part of the September 3-27 “Black & White” group show at North Bank Artists Gallery, 1005 Main Street, Vancouver, WA 98660. http://www.northbankartistsgallery.com/

Liv will be demonstrating her woodcut printmaking technique at the Print Arts Northwest (PAN) tent during Art in the Pearl from 1-5pm Monday September 6th. http://www.artinthepearl.com

Liv will also be hosting Ink & Drink at Atelier Meridian, 665 N Tillamook Avenue, Portland, OR 97227. 6-9pm Friday October 8th. A good print studio runs on comraderie as much as its fine presses. One Friday a month everyone is invited to relax, snack, and enjoy a glimpse into the techniques of our featured artist. http://www.ateliermeridian.com 

October 9-10 & 16-17 from 10am-5pm, Liv’s studio is #62 on the Portland Open Studios Tour. The tour features a diverse group of 100 artists working in their chosen media. You will meet emerging artists in their 20s and 30s as well as mid-career and well-established artists from all over the United States and the world who have chosen to live and work in the Portland metro area. http://www.portlandopenstudios.com/

Jennifer J MacLean is now being represented by the Amsterdam Whitney Gallery in New York. The gallery is located in the Chelsea art district.  http://www.Amsterdamwhitneygallery.com.   





Image: Barb Tetenbaum

A Close Read: My Antonia, a new text-based installation by OCAC faculty Barb Tetenbaum, is on view at Reed College September 3-18. This month-long project began in early August, has the artist listening to a recording and reading the written text of Willa Cather’s My Antonia. She maps out her understanding of the novel, indulging her curiosity, questions and reactions as the story unfolds. An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 3 from 5:00-8:00pm at Reed College’s Edith Feldenheimer Gallery at 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd in Portland.

I am working on an installation inspired by the wallpaper and fabric patterns of Arts and Crafts designer William Morris, especially his most famous work titled “The Strawberry Thief.” I will individually sculpt thousands of leaf, flower, fruit and bird forms, which will be connected into an interlocking three dimensional wallpaper pattern that will span over 100 square feet. The plant elements will be made of the same materials as my previous work: reclaimed wood from deconstructed homes, or ornate picture frames, rulers, decorative fruit, toys, and cooking utensils. No found object will be easily recognizable. The pieces in the center of this installation will be harmonious, but as your eye moves towards the edges and to the parts growing onto the adjacent wall and floor, the flora and fauna will become more wild and unusual in form and behavior. These elements will break from their patterned routines, craning towards the light coming from the open ceiling above. A bird might now turn its head to peer at the viewer, a provocative object held in its beak.

A monochromatic carpet will fill much of the floor space of the gallery, and it will be apparent that some of the vines coming from the main wall have been covered by this surface, similar to the black ground cloth we use to smother unruly growth on an urban plot of land. These vines have traveled beneath the surface, however, sprouting up in far corners again. Like the edges of the wall installation, these plants are slightly changed when they re-emerge. This not only is a nod to the long running themes in my own artwork, but also a nod to Morris, whose outspoken political views made him a controversial figure in his time.

One of Morris’ most famous quotes is: “Have nothing in your houses which you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” As an homage to this concept, the components of this installation are actually wall-mounted brooches and tie-tacks. Eight pieces that extend from the wall to the floor are neckpieces.

Most of the funding levels for this project will reward Kickstarter backers with one or more brooches or necklaces from this installation. All work will be signed and numbered on the back, and then collected in an online flickr album, so supporters can choose their piece before the general public.

Please note that most of the work you see in this video is still unfinished. The brooch that you see coming off the wall and pinning to my sweater is an example of a finished piece. But never fear: I will update the page here with links to my blog, where I’m chronicling the creation of this complex project and will show finished pieces as they emerge. Visit my blog at http://www.hilarypfeifer.blogspot.com or see other projects from the past decade at my website http://www.hilarypfeifer.com

This will be my most intricate installation yet, so I will use Kickstarter funding to hire a team of professional jewelers and craftspeople to help me with the detailed construction work that this project requires. http://kck.st/dldIA8

Image: Travis Townsend

Travis Townsend, current OCAC Artist-in-Residence, is showing NEW THINGS + DRAWINGS @ DOPPLER PDX, 625 NW Everett Street #109 in Portland, Oregon. The show runs August 5-14, 2010 and by appointment. Opening Reception:  August 5th 5:30-9:00pm. Gallery Hours:  Saturdays (August 7th & 14h) 1-4pm
 

Doppler PDX presents Travis Townsend’s newest work: NEW THINGS + DRAWINGS. There is something refreshing and invigorating for an artist to break-away from their typical creating process and reworking of final pieces. Townsend takes on takes on and exhibits the results of his two week residency at Oregon College of Art and Craft.  For Townsend the two week period was a chance to put aside his lengthy process of making, looking, thinking, reworking months later, and then exhibiting a year (or more) later, and instead is creating a body of work in a two week period with minimal reworking time.
 

NEW THINGS + DRAWINGS are works created with using a mixture of plywood, reclaimed building materials, art student wood scraps, and other hardware store materials. Townsend’s works are idiosyncratic sculptures that play off the forms and function of tools, toys, and military equipment and include Townsend’s usual cast of characters (tanks, dead birds, flower bombs, and targets). While Townsend built, altered, and adapted his pieces, he also embraced the unplanned and oddly familiar into nearly useful-looking  sculptures that are imbued with human characteristics and gestures.
 

Travis Townsend studied at Kutztown University (BS 1996) and Virginia Commonwealth University (MFA 2000), has recently presented solo exhibitions at the Southwest School of Art and Craft (San Antonio), Weston Gallery (Cincinnati), Georgetown College (KY), and the New Arts Program (PA), and been included in group exhibitions at the University of Hawaii, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts (IL), Kendall College (MI); Spaces Gallery (Cleveland); Lehigh University (PA); and Zone: Chelsea (New York).  Images of his artwork have been published in The Penland Book of Woodworking, New American Paintings, and the Manifest National Drawing Annual.  His awards include an Emerging Artist Grant from the American Craft Council, a Fellowship from the Kentucky Arts Council, three grants from the Virginia A. Groot Foundation, and a National Young Sculptors Award from Miami University. He lives in Lexington, KY, teaches drawing, design, and concepts at Eastern Kentucky University. Travis recently curated an exhibition titled Generously Odd for the Lexington Art League.
  

For more information or to schedule an appointment, please visit: http://www.dopplerpdx.com

Elizabeth Mickle Holloway (‘07) received her Masters in Elementary Education from Marylhurst University (‘10) and will be teaching Kindergarten at M.I.T.C.H. Chart School, a public school in Tigard/Tualatin focusing on writing and art. Come August 13th, she is marrying Shane Michael Fisher, a fellow artist and teacher.

Image: Lucy Bergen
Lucy Bergen (’08) had a piece selected for Sleight of Hand 2: A National Juried Craft Competition at Gallery 5 in Richmond, VA this past spring.  As of June 2010, she is a married woman (!), and she is currently working on a body of painted work exploring the growing divide between man-made and the natural world. 

Ellen Goldschmidt‘s (’00) show, titled Drawing Frames opens at Blackfish Gallery, 420 NW Ninth Ave, Portland, OR on First Thursday, August 5 from 6 – 9 pm. She is offering an artist talk on Sunday, August 15 at 11 am at the gallery. Goldschmidt challenges traditional norms of painting by hanging her contemporary still life paintings in frames drawn directly onto the wall. The unusual installation subtly emphasizes the objecthood of the paintings over the images they present. http://www.blackfish.com

Image: VonTundra
Von Tundra, comprised of OCAC alumni Dan Anderson, Chris Held, and Brian Pietrowski, & The Renegade Dinner Club have been offered an opportunity to create an installation and a series of events at Specific Merchandise, a storefront gallery in Los Angeles. VonTundra will fill a gallery space with hand-made furniture (a family table, chairs, lighting, even hand-crafted tableware), spread the table with local home cooked fixings, and they invite you to come by to join them at the table!  


Von Tundra is a grassroots American design house and artist collective based in Portland, Oregon. Our mission is to create well-crafted contemporary furniture, objects, and spaces that express our dedication to longevity and simplicity.


Chef Colleen French is the creator of the Renegade Dinner Club, a social conceptual art piece using food as the medium. Renegade transforms a simple dinner into a full sensory experience that can take place anywhere—the roof of your apartment building, the grassy lot down the street, anywhere that is—except in a restaurant! 



Image: VonTundra
The goal is pleasingly simple: to share our craft-based practices with the community and create tangible connections between Slow Food and Slow Design.  We hope this collaboration between design, art, food, and community will continue to grow—eventually traveling the country. 
We are currently raising funds on Kickstarter and offering donor’s incentives to help us reach our goal. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/610122538/a-marriage-of-crafts-design-dinner

In June 2010 Blue Mitchell (‘05) has work in the “Plastic Fantastic” juried exhibition at LightBox Gallery in Astoria as well as the Texas Photo Society’s 24th Members’ Only Show exhibiting at the Martin Museum of Art at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Blue also curated “Diffusion; An Unconventional Photography Exhibition” at Springbox Gallery opening July 9th 2010. The show celebrates the release of Diffusion, Volume II, (http://www.diffusionmag.com) and features the artists and contributors from the photographic annual.

Andrew Buckland (’06) has a solo show titled ”Artificial” opening in August at OCAC in the Centrum gallery.  He will also be a senior Artist-in-Residence at OCAC in the Photography Department this summer.  As part of the residence he will be teaching a workshop call “Archival Digital Printing in Wide-Format” and it runs from July 14th -18th. 

Image: Kimo Nelson
Kimo Nelson (‘09) has been accepted to the MFA in painting program at the Rhode Island School of Design. He is part of the class of 2012 and will begin studies this September.


Image: Mary Blankenburg and Christine Clark
Mary Blankenburg (‘05) and OCAC faculty member Christine Clark had a show titled Light + Shadow at Nine Gallery, 122 NW 8th Ave in Portland in June.  Light + Shadow is a collaborative installation that studies Clark’s trademark wire forms and their dynamic relationship with light.

Image: Colleen Flanigan
Colleen Flanigan is very excited to complete 3 large-scale interactive slider puzzles. The 150+ original pen and ink drawings on ceramic tiles will also be exhibited with the fresh-off-the-laser engraved wood puzzles for you to play with! Reception:
 July 2, 2010
7-10 PM @ good: a gallery  (there will be fireworks) located at 
4325 n mississippi ave
portland, OR 97227
. 

Gallery hours: sat 12-7
 / sun 1-6.  http://www.goodpdx.com

Ellen Goldschmidt will participate in a group show at Seattle’s Gallery 110 in August.

Colleen Flanigan(‘97), is showing Slideways—a sideward pushing puzzle streaming time and space in confinement at good: a gallery on through the month of July. This work was sponsored by the Regional Arts and Culture Council. Hours: sat 12-7, sun 1-6.

Image: Rachel Wiecking
Rachel Wiecking (‘02) completed her MFA in Sculpture/Interdisciplinary Art at Purchase College in New York in April 2010. A selection of her MFA thesis work will be on view at Monya Rowe Gallery in Chelsea from May 20- June 5th. She is moving to Brooklyn in August 2010 and will complete her MA in Art History in 2011. Rachel also performed in Whitney Biennial artist Kate Gilmore’s performance piece, Walk the Walk in Bryant Park from May 10-14. An interview about her experience appeared in the Wall Street Journal on May 13th. For more information, visit:
http://www.publicartfund.org/kategilmore/ 
http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2010/05/13/walk-the-walk-bryant-park-ny/
http://www.rachelwiecking.com

Image: Jennifer MacClean
Jennifer J MacLean now has a permanent gallery at “Art on the Ridge” in Seattle, WA.  http://www.artontheridge.com. On June 5th Jennifer will have a group show opening at “Local Color” Seattle, WA. http://www.localcolorseattle.com. Jennifer has been juried into a national art show in Chicago called Brainstorm. The criteria for the competition were as follows: “The Intellectual Life Committee and the College of Arts and Sciences at Governors State University present A Whole New Mind 2010 – Brainstorm, a national juried art competition inspired by Daniel Pink’s book “A Whole New Mind – Why Right Brainers will Rule the Future.“ Art work documenting, analyzing and/or inspired by the intellectual activity, thought processes, dysfunctions, and/or problem solving capabilities of the human mind will be favored.“ Out of 488 artworks entered they picked 50 for the show. One of the jurors for the show is Tricia Van Eck the Associate Curator at the “Museum of Contemporary Art” in Chicago.
http://gsuvisualartsgallery.blogspot.com/2010/02/whole-new-mind-brainstorm.html.  http://www.flickr.com/photos/brainstorm2010/page3.

Pamela Gibson ’95 has a solo exhibition at The Dairy in Boulder, Colorado, Aug.6-Sept. 17, 2010.  Entitled Bearing Witness, Pam has responded to the bombardment of terrible, yet beautiful images culled from news media since Sept. 11, 2001 in tapestry, oil and encaustic media.  She has just finished co-chairing the OCAC Capital and Endowment Campaign.  http://www.pamelagibsonartist.com.

Image: Brennan Conaway
Brennan Conaway is showing A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE CITIES BURNING BELOW – THE SECOND COLONY at Doppler PDX, 625 NW Everett Street #109 in
Portland, OR June 3-12, 2010 and by appointment. Opening Reception: June 3rd 5:30-9:00pm, Gallery Hours: Saturdays (June 5th & 12th) 1-4pm. Conaway continues his installation-based investigations of post-apocalyptic survival colonies and his exploration of unusual site habitation which he began last year with IN JOYFUL ANTICIPATION OF CATASTROPHIC RUIN – THE FIRST COLONY, a utopia village built in the PDX Contemporary Art’s Window Space. Conaway creates an architectural sculpture of a free-floating airship. He references the mid-1800s practice of the first aeronauts who used balloons to fly and leave the world behind (if only momentarily). These early aerial investigators fueled the public’s imagination with fantastic ideas about the possibilities of balloon-flight (visions of flying hotels, soaring ships, and villages aloft). Conaway’s THE SECOND COLONY represents the grand hopes of what could be built in the sky – a communal house which he imagines floating above cities that are burning out. It is an alternative to the feverish consumption of things which burns through our society; it’s a place where we can regain our sense of wonder.  http://www.dopplerpdx.com.

Janice Green was in O.P.A Showcase, and she has a new website http://www.janicegreenfineceramics.com/gallery.php

Heidi Paul (’96), mixed media textile artist, is moving from San Francisco to Stinson Beach, CA where she will be opening her studio to the public. Heidi has been selected to participate in the 2010 Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show. Visit her website at: designbyheidipaul.com

Faith Hagenhofer had a residency at Sprio Arts, at Silver Star in Park City, Utah. The local TV station came and did an interview, and it’s just come up on youtube. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J49VIucNq6s

Jiseon Lee Isbara, fibers department head, participated in “Fantastic Fibers,” an exhibition at Yeiser Art Center in Paducah, KY. She gave a lecture and taught a spring workshop to the Columbia Fiberarts Guild. In June, Isbara is presenting her lecture, “Korean Wrapping Cloths: The Art of Pojagi, ” on wrapping cloths first produced by women during the Chosun Dynasty (1392-1910), which have recently been recognized as a uniquely expressive art form through their striking colors and unadorned patterns. In conjunction with the lecture, Isbara is teaching a Pojagi workshop that introduces the beauty of patchworked Pojagi called Chogakpo.

OCAC Metals Department Head, Christine Clark, and OCAC alumna Mary Blankenburg unveil their collaborative exhibition “Light + Shadow” at Nine Gallery in Portland. The show runs June 3-June 27, 2010 with an opening reception on June 3 from 6:00-9:00pm. 122 NW 8th Ave | Portland, OR 97209, Hours: Tuesday-Sunday noon-5:00pm

May 20, 2010

Monthly Artist Talks Series Continues at Portland Art Museum

June 10th—Storm Tharp

The second Thursday of each month offers the unique opportunity to casually explore pieces in Portland Art Museum’s permanent collection

Anna David, current book arts student, was awarded $1,000 towards her Fall 2010 tuition by the The LOCAL 14 (Lake Oswego Crafts and Arts League). The league awarded $6,700 in academic scholarships this year to area women studying art at the college level. Two of her books, the illustrative “Our History” and “Home,“ a progressively unfolding structure that addresses nostalgia for her hometown in coastal Maine through an original poem and collage, were accepted for the show and sale in mid-October.

Anna was also chosen as an intern for the Wells Book Arts Summer Institute for their 2010 workshops. The Institute accepts two undergraduate and two graduate students as interns each year. Interns arrive on campus three days in advance of the program’s beginning, TA for one week’s workshop, are regular students for the second week, and depart three days after the program’s completion. Tuition, room, and board is $1,600/week so it’s a fantastic opportunity at a significantly subsidized rate. Interns only pay travel and supply expenses.

Image: Inge Bruggeman

Inge Bruggeman, book arts faculty, had her latest book project through her imprint INK-A! Press, Nowhere to go, included in “Page Turner: Contemporary Artist Books,” an exhibition at the Burien Art Gallery in Washington. The book won 1 of 5 Carl Hertzog Book Design Awards out of 75 entries, which was sponsored by the University of Texas, El Paso. Nowhere to go will also be exhibited in the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition 2010 in London.

Another book by Inge’s imprint INK-A! Press, Simple Harmonic Motions, is currently being shown in “Music Bo(o)x,” an exhibition in Washington, DC at 87FLORIDA Gallery. At the Sesnon Art Gallery at the University of Santa Cruz, two of her artist books, Impact and Unable to Find Each Other, Let Alone Ourselves were exhibited in “Book as Medium: Holding/Withholding Text.” Bruggeman also had two small text-based wall pieces selected for “Collections as Evidence of Now” at the Zygote Gallery in Cleveland, OH. This summer she will be teaching “Manifestos and Revolutions Through Printed Matter” at Penland School of Craft.

Karl Burkheimer, wood department head, had his review of the exhibition “The Academy is Full of Craft” at the Museum of Contemporary Craft published in the April issue of Ceramics Monthly.

Image: Michael deForest

Michael deForest, OCAC wood faculty, was selected for the Pacific Northwest Art Annual at the Adell McMillan Gallery at the University of Oregon. This yearly, juried exhibition was created to highlight emerging and established artists in the Northwest region. Over 15 artists, whose work ranges from traditional painters to mixed media artists, are participating in the exhibition which runs April 24-May 26.

Jiseon Lee Isbara, fibers department head, participated in “Fantastic Fibers,” an exhibition at Yeiser Art Center in Paducah, KY. She gave a lecture and taught a spring workshop to the Columbia Fiberarts Guild. In June, Isbara is presenting her lecture, “Korean Wrapping Cloths: The Art of Pojagi, ” on wrapping cloths first produced by women during the Chosun Dynasty (1392-1910), which have recently been recognized as a uniquely expressive art form through their striking colors and unadorned patterns. In conjunction with the lecture, Isbara is teaching a Pojagi workshop that introduces the beauty of patchworked Pojagi called Chogakpo. 

Jim Koudelka, ceramics faculty, participated in two NCECA exhibitions in Philadelphia, PA: “La Mesa,” sponsored by Sante Fe Clay Gallery and “Then and Now,” an exhibition of new work by previous award winners from the “Strictly Functional Exhibitions.” He was also a featured artists in “The Bray” at the Museum of Contemporary Craft.

Heidi Schwegler, metals faculty, was selected for the Portland2010 Biennial and displayed her work at Alicia Blue Gallery in Portland. She recently completed a MacDowell Colony Fellowship in New Hampshire, and will be participating in the Beijing International Artist Platform in China this summer. Schwegler was also awarded a Nes Artist Residency in Skagastrond, Iceland for fall 2010 during her OCAC sabbatical. In fall 2010 she will show her series, “Slipping Underwater,” at Artspace in New Haven, CT and
“Wrest” at Disjecta in Portland.

Image: Bill Will

Bill Will, foundations faculty, is showing a new kinetic installation at Nine Gallery in Portland the month of May. “Are you listening to me?“ is an installation of mechanical talking heads made from a variety of percolators and coffee pots. Eighteen puppet-like heads are animated by electric motors, strings and pulleys in a delightfully low-tech manner. The installation addresses the topic of conversation—which is indispensable for the accomplishment of almost all activities between people, especially the coordination of work, the formation of friendship and for learning. Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Sunday, Noon to 5:00

Image: Blue Mitchell

Blue Mitchell’s (‘05) “Evanescent Energy” series has been juried into The Light Factory’s “Third Juried Annuale” along with 5 other photographers . The exhibition runs April 19th - August 15, 2010 in Charolotte, NC with the opening reception held on May 22nd.  www.lightfactory.org 

Molly Dwyer Blake (‘05) is now living in Brooklin, Maine with husband Eric and son Cyrus running her own graphic design and web design business. http://www.mollybdesigns.com

Lori Mason (‘95) is happy to announce the launch of her new line of printed fabrics, The Shasta Collection, to be delivered to fabric stores nationwide in May. In Oregon, you will find her fabrics at A Common Thread, Portland, OR 503-624-7440, Jannilou Creations, Philomath, OR 541-929-3795, and Cotton Patch (in July), Keizer, OR 503-463-1880.  In addition, one of her quilts made from her new fabrics will be featured in the May ‘10 issue of Quilter’s Home Magazine and second quilt in the August ‘10 issue of McCall’s Quilting.  Check out her newly designed website at http://www.lorimasondesign.com/


Karen Bowdoin has been accepted into the MFA program at Azusa Pacific, and will be starting this July.
 

Image: Courtney Murphy

Courtney Murphy (Ceramics 04) was awarded the Lincoln Fellowship for her residency at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, MT.

Image: Gail Cunningham

Gail Cunningham (‘03) Has been accepted into a ten week residency program on the eastern coast of Ireland at Cow House Studios for the fall of 2010. At the conclusion of the residency she will be part of a two person show at the Wexford Center for the Arts. In early May, in collaboration with Sean Gilvey of Hudson Beach Glass and in conjunction with her opening there of cut paper work, Gail launched her first foray into the world of Interiors with a limited run of handmade glassware. A hundred signed tumblers featuring her designs. From March through September of 2012 she will have cut paper work on display in Philadelphia International Airport. You can view her work on her website http://www.gailcunningham.com

Ellen Goldschmidt’s (’00) window project titled “Poppy” incorporates 2- and 3-dimensional drawings. It is on view at Portland’s Blackfish Gallery, 420 NW 9th, May 2-29. Her one-person show, “Drawing Frames,” runs August 3-28 at Blackfish. First Thursday reception, August 5, 6pm-9pm. The work explores the metaphorical possibilities of the frame, combining painted images on canvas and charcoal rendered frames drawn directly on the gallery walls. Also in August, Goldschmidt participates in a group show at Seattle’s Gallery 110.


Danyelle Therese is currently part of a juried show at Wayne State University where she is attending, working on her masters degree. And, http://www.myartspace.com has chosen her to be one of their featured artists this month…..and her community has invited her to be a part of its annual spoken word event which involves the PBI. 

Image: Liv Rainey-Smith

Liv Rainey-Smith (‘08) has a woodcut print in Portland City Art’s A Rainy Day Wildfire show at Olympic Mills Commerce Center, 107 S.E. Washington St., Portland, OR, through May 28th. For more information please visit http://portlandcityart.org/2010/03/31/a-rainy-day-wildfire-omcc/. Liv has also been accepted into Portland Open Studios Tour and is looking forward to sharing her love of printmaking with the tour October 9, 10, 16 & 17.  http://www.portlandopenstudios.com

Image: Andrea Uliano

Andrea Uliano (‘98 metals) is a member of the Talisman Gallery in NE Portland on Alberta Street and will be showing there from this upcoming “Last Thursday” all month. 

Bo Hagood and Tim Green are business partners and founders of MADE.    

Image: Beth Humphrey
Beth Humphrey (‘95)  has four paintings in Post Mark in the Foundation Gallery at the Columbia Green Community College in Hudson NY March 11-April 16.  This show highlights the work of participants of the New York Foundation for the Arts MARK program.

Image: Jennifer MacLean
Jennifer J MacLean (‘09), has an upcoming solo show at the Blue Star Cafe on April 7th, opening for the first Wednesday Art Walk in Wallingford in Seattle, WA. Her body of work is titled, “Outcomes”.  This art has a sculptural feel and evokes your tactile senses, it’s a mixed media exploration of her study of geometric figure and cosmology!. 
Blue Star Cafe | 4512 Stone Way North | Seattle, WA.  98103

Image: Mary Wells

Mary Wells (’03) has a six-week residency this spring at la Macina di San Cresci located in Greve in Chiati, Italy. She is now represented by Viridian Artists, 530 West 25th Street, New York, New York as well as by Augen Gallery, 716 NW Davis Street, Portland, OR.

CALL TO ARTISTS:
Shelly Hedges (‘95) is seeking two dimensional art to display at Pelicano Restaurant. Art must be available for a minimum of 3 months and be ready to hang. For details please contact Shelly Hedges at

Image: Heidi Paul
Heidi Paul (’96) finally quit her day job to work in her studio full time. Heidi is traveling to expand her recycled cashmere clothing + accessory line and is still teaching workshops in felt making. You can get all her updates on shows and workshops by visiting her website at http://www.designbyheidipaul.com.

Lisa Onstad is having a show at Ink and Peat North Vancouver in Portland, opening Friday, April 9th. Check out her new blog for more information:  http://lisaonstad.blogspot.com/

Jewelry Designer Jen Goeff started her company, Paperwings two years ago and it has wonderfully grown to now be able to hire her first employee, OCAC Alumni Allie Bentley. Geoff’s jewelry can be seen at http://www.paperwingspdx.com.  

 

Image: Jiseon Lee Isbara
Jiseon Lee Isbara, OCAC Fibers Department Head, is participating in “Fantastic Fibers,“ an international competitive exhibition at Yeiser Art Center in Paducah, KY April 3-May 1. The exhibition showcases a wide range of outstanding work related to the fiber medium. Jurors include Caryl Bryer Fallert, Judy Schwender, and Freda Fairchild. Nearly 600 entries were received from 137 artists from Belgium, Canada, England, Germany, Peru, South Africa, United States, and the District of Columbia.

Image: Karl Burkheimer
Higher Ground, an exhibition by OCAC Wood Department Head Karl Burkheimer, investigates his interest in the space, real or perceived, between the object of contemplation and the object of utility. Using the gallery as his architectural reference, Burkheimer creates objects within the space as points of exchange with the public. For Burkheimer the creative endeavor lies in the making—the act and art of transforming materials into form and meaning. The parts and pieces as well as the materials and processes that embody his work convey a language of labor and skill, referencing precedent and reveling intent. Through this language Burkheimer instills purpose into the work, while striving to transcend utility and commodity. He regards his work as essentially the residue of his process. The exhibition runs April 1-24, 2010 at DopplerPDX at 625 NW Everett Street #109 in Portland. Opening reception April 1 from 5:30-9:00pm.

Image: Heidi Schwegler
Heidi Schwegler, Metals Faculty, was selected for the Portland2010 Biennial with “Swimming Through Nitroglycerin,“ running April 2-May 9, 2010 at Alicia Blue Gallery at 1468 NE Alberta in Portland. Closing reception is May 8 from 6:00-8:00pm. Her show is part of a biennial exhibition of contemporary artwork significant to Portland’s art landscape presented by Disjecta Interdisciplinary Art Center. The shows are curated by Cris Moss, local curator and gallery director at Linfield College. Eighteen Oregon visual and performance-based artists have been selected, and will be presented as a series of one-person exhibitions citywide.

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