Shannon Lowry

Liz New (Ceramics ‘07) is showing “The Sky is Falling,“ a ceramic installation at the Manuel Izquierdo Sculpture Gallery at Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland. The exhibition runs April 2-30, with an opening reception on Thursday, April 2 from 6:00-9:00pm.

Ingri Benson (Textiles ‘97) is working on a new line of Super Hero masks and gauntlets to add to her FiddleHead Fun game collection.  They may not change the Madoff scam but could inspire future generations to work cooperatively while wearing fishnets and gold glitter lightening strikes.

Shannon Lowry (Ceramics ‘08) has had digital work accepted in the “MIXTA” Exhibition to be shown at Sala de Expocisiones Amazonas, Universidad del Estado del Amazonas UEA Tabatinga, Brazil and Sala Janai-Iko, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Amazonia, Leticia, Colombia. In conjunction with this, as part of a collaborative art initiative she traveled to Colombia, Brazil and Peru in March to complete sound recording for a project that will be exhibited in the US later this year. Photos and stories of this journey, along with sample sound and video art clips will be posted on her blog site throughout April: http://adventuresofshalo.blogspot.com/

Suzanne Lussier (Ceramics ‘08) has been awarded an assistantship to Haystack Mountain School of Craft for the upcoming summer.  Suzanne will also be taking on an apprenticeship with ceramic artist, Lisa Orr this spring.

Blue Mitchell (Photography ‘05) is showcasing his back-lit burnt transparencies at 12x16 gallery in April. The exhibit “Four: Contemporary Approaches to Photography” also features Kerry Davis, Ken Hochfeld, and Lee Ann Slawson. Visit http://www.12x16gallery.com/ for more information.

Courtney Murphy (Ceramics 04) will spend a three month residency at the Arche Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana this summer.

Ben Neubauer (Metals ‘00) recently exhibited at the Palm Beach Fine Craft Show and CraftBoston. April 4th and 5th he will be participating in a group home show at the home of Ann Williamson at 4334 NE Davis St.

Selene Robinowitz (‘04 Drawing/Painting) will have a show “From Rock’n Roll to the Canvas” at Studio 2507, 2507 SE Clinton Street, Portland OR 97202, for First Friday, April 3, 2009.  There will be an opening reception from 6—9 pm.

Nadine Sanders (Fiber Arts ‘93) will lead her third fiber and music tour to Scotland in April 21-May 4. Follow along as the “Threads, Ruins, and Tunes” tour circumnavigates Scotland and the northern and western isles. http://www.singingweaver.blogspot.com  Before the tour Nadine will teach a weaving workshop in Newport, England.  Registration for the 2010 tour open late May 2009.

Sarah Turner (Metalsmithing ‘99) has developed a new Visiting Teaching Fellowship at the Cranbrook Academy of Art . Check out the new program at: http://www.cranbrookart.edu/Pages/NewsEvents.html.  She also visits RISD this Spring to conduct a graduate seminar on mapping ideas within studio work.

Image: Michael deForest

Michael deForest, Wood faculty, has a piece in “Challenge VII: DysFUNctional,“ a show sponsored by the Wood Turning Center in Philadelphia. It will travel for three years and will be at the World Forestry Center in Portland in 2011. http://www.woodtruningcrenter.org. He also has two pieces in “Craft in America: Focus on Wood”, a show at The Society of Arts and Crafts in Boston that runs through April.  http://www.societyofcrafts.org. He currently has two wooden teapots in “Hot Tea”, a show sponsored by del Mano Gallery in Los Angeles through April 25. http://www.delmano.com

Phil Harris, General Studies Department Head, juried a regional photography show at the Corvallis Art Center in Oregon.

Jiseon Lee Isbara, fibers department head, is participating in “Pojagi & Beyond,“ the American Quilter’s Society in Kentucky in April.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009 3:57 PM

The International School of Beaverton would like to invite you to present your wares at their first
Spring Market, May 8th 2:15-7pm and May 9th 10-2pm. This is a fundraiser for the school, to help
with funds lost to budget cuts. There will be a book fair, student art show/sale, student musical presentations
plant sale, summer camp preview, Portland Roasting co coffee sales, Willamette Valley Pies and crafts for sale.
Because this is our first market, we have decided to waive percentage of sale for crafters, and ask for a flat table fee of
$35 per table, any extra needs to be negotiated. Of course, a donation of percentage of sales would be
accepted! Please contact Mary (parent volunteer, board member) at if you are interested, or have questions, Thank-you!

International School of Beaverton
17770 SW Blanton Street
Aloha, OR 97007

April 18–26

To honor the craft of paper artistry, the Portland Japanese Garden is hosting The Paper Garden, a show of exquisite paper arts from April 18–26 in the Garden’s Pavilion. Several local artists will display an array of paper art styles and demonstrations in the art of paper crafts will be held throughout the day on April 18–19 and 25–26. All of the beautifully crafted papers will be available for purchase as well. Several local artists will display an array of paper art styles and demonstrations in the art of paper crafts will be held throughout the day on April 18–19 and 25–26.

Parallel Worlds:  Art of the Ainu of Hokkaido and Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest
June 6-28

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Portland-Sapporo Sister City Association, this exhibition is believed to be the first exhibition of its kind to compare the extraordinary textile art of indigenous people of North America and Japan . Parallel Worlds offers a rare opportunity to view exquisitely designed traditional Attush and Ruunpe ceremonial robes from Ainu artists of Hokkaido , opposite stunningly woven Ravenstail and Chilkat robes by Native American artists of the Pacific Northwest . Parallel Worlds is the second of three exhibitions in our popular 2009 Art in the Garden series. In February, we showcased the fine calligraphy by Yasuyoshi Fujii and his Meito Shodo Kai School of Calligraphy. The final presentation in the series occurs in November with the introduction of new works of art in the form of Bontei tray gardens by Marc Peter Keane, landscape architect and noted author of Japanese Garden Design.

Thank you,

Stephanie Moss
Coordinator of Tours & Volunteers
Portland Japanese Garden
(503) 223-9233

More than $40,000 supports seventeen organizations across the state.

Hello Neighbor projectOCH’s statewide board of directors awarded Public Program Grants to sixteen Oregon nonprofits in late February. OCH also awarded one Opportunity Grant this month.

The following organizations received 2009 Public Program Grants (please visit the OCH Grants page to see more details about the funded projects):

  * $1,000 to the Aurora Colony Historical Society ( Aurora )
  * $1,000 to Caldera ( Portland ) (Photo at right: Hello Neighbor participants by Tyler Kohlhoff)
  * $2,000 to Columbia Gorge Community College ( The Dalles )
  * $3,500 to the Holy Names Heritage Center ( Lake Oswego )
  * $2,077 to Illahee ( Portland )
  * $1,000 to Independent Publishing Resource Center ( Portland )
  * $3,030 to the Miracle Theatre Group ( Portland )
  * $1,000 to the Multicultural Association of Southern Oregon ( Medford )
  * $2,500 to the Newport Library Foundation ( Newport )
  * $3,500 to Northwest Institute for Social Change ( Portland )
  * $5,000 to Oregon Shakespeare Festival ( Ashland )
  * $4,800 to Portland State University ( Portland )
  * $4,700 to Ross Ragland Theater and Cultural Center ( Klamath Falls )
  * $1,400 to Scio Public Library (Scio)
  * $1,415 to Tamastslikt Cultural Institute (Pendleton)
  * $2,078 to Umpqua Community Development Corporation ( Roseburg )

An Opportunity Grant of $1,000 was awarded to Central City Concern ( Portland ) for its African-American History Exhibit Planning Project. For more information on how to apply for Opportunity Grants, which are accepted year-round and reviewed monthly, please visit the OCH website or contact Program Director Jennifer Allen at (503) 241-0543, ext. 118, or by email.

This is Lucas Alberg from OPB. I e-mailed you a few weeks ago about the opbmusic.org T-shirt contest. I wanted to follow up with you to let you know about a few more exciting details we’ve added into the mix.

First off, we’ve finalized our judging panel, which includes some noteworthy folks from the design and music community in Portland . Our guest judges include:
•      Chad Crouch - Owner of HUSH Records and musician who goes by the name of Podington Bear
•    Gary Houston - Respected designer and owner of Voodoo Catbox designs
•      Carson Ellis - Artist and Illustrator responsible for several famous Decemberists’ album covers, among other items
•    Adam Shearer - frontman for the Portland band Weinland
•    Mark Atherton - Designer and Illustrator for Ames design
You can read a little more about this on our site here: http://opbmusic.org/blog/entries/415-Update-T-shirt-Contest-Judging-Panel.

Additionally, as an added incentive to enter, we’re inviting all participating designers to a special in-studio music session at the OPB Studios with Portland-based band Horse Feathers. There will be a reception for designers beforehand and then we will announce the winner of the contest shortly before recording begins. You can read more about this at our blog posting here: http://opbmusic.org/blog/entries/419-Layering-Our-T-Shirt-Contest-Cake-A-Prize-Update-

Thanks again for your interest in the contest and for helping to spread the word. If you have any specific questions related to these new additions, or to any other matter, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. And please feel free to distribute this e-mail as you see fit. Thanks!

Cheers,
Lucas

Lucas Alberg
Promotions and PR Associate
Oregon Public Broadcasting
p: 503.445.1862

Deadline:  June 19, 2009 (midnight, MST)

VSA arts, under generous sponsorship from Volkswagen Group of America,
Inc., launched the eighth call for entries to identify emerging artists
with disabilities, ages 16-25, who demonstrate promise in the visual
arts.  The call, entitled “Accelerate” encourages artists to consider
the source of their artistic motivations and how disability might shape
the creative process.  Art must be an original work that has been
completed in the last three (3) years.  Eligible media include, but are
not limited to paintings and drawings (oil, watercolor, acrylic, pencil
or charcoal); fine art prints (lithographs, etching, intaglio, or
woodcuts); photography; sculpture; computer generated prints; digital
art; and time-based media (video, film). Two-dimensional artwork should
not exceed 60 inches in either direction. Sculpture should not exceed 24
inches in any direction.

Fifteen (15) finalists will be awarded a total of $60,000 during an
awards ceremony on Capitol Hill. Selected artwork will be displayed in a
nationwide touring exhibition that will debut at the Smithsonian
Institution in Washington, D.C., from September 10, 2009-January 6,
2010.

Each affiliate will soon receive a packet of calls to distribute to
appropriate artists.  For additional information, please visit
http://www.vsarts.org/VWcall, call (800) 933-8721 x3885, or e-mail
.  Alternative formats of the call are available upon
request.

My name is Holland Grumieaux.  I have worked in the fashion industry in NYC for the past 20 years.  I recently launched a new company called Banson NYC.  I think we may be of interest to your students in the Extension Program at Oregon College of Art and Craft.  I have attached the link to our website.  Please review and let me know if you would be interested in receiving additional information about our program through the mail.  Is it possible to send you literature to be made available to students or to link our website to your office somehow? I look forward to touching base with you in the near future.

Best Regards,

Holland Grumieaux

http://www.bansonnyc.org

Dear Colleagues, Students, and Ceramic Enthusiasts,
> > FEW SPACES LEFT FOR BOTH SUMMER AND FALL!!! WE NOW HAVE SCHOLARSHIP
> AVAILABLE FOR BOTH SUMMER AND FALL!!! WE HAVE ALSO ADDED A SECOND SUMMER
> PROGRAM GEARED FOR K-12 EDUCATORS AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ON THE QUARTER
> SYSTEM!!!!(See info below)
> > Through a unique linkage, the Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, and West
> Virginia University have teamed to offer a comprehensive study opportunity
> for the serious advanced or professional ceramic artist/potter. The
> Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute is considered to be China ’s finest ceramics art
> and design school. In fact West Virginia University is the only western
> university with a campus in China . We have teamed to offer a study and
> travel program in the Peoples Republic of China where students will have the
> opportunity to study with some of China ’s most prominent teachers and
> ceramic artists.
> > China ’s roots in ceramic art history are strong and deep. For thousands of
> years, Chinese artisans have developed and mastered techniques and artistry
> that has set the standard of excellence in ceramics throughout the world.
> High fired porcelains, underglaze and overglaze techniques, celadons, copper
> reds, temmoku, yaoware carving, ash glazes and tri-colored lead glazes are
> just a few of the contributions made by Chinese artisans over the centuries.
> > Summer Semester I – 2009 * 5 1/2 Week Program
> May 24 – June 30
> (Dates may vary slightly)
> 6 Credits
> Cost: 6-Credits/Tuition and fees: $5600 *Scholarships Available!
> (this cost includes additional fees required by West Virginia University )
> > This fee covers International airfare, in-country travel, all lodging, food
> (an exception being during the Beijing travel portion of the program),
> materials, and 6 graduate or undergraduate transferable credits from West
> Virginia University .
> > Summer Semester II - 2009 *4 Week Program geared for K-12 Educators &
> University Students on the Quarter System!
> June 15 - July 15
> (Dates may vary slightly)
> 6 Credits
> Cost: 6-Credits.Tuition and fees: TBA *Scholarships Available!
> (this cost includes additional fees required by West Virginia University )
> > This fee covers International airfare, in-country travel, all lodging, food
> (an exception being during the Beijing travel portion of the program),
> materials, and 6 graduate or undergraduate transferable credits from West
> Virginia University .
> >
> Fall Semester 2009 * Semester long Program
> September 7 – December 14
> (Dates may vary slightly)
> 12 Credit Hours: Graduate or Undergraduate
> Cost: 12 Credits/Tuition and fees $9,400 *Scholarships Available!
> 6-Credits Studio Ceramics
> 3-Credits Chinese Ceramic Art History
> 3-Credits Basic Language and Culture
> Participants will be expected to pay for tools not supplied by the program,
> brushes, personal acquisitions, and local travel outside of the program.
> Students may also be expected to purchase their own meal accommodations
> during the Beijing visit.
> > This fee covers the entire cost of International airfare, in-country travel,
> all program fees, insurance, living accommodations and 12 transferable
> credits from West Virginia University .
> >
> 2009 Spring Semester Ceramics Residency Program in China
> Late February-June* (select your own dates!)
> Costs: Vary by length of stay, airfare not included
> Fee include: Room, board, studio, scheduled field trips and most materials.
> >
> If you or anyone you know may be interested in any of the 4 programs, more
> information and applications are available at:
> > http://art.ccarts.wvu.edu/international_programs/china_program
> > If you have any questions feel free to contact us. Hope to see all of you
> in Jingdezhen , China !
> > Robert Anderson
> Professor of Art
> Director, WVU-JCI International Ceramic Studios
> West Virginia University
> College of Creative Arts
> Division of Art + Design
> Creative Arts Center
> PO Box 6111
> Morgantown , WV 26506
> email:
> tel:304-293-4841ext3135
> >
> Shoji Satake
> Assistant Professor of Art
> West Virginia University
> > Robert “Boomer” Moore
> Assistant Professor of Art
> West Virginia University
> > Jennifer Allen
> Adjunct Professor/Meyer Resident Potter-Fellow
> West Virginia University
>

Tamara Kyser, current student, sent one of her handbags in to Haute Handbags, and they asked her to write a how-to article explaining how to make it. You can view the article in the latest issue of Haute Handbags.

Jamieson Diemer wrote a personal narrative about the perils of natural living. You can read “Green Mother,“ http://greenbabyguide.com/article-green-mother, on the critically-acclaimed website, the Green Baby Guide. http://greenbabyguide.com/

Image: Christine Clark

Christine Clark, Metals Department Head, is showing “22 Gauge” at Nine Gallery in Portland March 5-29, 2009.

Image: Nowhere

Sam MacKenzie (Photo ‘06) recently showed her piece pigtails in “Stitch Spectacular” at Dimensions Gallery in Savannah, GA. http://stitchspectacular.wordpress.com

Ryan Pierce (Drawing ‘03) has new work featured in “A Fragile Reality” at Elizabeth Leach Gallery in Portland in March. He is the recipient of a 2009 Project Grant from the Regional Arts & Culture Council for an upcoming book project. Ryan wrote a catalog essay for “Warlord Sun King,“ an upcoming show by Bruce Conkle and Marne Lucas at the Marylhurst Art Gym. Ryan is currently co-founding “Signal Fire,“ an organization dedicated to facilitating wilderness opportunities for artists and writers. This summer Signal Fire will support four artists with residencies on Mt. Hood. More information at http://www.signalfirearts.org. Ryan is co-teaching a related workshop, “Desert Notes/ River Notes” through OCAC in June. The five-day workshop will combine observational drawing and nature journals with hikes in Eastern Oregon’s Blue Mountains. http://www.ryanpierce.net

Ben Neubauer (Metals ‘00) will be exhibiting in the American Craft Council Show in Baltimore February 24 - March 1st. April 4th and 5th he will be exhibiting at a home show in Portland at 6312 SW 27th, Portland, 97239, the home of Ann Williamson. All are welcome. Please visit benneubauer.com for more details.

Julia Garretson (Metals 06) is included in the Cracked Pots Ungarden Art Show, March 7th, 2009, 11-6 at the McMenamins Grand Lodge.  This is a show of recycled arts for the inside, she will be showing jewelry and paper shades.  Some of these item are also on her website http://www.JuliaGarretson.etsy.com 

Cristina Aucone (Wood ‘05) of Modica Design, was recently accepted to the juried online gallery Trunkt.org for her line of wood and resin jewelry.  Her eco-work made from reclaimed wood has been featured and sold on E-Bay’s World of Good:  http://worldofgood.ebay.com  an online marketplace that convenes thousands of People Positive and Eco Positive sellers and products all in one place.  Most recently, Cristina taught a 3-day workshop at The Rebuilding Center in Portland on how to incorporate found objects into inspiring jewelry.  You can visit her website at http://www.modicadesign.com.

Shannon Lowry (Ceramics ‘08) has been invited to participate in Cross-Border Dialogue, a show to be held in the West Bank and Gaza. Her work was also included in a feature article in the January 2009 issue of Ceramics Monthly. Find out more about her ongoing explorations at her new blogsite: http://adventuresofshalo.blogspot.com/

OCAC alumni Brennan Conaway, Matt McCalmont and Charissa Niles, are showing “Out of Place,“ an exhibition by nowhere arts collective February 28-March 28 at Disjecta in Portland. ‘Out of Place’ is an exhibition of work created during Nowhere’s residency at the Center for Land Use Interpretation in the summer of 2008. The CLUI facility is located on the Nevada/Utah border in the small town of Wendover. Nowhere traveled extensively in this arid region, “gradually understanding that the desert is not empty, but full of life and rich with history.“ In Out of Place, they bring these observations to Disjecta’s main exhibition space and explore the fact and folklore of the American West. Matt McCalmont modified a small motorcycle, making it possible to take a solo journey and record the rough surfaces of his travels. Brennan Conaway produced the film ‘Trajectory’ that documents a ‘weapons test’ in the desert, where he fired a bullet at the distant horizon and then went searching for it. Charissa Niles discovered an abandoned railway and is ‘reclaiming’ the tracks to convey hand-built vehicles that don’t require fossil fuels.  Founded in 2005, Nowhere is an art collective based in Portland, Oregon. http://www.disjecta.org/events/outofplace.php