Greetings from The Ko-Falen Cultural Center in Bamako , Mali !

We are currently accepting applications for Winter 2009-10 workshop sessions and would appreciate if you could circulate the attachment to the appropriate departments and interested persons in your institution. View our website at http://www.ko-falen.org and contact us for more information.

Ko-Falen Cultural Center , located in Bamako , Mali is the inspiration of Baba Wagué Diakité, a Malian artist and writer now living in Portland , Oregon .  It has been his dream to share the culture of his home country with the people of his adopted home.

Ko-Falen Cultural Center seeks to promote cultural, artistic and educational exchanges between the people of the United States and Mali through art workshops, dance, music and ceremony.  We believe that a greater understanding and respect between people can be reached through these personal exchanges.

We look forward to sharing our Center with you.
Baba Wague Diakite and the Ko-Falen Cultural Center Board

Where Do We Go From Here?

This June at SideShow gallery Portland , four artists come together to present work based on a common interest in working with materials and concepts at hand. Together they are questioning life, taking stock in their surroundings, and forging ahead with a combination of both camaraderie and bootstrap ethic.

Tracy Taylor Nehrling is a Portland – based fibers artist and painter. Her weavings are colorful and contemplative. “Weaving acts as a metaphor for slowing down and being in the present moment.  The majority of decisions are made in this moment, creating spontaneous works based on trust and intuition.”  Beth Robinson is a book artist and storyteller. Her visual metaphors have a playful poignancy. “I have felt that many where disheartened by the actions of the pervious administration, causing a questioning of our personal and national culture and identity. The title “where do we go from here?“ inspired me to create a small collection of realizations and tools to move forward. “ Working in tandem, Brianna Cross and Cyan Bott are cooking up a site specific installation. “The contents of the home, re-contextualized, for your viewing pleasure- and the constant irrational juxtaposition of things in the urban environment”

Opening June 4th, 2009 6-8 pm.
Beth Robinson will give an artist talk on June 12th @ 6 pm.

SideShow
Everett Station Lofts
625 NW Everett Street, #106
Portland, Oregon 97209

Corporate Environments is a provider of workplace solutions. We have recently redone our showroom (and we’re also about to finish a new website and branding… so don’t let our 20 yr old webpage discourage anyone!) and are in need of some artwork to put on our walls. As a Knoll dealer, we provide a range of furniture, from Mies Van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair to the workspaces at the adidas and Les Schwab headquarters. Architects and Designers are in our showroom regularly, as well as heads of Fortune 500 companies, and every day people who have a love of modern design.

We are incredibly committed to supporting our community as well as the environment. We keep this in mind when choosing who to partner with on any project. For our artwork, Oregon College of Arts and Crafts came into mind because of its wide range of studies in Fine Art. As a furniture (and textiles!) dealer, we connect with any designer that combines form and function. As designers, we also love the use of unconventional materials used in a conventional way or vice versa. I think the student artwork at OCAC meshes quite well with our company culture.

Anything that can hang on the wall works, plus I’d love to show some student-made furniture as well! June 25th is the potential date of our open house. We’ll be having a large party here, which includes our clients and the design community. It would be great if we could work on display by then, and it would be a great opportunity to show the students’ work to a large group of interested people!

Let me know if anyone would like to a part of it and we can work out the details. Thanks so much.

Kristen Liebert
Sales and Marketing Assistant
707 SE Belmont • Portland , OR • 97214
t. 503.963.6212 • f. 503.236.1300

Corporate Environments
a Knoll Dealer

The All-Oregon Art Annual is an exhibition that runs concurrently with the
Oregon State Fair from August 28 through September 7.

With the participation of Jane Beebe of PDX Contemporary Art and artists
George Johanson and Ronna Neuenswander, we are again fortunate to have a
strong panel of jurors. This and the fact that the Oregon State Fair
offers access to over 365,000 people make this a great opportunity for
artists.

If you have any questions, I can be reached at 503-362-5386 or at
. Thanks for your help in getting the
word out!

Eileen Cotter Howell
Coordinator,Professional Division
All-Oregon Art Annual