SideShow gallery, operated by OCAC students Nicholas Musso and Anne Coombs, is showing “East of Eden,“ new work by Annie Heisey July 2-12, 2009. An opening reception is scheduled for July 2 from 5:00-9:00PM at the gallery, located at the Everett Station Lofts at 625 NW Everett Street #106 in Portland. An artist talk is scheduled for Saturday, July 11 at 6:00PM. Hours: 1:00-5:00PM Saturday-Sunday. 

Jeffrey T. Baker (Drawing ‘03) was interviewed in the premiere issue of Diffusion Magazine (http://www.diffusionmag.com), a new periodical devoted to “unconventional photography.“ Jeffrey has an upcoming solo show at the Maude Kerns Art Center in Eugene, OR (http://www.mkartcenter.org) from July 17-August 28, 2009. His mixed media drawings/photographs will also be part of a group show at the Glenn & Viola Walters Cultural Art Center in Hillsboro, OR from September 1-30, 2009. This past May, Jeffrey took part in Bethany Ides’ Approx L exhibition (http://approximatel.blogspot.com/) at Worksound Gallery by contributing photographic documentation of her performance about the name Lindsey and its many permutations over time and place.

Ryan Pierce (Drawing ‘03) is showing new work in Green Oregon, at PNCA’s Manuel Izquierdo Gallery in June and in “NextNew: Green,“ at San Jose Institute for Contemporary Art from July through September. He is also busy with Signal Fire, a new organization promoting wilderness opportunities for artists and writers: http://www.signalfirearts.org and http://www.ryanpierce.net.

Jennifer Jackson MacLean (Drawing and Painting ’09)  Jennifer’s artwork will be featured in a group show at Gallerie Rene on first Thursday in July, 207 SW Pine St., Portland, OR.  97204
(503)223-1022 More info at: http://www.gallerierene.net  Her artwork will also be featured in Corporate Environments for their August 5th open house and be up for three months. 707 SE Belmont, Portland, OR 97214   Phone:  503.963.6212

Lori Mason (Fibers ‘95) has just had her first Lori Mason Design textile collection accepted by RJR Fabrics.  It is scheduled to hit the market May 2010.  Lori will be featured as one of RJR Fabrics’ new designers focusing on a modern aesthetic.  RJR Fabrics distributes its textiles internationally, primarily to the quilting industry.

Marilyn Joyce (draw/paint 06) is part of “Town and Country: Oregon at 150,“ a juried group exhibit at the Froelick Gallery in Portland, Or.  The show continues through July 11th.
http:www.froelickgallery.com.

Sandra Preston (Drawing/Painting ‘04) is showing new work at Moxie boutique in Portland. Sandra’s mixed-media sculptures, paintings, and performance works address how cultural narratives inform aesthetic practice. Her colorful and often painfully funny works cross a diverse range of expression—from abstract painted algorithmic patterns to writing to fictional ‘Holocaust Educational Kits.‘  Sandra has exhibited both locally and nationally, and her work is held in international private collections.  She received her M.F.A. from Maine College of Art and is a member of The Bunny Sandwich Collective. Her paintings at Moxie this month are the beginning process of a larger project with the collective. http://www.sandrapreston.org

Nicole Gibbs (Ceramics ‘06) is showing new work with fellow Ohio State University grad students, Will Tucker and Paul Simmons in the exhibition titled, “After the Pedestal: The 5th Annual of Smaller Sculpture from the Region” at The Sculpture Center (http://www.sculpturecenter.org/) in Cleveland, Ohio. The show was juried by Paola Morziani, the Curator of Contemporary Art at The Cleveland Museum of Art.

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.

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.

Show runs June 4th- June 14th Hours 1-5

Beth Robinson will give an artist talk on June 12th @ 6 pm.

Everett Station Lofts

625 NW Everett Street, #106

Hi all,

Just wanted to let you know that I am showing work (along with my fellow grad students, Will Tucker and Paul Simmons) in the exhibition titled, “After the Pedestal: The 5th Annual of Smaller Sculpture from the Region” at The Sculpture Center

  first Friday artist reception with local artist: Sandra Preston June 5th 5-9pm

  Sandra Marianne Preston is an artist living in Portland, Oregon, whose mixed-media sculptures, paintings, and performance works address how cultural narratives inform aesthetic practice.  Her colorful and often painfully funny works cross a diverse range of expression—from abstract painted algorithmic patterns to writing to fictional ‘Holocaust Educational Kits.‘  Sandra has exhibited both locally and nationally, and her work is held in international private collections.  She received her M.F.A. from Maine College of Art and is a member of The Bunny Sandwich Collective. Her paintings at Moxie this month are the beginning process of a larger project with the collective. http://www.sandrapreston.org  and…

Seeking submissions in art and writing, of work that relates ideas of digital technology and culture to the Othered body.  We are looking for artists working from a culturally ‘outside’ perspective, engaging with ideas and modes of technological ‘progress’ and its impact on and potential for the Othered body.  Ideas explored in proposed works may include: dependence, resistance, engagement, functionality, subversion, abjection, waste, fusion, interface, body-lessness, the virtual body, the cyborg, the digitized subject, people as data, prosthetics, robotics, (...) and should ask questions and expand the discourse of how the technological age is being experienced by marginalized people and what it might mean for our future.

Selected works will be featured in a publication that will be made in conjunction with the show, in online and physical format, and will include images and writings on the theme.  This is a great opportunity for experience and exposure for emerging artists. Unfortunately artist fees will not be paid out, as this is an independent student curatorial project aimed at providing the opportunity for exposure to emerging artists.  The show will be held at the Anna Leonowens Gallery, a historic gallery located in the Granville Campus of NSCAD University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

WHO CAN APPLY: artworks: Undergraduate and Graduate fine arts students in Canada and the U.S. in their second-last or final year of a university program, and recent graduates of such a program.  writing: Undergraduate and Graduate students from any discipline, in Canada and the U.S., doing research/writing relating to the theme, in their second-last or final year of a university program, and recent graduates.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: JULY 31, 2009

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: 3 to 7 digital images of the proposed work or related work if work is not yet realised (each image no larger than 500K, at 72 dpi, and approx. 5” x 7”), or video (format for Quicktime, H264 Codec, max. 15 frames per second), or sound files in WAV or AIFF format.  Writing submissions can be sent as Word, text, or pdf files.  Also included should be a description of the proposed work, a CV/resume, and a short bio on the artist/author. All images, video, sound and writing should be labeled clearly with artist’s name and title of the piece.  All physical submissions should include return postage if return is required.

SEND SUBMISSIONS TO: (and enquiries) via email -  sol Legault at   OR     via post -

attn: sol Legault
Anna Leonowens Gallery
1891 Granville st.
Halifax NS B3J 3J6
CANADA

INFO ON CURATOR: sol Legault is an interdisciplinary photo-based student in his final year of undergraduate studies at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.  sol has curated a variety of shows, notably Queerly Yours, a show of work by queer students, staff and faculty at NSCAD University, in November 2008.  His work involves exploration of identity, ambiguity, distortion, system, and artifice, moving between references to the altered human body and human-made architectural spaces, and stems from a queer perspective.

The Book Arts Department 2008 Print Portfolio was on view at Utrecht in NW Portland May 7-June 1, 2009.

Construction on campus is really picking up steam as we head into summer. Robert Gray Construction has made great progress and we are close to opening back up the lower lots for parking. Sixty new spaces will be available for use on June 15!

The metal roof decking is also complete on the new Drawing, Painting and Photography building, and the interior framing on the lower level of the building has begun.

Image: Heidi Schwegler

Heidi Schwegler, Metals faculty, lectured at the University of Art and Design Burg Giebichenstein, Halle. She also has a solo show at the Hallie Ford Museum in Salem in May, and is participating in “Call + Response,“ an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Craft in June.

Jiseon Lee Isbara, Fibers Department Head, will be showing new work in “Call + Response” at The Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland in June.

Inge Bruggeman, Interim Book Arts Department Head, In June I will be giving another lecture as part of another panel discussion on Contemporary Letterpress Printing at the Hybrid Book: Intersection + Intermedia at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA.

Karl Burkheimer, Wood Department Head, will be showing new work in “Call + Response” at The Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland in June.

OCAC alumni Tracy Taylor Nehrling, Beth Robinson, Brianna Cross and Cyan Bott are showing “Where Do We Go From Here?“ at SideShow Gallery in Portland during the month of June. These 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. Opening June 4, 2009 6:00-8:00PM. Beth Robinson will give an artist talk on June 12 @ 6:00PM. SideShow is located in the Everett Station Lofts at 625 NW Everett Street, #106 in Portland.

Don’t miss Portland Art Spark this month as OCAC alumni Brennan Conaway, Matt McCalmont, and Charissa Niles speak briefly about Nowhere, an arts collective they founded in 2005. See them on Thursday, June 18 at Rontoms, 600 E Burnside. http://www.nowheregallery.org 
Portland Art Spark is a monthly mingling that gives artists a chance to meet, discuss, applaud and plot the growth of the arts in Portland. Previous hosts include: Mayor-elect Sam Adams, OCAC Bonnie Laing-Malcolmson, OPB ArtBeat’s Jeff Douglas and KC Cowan, and Milepost 5’s Gavin Shettler. http://www.portlandartspark.com

Marilyn Joyce (draw/paint ‘06) is part of Town and Country: Oregon at 150, a juried group exhibit at the Froelick Gallery in Portland, Or.  The show runs June 2nd - July 11th.  First Thursday, June 3rd, 5 - 8:30.  For more information:  http://www.froelickgallery.com.  Additional work is included in The Beautiful Book show at 23 Sandy Gallery in Portland, Or.  June 5th - 27th.  First Friday, June 5th, 6 - 9 p.m.  For more information:  http://www.23sandy.com

Beth Humphrey ( Fiber Arts 95) has 5 pieces in the “Hudson Valley Artists 2009: Ecotones and Transitional Zones”  Exhibition at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art in New Paltz, New York (http://www.newpaltz.edu/museum) from June 13th -September 6th 2009.  Beth also has a new web site of her current work : bethhumphrey.com

Moe Snyder (Book Arts 07) has had 2 pieces accepted in “The Beautiful Book” exhibition at 23 Sandy Gallery, 623 NE Sandy, Portland. The show runs June 5-27, 2009, with first Friday festivities from 6-9 pm.

Ellen Goldschmidt (Drawing/Painting ’00) has joined Blackfish Gallery (http://www.Blackfish.com) in Portland, OR. Her first show with Blackfish is scheduled for August, 2009.  http://www.ellengoldschmidt.com.

Rachel Wiecking (Book Arts ‘02) is finishing her first year of graduate school in Interdisciplinary Art + Design/Art History at Purchase College in New York. She has been nominated for the Dedalus Foundation Master of Fine Art Fellowship in Sculpture by the Purchase graduate faculty.

Andrew Buckland (Photo ‘06) has accepted a Job at New York University as a Manager of the Advanced Media Studio he started this past December. He also has 5 images in the “Unorthodox Landscapes” Exhibition at Chesapeake gallery at Harford Community College, Bel Air, Maryland from June 5 - September 18, 2009. The reception date is September 15, 2009, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.  http://www.andrewbuckland.com.

Nicole Gibbs (Ceramics ‘06) showed her graduate thesis work in Ohio State’s “2009 MFA Exhibition: Begged, Borrowed, and Stolen” (http://www.uas.osu.edu/mfa2009). Three pieces of her work have also been selected for “After the Pedestal: The 5th Annual Exhibition of Smaller Sculpture from the Region” at The Sculpture Center in Cleveland, OH.  In addition, she was just awarded a solo exhibition at the Ohio Art League Gallery in Columbus, OH for January 2010.