Heidi Schwegler, metals faculty, was offered a MacDowell Colony Fellowship for Spring 2010, and will be an artist in residence at the Beijing International Artist Platform July-August 2010. Heidi will be installing work from “Slipping Underwater,“ a show she exhibited last summer at the Hallie Ford Museum now at the PCC Cascade Gallery January 13-Feb 12, 2010.

The OCAC wood thesis students showcase their to-date ideation of their thesis exploration for the public to gain a better understanding of their artistic process.
Thursday, December 3 from 6:30-9:30pm • Saturday, December 5, noon-4:00pm • Sunday, December 6 from noon-4:00pm
IN House Gallery @ Everett Station Lofts | 625 NE Everett St. #106

Image: Tucker Anglese

Courtney Murphy (Ceramics ‘04) will begin a two year ceramic residency at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts in Helena, MT in January 2010.

Sandra Preston participated in an exhibition at gallery Homeland this fall. See photos of the show at http://www.openwidepdx.com/?p=2219

Beth Robinson (‘08) will be included in “On the Cutting Edge: West Coast Artist using collage & assemblage” at the Coos Art Museum in Coos Bay, OR. The show runs December 11, 2009-February 13, 2010 with the opening reception on Friday, December 11, 2009 from 5:00-7:00 p.m.  http://www.coosart.org
Her work is currently included in a juried self portrait exhibition at the Umpqua Valley Arts Association in Roseburg, OR from November 6, 2009-January 8, 2010.  http://www.uvarts.com
She also will be showing at Guardino Gallery in Portland, OR for the annual Little Things show. This is a group show for art 7” and under from November 27 - December 27, 2009. http://www.guardinogallery.com
Images can be seen at http://www.robinpress.com.

Ben Neubauer exhibited his jewelry at the Washington Craft Show a the Washington Convention Center November 6-8.

Allyson Cooper (’98) got her first degree black belt in Taekwondo in October. She and her son, Tycho, will be relocating from Portland to her hometown of Baton Rouge, Louisiana on the first of the year. Allyson will pursue a career in teaching both art and Taekwondo.

Mary Andrews (‘06) gave birth to Gabriel Phillip Hamlin on 11/3/09. Gabe weighed in at 9 lbs, 2 oz. Both mom and baby are healthy and happy.

The 6th Annual Kenton Firehouse Sale on Saturday, December 5, 2009 from 11:00am-6:00pm is featuring 14 artists, many of which are OCAC alum and faculty including Clare Carpenter, Hilary Pfeifer, LeBrie Rich, Rebecca Scheer, and Siri Schillios. Work includes ceramics, prints, jewelry, photography, wood figures, fibers, cards, and felted fun. 8105 N. Brandon St., Portland OR

Colleen Flanigan ’97, will travel to Bali in December to build reefs with Capacitor for a performance, art, science production about the oceans, corals, and movement. The mission to bring more awareness and empathy through the arts to the beauty and fragility of the mystery below the surface. More information about the art piece she is hoping to incorporate at: http://www.biorockbali.webs.com and http://www.globalcoral.org
Colleen Flanigan is also the Sept-Oct ‘09 featured member for Art and Science Collaborations, Inc. http://www.asci.org/artikel1053.htm

Brandy Cochrane (Metals ’04) has an upcoming exhibition with local artist and director of galleryHOMELAND Paul Middendorf.  Part sculptural collaboration and part installation, The Dregs will be an examination of and tribute to the simple yet unusual life of a small Portland family using items that remained in their Irvington duplex after it was inherited by the current occupants. This show will take place at The Art Gym at Marylhurst University from January 10 to February 15, 2010 and is generously funded by a RACC project grant.

Open Engagement is a three-day conference that is an initiative of the Portland State University Art and Social Practice concentration and co-sponsored by Pacific Northwest College of Art and Portland Community College. Directed by Jen Delos Reyes and Harrell Fletcher and planned in conjunction with the Portland State University MFA Monday Night Lecture Series, this conference features three nationally and internationally renowned artists: Mark Dion, Amy Franceschini and Nils Norman. The conference will showcase work by Temporary Services, InCUBATE, and a new project by Mark Dion created in collaboration with the PSU Art and Social Practice concentration.

The artists involved in Open Engagement: Making Things, Making Things Better, Making Things Worse, challenge our traditional ideas of what art is and does. These artist’s projects mediate the contemporary frameworks of art as service, as social space, as activism, as interactions, and as relationships, and tackle subject matter ranging from urban planning, alternative pedagogy, play, fiction, sustainability, political conflict and the social role of the artist.

Can socially engaged art do more harm than good? Are there ethical responsibilities for social art? Does socially engaged art have to do civic or public good? Can there be transdisciplinary approaches to contemporary art making that would contribute to issues such as urban planning and sustainability? As both urban planning and contemporary art imagine new worlds, how can art projects be seen as potential models for living?

This conference is an intensive, immersive, around the clock experience. Open Engagement is approached as a social art work in itself. Artists will create housing, food, transportation, exhibitions, partnerships, exhibitions, tours, special events and include of multiple audiences from their own interests and practices, building on the ideas explored throughout the conference.

Open Engagement is a free conference that will happen May 14-17, 2010, in Portland, Oregon. Contributors are not asked to pay a registration fee and the public will not be charged to attend. Contributors to the event will be supported in the following ways: A variety of transportation will be provided that draws on Portland’s bike culture and takes advantage of its excellent public transportation. Contributors will be housed in Portland homes, paired with a host based on common interests. Several meals during the conference will be provided that emphasize slow food, community cooking and underground cafes. Other meals will highlight Portland’s food cart culture. Nightlife and social activities will be integrated into local businesses, using local pubs and cafes as conference hubs. Open Engagement is a conference, an exhibition/performance venue, a mini-residency and workshops. Participants will partake in experiences that connect them with each other: artists, art institutions, audiences, and communities.

You are invited to contribute to Open Engagement: Making Things, Making Things Better, Making Things Worse by submitting your projects, performances, tours, presentations, or panel ideas. Other formats are also welcomed. You are encouraged to think of ways to connect peers and colleagues at this conference, connect and engage a greater community and work across disciplines.

All interested individuals are encouraged to submit proposals. This conference is not exclusive to artists.

Part 1: Propose a project, paper, performance, discussion, intervention panel (or other format) that relates to the theme of the conference (500 word max).

Part 2: Write a short bio (100 words or less).

Part 3: Fill out the brief questionnaire and application form (http://www.openengagement.info). We want to help you make interesting connections at this conference, and this will help us facilitate that.

Email your submission to

DEADLINE:
January 15, 11:59pm 2010 (Pacific Standard Time)

WEDNESDAY DEC. 2, 7p.
Clark Art Talks, Monthly Artist and Scholar Lecture Series is proud to present Chas Bowie

Chas Bowie writes about contemporary art and photography. He is an art critic for the Oregonian and a contributor to numerous art and culture publications. Bowie currently teaches at Pacific Northwest College of Art and his artwork has been exhibited in museums and galleries nationally.

This lecture series is generously supported in part by the Archer Gallery, the ASCC (Associated Students of Clark College) and TILT Export:

Clark College
PUB 161, Fireside Lounge
1933 Ft. Vancouver Way,
Vancouver, Washington

OCAC Ceramics Guild Holiday Sale
Saturday December 5th 9am-4pm
Sunday December 6th 9am-2pm
Location: Ash Street Gallery, on Ash Between 6th and Grand

Part of the proceeds from this sale will go to the Oregon College of Art and Craft Ceramics Guild, an OCAC ceramic student and Alumni organization, to help students travel to workshops, conferences, and bring visiting artists to the OCAC campus.

For further questions, please email

Offsite Inprovments have started on:

• SW Barnes Road where new sidewalks, lighting, and a divided entry will be installed at OCAC’s main entry.
• SW Leahy Road where new sidewalks will be installed along the perimeter of the OCAC property.

• SW 84th where new culverts and improvments to the storm water ditches has already been completed.

Thesis Building:
• Wood siding is in progress on the Thesis building over an Air-barrier.
• Glass is being installed at the Thesis window wall systems.

• Interiors of the Thesis space is framed and ready for electrical work to start.

• Stairs to the roof deck of the Thesis space are now ready for the precast concrete steps to be installed.

Drawing, Painting and Photography (DPP) Building:

• The concrete stairs connecting to the upper courtyard have been poured.

• Concrete retaining walls for the new ramp/sidewalk along the uper side of the DPP Bldg. have been poured.
• Landscaping at the lower level parking lot is ready for plantings.

• The glass monitors in the DPP Bldg. are 90% installed.
• The custom darkroom sinks for the Photograpy Dept. have been set into each room.
• Installation of the air Barrier is ready to start on the DPP Bldg.

•  Washington County has approved final structural design revision to the DPP building storefront glazing system.
• Artist’s commissions for elevator lobby, lower level conference room and railings are in progess.