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.