Image: Judilee Fitzhugh
The Local 14 Show and Sale this weekend at the World Forestry Center will include OCAC alumni Judilee Fitzhugh, Peggy Harkins, and Susannah Lints, as well as the work from the student scholarship winners that includes OCAC students Ava Goldberg, Jenny Treiber, Joni Yates, and Lizzy Gladstone.
http://www.local14.org

Alisa Walton has had her work juried in to the Urban Craft Uprising show in Seattle Wa. The show is December 3rd and 4th 2011

Recent fibers grad Kristin Pesola has opened an Etsy shop, interlace, showcasing her hand knit wire earrings. Visit the shop at: http://www.interlacearts.etsy.com

Image: David Boekleheide. Photo by Daniel Pasley for the NY Times.
Former OCAC and ACD student David Boekelheide ’11 designed and built these bike racks lining the entrance of Eco-Flats.The New York Times recently printed an article citing the energy that Portland developers have put into creating urban infrastructure which supports heavy bike-reliance. This includes everything from extensive bike lanes, to city-wide bike corrals, to housing that specifically caters to bikers. ACD mentor Jean-Pierre Viellet’s Eco-Flats are mentioned as being a premier example of a “bike building,” where there is ample space for bike storage (30 bike racks for 18 rentable units), but no parking for cars. Recent graduate David Boekelheide ’11 designed and constructed the bike rack for Eco-Flats, which can be seen in the above photo, as well as in the Times article.

Carla Klinker Cope is now on the Board of Directors for Bunnell Street Arts Center in Homer Alaska.

Peggy Harkins has had a busy summer and fall season working on her art. She say about her work: You may have noticed that ruffles seem to be on every fashion this year. They have always been one of my favorite embellishments to clothing and I find myself wearing them whenever I feel the need to be “girlie”.  So why just leave ruffles to clothing and potato chips? Why not include them on a hand sculpted, carved and painted box?

Yes, that is how I spend a great number of hours this summer, working towards perfecting the wooden ruffle! The effort was worth it and I have incorporated it into a clock called “ Girl Time” as time is the theme for the upcoming local 14 show.  The piece will be featured with a collection of time related art in several places throughout the show.

I am excited to say the piece was also selected to be on the cover of the local 14 artists book of days that will be on sale at the upcoming Local 14 Art Show.  For more details check it out at http://artistsbookofdays.blogspot.com/

I have two more shows this year.  The first is:
Sept 29 - Oct 2.  The annual Local 14 Art Show at the World Forestry Center in Portland, OR. For details see http://www.local14.org/
NOv 4 - Nov 6.  The Contemporary Crafts Market in Santa Monica, CA. For show details see http://www.contemporarycraftsmarket.com/
You can now follow me on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/peggyharkinsart,  If you “Like” me you will get continued updates automatically on Facebook Newsfeed. To find more about my art, what pieces are available etc. you can of course find this out at http://peggyharkins.com

Liv Rainey-Smith (‘08) will once more be opening her studio to discuss and demonstrate her woodcut printmaking process and concepts as part of the Portland Open Studios Tour, October 8,9,15, and 16th from 10am - 5pm. Please visit http://www.portlandopenstudios.com for more details.

Image: Ryan Pierce
This summer Ryan Pierce has had a whirlwind of action, opportunity, and change, below is a quick recap, a couple of links, and a plea for support.
June: Amy, Daniela Molnar, and myself led ten intrepid artists on a Signal Fire retreat through the ancient forests of Opal Creek Wilderness. We spent a week camping amidst some of Cascadia’s most pristine waters, with some of my favorite people ever.
July: I collaborated with 15 students from Portland Community College on my first public art piece, a mammoth landscape painting for the grounds of PCC Sylvania, to be installed this fall. Then, Amy and I ran the third season of Outpost, along the Upper Clackamas near Mt. Hood. We witnessed some amazing artists generate an improvised drum set, stump glamor shots, and a quilt of dead leaves, among other things…
August: My work was featured in Elizabeth Leach Gallery’s 30th Anniversary Exhibition, and I was off in Scandinavia, traveling first in Finland, Sweden, and Estonia, and then in residence at Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder in Norway. Photos from the resulting show, Night Music, at Babel Gallery are available here alongside a text by a Norwegian art historian. After the opening I spent a week in Iceland, better known as the land of sheep and honey, and returned to my new home in Eastern Oregon. It’s beautiful here, and I’d like to share it with others, hence a brand new Signal Fire program called Winter Wren.

We are in the final days of the Kickstarter Campaign to fund Leaf Litter, an annual publication that shows off the work of our amazing residents. This year we brought 19 artists to the woods and did it all out-of-pocket, making it free or at-cost to the participants. In hopes of a last-minute rally I will offer an original drawing from Night Music to anyone who pledges $300 or more before Oct 2nd. This is an $800 value. We have to reach the full amount for the campaign to be funded.  Thank you to all of you who have supported us so far (in many ways). Signal Fire is gaining momentum and Leaf Litter is not only crucial to highlight our residents, but to use at outreach. This year we’ll announce awesome new projects, so stay tuned…

Josh Smith (OCAC alumni) and wife Jenene Nagy are showing “Out of Language” at Linfield Gallery in McMinnville, OR through October 1. You can read the Oregonian’s review of the show at: http://www.oregonlive.com/art/index.ssf/2011/09/artists_josh_smith_and_jenene.html