Recent MFA Applied Craft and Design graduate Leslie Vigeant is participating in Pacific Northwest Art Program featuring Mike Suri, Leslie Vigeant, Jen Fuller, William Rihel, and Ben Dye. Opening Reception is Thursday, September 16 from 6-8pm at 600 NE Grand Ave in Portland.

Recent MFA Applied Craft and Design graduate Selja Ojanne is showing new work in her exhibition, Games You Live With, at WoonWinkel in Portland. Ojanne explores a more meaningful connection to the toys and games that entertain us.

“Most people store sporting equipment, toys, and games out of sight, but this collection of objects is intended to always be visible, and therefore always remembered and accessible,” says Ojanne. Games hand-made of wool felt, wood, canvas, and leather are not only accessible but are tactile and beautiful enough that you’ll want to keep them out where you can see them. Both familiar and unusual at the same time, some objects like the Soft Blocks have an ambiguous purpose which invite the player to arrange them absent-mindedly into pleasing configurations on the coffee table. Others bring out a competitive nature, such horseshoes, which is played on a colorful, woven rug-like field.

Games You Live With runs August 1 – September 30 at Woonwinkel. 935 SW WASHINGTON in PORTLAND, OREGON 97205. ph: 503-334-2088. 
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Von Tundra recently sat down with their friends at Woonwinkel, a new retailer of international and local handmade design here in Portland, to answer a few questions for their August newsletter. Its been a great opportunity for us to reflect on the past few years, as well as the possibilities that lay ahead in the next few. Check out the text below and please be in touch. Read what Von Tundra has to say about being a designer in Portland and North America.
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Hilary Pfeifer is pleased to be included in a group show titled Woodworks at the McMaster Gallery at the University of South Carolina. It’s a great lineup of many of the stars of the field including Binh Pho, David Ellsworth, Todd Hoyer, Mark Sfirri, and Betty Scarpino. Click here to see their online catalog. Woodworks is on display August 29 - September 30, 2011. Currently on display at the Museum of Contemporary Craft is the 75 Gifts for 75 Yearsshow, including the museum’s recent acquisition from Hilary’s Natural Selection show. (gift of Velvet da Vinci Gallery.) 75 Gifts for 75 years will be on display through February 25, 2012.

Andrea Uliano is showing at Talisman Gallery Aug. 25th – Sept. 25th
1476 NE Alberta St PDX 97211.