On next Wednesday (11/10) at 4pm, Ricardo Dominguez will be giving a lecture entitled “Digital Zapatismo: From Electronic Civil Disobedience to the Transborder Immigrant Tool.” Ricardo Dominguez is an Associate Professor of Visual Arts at UC San Diego and a co-founder of The Electronic Disturbance Theater (EDT), a group that developed Virtual-Sit-In technologies in 1998 in solidarity with the Zapatista communities in Chiapas, Mexico. His recent Electronic Disturbance Theater project with Brett Stabaum, Micha Cardenas, and Amy Sara Carroll is the Transborder Immigrant Tool, a GPS cellphone safety net tool for crossing the Mexico/U.S border.
On Thursday (11/11) at 3:30pm, there will be a panel presentation entitled “The Art of Remembering: Artistic Landscapes of Public Memory” which will feature sculptor/artist Alison Saar as well as local poet Kaia Sand.
Both of these events will be held on the Lewis & Clark College campus. If you would like more information on these and other symposium events and a map of our campus, please visit http://go.lclark.edu/warrensymp .

Image: Beth Robinson
Beth Robinson (Book Arts ‘08) will be showing “ Boundaries Between” a solo exhibition at The Voyeur Gallery, 547 Blair St. in Eugene, OR. The opening will be included in the last Friday Artwalk in the Whiteaker Neighborhood on November 26 from 5:30 - 9:30. Robinson will give an artist talk on December 17 at 6:00. For more information check out the news link @ http://www.robinpress.com.

Mary Wells (’03) will be participating in a number exhibits over the next three months. November 12-14 she will have work at the 2010 Sitka Art Invitational Art Exhibit and Sale located at the World Forestry Center’s Miller Hall, Portland, Oregon. The sale benefits the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology located on the Oregon coast at Cascade Head. The Sitka Art Invitational is an important source of support for Sitka Center’s Workshop and Residency Programs. The Workshop Program provides opportunities for artists to teach and study in workshops from late spring through early fall. The Residency Program offers opportunities for artists to pursue individual research projects from late fall through early spring. Ryan Pierce (’03) held the Jordan Schnitzer Printmaking Residency at the center this October.
Between Mid-November, 2010 and mid-January, 2011 Wells paper mosaic work will be shown in three separate exhibits at the Viridian Artists Gallery in the Chelsea district in New York City. Art from Detritus, an international juried competition curated by Vernita Nemic, will show from November 16 – December 4 with an artists’ reception on Saturday, November 20, 4-7. Viridian Artists & Friends Holiday Show will be December 7 – 24 with an artists’ reception on Saturday, December 7, 4-7. New Viridian Artists & Affiliates will be shown from December 28 – January 15 with an Artists’ reception on Saturday, January 8, 4-7. Wells be present for the artists’ receptions November 20 and January 8.
Wells will also participate in the workshop Exploring Music and Musical Scores that will be taught by OCAC’s head of Book Arts, Barb Tetenbaum, at the New York Center for Book Arts in New York City November 19-21.

Image: Pat Krishnamurthy
Pat Krishnamurthy (09) will be showing a selection from her ongoing body of work, Story Quilt I: Texture, Text, and Time, at the Walters Cultural Center located at 527 E. Main Street in Hillsboro, Oregon.  The juried exhibition, entitled Elements: Multiple Parts/Singular Art will run from December 7th, 2010 – January 26, 2011.  An opening reception will be held at the Walters Center on Tuesday, December 7, 2010 from 6:00 - 8:00pm. Pat also recently launched her website: http://www.patkstudio.com

Artists: Call for Entries
Call for entries to show artwork at Pastrygirl located at 7919 SE Stark Street, Portland, OR 97215. Send five digital images of work made within the last two years and an exhibition resume to Devon Simpson at Artists selected will be able to display their work for two-month long shows.  Pastrygirl participates in the Montavilla First Friday Event.

Hilary Pfeifer (Metals ‘99) has a new installation at the Portland Building Installation Space titled “The Beauty of Life.“ Portland Building Installation Space through November 12, 2010.
1120 SW 5th Avenue. Building Hours: Monday-Friday 7am-6pm (sponsored by the Regional Arts and Culture Council)

Ariane (Dixon) Hopman (’05) has begun a new chapter at the Oregon Food Bank as Special Events Coordinator where she will be the logistical lead for the Waterfront Blues Festival. She will also be working with local businesses to facilitate large food drives.

Ryan Pierce (‘03) has a solo exhibition, Fear of Dogs and Water, opening November 15 at University of Nevada Reno’s Sheppard Gallery. Signal Fire will exhibit the work of summer residents in Dead Roads Make Nice Meadows, at PNCA’s Manuel Izquierdo Gallery in the month of November. Opening reception and performances November 4, 6-9pm. Ryan will talk about his work and the Signal Fire project for Portland State University’s MFA Monday Night Lecture Series at 7:30pm on November 15 at Shattuck Hall Annex. http://www.ryapierce.net and http://www.signalfirearts.org

Image: Sara Young
Sara Young (00), has a show opening and business launch entitled: articulations at Maas Gallery, 1314 NW Irving St. #609, on November 4th, 5th from 5 pm to 8 pm and on the 6th by appointment only. Articulations describes the haunting utility of the human anatomy.
Website for a limited visual list of pieces: http://articulation.imagekind.com/store/default.aspx
Blog: http://articulationsanddisections.blogspot.com/
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Articulations/144038425640122

Amanda Wall-Graf
NW Modern Art and Design Exhibition

Image: Courtesy of Museum of Contemporary Craft

Barb Tetenbaum, book arts department head, recently curated “Object Focus: The Book” at Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland with Gerri Ondrizek of Reed College and Namita Gupta Wiggers of MCC. The show runs November 18, 2010 – February 26, 2011. The artist’s book is an object that extends work beyond the boundaries of a gallery setting. Through selections from the significant 20th century modern and contemporary artists’ books in Reed College’s Special Collections, this exhibition explores the book as an object which defies the boundaries between art, craft and design, and moves along a spectrum from a recognizable to a deconstructed form.
http://mocc.pnca.edu/exhibitions/1245/

Heidi Schwegler, metals faculty, is showing her new installation “Hold,“ at Disjecta in Portland. The work is an installation of sculpture, audio and projection, which together speak of a moment of anguish. In conventional warfare two opponents confront one another and inflict damage until one side is defeated. Personal struggle, however, is a battle in which the enemy is not external; the enemy is the self. Situated in the mind, it manifests physically within the body and is particularly insidious; it is unnecessary and the opponent does not exist. Outside the mind and body, inner angst is mostly unseen.

Colt Toombs (mixed martial artist and son of the famous World Wrestling Entertainer “Rowdy” Roddy Piper) will stand in as the oppositional force. Filmed with green screen, Colt will put the artist Heidi Schwegler in a variety of defensive holds as she fervently tries to free herself. Each of these moments will discordantly contain moments of humor and futility.

A gate that rhythmically slams shut on a magenta chain link dog run, a jump rope cast in bronze, and a wool blanket suspended in frozen gesture are a few of the pieces to be presented alongside multiple video projections: the artist experiencing a catastrophic moment, Colt reciting text from Rudolf Arnheim’s text “Entropy and Art: An Essay on Disorder and Order,“ and a triptych of monitors that offer “The Perfect Experience.”
http://disjecta.org/events/heidischwegler.php

Image: Lena Welker
Lena Welker, library staff, is showing Navigation [chime] at North Dakota Museum of Art in November. She will be giving an informal talk the evening of the opening reception.

Image: Maggie Sasso
Maggie Sasso, wood department faculty, is showing “Chapter 1: In which Strange finds a tool and adopts a new aesthetic along the way,“ at Doppler PDX in Portland November 4 - 13, 2010 and by appointment. Opening Reception: November 4th 5:30 - 9:00 p.m. Gallery Hours: Saturdays (November 6th & 13th) 1-4 pm
 
In her previous work, Sasso has explored ideas about material culture, museum as institution, artist as anthropologist, and narrative through object making.  For her newest work she allows these themes to informed her material choices, while also allowing a new fantastical nature to generate the installation’s narrative based on Sasso’s alter ego, ‘Strange.’
 
Strange can “see the world with a sense of wonder, just as a child does” and thus begins to collect objects and create drawings which illustrate her journey. The result is a new (or rather a very old) aesthetic based on sea charts, repetitive patterns and antique tools.

Maggie Sasso is currently an Adjunct Lecturer / Visiting Artist for the wood department at the Oregon College of Art and Craft.  She received her BFA from Murray State University (2006) and her MFA from the University of Wisconsin – Madison (2010). She was the first Student Representative on the Board of Trustees for the Furniture Society in 2004. Sasso recently finished designing and building an installation for the new Madison Children’s Museum (with collaborator Kara Ginther).

My name is Lara, and I am looking for a talented student to work with us on an illustration project.  My boss Dr. Siamak Shirazi, LAc DOM, is writing a book about traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture theories, and would like an illustrator.  The book is currently in the final draft stage, and we’d like to start talking with an illustrator as soon as possible.  If there is anyone you know who might be interested in the project, we’d really appreciate you passing this information along.
I can be reached either by email, or by phone at 503-655-0044 (this is Dr. Shirazi’s clinic’s phone number)
Thank you for your time,
Lara

Talisman Gallery, located on Portland’s Alberta Street, is currently interviewing prospective members. Nestled in the heart of Alberta’s Arts District, this long time co-op gallery offers it’s artists a wonderful place to show their work, the freedom to create without restrictions and a supportive group to tap into. All mediums are welcome including 3D work. Please visit the gallery and website below to learn more about membership.
Deadline: 11/30/2010

http://www.talismangallery.com

Jennifer J MacLean is now being represented by the Amsterdam Whitney Gallery in New York. The gallery is located in the Chelsea art district.
http://Www.Amsterdamwhitneygallery.com. 

Image: Carla Klinker Cope

Carla Klinker Cope (‘03) is having a show opening titled Landed at Fireweed Gallery, 475 E. Pioneer Ave, Homer, AK on Friday October 1st from 5:00-8:00pm. Landed is a series of paintings about home and features the patterns and colors of life at the shore. Carla’s art blog is http://www.carlaklinker.com

In October Ryan Pierce will be at Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, participating in the Jordan Schnitzer Printmaking Residency. For two weeks he will live at the Oregon coast and work with Master Printer Julia D’Amario (formerly of Pace Editions).

Fear of Dogs and Water, his next solo show, will be at University of Nevada in Reno’s Sheppard Gallery. This ‘two-year retrospective’ will feature works from the NGHTMRBLVR series, and a catalog with a new essay by Pierce. Stop by the opening night reception and artist lecture November 18 at 5:30 pm if you happen to be, well, anywhere near Nevada.

The best thing about Ryan’summer was seeing Signal Fire grow to a new level. Amy and Ryan, the founders, held two sessions of the Outpost Residency on Mt. Hood for eight residents, and then Renee Jenkinson and Ryan led a backpacking trip for five more artists in the Wallowa Mountains of Eastern Oregon. In November we’ll celebrate with an exhibition called Dead Roads Make Nice Meadows, at Pacific Northwest College of the Arts’ Manuel Izquierdo Gallery, with work from the Outpost residents. The opening is November 4 from 6-9, and there will be some performances and video work to enjoy.

This will also be the release of Leaf Litter, a collection of writing and artwork by Signal Fire residents and friends. We are currently raising money to print Leaf Litter on Kickstarter, and we are almost there. Thanks to those of you who have generously donated already. Five bucks or more gets you a copy of the publication in the mail, and fifty or more gets you something extra special.

-Lastly, I am thrilled to share that my art heroine/ friend/ co-conspirator Ellen Lesperance just won the Betty Bowen award, for being the most amazing artist in the rainy part of the country. Big props.

Lisa Onstad and Suzy Root are having an art opening on October 14th from 6-9 at 1315 SE 9th. Go to Lisa’s blog for more info!
http://lisaonstad.blogspot.com/2010/10/art-opening.html

Image: Courtesy of Barb Tetenbaum

Barb Tetenbaum, OCAC Book Arts Department Head, was awarded the 2010 Sally R. Bishop Master Faculty Fellow to teach a master class and give a lecture at the Center for Book Arts in New York. Barb is the recipient of two Fulbright awards to teach in Leipzig, Germany and in Usti nad Labem in the Czech Republic, and has received other awards of support for her artwork and research. Her books are held in public collections in the U.S., Canada, England, France, Germany and the Netherlands.

Image: Phil Harris

OCAC General Studies Department Head Phil Harris is showing “See For Yourself: Experiential Prototypes” at Doppler PDX October 7-October 16, 2010. Opening Reception October 7 from 5:30-9:00pm at 625 NW Everett Street #109 in Portland. Gallery Hours: Saturdays 1-4pm.

“See For Yourself: Experiential Prototypes” is in every sense a group of prototypes: they lack polish. They are intended to draw attention away from themselves as objects, and toward their function, which is the direct experience of perception itself. Thus, the pieces can’t fulfill their promise unless they’re physically engaged by the audience allowing the separation between the seer and the seen to waver, perhaps becoming momentarily irrelevant. What do you see? How do you understand it? How do you share your experience?

Phil Harris is a Portland-based artist and photographer. His photographic work was published a retrospective monograph in 2000 and is housed in many collections, public and private, in the US and Europe. “See For Yourself: Experiential Prototypes” is the first exhibition of a new direction in Harris’ work.

Please check out this link to our webpage concerning two calls for entries for public art on TriMet’s Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project and at the Mt Hood Ave MAX Station:  http://trimet.org/publicart/index.htm

SAVE THE DATE
Celebrate a New Century with OCAC Building Dedication
Saturday, October 2, 2010
11:00am to 4:00pm | OCAC Campus

As a principal center for education, dialogue, and the mastery of contemporary craft for future generations of artists, OCAC is proud to announce the dedication of the new Jean Vollum Drawing, Painting and Photography Building and Bonnie Laing-Malcolmson Thesis Studios on October 2, 2010. The College and Honorary Event Co-Chairs John Gray, Howard Hedinger and Arlene and Harold Schnitzer invite the community to celebrate the unveiling of these new buildings from 11:00am-4:00pm, with a dedication ceremony at noon.

The wooded OCAC campus will come alive with fun for all ages including the introduction of new OCAC President Denise Mullen; free hands-on craft activities for children and adults; art and craft demonstrations; tours of OCAC studios and the new buildings; an alumni art sale featuring jewelry, fibers, painting, photography, wood, book arts and ceramic; Hands On Café lunches for purchase; Cornell Farm plant sale; Art Media art supply sale, art and craft books for sale from Monograph Bookwerks and face painting. Sponsored in part by KeyBank and Schwabe, Williamson and Wyatt LLP, this event is free to the public.

Beth Robinson (‘08) has had work accepted in the 8th Issue Autumn 2010 Bailliwik. This is a self-published, periodical book (and website) of work made by an ever-changing roster of members from around the world. Each year since 2004, we have come together to publish and distribute ongoing projects, new pieces, and limited-edition art works. All of the work in the book, some additional material, and past issues are available for viewing @ http://www.bailliwik.org .

Pam Gibson is showing “Bearing Witness: Tapestries, Paintings, Encaustics” at The Dairy Center for the Arts in Boulder, CO August 6-September 17, 2010.
www.pamelagibsonartist.com

Image: Nicole Gibbs
Nicole Gibbs (’06) has a new website at http://www.nicolegibbsart.com. She will be teaching this year at Columbus College of Art & Design in Columbus, Ohio.

Katie Behel (07’) was part of a group show opening titled Wearable at Worksound Gallery, 820 SE Alder, Portland, OR in August.  Her Work takes a fresh rubbery look at 3 familiar forms: the collar, the cuff and the tie. 

Hilary Pfeifer (‘99) is working on an installation for RACC’s Portland Building Installation Space in October. The project, titled “The Beauty of Life,“ which is based on a William Morris wallpaper pattern, will be composed of hundreds of pieces of jewelry. Follow along on her blog http://www.hilarypfeifer.blogspot.com to watch this project evolve, and through September 20, you can pre-purchase a piece from the show and help Hilary pay for production costs.  See a video that tells more about the project on Kickstarter at http://kck.st/dldIA8.  Hilary is also having an open studio day to showcase the project in progress on Saturday, September 11, where there also will also be a sale of art, art supplies, and music to make art by. The studio is located at 4634 NE 19th Avenue and the event will run from 10am throughout the day. 

Lori Mason (‘95) has quilts made from her own collection of printed fabrics featured in the following publications: Quilter’s Home June/July 2010, McCall’s Quilting July/August 2010, Quilts and More Fall 2010, Fabric Trends Magazine Fall 2010, Fons and Porter’s Love of Quilting January 2011. Preview her new Fall fabric line, the Woodland Collection on her website: http://www.lorimasondesign.com/ 


Ellen Goldschmidt’s (’00) show at Blackfish Gallery, Drawing Frames, was reviewed in the Oregonian. Click on this link to read the review. http://www.oregonlive.com/art/index.ssf/2010/08/review_ellen_goldschmidt_at_bl.html.  Goldschmidt participated in an August group show at Gallery 110 in Seattle. She will be represented in Eugene by Opus VII gallery starting in September.

Liv Rainey-Smith (‘08) is part of the September 3-27 “Black & White” group show at North Bank Artists Gallery, 1005 Main Street, Vancouver, WA 98660. http://www.northbankartistsgallery.com/

Liv will be demonstrating her woodcut printmaking technique at the Print Arts Northwest (PAN) tent during Art in the Pearl from 1-5pm Monday September 6th. http://www.artinthepearl.com

Liv will also be hosting Ink & Drink at Atelier Meridian, 665 N Tillamook Avenue, Portland, OR 97227. 6-9pm Friday October 8th. A good print studio runs on comraderie as much as its fine presses. One Friday a month everyone is invited to relax, snack, and enjoy a glimpse into the techniques of our featured artist. http://www.ateliermeridian.com 

October 9-10 & 16-17 from 10am-5pm, Liv’s studio is #62 on the Portland Open Studios Tour. The tour features a diverse group of 100 artists working in their chosen media. You will meet emerging artists in their 20s and 30s as well as mid-career and well-established artists from all over the United States and the world who have chosen to live and work in the Portland metro area. http://www.portlandopenstudios.com/

Jennifer J MacLean is now being represented by the Amsterdam Whitney Gallery in New York. The gallery is located in the Chelsea art district.  http://www.Amsterdamwhitneygallery.com.   





Image: Barb Tetenbaum

A Close Read: My Antonia, a new text-based installation by OCAC faculty Barb Tetenbaum, is on view at Reed College September 3-18. This month-long project began in early August, has the artist listening to a recording and reading the written text of Willa Cather’s My Antonia. She maps out her understanding of the novel, indulging her curiosity, questions and reactions as the story unfolds. An opening reception will be held on Friday, September 3 from 5:00-8:00pm at Reed College’s Edith Feldenheimer Gallery at 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd in Portland.

I am working on an installation inspired by the wallpaper and fabric patterns of Arts and Crafts designer William Morris, especially his most famous work titled “The Strawberry Thief.” I will individually sculpt thousands of leaf, flower, fruit and bird forms, which will be connected into an interlocking three dimensional wallpaper pattern that will span over 100 square feet. The plant elements will be made of the same materials as my previous work: reclaimed wood from deconstructed homes, or ornate picture frames, rulers, decorative fruit, toys, and cooking utensils. No found object will be easily recognizable. The pieces in the center of this installation will be harmonious, but as your eye moves towards the edges and to the parts growing onto the adjacent wall and floor, the flora and fauna will become more wild and unusual in form and behavior. These elements will break from their patterned routines, craning towards the light coming from the open ceiling above. A bird might now turn its head to peer at the viewer, a provocative object held in its beak.

A monochromatic carpet will fill much of the floor space of the gallery, and it will be apparent that some of the vines coming from the main wall have been covered by this surface, similar to the black ground cloth we use to smother unruly growth on an urban plot of land. These vines have traveled beneath the surface, however, sprouting up in far corners again. Like the edges of the wall installation, these plants are slightly changed when they re-emerge. This not only is a nod to the long running themes in my own artwork, but also a nod to Morris, whose outspoken political views made him a controversial figure in his time.

One of Morris’ most famous quotes is: “Have nothing in your houses which you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” As an homage to this concept, the components of this installation are actually wall-mounted brooches and tie-tacks. Eight pieces that extend from the wall to the floor are neckpieces.

Most of the funding levels for this project will reward Kickstarter backers with one or more brooches or necklaces from this installation. All work will be signed and numbered on the back, and then collected in an online flickr album, so supporters can choose their piece before the general public.

Please note that most of the work you see in this video is still unfinished. The brooch that you see coming off the wall and pinning to my sweater is an example of a finished piece. But never fear: I will update the page here with links to my blog, where I’m chronicling the creation of this complex project and will show finished pieces as they emerge. Visit my blog at http://www.hilarypfeifer.blogspot.com or see other projects from the past decade at my website http://www.hilarypfeifer.com

This will be my most intricate installation yet, so I will use Kickstarter funding to hire a team of professional jewelers and craftspeople to help me with the detailed construction work that this project requires. http://kck.st/dldIA8

Reconnecting Children with Families is a local, non-profit program that searches for long lost relatives for children who have been in foster care for so long that they’ve become disconnected from their family of origin. Often called the loneliest children, RCWF’s mission is to create lifelong family connections for these youth so that even if they can’t go home, they’ll always have a family.

We are currently looking for a volunteer artist to paint a large tree mural on the wall in the Beaverton DHS Child Welfare office, to provide a beautiful, visual depiction of our progress as well as the continued need for family connections. If you are interested in using your artistic talents to help kids in foster care, please contact RCWF Coordinator Sarah Kopplin at (503) 277-1703 or

Thank you!

The DPP and Thesis Buildings received Temporary Occupancy Permits last week and we have begun moving in!

Image: Travis Townsend

Travis Townsend, current OCAC Artist-in-Residence, is showing NEW THINGS + DRAWINGS @ DOPPLER PDX, 625 NW Everett Street #109 in Portland, Oregon. The show runs August 5-14, 2010 and by appointment. Opening Reception:  August 5th 5:30-9:00pm. Gallery Hours:  Saturdays (August 7th & 14h) 1-4pm
 

Doppler PDX presents Travis Townsend’s newest work: NEW THINGS + DRAWINGS. There is something refreshing and invigorating for an artist to break-away from their typical creating process and reworking of final pieces. Townsend takes on takes on and exhibits the results of his two week residency at Oregon College of Art and Craft.  For Townsend the two week period was a chance to put aside his lengthy process of making, looking, thinking, reworking months later, and then exhibiting a year (or more) later, and instead is creating a body of work in a two week period with minimal reworking time.
 

NEW THINGS + DRAWINGS are works created with using a mixture of plywood, reclaimed building materials, art student wood scraps, and other hardware store materials. Townsend’s works are idiosyncratic sculptures that play off the forms and function of tools, toys, and military equipment and include Townsend’s usual cast of characters (tanks, dead birds, flower bombs, and targets). While Townsend built, altered, and adapted his pieces, he also embraced the unplanned and oddly familiar into nearly useful-looking  sculptures that are imbued with human characteristics and gestures.
 

Travis Townsend studied at Kutztown University (BS 1996) and Virginia Commonwealth University (MFA 2000), has recently presented solo exhibitions at the Southwest School of Art and Craft (San Antonio), Weston Gallery (Cincinnati), Georgetown College (KY), and the New Arts Program (PA), and been included in group exhibitions at the University of Hawaii, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts (IL), Kendall College (MI); Spaces Gallery (Cleveland); Lehigh University (PA); and Zone: Chelsea (New York).  Images of his artwork have been published in The Penland Book of Woodworking, New American Paintings, and the Manifest National Drawing Annual.  His awards include an Emerging Artist Grant from the American Craft Council, a Fellowship from the Kentucky Arts Council, three grants from the Virginia A. Groot Foundation, and a National Young Sculptors Award from Miami University. He lives in Lexington, KY, teaches drawing, design, and concepts at Eastern Kentucky University. Travis recently curated an exhibition titled Generously Odd for the Lexington Art League.
  

For more information or to schedule an appointment, please visit: http://www.dopplerpdx.com