EM Space, book arts co-op is having an open house this Saturday the 18th from 6-10 to celebrate moving into our new space.  Wewere previously in a 425 square foot space in the Olympic Mills Commerce Center and now we have moved into a 2,000 square foot space located at 407 SE Ivon   Street.  The building itself can be a little hard to find so I would suggest looking it up on google.  We are near OMSI and the end of the Spring Water corridor trail.

We will have a DJ, food and beverages, a silent auction, raffle, and a show of EM Space members work.  I hope you can all come by and check outour new space.  Feel free to invite friends and forward this email to anyone you think might be interested.  We are also seeking new members so if you know of anyone who is interested in letterpress printing or bookbinding please encourage them to come to our open house.  For $100 a month you get access to printing & binding equipment as well as being part of a really amazing group of people.  If anyone can’t make it but is interested in becoming a studio member you can email . You can also check out our new website, which we hope to add more to very soon, at http://www.em-space.org.

And if anyone can contribute anything to our silent auction or raffle please let me know.  Items could be anything from a piece of your own artwork to a gift certificate to New Seasons to an overnight stay at a hotel or small bed & breakfast.  If you have anything to contribute please let me know.  We are trying to get items listed on the website ASAP.  We would like all items to be at the space this coming Thursday so we can start getting things set up but if you have an item to contribute and can’t get it to me (or EM Space) by Thursday we will still accept it Friday or Saturday.

We are expecting a good turn out and I hope to see you there.

Alisa

Oswego Lake House, a restaurant nestled on the Lake at Lake Oswego will be participating in the Wine & Cheese Festival and will be displaying local art’s work. We are seeking Painters and Photographers to display their art during the festival.  The date will be throughout the summer months. Additionally, there are two contests involved with this: Painting – “Capture the experience on the Lake” and Photography – “Fun in the Sun at Oswego Lake House.”  The winners recieve dinner for two at the Oswego Lake House and their work will be displayed for a period up to 3 months. Please contact me for further information:

Laura Alexander
Robert Gray Partners, Inc.
P.O. Box 1000
Sherwood, Oregon 97140
Tel.: 503-692-4675
Fax: 503-692-9292
Email:

It’s time to mark your calendars in permanent marker on May 16th with the words “Volunteer for Art Hop!“

We have lots of responsibilities that we’ll be needing help with. Please let me know what shift you are available to staff. Mark your preferences by number (1-3 with 1 being most favorable).

Road Closure, Vendor Set-Up & Stage Set-Up
__ 7:30AM - 11:30AM

Daytime Operations
__ 8:00AM - 12:00PM
__ 11:30AM - 3:30PM
__ 3:00PM - 7:00PM

Parade Crew
__ 2:00PM - 3:30PM

Kids’ Zone
__ 10:30AM - 2:30PM
__ 2:00PM - 6:30PM

Breakdown & Clean-Up (and hang w/ the AoA Board after the big day!)
__ 6:00PM - 9:00PM

Ready to sign up, or have questions?  Email them to .  As always, THANK YOU for all of your help, energy, enthusiasm and support! We couldn’t do this without you.

—Sincerely,
Kristin Shiga
Treasurer
Art On Alberta

Hi!
My name is Kat Martin and along with Mike and Kathy Jay we direct a summer camp for girls in Northern Minnesota.  We are looking for college-aged+ staff who can teach in our Art Village (arts & crafts, painting & drawing, ceramics and/or photography) to girls ages 7-15.

We are including some preliminary information about the Art Village positions available (including attached job descriptions for instructor and director positions) for the summer of 2009.  We are
hopeful that you might, as in years past, forward this message onto your students who are art majors or minors who, could in turn, contact usdirectly.

Here goes:

Northern Minnesota Residential Summer Camp for Girls is Seeking Seasonal Art Instructors for the Summer of 2009.

Looking for experienced people in the Art field (Arts&Crafts, Painting&Drawing Ceramics and/or Photography) to teach at Camp Kamaji beginning no later than June 9, 2009 with an end date of August 12,
2009.  We teach about 60-80 campers in Art (with four one-hour periods a day) every day. Instructors are teaching 7-15 year olds in the same period so the challenge is teaching projects that are fun, creative, challenging and achievable for each camper.

In addition to competitive salary including travel allowance, the possibility for internship credits, board and room ~ what’s in it for you??
(1)  Working with children makes you feel good about yourself.
(2)  Camp is a great place to find out if you would enjoy a career working with kids.
(3)  Camp provides a setting to develop skills - including leadership, teamwork, cooperation, motivation and organization.
(4)  Camp staff form deep and long-lasting friendships with other staff members and campers.
(5)  Working in the out-of-doors, in a beautiful setting, is a great change from school or work in the city.
(6)  Camp is FUN.

For more information please contact Kat by email

OR visit us at http://www.kamaji.com. where you can link onto the Staff Info page to read more and, if interested, complete and submit the on-line staff application.

Much appreciated if you can help out!  Thanks!
Kat, Kathy & Mike
—
Kat Martin
Camp Kamaji
Assistant Director
Chicago Office: 773-857-3378
St. Louis Office: 800-752-6254
Email:
http://www.kamaji.com
Online Enrollment form: http://www.kamaji.com/registration/index.php
Read Kamaji’s blog: http://www.kamaji.com/blog/

This year’s Art Hop is already well on its way to being the best event yet! In its tenth year, Art Hop offers our neighborhood and the city of Portland art exhibits, youth events, a community parade, craft marketplace, and entertainment stages. All of which have been important elements bringing people together and attracting visitors from both inside and outside the community with many coming back year after year.
Art on Alberta (http://www.artonalberta.org) has been working and collaborating with partners on this major project since summer 2007, and many businesses and community members are excited to be involved. Exhibition space for Thelma Johnson Streat’s work has already been secured at four NE Alberta Street established venues: Guardino Gallery, Grow Gallery, Talisman, and Ampersand.
Aside from showcasing Streat’s original work and other visual art throughout the neighborhood venues, vendor booths, children’s areas, music, dance and other performance art, and the beloved parade will be happening throughout the day.
This is where YOU come in to the picture: Art on Alberta needs volunteers for all of these areas and more - like event patrolling, set up, break down, recycling, gallery and vendor monitoring - on event day, Saturday, May 16th. The event lasts 11 A.M. to 6 P.M., and shorter (or longer!) volunteer shifts for each area are available. Please contact: for more details on how you can get involved.
Hosting a major art event such as Art Hop challenges our members, animates and inspires artists, unifies the business community, and builds Alberta Street’s reputation as an exciting place for art in the Portland metropolitan area. Join us in May – and volunteer for your neighborhood!

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Date: 2009-04-04, 1:02PM PDT
Curatorial Internship
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: MAY 4th, 2009
The American Museum of Ceramic Art is pleased to offer one summer internship sponsored by the Getty Grant Program of the J. Paul Getty Trust. This is an opportunity to receive training in all aspects of exhibition organization and installation, to assist with educational materials, to work with the curator on promotion and marketing, and to work with AMOCA’s growing ceramic collection. The goal of the Getty Multicultural Undergraduate Internship is to provide exposure to those professions related to museums and visual art organizations of the Los Angeles area. The internship will run for ten consecutive weeks and pay a stipend of $3,500.00 (before tax) on a bi-weekly basis.
ELIGIBILITY:
Candidates are sought from all areas of undergraduate study and are not required to have demonstrated previous commitment to the visual arts; however, art appreciation is a plus. Interns must provide their own housing and transportation. Strong organizational, computer, and writing skills are a must.
Applicants must be currently enrolled undergraduates who:
1. are of African-American, Asian, Latino/Hispanic, Native-American or Pacific-Islander descent
2. reside or attend college in Los Angeles County
3. will have completed at least one semester of college by June 2009
4. will be available for ten consecutive weeks of full-time work (40 hrs/wk, Tue-Sat) between the dates of June 1st and August 21st, 2009.
5. are able to provide original documentation of eligibility to work in the United States.

JOB DESCRIPTION:
Under the direction of the Assistant Curator, the intern will assist with all aspects of planning and presenting exhibitions. Interns will be given an insight and overview of the skills and responsibilities required to organize, install, and present an art exhibition for a professional museum setting. The experience will also include exposure to AMOCA’s non-profit structure and to the museum’s permanent collection, as well as hands-on training in all aspects of the everyday maintenance and monitoring of a museum.

The intern will devote approximately ten hours per week to routine tasks related to museum program operations and management. The remainder of the time will involve becoming familiar with topics such as AMOCA’s permanent collection, the infrastructure of a non-profit, development, and fundraising strategies.

Duties and Responsibilities:
Under the direction of AMOCA’s Assistant Curator, the intern will be directly involved in all aspects of mounting, maintaining and dismantling an exhibition. This includes exhibition record-keeping, research and documentation, exhibition design and installation, data input, printing and mounting wall text and labels, distributing lesson plans to local schools via email, assisting with the scripting of docent-led tours, and helping to create visitor hands-on activities.

Routine tasks will involve hosting the front desk, handling sales and invoices for museum store purchases, recording and acknowledging memberships, entering database information, answering phones, filing, coordinating mailings, and generating routine correspondence.

Familiarity with PC programs such as MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and Photoshop is recommended.

HOW TO APPLY: E-mail or send the following to
AMOCA, Getty Multicultural Summer Internship
340 S. Garey Ave, Pomona, CA 91766
Or

1) a cover letter describing the academic and/or work experience that qualify you for the internship
2) a resume

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: MAY 4th, 2009
Log on to http://www.ceramicmuseum.org under “Getting Involved” for more information about this opportunity.

  * Location: Pomona, California
  * Compensation: $3,500 for 10 weeks of full-time work
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Come out of your winter hibernation and help the children at the Children’s Relief Nursery in downtown St. John’s by doing what you enjoy most - making art. Children’s Relief Nursery -  http://www.crn4kids.org - provides child-abuse prevention and family support services at no cost to high-risk families in the North community.  Children’s Relief Nursery is having their Annual Portland Iron Chef Auction in 3 weeks and they have asked me to gather some artists willing to provide 2 - 4 hours of time to create an “art experience” for 1-4 adults sometime between April 2009 and April 2010.
Supporters will be bidding on these “Artist-Experiences” to raise money for the educational programs at the Children’s Relief Nursery in St. John’s .  They will be interested in the high-quality of artistic endeavors of the OCAC community. 
As an Artist Volunteer you would:
*  Create an experience of art-making in your studio or perhaps out in the community that is 2-4 hours in length.  Consider teaming up with a fellow artist!
*  Specify the number of Patrons that you can accommodate; I am suggesting 1 - 4 Patrons, depending on your studio size.
*  Have a conversation with the patron purchasing your “experience” in order to customize the experience based on their level of experience or interest.  (The art patron will contact you)
*  Provide your time and instruction ( use of recycled materials encouraged) and work directly with the patron(s) to create an object of art.
*  Enjoy the experience of introducing your love of creativity and art-making to a future-patron. (Don’t be surprised if they purchase your art once they see it!)  This is a marketing opportunity for YOU also.
*  Your artistic experience is valid for 1 year and and scheduled at a time that is mutually convenient for both artist and patron.
* Add this teaching experience to your resume!
* Provide Artist Statement and Bio and an image of your work to Children’s Relief Nursery, along with a brief description of your art experience: 

Children’s Relief Nursery will:
* Market your experience at their 2009 Iron Chef Auction, considered one of the most creative charity events in the country. 
*  Provide a materials budget of $10.00/patron
*  Provide the artist with a tax deductible receipt that shows the # hours of donated time

Examples of OCAC artists who will be participating in this project:
Judilee Fitzhugh -  Screen Printing ( up to 4 patrons)  for 4 hours
Cyndi Strid -  Mixed Media Painting ( 2 patrons) for 4 hours

For More information or questions, please contact:
Cyndi Strid 503-285-7878
Cynthia Jones, Volunteer, Resource & Event Coordinator at Children’s Relief Nursery 503-595-4512

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!  PLEASE RESPOND BY MONDAY, APRIL 11, 2009

Attention all Associate, Bachelor, and Masters Degree candidates with an interest in the visual arts, currently enrolled at a West/Southwest Regional public or private college or university.  No matter what major, if you paint, illustrate, sculpt, design, draw, photograph, or just create art, you are eligible to enter the 2nd Annual Fine Art Finals West/Southwest Regional Scholarship Competition.

Media accepted include:
  * Drawing   -  graphite, colored pencil, pen and ink, marker, pastel, charcoal, etc.
  * Painting   -  oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, etc.
  * Printmaking   -  etching, lithography, screen-printing, etc.
  * Sculpture   -  clay, ceramic, plaster, marble, glass, wood, resin, porcelain, metal, etc.
  * Jewelry   -  gemstones, precious metals or other materials, etc.
  * Fibers   -  textiles, fabrics, yarn, natural & synthetic fibers, etc.
  * Photography   -  traditional & digital.
  * Digital Art   - see our information page for details.
  * Graphic Design -  traditional & digital, see our information page for details.

This scholarship competition is dedicated to the promotion of talented and gifted emerging artists at the collegiate level and awards their mastery of technique and excellence of artistic achievement.  Finalists and Winners will be selected based on quality, originality, and the creativity of their work.

First Place:  $1200
Second Place :  $600
Third Place :  $300
Two Honorable Mentions:  $50 each

Entry Deadline: Postmarked by Friday, May 8, 2009.  For Entry Forms and Entry Rules, please visit our website.  For Competition “Call for Entries” 11x17 (Tabloid Size) Posters to display in your school, please download and print. from website.  To see the results from our previous competitions, including the First Annual Fine Art Finals West/Southwest Scholarship Competition of 2008, please see our website.

West/Southwest Region includes the following States: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington, & Wyoming

Entry Deadline: Postmarked by Friday, May 8, 2009

For more information, please visit us online: http://www.fineARTfinals.com

Or check out our blog for news, updates, and artist interviews:
http://www.fineARTfinals. blogspot.com

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My name is Dena Nickerson and I am looking to find an art student who might be interested in helping me fine tune a logo for my business.
I already have the main premise but need detail added and I am not a very creative person.  I do, however, know what I want it to look like.
I am hoping to find someone who might have a special interest in Urban styling i.e. Hip Hop culture and is in tune to what is going on amongst the 16-30 year old set.
I am willing to discuss an hourly wage and am flexible with hours that I can meet.
If interested, please call me, Dena @ (503)888-7407 before 8:00 pm.
Thank you
Dena

Fifty World-Changing Individuals to be Selected Annually for New, Prestigious Fellowship Program; 20 move to Senior Fellows Three-Year Program.  Initially 50 individuals, selected for the world-changing potential of their work, will be invited to participate in the TED community each year. At the end of the year, 20 of these 50 will be selected to be TED Senior Fellows, participating in an extended three-year program will bring them to six consecutive conferences, along with additional benefits. The principal goal of the program is to empower the Fellows to effectively communicate their work to the TED community and to the world.

The TED Fellows program will focus on attracting applicants living or working in five parts of the globe: the Asia/Pacific region, Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America and the Middle East , with consideration given to applicants from the rest of the world. TED will seek remarkable thinkers and doers that have shown unusual accomplishment, exceptional courage, moral imagination and the potential to increase positive change in their respective fields. The program focuses on innovators in technology, entertainment, design, science, film, art, music, entrepreneurship and the NGO community, among other pursuits.
A complete list of the 2009 Long Beach TED Fellows can be found at http://www.ted.com/fellows/2009.

The program is supported initially by the Bezos family, the Harnisch Foundation, private donors and Nokia, with additional in-kind support from Kodak, Livescribe and One.org. To support the program, email .
Details are available at http://www.ted.com/fellows/2009. For more information, please contact Logan McClure at +1 212.346.9333 or via email at .

Shannon Lowry

Liz New (Ceramics ‘07) is showing “The Sky is Falling,“ a ceramic installation at the Manuel Izquierdo Sculpture Gallery at Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland. The exhibition runs April 2-30, with an opening reception on Thursday, April 2 from 6:00-9:00pm.

Ingri Benson (Textiles ‘97) is working on a new line of Super Hero masks and gauntlets to add to her FiddleHead Fun game collection.  They may not change the Madoff scam but could inspire future generations to work cooperatively while wearing fishnets and gold glitter lightening strikes.

Shannon Lowry (Ceramics ‘08) has had digital work accepted in the “MIXTA” Exhibition to be shown at Sala de Expocisiones Amazonas, Universidad del Estado del Amazonas UEA Tabatinga, Brazil and Sala Janai-Iko, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Amazonia, Leticia, Colombia. In conjunction with this, as part of a collaborative art initiative she traveled to Colombia, Brazil and Peru in March to complete sound recording for a project that will be exhibited in the US later this year. Photos and stories of this journey, along with sample sound and video art clips will be posted on her blog site throughout April: http://adventuresofshalo.blogspot.com/

Suzanne Lussier (Ceramics ‘08) has been awarded an assistantship to Haystack Mountain School of Craft for the upcoming summer.  Suzanne will also be taking on an apprenticeship with ceramic artist, Lisa Orr this spring.

Blue Mitchell (Photography ‘05) is showcasing his back-lit burnt transparencies at 12x16 gallery in April. The exhibit “Four: Contemporary Approaches to Photography” also features Kerry Davis, Ken Hochfeld, and Lee Ann Slawson. Visit http://www.12x16gallery.com/ for more information.

Courtney Murphy (Ceramics 04) will spend a three month residency at the Arche Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana this summer.

Ben Neubauer (Metals ‘00) recently exhibited at the Palm Beach Fine Craft Show and CraftBoston. April 4th and 5th he will be participating in a group home show at the home of Ann Williamson at 4334 NE Davis St.

Selene Robinowitz (‘04 Drawing/Painting) will have a show “From Rock’n Roll to the Canvas” at Studio 2507, 2507 SE Clinton Street, Portland OR 97202, for First Friday, April 3, 2009.  There will be an opening reception from 6—9 pm.

Nadine Sanders (Fiber Arts ‘93) will lead her third fiber and music tour to Scotland in April 21-May 4. Follow along as the “Threads, Ruins, and Tunes” tour circumnavigates Scotland and the northern and western isles. http://www.singingweaver.blogspot.com  Before the tour Nadine will teach a weaving workshop in Newport, England.  Registration for the 2010 tour open late May 2009.

Sarah Turner (Metalsmithing ‘99) has developed a new Visiting Teaching Fellowship at the Cranbrook Academy of Art . Check out the new program at: http://www.cranbrookart.edu/Pages/NewsEvents.html.  She also visits RISD this Spring to conduct a graduate seminar on mapping ideas within studio work.

Image: Michael deForest

Michael deForest, Wood faculty, has a piece in “Challenge VII: DysFUNctional,“ a show sponsored by the Wood Turning Center in Philadelphia. It will travel for three years and will be at the World Forestry Center in Portland in 2011. http://www.woodtruningcrenter.org. He also has two pieces in “Craft in America: Focus on Wood”, a show at The Society of Arts and Crafts in Boston that runs through April.  http://www.societyofcrafts.org. He currently has two wooden teapots in “Hot Tea”, a show sponsored by del Mano Gallery in Los Angeles through April 25. http://www.delmano.com

Phil Harris, General Studies Department Head, juried a regional photography show at the Corvallis Art Center in Oregon.

Jiseon Lee Isbara, fibers department head, is participating in “Pojagi & Beyond,“ the American Quilter’s Society in Kentucky in April.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009 3:57 PM

The International School of Beaverton would like to invite you to present your wares at their first
Spring Market, May 8th 2:15-7pm and May 9th 10-2pm. This is a fundraiser for the school, to help
with funds lost to budget cuts. There will be a book fair, student art show/sale, student musical presentations
plant sale, summer camp preview, Portland Roasting co coffee sales, Willamette Valley Pies and crafts for sale.
Because this is our first market, we have decided to waive percentage of sale for crafters, and ask for a flat table fee of
$35 per table, any extra needs to be negotiated. Of course, a donation of percentage of sales would be
accepted! Please contact Mary (parent volunteer, board member) at if you are interested, or have questions, Thank-you!

International School of Beaverton
17770 SW Blanton Street
Aloha, OR 97007

April 18–26

To honor the craft of paper artistry, the Portland Japanese Garden is hosting The Paper Garden, a show of exquisite paper arts from April 18–26 in the Garden’s Pavilion. Several local artists will display an array of paper art styles and demonstrations in the art of paper crafts will be held throughout the day on April 18–19 and 25–26. All of the beautifully crafted papers will be available for purchase as well. Several local artists will display an array of paper art styles and demonstrations in the art of paper crafts will be held throughout the day on April 18–19 and 25–26.

Parallel Worlds:  Art of the Ainu of Hokkaido and Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest
June 6-28

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Portland-Sapporo Sister City Association, this exhibition is believed to be the first exhibition of its kind to compare the extraordinary textile art of indigenous people of North America and Japan . Parallel Worlds offers a rare opportunity to view exquisitely designed traditional Attush and Ruunpe ceremonial robes from Ainu artists of Hokkaido , opposite stunningly woven Ravenstail and Chilkat robes by Native American artists of the Pacific Northwest . Parallel Worlds is the second of three exhibitions in our popular 2009 Art in the Garden series. In February, we showcased the fine calligraphy by Yasuyoshi Fujii and his Meito Shodo Kai School of Calligraphy. The final presentation in the series occurs in November with the introduction of new works of art in the form of Bontei tray gardens by Marc Peter Keane, landscape architect and noted author of Japanese Garden Design.

Thank you,

Stephanie Moss
Coordinator of Tours & Volunteers
Portland Japanese Garden
(503) 223-9233

More than $40,000 supports seventeen organizations across the state.

Hello Neighbor projectOCH’s statewide board of directors awarded Public Program Grants to sixteen Oregon nonprofits in late February. OCH also awarded one Opportunity Grant this month.

The following organizations received 2009 Public Program Grants (please visit the OCH Grants page to see more details about the funded projects):

  * $1,000 to the Aurora Colony Historical Society ( Aurora )
  * $1,000 to Caldera ( Portland ) (Photo at right: Hello Neighbor participants by Tyler Kohlhoff)
  * $2,000 to Columbia Gorge Community College ( The Dalles )
  * $3,500 to the Holy Names Heritage Center ( Lake Oswego )
  * $2,077 to Illahee ( Portland )
  * $1,000 to Independent Publishing Resource Center ( Portland )
  * $3,030 to the Miracle Theatre Group ( Portland )
  * $1,000 to the Multicultural Association of Southern Oregon ( Medford )
  * $2,500 to the Newport Library Foundation ( Newport )
  * $3,500 to Northwest Institute for Social Change ( Portland )
  * $5,000 to Oregon Shakespeare Festival ( Ashland )
  * $4,800 to Portland State University ( Portland )
  * $4,700 to Ross Ragland Theater and Cultural Center ( Klamath Falls )
  * $1,400 to Scio Public Library (Scio)
  * $1,415 to Tamastslikt Cultural Institute (Pendleton)
  * $2,078 to Umpqua Community Development Corporation ( Roseburg )

An Opportunity Grant of $1,000 was awarded to Central City Concern ( Portland ) for its African-American History Exhibit Planning Project. For more information on how to apply for Opportunity Grants, which are accepted year-round and reviewed monthly, please visit the OCH website or contact Program Director Jennifer Allen at (503) 241-0543, ext. 118, or by email.