Open Engagement is a three-day conference that is an initiative of the Portland State University Art and Social Practice concentration and co-sponsored by Pacific Northwest College of Art and Portland Community College. Directed by Jen Delos Reyes and Harrell Fletcher and planned in conjunction with the Portland State University MFA Monday Night Lecture Series, this conference features three nationally and internationally renowned artists: Mark Dion, Amy Franceschini and Nils Norman. The conference will showcase work by Temporary Services, InCUBATE, and a new project by Mark Dion created in collaboration with the PSU Art and Social Practice concentration.

The artists involved in Open Engagement: Making Things, Making Things Better, Making Things Worse, challenge our traditional ideas of what art is and does. These artist’s projects mediate the contemporary frameworks of art as service, as social space, as activism, as interactions, and as relationships, and tackle subject matter ranging from urban planning, alternative pedagogy, play, fiction, sustainability, political conflict and the social role of the artist.

Can socially engaged art do more harm than good? Are there ethical responsibilities for social art? Does socially engaged art have to do civic or public good? Can there be transdisciplinary approaches to contemporary art making that would contribute to issues such as urban planning and sustainability? As both urban planning and contemporary art imagine new worlds, how can art projects be seen as potential models for living?

This conference is an intensive, immersive, around the clock experience. Open Engagement is approached as a social art work in itself. Artists will create housing, food, transportation, exhibitions, partnerships, exhibitions, tours, special events and include of multiple audiences from their own interests and practices, building on the ideas explored throughout the conference.

Open Engagement is a free conference that will happen May 14-17, 2010, in Portland, Oregon. Contributors are not asked to pay a registration fee and the public will not be charged to attend. Contributors to the event will be supported in the following ways: A variety of transportation will be provided that draws on Portland’s bike culture and takes advantage of its excellent public transportation. Contributors will be housed in Portland homes, paired with a host based on common interests. Several meals during the conference will be provided that emphasize slow food, community cooking and underground cafes. Other meals will highlight Portland’s food cart culture. Nightlife and social activities will be integrated into local businesses, using local pubs and cafes as conference hubs. Open Engagement is a conference, an exhibition/performance venue, a mini-residency and workshops. Participants will partake in experiences that connect them with each other: artists, art institutions, audiences, and communities.

You are invited to contribute to Open Engagement: Making Things, Making Things Better, Making Things Worse by submitting your projects, performances, tours, presentations, or panel ideas. Other formats are also welcomed. You are encouraged to think of ways to connect peers and colleagues at this conference, connect and engage a greater community and work across disciplines.

All interested individuals are encouraged to submit proposals. This conference is not exclusive to artists.

Part 1: Propose a project, paper, performance, discussion, intervention panel (or other format) that relates to the theme of the conference (500 word max).

Part 2: Write a short bio (100 words or less).

Part 3: Fill out the brief questionnaire and application form (http://www.openengagement.info). We want to help you make interesting connections at this conference, and this will help us facilitate that.

Email your submission to

DEADLINE:
January 15, 11:59pm 2010 (Pacific Standard Time)

WEDNESDAY DEC. 2, 7p.
Clark Art Talks, Monthly Artist and Scholar Lecture Series is proud to present Chas Bowie

Chas Bowie writes about contemporary art and photography. He is an art critic for the Oregonian and a contributor to numerous art and culture publications. Bowie currently teaches at Pacific Northwest College of Art and his artwork has been exhibited in museums and galleries nationally.

This lecture series is generously supported in part by the Archer Gallery, the ASCC (Associated Students of Clark College) and TILT Export:

Clark College
PUB 161, Fireside Lounge
1933 Ft. Vancouver Way,
Vancouver, Washington

OCAC Ceramics Guild Holiday Sale
Saturday December 5th 9am-4pm
Sunday December 6th 9am-2pm
Location: Ash Street Gallery, on Ash Between 6th and Grand

Part of the proceeds from this sale will go to the Oregon College of Art and Craft Ceramics Guild, an OCAC ceramic student and Alumni organization, to help students travel to workshops, conferences, and bring visiting artists to the OCAC campus.

For further questions, please email

Offsite Inprovments have started on:

• SW Barnes Road where new sidewalks, lighting, and a divided entry will be installed at OCAC’s main entry.
• SW Leahy Road where new sidewalks will be installed along the perimeter of the OCAC property.

• SW 84th where new culverts and improvments to the storm water ditches has already been completed.

Thesis Building:
• Wood siding is in progress on the Thesis building over an Air-barrier.
• Glass is being installed at the Thesis window wall systems.

• Interiors of the Thesis space is framed and ready for electrical work to start.

• Stairs to the roof deck of the Thesis space are now ready for the precast concrete steps to be installed.

Drawing, Painting and Photography (DPP) Building:

• The concrete stairs connecting to the upper courtyard have been poured.

• Concrete retaining walls for the new ramp/sidewalk along the uper side of the DPP Bldg. have been poured.
• Landscaping at the lower level parking lot is ready for plantings.

• The glass monitors in the DPP Bldg. are 90% installed.
• The custom darkroom sinks for the Photograpy Dept. have been set into each room.
• Installation of the air Barrier is ready to start on the DPP Bldg.

•  Washington County has approved final structural design revision to the DPP building storefront glazing system.
• Artist’s commissions for elevator lobby, lower level conference room and railings are in progess.

Hello I am a painter/artist, I worked for a building development company downtown. They have some unleased spaces, (great locations) and have given permission to use these spaces to display art. This will last until the spaces are leased.(or we piss the landlord off) There are no commissions, or fees involved. Artist are responsible for there own contacts, and sales.(if any) Mind you this is not a commercial venture.
This is not a forum political or otherwise. This is an art project to help artist display there work. I am not trying to lease these spaces, I do not represent the owner. We just have permission to show art. If you can go by S.W. Fifth and Alder to see what we are doing. And how we are displaying the work. And want to get involved and show your work, You may be asked to help i.e., making artist info sheets, setting up art work, help making easels etc.. You may need to provide your own easels or displays. I may be able to assist with easels, or displays. I am trying to include all types of fine art. I think that the window sills would do nicely for some sculpture. I will change work monthly.(depending on demand) Sold work must remain in show all month.
Please go by the space, and check it out before you respond. After you see what we are doing, and if you want to be included. Email mail a sample of, or link to your work to . The next location I will be setting up is at S.W. Third and Stark. I hope to have this set by the end of next week but space is still available.

Location: pdx

it’s NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

Original URL: http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/ats/1458202193.html

Sarah LaBarre (’08) was recently featured in an article in the November/December Issue of Fiberarts magazine about how to photograph your work from home.

Marilyn Joyce (’06) is included in an invitational/printmakers exhibition at Bite Studio, 2000 SE 7th Ave.  Opening night Friday November 6th, 6-10 p.m.  with additional November viewings
Fridays 11-3 and Saturdays 12-5.  www:bitestudio.org
Work is also included in “The Beautiful Book” exhibition at Abecedarian Gallery from November 6th to December 19th.  www:abecedariangallery.com

Liv Rainey-Smith (‘08) has had 2 pieces accepted into the “Printmaker’s Hand” exhibition at Northwind Arts Center in Port Townsend, WA (http://www.northwindarts.org) from November 6th - November 29th, 2009

Kathy Williams (’09) and Elyse Gambino (’09) have a show opening titled Ineffective Armor at Doppler PDX Gallery, Everett Station Lofts, 625 NW Everett St. #109, Portland, OR on First Thursday, November 5th from 5:30 – 9:00 pm. Ineffective Armor features work that studies the futile ways humans attempt to protect what we cannot protect. Images can also be seen at Doppler PDX Gallery’s blog: http://dopplerpdx.blogspot.com/

Laura Domela (’99) was recently hired by Rolling Stone Magazine to shoot the Portland band Blitzen Trapper for a column in the October 15, 2009 issue. http://www.domela.com

Blue Mitchell’s (‘05) acrylic lifts will be exhibited in the “This Land” show at StudioWEST in Eugene Oregon. Opening reception: November 6th, 2009, 6:00 - 9:00 pm, StudioWEST, 245 West 8th Avenue, Eugene, OR. Gallery hours: Tue-Thur 11am – 6pm, Fri-Sat 11am-9pm, visitstudiowest.com.

Nadine Sanders (‘93) is accepting registrations for Threads, Ruins, & Tunes, a 14 day tour of Scotland   April 8-21, 2010. Download brochure and registration form at http://www.singinweaver.com

Jennifer Anable (‘02)  has an exhibition opening titled Diverse Perspectives: Graduate work from the UMN Ceramics Department at Ylvisaker Fine Arts Center Gallery, in Mankato, Minnesota.  There will be a gallery talk and reception November 5th at 7pm.  The Gallery has a web cam if anyone cares to view this event. (http://www.blc.edu/studioart)

Heather Cavalieri (’03) currently has work showing at Ampersand Gallery & Bookshop 2916 NE Alberta St. Suite B Portland, OR from her show titled Works on Paper. Images can be seen at Ampersand’s website http://www.ampersandvintage.com or Heather’s website http://www.heathercavalieri.com

Terri Cutz (‘04) has a show opening titled Portraits in Profile: Idealized at Art Home Company, 438 SE 6th Ave in Portland, on Saturday, November 14th from 5:00 – 8:00 pm. Images can also be seen at http://www.tcutzstudios.com

Selene Robinowitz (04) was selected to participate in The Museum of the Gulf Coast’s Robert Rauschenberg Tribute Exhibition in October.  The juried exhibition was curated by Susan Davidson, Senior Curator for the Guggenheim Museum in New York and was on display through the month of October. Selene Robinowitz was also accepted into the Portland Art Museum’s Rental Sales Gallery where she currently has work on display.

Sandra Preston (’04) will be showing an installation at Gallery Homeland this November as part of a group show entitled Kunsthalle: Deutschland nach Portland. This show features artists with a Berlin connection, and is part of Gallery Homeland’s international collaboration with Brooklyn’s Stuhltrager Gallery called The East/West Project.  For more information about The East/West project contact or visit http://www.damstuhltrager.com/east_west.html.  Gallery Homeland is located at 2505 SE 11th St and an opening reception will be held on Friday, November 6. Sandra is also currently showing paintings at Portland fashion designer Alice Dobson’s store called Sofada.  The store is located at 2937 E. Burnside. 

Sara Young, MBA (00) has begun an interactive project and concurrent blog entitled: Bartering Fear and Desire, which will run from October 15th, 2009 to November 11th, 2010.  Follow the progress of the project at http://barteringfearanddesire.blogspot.com.

Colleen Flanigan (metals ‘97) was selected to be one of 20 Senior TED Fellows. http://www.ted.com.  Over the next three years, she will be attending 5 more TED conferences (Long Beach and London) and developing a collaborative, interdisciplinary touring exhibit about the oceans and coral restoration—a fusion of performance, visual art, video, science, and activism.
 
OCAC alumni, faculty and select students from the Fibers Department are showing work at Pendleton Center for the Arts. The opening reception is Fri, Oct 30 at 5:30pm; the show runs through Nov 14th. Embodying Oregon’s legacy of individuality and independence, the offerings by these artists display the beauty, versatility and sense of adventure that marks today’s contemporary crafts scene. Select images are displayed at http://www.pendletonarts.org/exhibits.

Malini Gupta ‘08, had two Broadsides accepted in the show “Broadsided: The Intersection of Art And Literature,” at 23 Sandy Gallery in Portland. The show was reviewed in The Oregonian in October. http://www.23sandy.com/Broadsided/artists/catalog.html
http://www.oregonlive.com/books/index.ssf/2009/09/23_sandy_gallery_hosts_two_exh.html

Beth Robinson(Book Arts ‘08) had a piece accepted in the “Dia de Los Muertos” Exhibition at Guardino Gallery in Portland, OR. (http://www.guardinogallery.com

Inge Bruggeman, Book Arts faculty, exhibited her book Unable to Find Each Other, Let Alone Ourselves in the group show “Threads: Interweaving Textu[r]al Meaning” at the Center for Book Arts in New York City. She was also one of ten artists to create a print for “Ink & Impact,” benefitting the 10th anniversary of Write Around Portland, a local non-profit that offers writing workshops for underprivileged and marginalized individuals. In June Inge gave a lecture and taught a workshop on text and image at Columbia College Center for Book and Paper Arts. She was also on a panel discussing the future of letterpress printing at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia at a conference titled “Hybrid Book: Intersection and Intermedia.”

Image: Karl Burkheimer

Karl Burkheimer, Wood Department Head, was recently featured on an Oregon ArtBeat segment on Oregon Public Broadcasting. He is also a finalist for Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder’s Prize at Society for Contemporary Craft in Pittsburgh, PA and will be included in “Transformation 7,” the exhibition associated with the prize.

Christine Clark, Metals Department Head, was awarded a Percent for Art Commission for OCAC’s new Drawing, Painting and Photography building. She was chosen to create two large light fixture sculptures.

Image: Jeannette DeNicolis Meyer

Jeannette DeNicolis Meyer, Studio School instructor, had her quilt, Full Circle, included in Lark Books’ upcoming publication, 500 Art Quilts. She’s also one of the artists included in this year’s Sitka Art Invitational November 14-15 at the Western Forestry Center in Portland.

Rebecca Kelley, General Studies faculty, recently co-authored with Joy Hatch The Eco-nomical Baby Guide, a handbook for every aspect of eco-friendly living with a baby. The authors prove that raising baby can be easy on the pocketbook and the planet. The book will be available March 1.

Current student Stephen Takacs and Photography Department Head Mark Rupert each had work in group show at the Mt. Hood Cultural Center and Museum at Government Camp. The work on display was created earlier this year at the Bull Run Powerhouse for the Art Comptemplates Industry project. The cultural center is the first stop for the work which will tour several other venues throughout the year.

Image: Barb Tetenbaum

Barbara Tetenbaum, Book Arts Department Head, is exhibiting work in “New Wave: Artists’ Publishing in the 21st Century” at the School of Creative Arts, University of the West of England, Bristol; “Boundless Transformations” Art Students League of Denver; and “The Vandercook Book” at Museum of Printing History in Houston, TX. She recently created a broadside for Write Around Portland’s “Ink and Impact” project, exhibited this fall at 23 Sandy Gallery in Portland, and she wrote an article on German artist, Andrea Nieke, published in the summer 2009 issue of Hand Papermaking. Barb’s work has been included on the website for the TV serial “Craft in America,” and she is currently organizing a national conference for the College Book Art Association to be held on the OCAC campus in January, 2010.

Image: Lena McGrath Welker

Lena McGrath Welker, Library and Front Desk staff, had her work published in an online catalog, 10th Wave 3, for Brown Grotta. http://www.browngrotta.com
The work was shown in their private home in Wilton, CT, at Jack Lenore Larson’s Longhouse in New York, and is now at Artifact.

Cecilia Shukwit, Craft Gallery Associate, won second place at the Jackson Bottom Wetlands “Tweet of Dreams” for her life-size needle felted bust of Albert Einstein. Cecilia donated the piece, and the proceeds from the auction sale benefits the Wetlands.

The Maryland Institute College of Art is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for the 2010 sessions of the Klots Artist Residency Program at the Château in the village of Rochefort-en-Terre in Brittany, France.

NEW THIS YEAR:
Because of the nature of our accommodations on the Chateau grounds, we are happy to announce that we are encouraging applications from artist-couples as well as from individual artists.

We have also extended the length of the sessions to five weeks.
The dates of our two five-week sessions in 2010 are:
Sunday, May 23 to Saturday, June 26
Sunday, July 4 to Saturday, August 7
Competitive residencies are open to artists and artist-couples working in any media and to writers (or artist-writer couples).  More information is available at http://www.mica.edu/Programs_of_Study/International_and_Off-Campus_Programs/Klots_Artist_Residency_in_Rochefort-en-Terre.html

The residency application deadline is January 8, 2010.

The Disjecta event for the HeART of Healing has been postponed to Spring 2010. We are staging three more events this month for HeART of Healing, so if you can join us fo rany or all of these, please do:

Oct. 25th, Sunday—O’Connor’s in Multnomah Village,

5-act blues/folk concert, 6-9pm, $12

Oct. 31th, Halloween—The Woods in Sellwood

Vagabond Opera concert and chilling seance festival, 9:30pm—LATE, $16

Nov. 6th, Friday—The Village Ballroom in NE Portland, off Dekum

Movement and electronica/ethereal/world beat extravaganza, 8pm-?, sliding scale of $10 to $25

We are looking for all types of products, groups and crafts for a family-friendly holiday event at Indian Hills Elementary School located at:  21260 SW Rock Rd. Aloha, OR 97006.
December 5, 2009 - 10am to 4pm.  Load in is at 8:30am
Vendor spots are available for $25.00 and consist of a 6 foot by 30 inch folding table.
For an application, please visit our webpage at http://www.ihholiday.blogspot.com or call Anne @ (503) 809-1721

Ellen Dissanayake
October 29 6:30pm
MFA Studios at the Bison Building, 421 NE 10th Avenue

Ellen Dissanayake is an independent scholar, author, and lecturer whose writings about the arts synthesize many disciplines and draw upon 15 years of living and working in non-Western countries. Her Darwinian viewpoint provides a broader understanding of the arts than is customary in most theoretical approaches. She is the author of three books: What Is Art For?, Homo Aestheticus, and Art and Intimacy, as well as over 70 scholarly and popular articles.

There is a more detailed bio of the speaker on the OCAC website at:
http://ocac.edu/#/events/calendar/2009-oct29-mfa-in-applied-craft-and-design-lecture—ellen-dissayanake-/

Architect, Charles Rose, has began collaboration with OCAC and artists who will integrate artwork into various portions of the building.

The new insulated Sarnafil roofing system, a vinyl membrane for green building, has been installed at the main Drawing, Painting and Photography Building (DPP). 

The Thesis Bulding has been framed and sheathed.

The canopy connection between the Thesis Building and the main DPP building has been completed and is ready for roofing materials to be applied. Structural steel work for the second story exterior deck was installed and is ready for fire-treated decking.

The large concrete retaining wall for the DPP stairs connecting to the Centrum building was formed and poured. The irrigation work for the landscaping work has also started.

Washington County has approved the plans for the facilities permit for OCAC. This will allow the new sidewalks along Leahy Road and Barnes Road to start shortly, as well as revisions and traffic controls to the main entry to OCAC from Barnes Road.    

The fire sprinklers and plumbing work is roughed-in on the photography department lower level of the DPP Building.

Image: Josh Smith

Colleen Flanigan (Metals, ‘97) plans to go back to Bali this December to build some more reefs (hoping wave energy) and do R&D with Capacitor http://www.capacitor.org  for a performance, art, science production about the oceans, corals, and movement. The mission to bring more awareness and empathy through the arts to the beauty and fragility of the mystery below the surface.  More information about the art piece she is hoping to incorporate at http://biorockbali.webs.com/  and http://www.globalcoral.org
Colleen Flanigan is also the Sept-Oct ‘09 featured member for Art and Science Collaborations, Inc. http://www.asci.org/artikel1053.htm

Ryan Pierce (Drawing ‘03) presents “Written from Exile,“ a solo exhibition at Elizabeth Leach Gallery in Portland, October 1-31. The suite of new paintings and sculptures recycles the narrative themes of Jerzy Kosinski’s “The Painted Bird,“ to pose questions about the human displacement that will occur due to global warming. A related book, partially funded by the Regional Arts and Culture Council, will be released at a gallery reception October 31. Also in October, Igloo Gallery will host a group show highlighting the 2009 residents of the Signal Fire program. http://www.ryanpierce.net and http://www.signalfirearts.org.

Sarah Turner (Metalsmithing ‘99) is co-curating an exhibition, ‘to be determined - an exhibiton of the first five’ with Maria Phillips (AIR ‘98) at the University of Colorado, Fort Collins (10/23-11/20/09) http://welcome2.libarts.colostate.edu/centers/hatton/first-five/first_five.html. At the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Sarah introduced a new lecture series, [FALL] Edition, and has started a new visiting fellowship in critical studies http://www.cranbrookart.edu/Pages/CriticalStudies.html.

Lori (Weyand) Mason (Fibers ‘95)  has recently been focusing on her memorial quilt commissions in addition to continuing her partnership with RJR Fabrics in producing a line of printed fabrics for quilters.  Look for her newly designed website to launch in the coming few months at http://www.lorimasondesign.com/

Judilee Fitzhugh (Fibers ‘02) and Peggy Harkins (Fibers ‘04) are showing at the annual Local 14 Show and Sale October 1-4 at the Forestry Center. This year’s theme is “Warm Your Heart with Local Art.“

Josh Smith (Wood ‘08) has been selected to participate in K Space Contemporary’s Third Coast National juried by Fairfax Dorn, founder of Ballroom Marfa. Smith’s work will be on exhibit Oct. 17-Nov. 28. He is also currently the Artist-In-Residence in Sculpture at Pacific NW College of Art.  http://www.kspacecontemporary.org

Image: Steve Hohenboken

Steve Hohenboken (Drawing and Textiles ‘91) is starting the MA in Art Therapy Counseling program at Marylhurst University this Fall. His photography can be seen at http://www.stevehphoto.blogspot.com.

Brandy Cochrane (Metals ’04) has an upcoming exhibition with local artist and director of galleryHOMELAND Paul Middendorf.  Part sculptural collaboration and part installation, The Dregs will be an examination of and tribute to the simple yet unusual life of a small Portland family using items that remained in their Irvington duplex after it was inherited by the current occupants. This show will take place at The Art Gym at Marylhurst University from January 10 to February 15, 2010 and is generously funded by a RACC project grant.

Marilyn Joyce (Drawing/Painting ‘06), Moe Snyder (Book Arts ‘07), Andi Smith (Metals ‘06) and Warren Buss have joined forces to form Random Occurrences Press. Their first group effort has been juried into Broadsided, the October show at 23 Sandy Gallery, NE 23rd and Sandy, in Portland.

Gail Cunningham (Fibers ‘03) had a solo show “Social Diagrams” at Bambi Gallery in Philadelphia, PA in September, and has another show planned for May at Hudson Beach Glass, also in Philadelphia. She just launched a website of her work: http://www.gailcunningham.com

Heidi Paul (Fiber ‘96) exhibited 3 conceptual felt pieces at the Santa Cruz Art League’s annual Fiber Exhibit this past July and will be teaching a feltmaking class at the Southwest School of Art & Craft in San Antonio in October.  Heidi also participated in the SF ACC show last August with her reclaimed cashmere work.  http://www.designbyheidipaul.com

Mary Wells (Book Arts ‘03) will be participating in the 16th Annual Sitka Art Invitational to be held November 13 – 15th at the World Forestry Center, Portland, OR. Proceeds from the sale will benefit the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology located on Cascade Head on the Oregon coast. http://www.sitkacenter.org

Lisa Sikorski (Metals ‘03) finished her MFA this May with a project titled “Bake Sale”. The project is a response to our current economic climate (CEC) and raised money for 5 different departments across the UW Madison campus. Please visit her blog for more info this and upcoming projects: http://onesmartcooky.blogspot.com/. Lisa also was an Artist in Residence and a guest chef at Mildred’s Lane, a J Morgan Puett/Mark Dion collaboration, in eastern Pennsylvania in August. 

Alissa Barbato (Ceramics ’05) began the MFA in Ceramics program at Rochester Institute of Technology in September.

Image: Janice Green

Janice Green (Ceramics, ’03) had a group of tea sets shown and sold at the spring Oregon Potter’s Association Showcase at the Oregon Convention Center. She also has work at White Bird gallery in Canon Beach, Oregon.

Shannon Lowry (Ceramics ‘08) current graduate student at the University of Colorado, has images of her in-progress performance/installation , titled   ‘f-r-a-g-m-e-n-t-e-d-s-e-l-f’ in addition to related writings and process photos available to view at http://adventuresofshalo.blogspot.com/

Danielle Sommer (Postbaccalaureate, Book Arts ‘07) is finishing her MFA in Printmaking at the California College of Arts in San Francisco.  She works as an arts writer for KQED and is participating in SMITHS, a storefront project organized by the artist Allison Smith.

Dan Anderson, Chris Held and Brian Pietrowski of VonTundra showed new installation based works at galleryhomeland in Portland in September. Von Tundra is a Portland-based design house specializing in the creation of contemporary furniture, fixtures, installations, and interiors. Since the group’s founding in 2007 its three members have honed an aesthetic vision that unites Modernism’s efficient lines with the warmth of familiar materials and handcrafted integrity. As both a licensed company and artist collaborative, Von Tundra pursues a range creative endeavors from client-inspired projects to conceptually focused gallery exhibitions.

Sam McKenzie organized the Heidel and Marino Sculptures Show at the Sixth Street Gallery, 105 W. 6th St. Vancouver, in September 2009.

Image: Leigh Radford

Leigh Radford published a free pattern for “Recycled Glass Covers” on the popular design blog, designsponge. 
http://www.designspongeonline.com/2009/09/diy-project-leigh-radfords-recycled-glass-covers.html

Read the review by Portland Monthly magazine of the work by OCAC student Jason Rens at Nationale.
http://www.portlandmonthlymag.com/blogs/culturephile-portland-arts/jasoncharlesrens-nationale/

Tiandra Cumminswon a scholarship from the Seattle Metals Guild, and was a featured artist in their newsletter.
http://www.seattlemetalsguild.org

Image: Karl Burkheimer and Matt Johnson discuss their collaborative project on view at the Museum of Contemporary Craft.
Image courtesy of Museum of Contemporary Craft.

Karl Burkheimer, OCAC Wood Department Head, will be featured on Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Oregon ArtBeat on October 15.  http://www.opb.org/programs/artbeat/

OCAC Studio School instructor, Rebecca Scheer, and Miel Paredes, OCAC metals studio manager collaborated on work they showed at Art in the Pearl over Labor Day weekend in Portland.
http://www.mielmargarita.com and http://www.rebeccascheer.blogspot.com

Micki Skudlarczyk, former OCAC studio manager and Studio School instructor, is in Holland for the next 3 months collaborating on an art project with dutch artist Jacomijn Schellevis. They are researching the mythology and belief systems around death and the afterlife as they were experienced in the Province of Overijssel, Netherlands from the Stone Age to the advent of Christianity.  http://www.origin-oorsprong.com