The Book Arts Department 2008 Print Portfolio was on view at Utrecht in NW Portland May 7-June 1, 2009.

Construction on campus is really picking up steam as we head into summer. Robert Gray Construction has made great progress and we are close to opening back up the lower lots for parking. Sixty new spaces will be available for use on June 15!

The metal roof decking is also complete on the new Drawing, Painting and Photography building, and the interior framing on the lower level of the building has begun.

Image: Heidi Schwegler

Heidi Schwegler, Metals faculty, lectured at the University of Art and Design Burg Giebichenstein, Halle. She also has a solo show at the Hallie Ford Museum in Salem in May, and is participating in “Call + Response,“ an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Craft in June.

Jiseon Lee Isbara, Fibers Department Head, will be showing new work in “Call + Response” at The Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland in June.

Inge Bruggeman, Interim Book Arts Department Head, In June I will be giving another lecture as part of another panel discussion on Contemporary Letterpress Printing at the Hybrid Book: Intersection + Intermedia at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA.

Karl Burkheimer, Wood Department Head, will be showing new work in “Call + Response” at The Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland in June.

OCAC alumni Tracy Taylor Nehrling, Beth Robinson, Brianna Cross and Cyan Bott are showing “Where Do We Go From Here?“ at SideShow Gallery in Portland during the month of June. These four artists come together to present work based on a common interest in working with materials and concepts at hand. Together they are questioning life, taking stock in their surroundings, and forging ahead with a combination of both camaraderie and bootstrap ethic. Opening June 4, 2009 6:00-8:00PM. Beth Robinson will give an artist talk on June 12 @ 6:00PM. SideShow is located in the Everett Station Lofts at 625 NW Everett Street, #106 in Portland.

Don’t miss Portland Art Spark this month as OCAC alumni Brennan Conaway, Matt McCalmont, and Charissa Niles speak briefly about Nowhere, an arts collective they founded in 2005. See them on Thursday, June 18 at Rontoms, 600 E Burnside. http://www.nowheregallery.org 
Portland Art Spark is a monthly mingling that gives artists a chance to meet, discuss, applaud and plot the growth of the arts in Portland. Previous hosts include: Mayor-elect Sam Adams, OCAC Bonnie Laing-Malcolmson, OPB ArtBeat’s Jeff Douglas and KC Cowan, and Milepost 5’s Gavin Shettler. http://www.portlandartspark.com

Marilyn Joyce (draw/paint ‘06) is part of Town and Country: Oregon at 150, a juried group exhibit at the Froelick Gallery in Portland, Or.  The show runs June 2nd - July 11th.  First Thursday, June 3rd, 5 - 8:30.  For more information:  http://www.froelickgallery.com.  Additional work is included in The Beautiful Book show at 23 Sandy Gallery in Portland, Or.  June 5th - 27th.  First Friday, June 5th, 6 - 9 p.m.  For more information:  http://www.23sandy.com

Beth Humphrey ( Fiber Arts 95) has 5 pieces in the “Hudson Valley Artists 2009: Ecotones and Transitional Zones”  Exhibition at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art in New Paltz, New York (http://www.newpaltz.edu/museum) from June 13th -September 6th 2009.  Beth also has a new web site of her current work : bethhumphrey.com

Moe Snyder (Book Arts 07) has had 2 pieces accepted in “The Beautiful Book” exhibition at 23 Sandy Gallery, 623 NE Sandy, Portland. The show runs June 5-27, 2009, with first Friday festivities from 6-9 pm.

Ellen Goldschmidt (Drawing/Painting ’00) has joined Blackfish Gallery (http://www.Blackfish.com) in Portland, OR. Her first show with Blackfish is scheduled for August, 2009.  http://www.ellengoldschmidt.com.

Rachel Wiecking (Book Arts ‘02) is finishing her first year of graduate school in Interdisciplinary Art + Design/Art History at Purchase College in New York. She has been nominated for the Dedalus Foundation Master of Fine Art Fellowship in Sculpture by the Purchase graduate faculty.

Andrew Buckland (Photo ‘06) has accepted a Job at New York University as a Manager of the Advanced Media Studio he started this past December. He also has 5 images in the “Unorthodox Landscapes” Exhibition at Chesapeake gallery at Harford Community College, Bel Air, Maryland from June 5 - September 18, 2009. The reception date is September 15, 2009, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.  http://www.andrewbuckland.com.

Nicole Gibbs (Ceramics ‘06) showed her graduate thesis work in Ohio State’s “2009 MFA Exhibition: Begged, Borrowed, and Stolen” (http://www.uas.osu.edu/mfa2009). Three pieces of her work have also been selected for “After the Pedestal: The 5th Annual Exhibition of Smaller Sculpture from the Region” at The Sculpture Center in Cleveland, OH.  In addition, she was just awarded a solo exhibition at the Ohio Art League Gallery in Columbus, OH for January 2010. 

Greetings from The Ko-Falen Cultural Center in Bamako , Mali !

We are currently accepting applications for Winter 2009-10 workshop sessions and would appreciate if you could circulate the attachment to the appropriate departments and interested persons in your institution. View our website at http://www.ko-falen.org and contact us for more information.

Ko-Falen Cultural Center , located in Bamako , Mali is the inspiration of Baba Wagué Diakité, a Malian artist and writer now living in Portland , Oregon .  It has been his dream to share the culture of his home country with the people of his adopted home.

Ko-Falen Cultural Center seeks to promote cultural, artistic and educational exchanges between the people of the United States and Mali through art workshops, dance, music and ceremony.  We believe that a greater understanding and respect between people can be reached through these personal exchanges.

We look forward to sharing our Center with you.
Baba Wague Diakite and the Ko-Falen Cultural Center Board

Where Do We Go From Here?

This June at SideShow gallery Portland , four artists come together to present work based on a common interest in working with materials and concepts at hand. Together they are questioning life, taking stock in their surroundings, and forging ahead with a combination of both camaraderie and bootstrap ethic.

Tracy Taylor Nehrling is a Portland – based fibers artist and painter. Her weavings are colorful and contemplative. “Weaving acts as a metaphor for slowing down and being in the present moment.  The majority of decisions are made in this moment, creating spontaneous works based on trust and intuition.”  Beth Robinson is a book artist and storyteller. Her visual metaphors have a playful poignancy. “I have felt that many where disheartened by the actions of the pervious administration, causing a questioning of our personal and national culture and identity. The title “where do we go from here?“ inspired me to create a small collection of realizations and tools to move forward. “ Working in tandem, Brianna Cross and Cyan Bott are cooking up a site specific installation. “The contents of the home, re-contextualized, for your viewing pleasure- and the constant irrational juxtaposition of things in the urban environment”

Opening June 4th, 2009 6-8 pm.
Beth Robinson will give an artist talk on June 12th @ 6 pm.

SideShow
Everett Station Lofts
625 NW Everett Street, #106
Portland, Oregon 97209

Corporate Environments is a provider of workplace solutions. We have recently redone our showroom (and we’re also about to finish a new website and branding… so don’t let our 20 yr old webpage discourage anyone!) and are in need of some artwork to put on our walls. As a Knoll dealer, we provide a range of furniture, from Mies Van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair to the workspaces at the adidas and Les Schwab headquarters. Architects and Designers are in our showroom regularly, as well as heads of Fortune 500 companies, and every day people who have a love of modern design.

We are incredibly committed to supporting our community as well as the environment. We keep this in mind when choosing who to partner with on any project. For our artwork, Oregon College of Arts and Crafts came into mind because of its wide range of studies in Fine Art. As a furniture (and textiles!) dealer, we connect with any designer that combines form and function. As designers, we also love the use of unconventional materials used in a conventional way or vice versa. I think the student artwork at OCAC meshes quite well with our company culture.

Anything that can hang on the wall works, plus I’d love to show some student-made furniture as well! June 25th is the potential date of our open house. We’ll be having a large party here, which includes our clients and the design community. It would be great if we could work on display by then, and it would be a great opportunity to show the students’ work to a large group of interested people!

Let me know if anyone would like to a part of it and we can work out the details. Thanks so much.

Kristen Liebert
Sales and Marketing Assistant
707 SE Belmont • Portland , OR • 97214
t. 503.963.6212 • f. 503.236.1300

Corporate Environments
a Knoll Dealer

The All-Oregon Art Annual is an exhibition that runs concurrently with the
Oregon State Fair from August 28 through September 7.

With the participation of Jane Beebe of PDX Contemporary Art and artists
George Johanson and Ronna Neuenswander, we are again fortunate to have a
strong panel of jurors. This and the fact that the Oregon State Fair
offers access to over 365,000 people make this a great opportunity for
artists.

If you have any questions, I can be reached at 503-362-5386 or at
. Thanks for your help in getting the
word out!

Eileen Cotter Howell
Coordinator,Professional Division
All-Oregon Art Annual

Drawing, Painting & Photography Building Update

Construction of the Drawing, Painting, and Photography building (DPP) and adjacent Student Thesis Studio is well underway and slated for completion in October 2009. The two-story DPP building is 14,941 square feet and includes 6,240 square feet of drawing and painting studios. The floor dedicated to photography features 5,645 square feet of studio space as well as five film developing stations and three darkrooms. Expandable classrooms capable of holding up to 200 people provides much needed space for lectures and an alternate location for Art Adventures children’s programs during inclement weather.

We appreciate our beautiful campus setting and are on track to achieve LEED silver certification with our building project. Sustainable design has been a critical criterion in the development of the DPP studio and Thesis buildings. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™ encourages and accelerates global adoption of sustainable green building and development practices through the creation and implementation of universally understood and accepted tools and performance criteria.

LEED is a voluntary third-party certification program and the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings. LEED gives building owners and operators the tools they need to have an immediate and measurable impact on their buildings’ performance. LEED promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in five key areas of human and environmental health: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality. Building commissioning is an essential step in the design and construction quality assurance process. For any project to be certified, LEED requires basing commissioning procedures. The College has retained Interface Engineering to provide commissioning services. Being LEED commissioned validates the LEED scorecard and assures the building operation is in accordance with design.

LEED Performance criteria developed by the US Green Building Council:
• Improve the energy efficiency of the buildings and limit their environmental impact. • LEED Green Building Rating System is voluntary. • LEED promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in 5 key areas:

Sustainable Site Development • Water quality will be provided using storm filter cartridges • Storm water runoff will be collected in a retention pond to minimize storm water leaving the site after development • Climate tolerant plantings to minimize amount of irrigation

Water Savings • High efficiency plumbing fixtures

Energy Efficiency • Thermally-broken windows • Improved exterior insulation and building materials • High efficiency mechanical system using Variable Volume Refrigerant system

Materials Selection • Construction waste will be recycled • Specifying materials with recycled content throughout the project • Materials sourced from local manufactures (within 500 miles) wherever possible. • FSC-certified wood and wood products have been specified.

Indoor Environmental Quality • Design Team has specifies sealants, paints and composite wood products that reduce indoor air contamination • Maximizing daylight to interior spaces • Light controls in each room and operable windows for natural ventilation.

One Deadline For All Shows: July 31, 2009

Exhibit your work among the best! For over 35 years American Craft Council shows have become the model for quality and leadership in the craft field. If you produce original and handmade work in ceramics, glass, metal, jewelry, clothing and accessories, furniture and lighting and more, apply now. It’s an opportunity to exhibit and sell your work across the country to thousands of craft buyers, collectors, and enthusiasts who attend the shows. Artists juried in will gain access to the Council’s nationwide network of marketing and public relations firms, be featured on the Council’s website year round and published in the show directories. Pick and choose among one wholesale and four retail shows produced throughout the year.

2010 Show Schedule
Baltimore wholesale: February 23-24 **NEW** 2-day show
Baltimore retail: February 25-28 **NEW** 4-day show
Atlanta retail: March 12-14 (Preview Party March 11)
St. Paul retail: April 16-18
San Francisco retail: August 6-8

All applications will be reviewed under a rigorous jury process; results will be announced in September. Deadline: July 31, 2009. Apply on-line at http://www.zapplication.org.
A complete prospectus is available at http://www.craftcouncil.org/apply. And the Council staff is available to help with your application. Email , or call us at 800.836.3470 x276.

Note: If you are new to the digital world, you may seek additional help. We recommend the professional services of Larry Berman who is available at a very reasonable rate. http://www.bermangraphics.com. 800-350-9289.

The American Craft Council is a national, nonprofit public educational organization founded in 1943 by Aileen Osborn Webb. The mission of the Council is to promote understanding and appreciation of contemporary American craft. Programs include the bimonthly magazine American Craft, annual juried shows presenting artists and their work, the Aileen Osborn Webb Awards honoring excellence, a specialized library, conferences, workshops and seminars. http://www.craftcouncil.org

MINNEAPOLIS (May 12, 2009) — The American Craft Council announced today a call for nominations for student scholarships to attend its 2009 conference, “Creating a New Craft Culture,” to be held October 15-17 in Minneapolis.
Students at both the graduate and undergraduate level of study are invited and encouraged to apply for scholarships. All applicants must be nominated by a current faculty member or administrator at their current place of study. Additionally, students will be asked to submit a brief (no more than 500 words) essay, outlining their basic reasons for wanting scholarship support to attend the conference.

A committee will select both local and national scholarship recipients. The Council will underwrite all conference registration fees and hotel stay expenses (three nights) for the awardees.  Scholarship recipients are expected to cover their own costs of travel to and from Minneapolis . The deadline for scholarship applications is June 1 and recipients will be notified by June 29. 

The three-day conference will bring together dynamic voices from the field and beyond to discuss craft’s changing role and will feature keynote presentations, interactive panels and sessions. The star-studded line-up of presenters include Dr. Richard Sennett, professor of sociology at New York University and the London School of Economics, and author of The Craftsman; Rob Walker, columnist for the New York Times Magazine and author of Buying In: The Secret Dialogue Between What We Buy and Who We Are; and Garth Clark, esteemed curator, scholar, historian and gallerist.

“The Council has a strong history of giving emerging makers opportunities to bring their work to the marketplace and platforms for engaging in ongoing dialogue about the future of craft,” said Monica Hampton, director of education, American Craft Council. “In continuing this tradition, we’re pleased to offer student scholarships to our 2009 conference.”

For additional details including how to apply and the criteria for student scholarships, as well as conference details and registration, please visit http://www.craftcouncil.org/conference09

We have had this kiln for 5 years and we have used it about 10 times. It is in perfect condition. We just don’t use it enough, so we have decided to sell it.
We paid $1800 for it, and we’re asking $1200. Cash only, please.
Below are the specs from Rio Grande catalog, and a link to their description and photos.
We also have a centrifugal caster that we want to sell. If you’re interested in both, we’ll work out a package deal!
Feel free to call or email if you want to come over and take a look at the kiln!

Bill 503.236.8442

Nine-Program Neycraft® Vulcan® Oven
Item Number: 703028
Description: •Powerful built-in controller for customized, automated burnout. • Easy to program and operate. Nine three-stage programs are linkable to six stages. • Delayed start up to seven days; holds final temperature up to 99.59 hours. • Hybrid muffle is more durable than any fiber muffle for a longer life. • Durable, charcoal-grey powder coated steel cabinet. • Includes an 8” x 8” (20 x 20cm) floor tray.  Solid flask capacity: Fifteen 2” x 3” or four 4” x 6” flasks;Perf. flask capacity: Two 4” x 6” flasks;Heating elements: 14-gauge muffle-imbedded in ceramic, exposed element;;Controller: Nine three-step programs; linkable programming;
Sold as each.
Specification: Overall size: 15"W x 12"D x 15"H (38.1 x 30.5 x 38.1cm) Chamber size: 9"W x 9"D x 7"H (22.8 x 22.8 x 17.8cm) Temperature: 2012°F (1100°C) maximum Power: 120 volts, 12 amps lbs. (26.3kg)
Made in USA

May 6, 2009
In the September 2009 issue, Ceramics Monthly will feature the works of undergraduate clay artists.  Anyone enrolled in clay classes at an accredited post-secondary institution may apply.  In an effort to keep the quality and variety at a high level, we ask you to encourage the undergraduate artists whom you know to apply. Please forward the following in a timely manner so that interested undergraduate artists have time to prepare and submit materials.
 
Submission Requirements:
To be considered, please submit up to five professional-quality digital images (300 ppi resolution on CD, plus a color print of each image at 100% scale), with complete descriptions of the works, contact information, artist’s statement and résumé. Send to Undergraduate Showcase, Ceramics Monthly, 600 N. Cleveland Ave., Suite 210, Westerville, OH 43082.  Do not submit materials in binders or folders. E-mailed submissions and submissions of more than five images will not be considered. Materials will be returned only if a padded envelope with appropriate postage is included. Due to the volume of submissions, we are unable to acknowledge receipt of materials. Notification will be sent by the end of July. No phone calls, please.
 
Arrival deadline is June 30 (this is not a postmark deadline).
   
Sincerely,
Sherman Hall
Editor

Ceramics Monthly
600 N. Cleveland Ave., Suite 210
Westerville, OH 43082
http://www.ceramicsmonthly.org

Community Outreach of Our United Villages provides resources and opportunities for neighbors to get to know one another. Working from the roots, we bring people together to share their ideas to inspire practices that strengthen community.

The videographer will work in coordination with Our United Villages’ Communications Assistant and the Community Outreach Staff to film and edit a short documentary about a Community Outreach Hands-on Workshop. 

The video should be approximately 3-5 minutes and focus on the activities and experiences of workshop attendees.  The project will be filmed on Saturday, May 9th from 9-4—Volunteer must be available during these times.

Click here to learn more about the workshop to be filmed: http://www.ourunitedvillages.org/foodsharing.html

Contact Vanessa Patterson, Community Outreach Office Coordinator, to learn more about this opportunity. Phone: 503-542-5057 | email: | 3625 N. Mississippi Ave

Dear Members and Friends of the IPRC,
> In many ways, this is the most exciting time ever for the IPRC. Our outreach and workshop programs are truly thriving, we have a record number of active members, and thanks to our newly revamped website, you can now register for workshops online.
> We’re also thrilled to announce the arrival of the Bind Fast 5, a perfect binding machine that will allow you to make flat-spined books and zines at the rate of up to 150 an hour. By empowering you to create your own books on the Bind Fast, we’re putting a much more affordable and DIY spin on popular self-publishing services like iuniverse or lulu.com. Starting this July we’ll offer special, members-only workshops on the Bind Fast.
> Along with all the excitement, we’re also feeling some stress here at the IPRC. Traditionally about 30% of our funding comes charitable foundations. Unfortunately, many of these foundations lost up to 50% of their endowments in the stock market crash, and are subsequently giving smaller grants—and in some cases no grants at all.
> Due to this situation, our cash reserves have become uncomfortably low. We can survive this storm, but not without your help. As you may know, with our $25 Recession Special, you can join the IPRC for three months. As part of our Spring Membership Drive, we’re asking you to please join or renew your membership. It’s never been easier to join—simply visit our website and pay with a credit card. IPRC memberships allows you full access to all our tools and resources, plus significant discounts on workshops and copies.
> In addition, we’re asking that you please forward this email to all of your contacts, friends and family. Spread the word by facebook, myspace and twitter. With your help, we can reach our goal of signing up 150 new members in the next three weeks.
> The IPRC is a truly unique resource center—in fact there’s nothing quite like it anywhere in the world. Every year we empower thousands of people to publish their own artwork, writing, books, comics and zines. During our anti-violence outreach program (aka the Media Action Project), we empower teens to think more critically about the media’s portrayal of masculinity, violence, and female body image. By then teaching them to make a zine, we help them transform from passive media consumers to active creators of media and culture, with stronger individual identities.
> Please help us continue our important mission by joining the IPRC now. Joining or renewing will help keep the IPRC vital, and also allow you to take a members-only perfect binding workshop on our Bind Fast 5 (pictured below) this summer.
> Thanks for your help,
Justin Hocking
Executive Director
> Independent Publishing Resource Center
917 SW Oak #218
Portland , Or 97205
503.827.0249
http://www.iprc.org