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

Elizabeth Mickle Holloway (‘07) received her Masters in Elementary Education from Marylhurst University (‘10) and will be teaching Kindergarten at M.I.T.C.H. Chart School, a public school in Tigard/Tualatin focusing on writing and art. Come August 13th, she is marrying Shane Michael Fisher, a fellow artist and teacher.

Image: Lucy Bergen
Lucy Bergen (’08) had a piece selected for Sleight of Hand 2: A National Juried Craft Competition at Gallery 5 in Richmond, VA this past spring.  As of June 2010, she is a married woman (!), and she is currently working on a body of painted work exploring the growing divide between man-made and the natural world. 

Ellen Goldschmidt‘s (’00) show, titled Drawing Frames opens at Blackfish Gallery, 420 NW Ninth Ave, Portland, OR on First Thursday, August 5 from 6 – 9 pm. She is offering an artist talk on Sunday, August 15 at 11 am at the gallery. Goldschmidt challenges traditional norms of painting by hanging her contemporary still life paintings in frames drawn directly onto the wall. The unusual installation subtly emphasizes the objecthood of the paintings over the images they present. http://www.blackfish.com

Image: VonTundra
Von Tundra, comprised of OCAC alumni Dan Anderson, Chris Held, and Brian Pietrowski, & The Renegade Dinner Club have been offered an opportunity to create an installation and a series of events at Specific Merchandise, a storefront gallery in Los Angeles. VonTundra will fill a gallery space with hand-made furniture (a family table, chairs, lighting, even hand-crafted tableware), spread the table with local home cooked fixings, and they invite you to come by to join them at the table!  


Von Tundra is a grassroots American design house and artist collective based in Portland, Oregon. Our mission is to create well-crafted contemporary furniture, objects, and spaces that express our dedication to longevity and simplicity.


Chef Colleen French is the creator of the Renegade Dinner Club, a social conceptual art piece using food as the medium. Renegade transforms a simple dinner into a full sensory experience that can take place anywhere—the roof of your apartment building, the grassy lot down the street, anywhere that is—except in a restaurant! 



Image: VonTundra
The goal is pleasingly simple: to share our craft-based practices with the community and create tangible connections between Slow Food and Slow Design.  We hope this collaboration between design, art, food, and community will continue to grow—eventually traveling the country. 
We are currently raising funds on Kickstarter and offering donor’s incentives to help us reach our goal. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/610122538/a-marriage-of-crafts-design-dinner

Do you have a passion for public art and a knowledge of the field and its practices?
Are you a creative and imaginative program builder, energized by community outreach?
Does working as a local arts agency team member from a home office appeal to you?

You may be Clackamas County Arts Alliance’s next Public Art Manager!

We are seeking a multi-faceted individual with superior communication skills to direct the Alliance’s Art in Public Places and Artist Exhibit Programs.  Expectations include artist and community engagement; program planning, management and administration; public meetings, trainings and presentations; event coordination; building effective relationships with Alliance and County staff.

The Manager works a flexible schedule on an annual, renewable part-time contract with Clackamas County.  If this sounds like a good match for you, please read Request For Qualifications HERE http://www.wpcllc.info/ccaa/pdfs/public-art-manager-rfq.pdfto carefully review scope and qualification requirements.

Application deadline is August 9, 2010.

Construction on the new Drawing, Painting and Photography Building and adjacent Thesis Studio Building is rolling along. The finish work is in full swing to meet the August 2010 completion date.

1.  The 2nd lift of paving was installed at the lower parking lot & entry

2.  Tile work is done in the DPP toilet rooms and in progress at the Thesis Bldg.

3.  Tack boards are being installed at DPP on both levels

4.  Cabinet installation is beginning

5.  Plaster work in the Gallery area of DPP is being installed

6.  Drywall work is nearing completions

7.  Painting is happenning at DPP and Thesis

8.  Light fixtures ready to be installed

9.  Orchard pump is in place ready for grading work

In June 2010 Blue Mitchell (‘05) has work in the “Plastic Fantastic” juried exhibition at LightBox Gallery in Astoria as well as the Texas Photo Society’s 24th Members’ Only Show exhibiting at the Martin Museum of Art at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Blue also curated “Diffusion; An Unconventional Photography Exhibition” at Springbox Gallery opening July 9th 2010. The show celebrates the release of Diffusion, Volume II, (http://www.diffusionmag.com) and features the artists and contributors from the photographic annual.

Andrew Buckland (’06) has a solo show titled ”Artificial” opening in August at OCAC in the Centrum gallery.  He will also be a senior Artist-in-Residence at OCAC in the Photography Department this summer.  As part of the residence he will be teaching a workshop call “Archival Digital Printing in Wide-Format” and it runs from July 14th -18th. 

Image: Kimo Nelson
Kimo Nelson (‘09) has been accepted to the MFA in painting program at the Rhode Island School of Design. He is part of the class of 2012 and will begin studies this September.


Image: Mary Blankenburg and Christine Clark
Mary Blankenburg (‘05) and OCAC faculty member Christine Clark had a show titled Light + Shadow at Nine Gallery, 122 NW 8th Ave in Portland in June.  Light + Shadow is a collaborative installation that studies Clark’s trademark wire forms and their dynamic relationship with light.

Image: Colleen Flanigan
Colleen Flanigan is very excited to complete 3 large-scale interactive slider puzzles. The 150+ original pen and ink drawings on ceramic tiles will also be exhibited with the fresh-off-the-laser engraved wood puzzles for you to play with! Reception:
 July 2, 2010
7-10 PM @ good: a gallery  (there will be fireworks) located at 
4325 n mississippi ave
portland, OR 97227
. 

Gallery hours: sat 12-7
 / sun 1-6.  http://www.goodpdx.com

DEADLINE EXTENDED : JUNE 15, 2010

Samples of work must be submitted in any form of 2D representation in a one page 11 in x 17 in format. If submittal is produced digitally, please include a digital file on disc. Please do not email.
Please follow above guidelines to facilitate the selection and jury process. Submissions will not be returned.

Submission form deadline is May 31st June 15th. Not all submissions will be selected to exhibit. Submitters will be notified of final selections by June 30, 2010. Selected pieces must be completed by September 30, 2010.

Guidelines for submissions:
Desired: Creations by regional NW designers. Furnishings defined as movable, functional objects that make a room or other area ready for occupancy and activity by humans. Furniture may be contract or residential, indoor or outdoor. Piece must be free standing. Lighting is included as long as it is free-standing. Non-functional or conceptual prototypes will not be accepted. All mediums and methods of manufacture welcome.
Pieces must fit through a 3 ft 0 in x 6 ft 8 in door.
Assembled size may be no more than: 60 in x 90 in x 96 in height.

Excluded: conceptual work, carpet and flooring, lighting that requires hardware to install, materials, wall coverings, accessories, textiles, kitchen and bath plumbing.

Please provide:

images/photos/drawings

name of piece

designer/firm/fabricator:
Credit all persons involved in the creation of the piece. Show2010 is not responsible for incorrect, illegible or incomplete credit information.
origin/contact info

materials

dimensions(hlw)

description of piece

pricing information, if applicable:

how did you hear of show2008?

$25/submission. (Students: $15.)
Make checks to: ShowPDX

Send or drop off completed submission info to:

fix studio
2008 N. Williams Ave.
Portland, OR 97227

Please contact us in advance if you have questions:

email:
office: 503.284.6650

1.  Drywall at Drawing, Painting, Photography & Thesis Building is 90% complete.

2.  Metal art railings designed by artist Linda Hutchins are being installed.

3.  All mechanical and electrical rough-ins are complete and finishes will start as soon as painting is completed.

4.  The final layer of asphalt for the parking lots has been scheduled for the next two days of good weather.

5.  Tack boards are being installed at DPP and Thesis buildings.

Ellen Goldschmidt will participate in a group show at Seattle’s Gallery 110 in August.

Colleen Flanigan(‘97), is showing Slideways—a sideward pushing puzzle streaming time and space in confinement at good: a gallery on through the month of July. This work was sponsored by the Regional Arts and Culture Council. Hours: sat 12-7, sun 1-6.

Image: Rachel Wiecking
Rachel Wiecking (‘02) completed her MFA in Sculpture/Interdisciplinary Art at Purchase College in New York in April 2010. A selection of her MFA thesis work will be on view at Monya Rowe Gallery in Chelsea from May 20- June 5th. She is moving to Brooklyn in August 2010 and will complete her MA in Art History in 2011. Rachel also performed in Whitney Biennial artist Kate Gilmore’s performance piece, Walk the Walk in Bryant Park from May 10-14. An interview about her experience appeared in the Wall Street Journal on May 13th. For more information, visit:
http://www.publicartfund.org/kategilmore/ 
http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2010/05/13/walk-the-walk-bryant-park-ny/
http://www.rachelwiecking.com

Image: Jennifer MacClean
Jennifer J MacLean now has a permanent gallery at “Art on the Ridge” in Seattle, WA.  http://www.artontheridge.com. On June 5th Jennifer will have a group show opening at “Local Color” Seattle, WA. http://www.localcolorseattle.com. Jennifer has been juried into a national art show in Chicago called Brainstorm. The criteria for the competition were as follows: “The Intellectual Life Committee and the College of Arts and Sciences at Governors State University present A Whole New Mind 2010 – Brainstorm, a national juried art competition inspired by Daniel Pink’s book “A Whole New Mind – Why Right Brainers will Rule the Future.“ Art work documenting, analyzing and/or inspired by the intellectual activity, thought processes, dysfunctions, and/or problem solving capabilities of the human mind will be favored.“ Out of 488 artworks entered they picked 50 for the show. One of the jurors for the show is Tricia Van Eck the Associate Curator at the “Museum of Contemporary Art” in Chicago.
http://gsuvisualartsgallery.blogspot.com/2010/02/whole-new-mind-brainstorm.html.  http://www.flickr.com/photos/brainstorm2010/page3.

Pamela Gibson ’95 has a solo exhibition at The Dairy in Boulder, Colorado, Aug.6-Sept. 17, 2010.  Entitled Bearing Witness, Pam has responded to the bombardment of terrible, yet beautiful images culled from news media since Sept. 11, 2001 in tapestry, oil and encaustic media.  She has just finished co-chairing the OCAC Capital and Endowment Campaign.  http://www.pamelagibsonartist.com.

Image: Brennan Conaway
Brennan Conaway is showing A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE CITIES BURNING BELOW – THE SECOND COLONY at Doppler PDX, 625 NW Everett Street #109 in
Portland, OR June 3-12, 2010 and by appointment. Opening Reception: June 3rd 5:30-9:00pm, Gallery Hours: Saturdays (June 5th & 12th) 1-4pm. Conaway continues his installation-based investigations of post-apocalyptic survival colonies and his exploration of unusual site habitation which he began last year with IN JOYFUL ANTICIPATION OF CATASTROPHIC RUIN – THE FIRST COLONY, a utopia village built in the PDX Contemporary Art’s Window Space. Conaway creates an architectural sculpture of a free-floating airship. He references the mid-1800s practice of the first aeronauts who used balloons to fly and leave the world behind (if only momentarily). These early aerial investigators fueled the public’s imagination with fantastic ideas about the possibilities of balloon-flight (visions of flying hotels, soaring ships, and villages aloft). Conaway’s THE SECOND COLONY represents the grand hopes of what could be built in the sky – a communal house which he imagines floating above cities that are burning out. It is an alternative to the feverish consumption of things which burns through our society; it’s a place where we can regain our sense of wonder.  http://www.dopplerpdx.com.

Janice Green was in O.P.A Showcase, and she has a new website http://www.janicegreenfineceramics.com/gallery.php

Heidi Paul (’96), mixed media textile artist, is moving from San Francisco to Stinson Beach, CA where she will be opening her studio to the public. Heidi has been selected to participate in the 2010 Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show. Visit her website at: designbyheidipaul.com

Faith Hagenhofer had a residency at Sprio Arts, at Silver Star in Park City, Utah. The local TV station came and did an interview, and it’s just come up on youtube. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J49VIucNq6s