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
Ryan Pierce ’03, exhibited “Written from Exile,“ a solo show at Elizabeth Leach Gallery in Portland this October. The suite of new paintings and sculptures recycles the narrative themes of Jerzy Kosinski’s “The Painted Bird,“ and poses questions about the human displacement that will occur due to global warming. A related book, partially funded by the Regional Arts and Culture Council, was released on October 31. Igloo Gallery hosted a group show highlighting the 2009 residents of the Signal Fire program. http://www.ryanpierce.net and http://www.signalfirearts.org.http://www.robinpress.blogspot.com/
Sarah Turner ‘99, co-curated “to be determined - an exhibiton of the first five” with Maria Phillips at the University of Colorado in Fort Collins. http://welcome2.libarts.colostate.edu/centers/hatton/first-five/first_five.html. At the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Sarah introduces a new lecture series, [FALL] Edition, and has started a new visiting fellowship in critical studies : http://www.cranbrookart.edu/Pages/CriticalStudies.html. She also tries not to have life be all about work.
Lori (Weyand) Mason ’95, has been focusing on her memorial quilt commissions and 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/
Josh Smith ‘08, has been selected to participate in K Space Contemporary’s (http://www.kspacecontemporary.org) 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.
Steve Hohenboken ‘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.
Marilyn Joyce ‘06, Moe Snyder ‘07, Andi Smith ‘06 and Warren Buss have joined forces to form Random Occurrences Press. Their first group effort was juried into “Broadsided,” the October show at 23 Sandy Gallery in Portland.
Heidi Paul ‘96, exhibited three conceptual felt pieces at the Santa Cruz Art League’s annual Fiber Exhibit this summer and taight a feltmaking class at the Southwest School of Art & Craft in San Antonio in October. Heidi also participated in the San Francisco American Craft Council show last August with her reclaimed cashmere work. You can see her work at her website designbyheidipaul.com
Mary Wells ‘03 participated in the 16th Annual Sitka Art Invitational (http://www.sitkacenter.org) 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.
Shannon Lowry ‘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/
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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
We are working on coordinating the details of the second annual “Uncork Joy! RiverGala” fundraiser to benefit the Children’s Cancer Association. It will be held at the Thirst RiverPlace location on Nov. 7, 2009. Last year, we raised $16,000 for CCA and this year, we are hoping to top that! We had 85 attendees and this year we will have up to 120.
We are trying to get approximately 20 pieces of original art in our silent auction. In addition, we are planning to have handmade Christmas Tree Ornaments that will be for sale. The theme of the ornaments is “Joy” and we are looking for a partner to create these. That is where OCAC comes in. We would love to offer the opportunity for your students/faculty to create ornaments that illustrate what ‘Joy’ means to them. The ornaments can be metal, wood, fabric, or a combination of things. We hope to have at least 30+ ornaments to adorn a beautiful tree which will be the centerpiece of the event. The ornaments will be for sale for $40 each.
Our hope is that the students/faculty would donate their ornaments to us to benefit CCA. In exchange, we would love to reserve 5 (of the 20) spots for original artwork to OCAC to be offered for sale in the silent auction portion of the event. They can be from students or faculty. The details for the Call to Artists can be viewed on our blog spot at: http://www.jcpahl.blogspot.com or by contacting us by email at:
Thirst Wine Bar & Bistro
0315 SW Montgomery St. Suite 330 & 340
Portland, OR 97201 503-295-2747
http://www.thirstwinebar.com
Children’s Cancer Association
http://www.joyrx.org
The 6th Annual Robot Exchange!
at Hotel Congress
Friday, September 11, 2009 at 7:00pm- 2:00am
Deadline: September 8th
The Robot Exchange is about sharing your art. Whether you use found objects, weld, sew, paint, sculpt, whittle, or draw a robot we want to exhibit it.The Robot Exchange is whirling into its 6th year and is arguably Tucson’s largest “art party”. The evening evolves into a dance party that will take over all of Hotel Congress.
Contact Kristina or Janessa for details and to let them know you’re coming:
or janessabates @gmail.com
Thanks to David Slutes and David Aguirre for their help.
The 11th Annual International Drag King Community Extravaganza is looking for art and films that center on Drag King Culture, Gender performance, and/or the intersections between race, class, sex, sexuality, and other border you may encounter. This year’s theme is “NO BORDERS”.
Both the art exhibtion and film festival are unjuried. No entry fee to participate.
Artists:
An art exhibit will be held at Dinnerware Artspace, 264 E. Congress, October 19-25.
Artist Reception Thursday: October 22, 6-8pm. Free
Deadline: October 18th.
For press purposes, send high resolution images asap to Sway at:
A brief bio may be used in our program guide, and for an information booklet at Dinnerware. All art must be ready to hang or show.
Filmmakers:
Label your DVD with the project’s title, contact info, and total run time.
A brief bio may be used in a program guide.
See the 11th Annual International Drag King Community Extravaganza website at: http://www.idkexi.com
Drop off or mail artwork, or DVD’s at:
3030 E. Drachman
Tucson, Az. 85716
Or
714 E.10th St. #8
Tucson, AZ. 85719
September 4th - September 27th
Opening Reception
First Friday, September 4th 6-9 pm
In their first gallery exhibition, Von Tundra looks at the layers of meaning embedded in manmade objects and spaces. The works in Further More combine simple geometry and historical ornament to unpack the duality of constructed items: pragmatic in purpose, stylish in form. By subverting the relationship between practicality and desire (structure and surface), sculptures reveal conflicting sentiments of function and beauty.
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.
For more information please contact Paul Middendorf 503/819.9656 or .
sponsored in part by the Ford Building and Widmer Bros. Brewing
Paul Kottke, current student, is showing new work at Valentines at 232 SW Ankeny in Portland this month. An artist reception will take place on September 3 from 6:00PM-2:30AM.

Image: Jason Rens
Jason Charles Rens, current OCAC student, is showing “Non-jewelry,“ a series of wall-hung sculptures happened through a combination of processes and materials at NATIONALE at 2730 E Burnside in Portland. The show runs September 9-October 4, with an opening reception Saturday September 12th from 6:00-8:00PM. The sculptures utilize rope, hydro-cal, two-part marine resin, equestrian hardware, paint, and casting techniques to create unique art things which employ the language of jewelry in a new context. The resulting compositions took form under conscious meditations on the topics of economy, duality, hierarchy, and decorative practices. Additionally, the unique space at NATIONALE, which combines the boutique and gallery into a modern hybrid environment, became essential to the presentation of the collection. Hours: Wed-Sun, 1:00-7:00PM
http://www.thisisdrala.blogspot.com
http://www.nationaleportland.blogspot.com

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