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

Jiseon Lee Isbara, fibers department head, participated in “Fantastic Fibers,” an exhibition at Yeiser Art Center in Paducah, KY. She gave a lecture and taught a spring workshop to the Columbia Fiberarts Guild. In June, Isbara is presenting her lecture, “Korean Wrapping Cloths: The Art of Pojagi, ” on wrapping cloths first produced by women during the Chosun Dynasty (1392-1910), which have recently been recognized as a uniquely expressive art form through their striking colors and unadorned patterns. In conjunction with the lecture, Isbara is teaching a Pojagi workshop that introduces the beauty of patchworked Pojagi called Chogakpo.

OCAC Metals Department Head, Christine Clark, and OCAC alumna Mary Blankenburg unveil their collaborative exhibition “Light + Shadow” at Nine Gallery in Portland. The show runs June 3-June 27, 2010 with an opening reception on June 3 from 6:00-9:00pm. 122 NW 8th Ave | Portland, OR 97209, Hours: Tuesday-Sunday noon-5:00pm

May 20, 2010

Monthly Artist Talks Series Continues at Portland Art Museum

June 10th—Storm Tharp

The second Thursday of each month offers the unique opportunity to casually explore pieces in Portland Art Museum’s permanent collection

LAIKA is currently looking for Production Assistants and Runners to work on our next stop-motion feature production.  If you might be interested in this type of position, please contact Kristen Lindquist below.  These positions are a great opportunity for recent grads to get their foot in the door, if stop motion animation is an area of interest to them. 

Kind Regards,
Kristen Lindquist
Recruiter
LAIKA, Inc.
1400 NW 22nd Avenue, Portland, OR 97210
503.225.1130 Main | 503.595.4048 DID | 503.936.1783 Cell

Anna David, current book arts student, was awarded $1,000 towards her Fall 2010 tuition by the The LOCAL 14 (Lake Oswego Crafts and Arts League). The league awarded $6,700 in academic scholarships this year to area women studying art at the college level. Two of her books, the illustrative “Our History” and “Home,“ a progressively unfolding structure that addresses nostalgia for her hometown in coastal Maine through an original poem and collage, were accepted for the show and sale in mid-October.

Anna was also chosen as an intern for the Wells Book Arts Summer Institute for their 2010 workshops. The Institute accepts two undergraduate and two graduate students as interns each year. Interns arrive on campus three days in advance of the program’s beginning, TA for one week’s workshop, are regular students for the second week, and depart three days after the program’s completion. Tuition, room, and board is $1,600/week so it’s a fantastic opportunity at a significantly subsidized rate. Interns only pay travel and supply expenses.

Hana Farms, a nursery in West Linn, OR, that deals in hardy perennials, orchids and unusuals, is accepting submissions for Art Under the Sun, to be held July 2010.  We have 1.5 acres to fill. 

Work for sale must be able to survive the elements outside and would preferably be intended to live outside permanently.  10% commission on sales.  Please send photos with your personal information and artwork description.  Nearly everything will be accepted unless we run out of space, of which there is a lot.  If you can transport your art there it will most likely be shown. 

Site-specific work, for sale or not, is also acceptable.  Pretty much anything goes, as long as you are not toxifying the area you may dig, build, sculpt, grow, drench, burn, etc., etc.  Please survey the area at Hana Farms during business hours and talk to Sean McMillen, owner, to see if your idea is feasible.  You must submit a written proposal for any site-specific work to be accepted.  Sketches or photos would be desirable. 

Art Under the Sun will run the entire month of July during Hana Farms regular business hours, opening night garden party TBA.  This show will be advertised to the fullest extent possible. 

Send all submissions, proposals, questions, comments and concerns to Beth Nix at .  Please do not call the nursery regarding this show. 

Hana Farms address:  1600 SW Borland RD, West Linn, Oregon

spring business hours:  Wed – Sun, 10 – 5

Image: Inge Bruggeman

Inge Bruggeman, book arts faculty, had her latest book project through her imprint INK-A! Press, Nowhere to go, included in “Page Turner: Contemporary Artist Books,” an exhibition at the Burien Art Gallery in Washington. The book won 1 of 5 Carl Hertzog Book Design Awards out of 75 entries, which was sponsored by the University of Texas, El Paso. Nowhere to go will also be exhibited in the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition 2010 in London.

Another book by Inge’s imprint INK-A! Press, Simple Harmonic Motions, is currently being shown in “Music Bo(o)x,” an exhibition in Washington, DC at 87FLORIDA Gallery. At the Sesnon Art Gallery at the University of Santa Cruz, two of her artist books, Impact and Unable to Find Each Other, Let Alone Ourselves were exhibited in “Book as Medium: Holding/Withholding Text.” Bruggeman also had two small text-based wall pieces selected for “Collections as Evidence of Now” at the Zygote Gallery in Cleveland, OH. This summer she will be teaching “Manifestos and Revolutions Through Printed Matter” at Penland School of Craft.

Karl Burkheimer, wood department head, had his review of the exhibition “The Academy is Full of Craft” at the Museum of Contemporary Craft published in the April issue of Ceramics Monthly.

Image: Michael deForest

Michael deForest, OCAC wood faculty, was selected for the Pacific Northwest Art Annual at the Adell McMillan Gallery at the University of Oregon. This yearly, juried exhibition was created to highlight emerging and established artists in the Northwest region. Over 15 artists, whose work ranges from traditional painters to mixed media artists, are participating in the exhibition which runs April 24-May 26.

Jiseon Lee Isbara, fibers department head, participated in “Fantastic Fibers,” an exhibition at Yeiser Art Center in Paducah, KY. She gave a lecture and taught a spring workshop to the Columbia Fiberarts Guild. In June, Isbara is presenting her lecture, “Korean Wrapping Cloths: The Art of Pojagi, ” on wrapping cloths first produced by women during the Chosun Dynasty (1392-1910), which have recently been recognized as a uniquely expressive art form through their striking colors and unadorned patterns. In conjunction with the lecture, Isbara is teaching a Pojagi workshop that introduces the beauty of patchworked Pojagi called Chogakpo. 

Jim Koudelka, ceramics faculty, participated in two NCECA exhibitions in Philadelphia, PA: “La Mesa,” sponsored by Sante Fe Clay Gallery and “Then and Now,” an exhibition of new work by previous award winners from the “Strictly Functional Exhibitions.” He was also a featured artists in “The Bray” at the Museum of Contemporary Craft.

Heidi Schwegler, metals faculty, was selected for the Portland2010 Biennial and displayed her work at Alicia Blue Gallery in Portland. She recently completed a MacDowell Colony Fellowship in New Hampshire, and will be participating in the Beijing International Artist Platform in China this summer. Schwegler was also awarded a Nes Artist Residency in Skagastrond, Iceland for fall 2010 during her OCAC sabbatical. In fall 2010 she will show her series, “Slipping Underwater,” at Artspace in New Haven, CT and
“Wrest” at Disjecta in Portland.

Image: Bill Will

Bill Will, foundations faculty, is showing a new kinetic installation at Nine Gallery in Portland the month of May. “Are you listening to me?“ is an installation of mechanical talking heads made from a variety of percolators and coffee pots. Eighteen puppet-like heads are animated by electric motors, strings and pulleys in a delightfully low-tech manner. The installation addresses the topic of conversation—which is indispensable for the accomplishment of almost all activities between people, especially the coordination of work, the formation of friendship and for learning. Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Sunday, Noon to 5:00

Updates for the Drawing, Painting and Photography (DPP) building and Thesis Studio building

1.  Most plywood backing is on the walls of both buildings
 

2.  Drywall work has progressed in the Thesis Building and is soon to start in the DPP Bldg.

3.  Elevator installation continues in DPP

4.  HVAC system are 100% roughed in.

5.  Most light fixtures are now roughed in

6.  Final work at the main entry is soon to be completed with only one lane to be open while the final paving starts

7.  Paving of the finish lift of asphalt on the lower parking lot is scheduled in May.

8.  Sidewalks and seating are now 95% complete

9.  Aluminum storefront system and doors are now installed.

10.  Cellulose insulation is installed waiting for the moisture content to drop to design thresholds.

11.  Both buildings are being dried out with temporary heat systems

Image: Blue Mitchell

Blue Mitchell’s (‘05) “Evanescent Energy” series has been juried into The Light Factory’s “Third Juried Annuale” along with 5 other photographers . The exhibition runs April 19th - August 15, 2010 in Charolotte, NC with the opening reception held on May 22nd.  www.lightfactory.org 

Molly Dwyer Blake (‘05) is now living in Brooklin, Maine with husband Eric and son Cyrus running her own graphic design and web design business. http://www.mollybdesigns.com

Lori Mason (‘95) is happy to announce the launch of her new line of printed fabrics, The Shasta Collection, to be delivered to fabric stores nationwide in May. In Oregon, you will find her fabrics at A Common Thread, Portland, OR 503-624-7440, Jannilou Creations, Philomath, OR 541-929-3795, and Cotton Patch (in July), Keizer, OR 503-463-1880.  In addition, one of her quilts made from her new fabrics will be featured in the May ‘10 issue of Quilter’s Home Magazine and second quilt in the August ‘10 issue of McCall’s Quilting.  Check out her newly designed website at http://www.lorimasondesign.com/


Karen Bowdoin has been accepted into the MFA program at Azusa Pacific, and will be starting this July.
 

Image: Courtney Murphy

Courtney Murphy (Ceramics 04) was awarded the Lincoln Fellowship for her residency at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, MT.

Image: Gail Cunningham

Gail Cunningham (‘03) Has been accepted into a ten week residency program on the eastern coast of Ireland at Cow House Studios for the fall of 2010. At the conclusion of the residency she will be part of a two person show at the Wexford Center for the Arts. In early May, in collaboration with Sean Gilvey of Hudson Beach Glass and in conjunction with her opening there of cut paper work, Gail launched her first foray into the world of Interiors with a limited run of handmade glassware. A hundred signed tumblers featuring her designs. From March through September of 2012 she will have cut paper work on display in Philadelphia International Airport. You can view her work on her website http://www.gailcunningham.com

Ellen Goldschmidt’s (’00) window project titled “Poppy” incorporates 2- and 3-dimensional drawings. It is on view at Portland’s Blackfish Gallery, 420 NW 9th, May 2-29. Her one-person show, “Drawing Frames,” runs August 3-28 at Blackfish. First Thursday reception, August 5, 6pm-9pm. The work explores the metaphorical possibilities of the frame, combining painted images on canvas and charcoal rendered frames drawn directly on the gallery walls. Also in August, Goldschmidt participates in a group show at Seattle’s Gallery 110.


Danyelle Therese is currently part of a juried show at Wayne State University where she is attending, working on her masters degree. And, http://www.myartspace.com has chosen her to be one of their featured artists this month…..and her community has invited her to be a part of its annual spoken word event which involves the PBI. 

Image: Liv Rainey-Smith

Liv Rainey-Smith (‘08) has a woodcut print in Portland City Art’s A Rainy Day Wildfire show at Olympic Mills Commerce Center, 107 S.E. Washington St., Portland, OR, through May 28th. For more information please visit http://portlandcityart.org/2010/03/31/a-rainy-day-wildfire-omcc/. Liv has also been accepted into Portland Open Studios Tour and is looking forward to sharing her love of printmaking with the tour October 9, 10, 16 & 17.  http://www.portlandopenstudios.com

Image: Andrea Uliano

Andrea Uliano (‘98 metals) is a member of the Talisman Gallery in NE Portland on Alberta Street and will be showing there from this upcoming “Last Thursday” all month.