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PADA POP-UP
PADA Pop-Up Event!
A fun, casual event, open to all.Join us this Sunday, November 17th, from 11am-5pm for the PADA Pop-Up.
The pop-up will take place at Building Five at Northwest Marine Artworks and will feature work by PADA's member galleries (Blackfish Gallery, Gallery 114, J. Pepin Art Gallery, Laura Vincent Design & Gallery, One Grand Gallery, PDX Contemporary Art, and Waterstone Gallery) as well as a selection of ORVAA partners (The BLACK Gallery, Blue Sky, and Ori Gallery). At 3:00 pm Brian Ferriso, director of the Portland Art Museum, will give a brief talk on PADA’s contributions to Portland’s cultural community.
PDX will have new, never been seen works by some of our artists including: small vases from Iván Carmona, watercolor and gouache paintings by Justin L’Amie, small oil on panel paintings by James Lavadour, new textile work by Kristen Miller, a herd of ceramic elephants by Jeffry Mitchell, and miniature mixed media work by Nell Warren. Also on view will be work from Marjorie Dial, Ellen George, Barbara Stafford, and Heather Watkins, among others. The event will be a wonderful opportunity to see and buy brand new, small-scale works by our represented artists.
We look forward to seeing you!
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Sunday, November 17th | 11am-5pm
Building Five at Northwest Marine Artworks
2516 NW 29th Ave
Portland, OR
97210Kristen Miller | Duke Hall Gallery at James Madison University
Kristen Miller's work is featured in The Never-Ending Thread: An Embroidery Exhibition, at Duke Hall Gallery of Fine Art at James Madison University.
The Never-Ending Thread
An Embroidery Exhibition
November 6-December 4, 2024
Duke Hall Gallery of Fine Art at James Madison University
820 S. Main St. Harrisonburg, VA 22807TUES - SAT, 11AM - 5 PM DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR
For more information: https://www.jmu.edu/dukehallgallery/index.shtml
Read morePanel Discussion: Ceramics as Fine Art
Ceramics as Fine Art — A panel discussion with Grace Kook-Anderson, Marjorie Dial, Jeffry Mitchell and Iván Carmona.
Join us for a panel between Grace Kook-Anderson, Marjorie Dial, Jeffry Mitchell and Iván Carmona on contemporary ceramics. The panel will discuss how ceramics, as an art form, have become increasingly appreciated as fine art and have become more expressive of emotions, politics and place.
Ceramics as Fine Art panel discussion
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5:30-6:30 pm, Tuesday, November 12, 2024
PDX CONTEMPORARY ART
1881 NW Vaughn Street
Portland, OR 97209Susan Seubert | Keynote Speaker for the Society for Photographic Education
The venue will be the Mt. Hood Community College's Visual Arts Theatre.
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There will be a pre-talk social beginning at 5:00pm.
The Address is:
26000 SE Stark St.
Gresham, OR 97030
Parking is free and lots J and AM are closest to the Visual Arts TheatreEllen George & Marie Watt | COMING HOME: Memory Activism in Historic Old Town
Ellen George and Marie Watt will both have work in The Indelible Spirit: Artists in Situ Revitalizing Old Town. Curated by Roberta Wong, the exhibition is a part of COMING HOME: Memory Activism in Historic Old Town.
Vanport Mosaic shines a national spotlight on Portland’s rich and complex history through COMING HOME: Memory Activism in Old Town, a week-long series of events dedicated to honoring and reconnecting communities with deep ties to Old Town. Known as one of the city's oldest and most culturally significant neighborhoods, Old Town has been profoundly shaped by historic racism and cultural erasure.
"COMING HOME gathers the history of OLD TOWN communities whose ancestors once lived, worked, and played here. Once an integral part of the urban landscape, the Chinese and Japanese still remain in this part of the city. Chinatown and Japantown (Nihomachi) coexisted among Native American, African Americans, Greek, Jewish, and Roma businesses and communities no longer rooted in this place.
COMING HOME honors these communities through art, remembrance and resilience. Whether contemplating the past or envisioning the future, artists often capture the intangible– the spectrum between joy and pain in our lived experiences. Their art can convey what words cannot express and bridge an understanding to what was lost, and what is needed to renew our human spirit. We are connected and invite you into the circle, COMING HOME, to reimagine our sense of place.
— Curator Roberta May WongAs part of COMING HOME there will be an Artist Meeting on Tuesday, October 1, 2024 from 3:00 PM 5:00 PM.
Building 220
220 Northwest 2nd Avenue
Portland, OR, 97209Join for an opportunity to engage with curator Roberta May Wong and the multidisciplinary and multicultural artists behind "The Indelible Spirit: Artists in Situ Revitalizing Old Town."
More about Meet the Artists:
https://www.vanportmosaic.org/calendar/meet-artistsMore about COMING HOME:
https://www.vanportmosaic.org/coming-home-2024Vanport Mosaic Presents: COMING HOME, Memory Activism in Old Town
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September 28 - October 5, 2024Joe Rudko | Luxe Interiors and Design
Joe Rudko's work was featured in Luxe Luxe Interiors and Design magazine.
"Seattle artist Joe Rudko’s studio is filled with pieces of other people’s stories. Located in the SoDo neighborhood above a bakery in a 1910-era building, the space holds thousands of family photographs donated by the boxful by people he knows who have cleaned out an attic or storage space. Some have even been mailed to him by strangers. The images are the raw material for his graphic, colorful works. He jokingly compares himself to a recycling center, noting that he “rarely throws anything away.”
You can read the full review here: https://luxesource.com/joe-rudko-seattle-artist/
Read moreJeffry Mitchell | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at WSU
Jeffry Mitchell’s work is included “Your Collection: Celebrating 50 Years” opening August 20 at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Washington State University.
“Your Collection: Celebrating 50 Years commemorates the museum’s first five decades as seen through the permanent collection. Simple in premise, the museum’s repository of artworks and materials of visual culture are cared for and made accessible for our community’s benefit. This is your collection to enjoy, to study, and to learn from. Without exception, every donation, transfer, and purchase over the museum’s first fifty years was made with the public in mind. The exhibition traces how this significant cultural resource was formed, how it has developed over the decades, and points to nascent but important collecting directions.”
Your Collection: Celebrating 50 Years
August 20 - December 13, 2024
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
1535 NE Wilson Road
Pullman, WA
99164For more information visit: https://museum.wsu.edu/exhibit/2024-your-collection-celebrating-50-years/
Read moreIván Carmona and James Lavadour | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at PSU
Iván Carmona and James Lavadour both have work included in Color Outside the Lines, opening August 20 at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Portland State University.
“An ongoing debate in the field of art history centers around the dominance of form versus color. From ancient Greece to modern times, artists and critics have weighed which element holds greater significance. In his book Chromophobia (2000), artist and writer David Batchelor argues that color is often linked with groups that have traditionally faced discrimination within mainstream society, including women, people of color, and queer communities. This exhibition aims to explore whether such groups can reclaim color as a tool for challenging established norms.
Color Outside the Lines from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation examines the ways artists have used color to question institutions, beliefs, and expectations. Some of the artists included here celebrate and amplify colors intrinsic to their cultures, showcasing beauty once dismissed or rendered invisible. Artists like Faith Ringgold and Christopher Myers, for instance, create works inspired by African quilts and stories; these pieces emphasize the vivid contrasts in color often prevalent in African textiles.”
Color Outside the Lines
August 20 - December 7, 2024
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at PSU
1855 SW Broadway
Portland, OR 97201For more information: https://sites.google.com/pdx.edu/jsma-at-psu/color-outside-the-lines?aut...
Read moreGeorgina Reskala | Kala Art Institute
Georgina Reskala is included in a group exhibition featuring the work by 2023-2024 Kala Fellowship artists at Kala Art Institute, July 19, 2024 — September 20, 2024.
"Kala Gallery is excited to present the exhibition Where the Tree Grows featuring new works by 2023-2024 Kala Fellowship and Media Residency artists: Chia Amisola, Alison Chen, Philip Crawford, Amy Elkins, John Yoyogi Fortes, Charles Lee, Shantré Pinkney, Helia Pouyanfar, Georgina Reskala and rhiannon skye tafoya.
Artists in Where the Tree Grows examine their cultural roots, family lineage, and ancestral connections. Through family archives, rituals, and technology, they investigate the transient nature of diasporic passages and migration, illuminating and reclaiming shared and lost narratives. Many search for notions of selfhood, self care and communal healing reflecting on intergenerational trauma and systemic oppression.
Together these projects invite us to revisit our own connections to the communities and technologies that shape and have the potential to empower us. Art is a powerful catalyst to revisit historical, personal and communal narratives and to create further dialogue, community healing, and support for a more equitable future."
For more information: https://www.kala.org/exhibition/where-the-tree-grows/
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Kala Gallery, 2990 San Pablo, Berkeley, CA 94702
Hours: Tue - Fri: 12-5pmMarjorie Dial | Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center
Marjorie Dial’s work is included in Robert Chapman Turner: Artist, Teacher, Explorer now on view at the Black Mountain College Museum in Asheville, NC through September 7, 2024
Robert Turner arrived at Black Mountain in 1949 to establish the first studio pottery program at the College. He worked with student architect Paul Williams to design the Potshop and stayed until 1951 as a teacher and potter. There he formed lifelong friendships and was part of the lively mix of art and ideas. This exhibition includes work by Karen Karnes, Daniel Rhodes, M.C. Richards, Peter Voulkos, Marguerite Wildenhain as well as Turner's students and colleagues at Alfred University, Penland, and contemporary ceramic artists whose work fits within the larger context of Turner’s legacy and impact.
For more information: https://www.blackmountaincollege.org/robert-chapman-turner-artist-teache...
Read moreJenene Nagy | Review in Variable West
A review for Jenene Nagy's beautiful exhibition "The Weight" at Helzer Gallery was featured in Variable West.
"Jenene Nagy’s exhibition, The Weight, at the Helzer’s Gallery on Portland Community College’s Rock Creek campus is a welcome dialogue of artistic concept inextricably connected to a profound commitment to artistic making. The word “weight” is commonly related to the measure of relative mass and implies a burden, but also can suggest importance and a quantifier of depth of concept. Materials inevitably weigh on art, affecting both the physicality and the conceptual underpinnings of work. Nagy’s treatment of her materials acutely carries the weight of this exhibition. "
Read the full review here: https://variablewest.com/2024/07/04/the-weight-of-lightness-jenene-nagy-...
Read moreGeorgina Reskala | Lisa Kokin and Georgina Reskala in Conversation
Georgina Reskala will be in conversation with artist Lisa Kokin on Thursday, August 22, 2024, at 11:30am at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, CA. Georgina's work is currently on included in the California Jewish Open on view at the museum through October 20, 2024.
"In this in-gallery talk, artists Lisa Kokin and Georgina Reskala, whose works are featured in the California Jewish Open, discuss their artwork and creative processes. Kokin, known for her fiber-based art and commentary on social justice, and Reskala, whose work deals with ideas of memory, history, and the power of narrative, will explore their artistic practice and how their Jewish heritage influences their art.
Join us to explore how these two artists engage in storytelling through diverse materials and techniques, humor, and empathy."For more information: https://www.thecjm.org/programs/1359
Read moreEllen George | SOLA Award Recipient
Ellen George is a 2024 recipient of the SOLA Award.
Founded in 2016 by Seattle artist Ginny Ruffner and funded by her friends’ generous contributions, the SOLA (Support Old Lady Artist) Awards are five unrestricted awards of $5,000 given annually to Washington State female-identified visual artists, age 60 or over, who have dedicated 25 years or more to creating art. These awards recognize artistic excellence, professional accomplishment, and longstanding dedication to the visual arts.
You can learn more about the award and the recipients here: https://artisttrust.org/2024-th-sola-awards-recipients/
Congratulations, Ellen!
Read moreJeffry Mitchell | Seattle Art Museum
Jeffry Mitchell's work is included in Poke in the Eye: Art of the West Coast Counterculture now on view at the Seattle Art Museum through September 2, 2024.
"Poke in the Eye celebrates the aesthetic practices that emerged across the West Coast in the 1960s and ’70s. Reacting against the sleekness, formality, and coldness of East Coast movements like Pop Art and minimalism, artists on the West Coast—particularly in Seattle and the Bay Area—began creating artwork that was intentionally offbeat. These artists used traditional craft techniques and bold color, centered figuration and narrative, and often employed an irreverent sense of humor. Poke in the Eye draws primarily on SAM’s collection to present an inclusive view of this countercultural style that continues to reverberate today.
Poke in the Eye is the first major exhibition curated entirely for SAM by Carrie Dedon, Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. Working within the museum’s collection, Dedon brings together compelling examples of these works that together shed fresh light on art movements distinct to the West Coast and its artistic community. Poke in the Eye incorporates works by renowned Northwest artists including Patti Warashina, Fay Jones, and Howard Kottler, whose innovative and playfully garish creations provided the foundations of this alternative movement, as well as more recent artworks by Jeffry Mitchell and Woody De Othello, whose contemporary sculptures have revived a global interest in craft and ceramic art."
For more information visit the Seattle Art Museum website: https://seattleartmuseum.org/exhibitions/pokeintheeye
Read moreTerry Toedtemeier | Oregon Artswatch
Blake Andrews interviews Prudence Roberts about the photographer and curator ,Terry Toedtemeier's, work, approach, and legacy for Oregon Artswatch.
"Terry Toedtemeier (1947-2008) was an Oregon-based photographer and curator. His work is the subject of two shows this spring: Terry Toedtemeier: Photographer at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon (open through August 11th) and Arches (and apertures) at PDX Contemporary Art in Portland (open through June 1st).
Prudence Roberts is a curator, writer, and art historian based in Portland, Oregon. She and Toedtemeier met while working at the Portland Art Museum and married in 1995. Blake Andrews is a photographer based in Eugene."
You can read the full interview here: https://www.orartswatch.org/terry-toedtemeiers-many-forms/
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JOE RUDKO | Heirlooms
We are thrilled to present you an opportunity to commission well known photography artist Joe Rudko for a unique collage using your family photographs. This is your chance to be a part of his new project titled 'Heirlooms.’
Many of us holds a treasure trove of memories in our personal photo collections, more than what can be neatly arranged in albums. Rudko's new, innovative project will preserve your personal photographs by crafting them into a one-of-a-kind heirloom artwork of your pets, people. and/or places. Each piece will be a treasure of your family's unique legacy, history and memories presented in a fresh and captivating way.
PDX is now accepting commissions and are happy to feature Joe Rudko's project at the 2024 Seattle Art Fair (July 25th - 28th) as the exclusive source for "Heirlooms" at the fair.
If you are interested please inquire by email to info@pdxcontemporaryart.com and we will send you the details on the process, price, and timeline.
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Heirlooms Sample Prices
9" x 12" — $2,520
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15" x 11" — $3,600
30" x 22" — $7,200Heather Watkins | Artist's Book Release
Venice Biennale U.S. Pavilion: "the space in which to place me"
We are honored to be among the sponsors of the U.S Pavilion.
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"The Portland Art Museum and SITE Santa Fe, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, present Jeffrey Gibson as the representative for the United States at the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.
Celebrated for an artistic practice that combines American, Indigenous, and Queer histories with influences from music and pop culture, Gibson creates a dynamic visual language that reflects the inherent diversity and hybridity of American culture. Using abundant color, complex pattern, and text, he invites deep reflection on identity, inspires empathy, and advocates for a widening of access to democracy and freedom for all. On view April 20 through November 24, 2024, Jeffrey Gibson: the space in which to place me provides international audiences with the first major opportunity to experience Gibson’s work outside of the U.S.
For the U.S. Pavilion, Gibson will activate the interior and exterior of the building with a series of new and recent works that invite reflection on individual and collective identities including sculpture, paintings, multimedia works, and a site-specific installation activating the pavilion’s courtyard. The title of the exhibition references Oglala Lakota poet Layli Long Soldier’s poem Ȟe Sápa." PAMTerry Toedtemeier | Talking About Terry: A Conversation about the Terry Toedtemeier Legacy
There will be a talk about Terry Toedtemeier's legacy and current exhibition "Terry Toedtemeier: Photographer" at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art on Saturday, May 5, 2024.
TALKING ABOUT TERRY: A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE TOEDTEMEIER LEGACY
Saturday, May 11, 2024 — 2:00pmArtist Terry Toedtemeier (1947-2008) was an influential photographer, curator, and historian who made a lasting impact on the state of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. Join his colleagues Craig Hickman, artist; Prudence Roberts, curator and partner; John Weber, JSMA Executive Director, in a conversation moderated by Thom Sempere, JSMA Associate Curator of Photography.
https://jsma.uoregon.edu/events/talking-about-terry-conversation-about-t...
Read moreTerry Toedtemeier | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
Solo exhibition Terry Toedtemeier: Photographer, will open at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art May 4 - August 11, 2024.
"Terry Toedtemeier: Photographer brings together a special collection of prints by the artist, given to the JSMA by his friends, family, and colleagues. Born and raised in Portland, Toedtemeier was a fixture in the Oregon cultural community until his untimely passing in 2008 at the age of 61.
The exhibition highlights the range of Toedtemeier’s photographic work. It begins with his early experimentations made in the 1970s when, as a self-taught artist, he explored the boundaries of the photographic medium. The exhibition culminates with his impeccable later Northwest landscape images, where he balanced a discerning, scientifically-trained eye with an aesthetic interpretation of nature.
The fortuitous combination of art and science in Toedtemeier’s work began when he earned a bachelor’s degree in earth sciences from Oregon State University in 1969. His coursework included experiential learning as students walked the land to understand that observation and description were foundational skills necessary to interpret the meaning of geologic processes. Over time, he came to intuit that perceiving how the land was formed only increased its beauty."
Terry Toedtemeier: Photographer is curated by Thom Sempere, Associate Curator of Photography.
For more information: https://jsma.uoregon.edu/TerryToedtemeier
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