Collecting: easier than you think

Collecting (easier than you think).

Saturday, June 6th
3:00pm
RSVP to info@pdxcontemporaryart.com

Why such a silly title ?

Because the art world can seem to be insular and a bit opaque.

In the conversation we will try to demystify acquiring art and building a collection. Collecting fine art expands horizons and enriches life and it is more accessible than many believe it to be.

There is something innately pleasing about possessing an art object and all that can be learned and enjoyed from looking at it, thinking about it and how it fits or does not fit in the world.

Jane Beebe, Caitlin Moore and James Allen look forward to seeing you at PDX CONTEMPORARY ART for this informative conversation on collecting.

RSVP to info@pdxcontemporaryart.com or 503 222-0063

Jane Beebe Owner/Director of PDX CONTEMPORARY ART has been in the art business for 29 years. She has served as trustee of the Portland Art Museum, Oregon School of Art and Craft, chaired and directed the Doernbecher Children's Hospital art commissions incorporated in the hospital building. She has been a guest speaker at Duke University, The National Endowment for the Arts and the given a convocation speech at Pacific Northwest College of Art. PDX has participated in more than 50 art fairs across the country and guided the careers of some of the region's most successful artists, James Lavadour, Storm Tharp and Marie Watt.

Since moving to Portland in 2005 Caitlin Moore has worked with non and for-profit arts organizations curating, directing and mounting a variety of programs including the management and operation of art galleries both here in Portland and abroad in Berlin, Germany. Currently she is the Gallery Manager at PDX CONTEMPORARY ART, serves on the Board of the Northwest Art Council at the Portland Art Museum as well as on an advisory committee at the Art Gym at Marylhurst University.

James Allen is a working artist and PDX preparator. He has a BFA from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. His Book Excavations are in special collections libraries at UCLA, Ringling College of Art and Design, John's Hopkins University, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, University of Puget Sound and University of Colorado, Boulder.