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Anna Gray + Ryan Wilson Paulsen: Series of Saturday morning reading discussions in the gallery
We're excited to co-host a series of Saturday morning reading discussions in the gallery June 9th, 16th, and 23rd from 11:30-1pm. Discussions are open to the public.
Join us at PDX CONTEMPORARY ART:
Saturday, June 9th, 11:30am-1pm with Emily Squires
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Saturday, June 16th, 11:30am-1pm with Rachel Hines
and Saturday, June 23rd, 11:30am-1pm with Ariana Jacob
...Vanessa Renwick: Releases her new film "Kesh"
"Kesh," a new short film by Vanessa Renwick featuring music composed by Ursula Le Guin and Todd Barton posted on Quietus, a British based arts website...
Read moreVanessa Renwick: Welcome to Your Cell, Curated by Renwick
Outer Space Gallery, 3726 NE 7th Avenue, Portland OR - Saturday / Sunday, May 12, 13 + 19, 20 1:00 - 8:00pm; Special late viewing Friday May 18, 2018 from 6:00 - 10:00pm ...
Read moreNancy Lorenz: Moon Gold at the San Diego Museum of Art
Nancy Lorenz: Moon Gold at the San Diego Museum of Art, April 27 - September 3, 2018. A solo exhibition showcasing important selections from her sketchbooks, intimately scaled studies, a series of new boxes, and a new body of large-scale work inspired by Japanese masterpieces housed in the San Diego Art Museum's own permanent collection...
Read moreNancy Lorenz: The San Diego Union-Tribune
Nancy Lorenz's solo exhibition, Moon Gold, reviewed in The San Diego Union-Tribune ...
Read moreJustin L'Amie: Morris Graves Museum of Art, solo exhibition "The Beautiful Night"
Justin L’Amie: The Beautiful Night
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April 21 to June 10
We live in a world that I am told is guided by scientific rules and principles. There are reasons why each plant grows the way it does. There are reasons that a frog doesn't give birth to a bird. There are reasons things feel different at night. I am sure there are reasons why. Traveling to new places I see that everything looks familiar, yet different. The same or similar shapes, colours and textures. Variation and combination, repetition without repeating. Rare new life. They are new flowers to me. Insects with green eyes.Art Conversations: What It’s Like in the Studio - Tax Day Happy Hour
A conversation between artists about what it is like to be in their studios Tuesday, April 17 at 5:30 pm, RSVP required by April 10:gallery@pdxcontemporaryart.com …
Read moreVictoria Haven: Crosscut - An artistic holdout in South Lake Union’s tech landscape
Artist Victoria Haven has shown her abstract paintings, drawings and multimedia pieces in galleries from Seattle Art Museum to New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. But her current exhibit may be the biggest yet — at least in terms of audience. Clearly visible to anyone commuting to and from downtown via Highway 99 (as well as brave souls taking Mercer Avenue eastbound), “Banner Year” consists of regularly changing signs facing out from two windows in Haven’s fourth-floor studio in South Lake Union...
Read moreJenene Nagy: "Morphologies" at c3: Initiative
"Morphologies" at c3: Initiative MARCH 31 - MAY 5.......................................Work from 2017 c3: Papermaking Residency artists Mary Campbell, Brenda Mallory, Benjamin Mefford and Jenene Nagy. Culminating from their experiences in the Pulp & Deckle studio, each artist utilized handmade paper as a primary medium to create new works that present ideas central to their art practice...
Read moreVanessa Renwick: “Richart” at The National Gallery of Art - April 8, 2018
April 8, 2018 at 4:00 - Vanessa Renwick’s short “Richart” will be screened at The National Gallery of Art along with Bill Daniel’s “Who Is Bozo Textino?”. Both Renwick and Daniel will be in attendance with Renwick introducing her friend and collaborator Daniel...
Read moreAnne Appleby: We Sit Together the Mountain and Me at the Tacoma Art Museum
Anne Appleby’s solo exhibition, We Sit Together the Mountain and Me, at the Tacoma Art Museum, March 10 – June 3, 2018. The exhibition largely features new works inspired by the Elkhorn Mountains of Montana and trees in the Southwestern desert. The exhibition will include the multi panel oil paintings that she is renown for as well as the continuation of a new body of gouaches on paper.
Read moreStorm Tharp: PORT First Thursday Pick
Storm Tharp's solo exhibition, "Ma'at Mons", is a PORT First Thursday pick...
Read moreJustin L'Amie: A Conversation with Ashley Gifford of Art & About PDX
Ashley Gifford from Art & About PDX sits down with Justin L'Amie to talk about his current exhibition and studio practice...
Read moreJames Lavadour: "Land of Origin" at Foundry Vineyards, Walla Walla, WA
James Lavadour exhibition at the Foundry Vineyard in Walla Walla, WA...
Read moreJenene Nagy: From the guts of stars
Jenene Nagy and Joshua West Smith: Two person exhibition at Whittier College's Greenleaf Gallery...
Read moreMarie Watt and James Lavadour: Native Art Now!
Marie Watt and James Lavadour featured in a new documentary from the Eiteljorg Museum and PBS Indianapolis ...
Read moreEllen George: Nine Gallery with Jerry Mayer
Ellen George and Jerry Mayer continue their collaborative installation work with “Repose” on view at Nine Gallery ...
Read moreJenene Nagy: The Texture of Black
Jenene Nagy exhibits at Columbia Basin College's Esvelt Gallery January 8 - February 8, 2018 ...
Read moreAnna Gray+Ryan Paulsen and Storm Tharp: Schneider Museum of Art
Anna Gray+Ryan Paulsen and Storm Tharp at Southern Oregon University's Schneider Museum of Art January 19th – March 17th 2018 ...
Read moreHoliday Hours: We will be closed December 25th, 26th ,27th
Resuming regular hours December 28th to regular hours of Tuesday - Saturday 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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