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FEROCIOUS MOTHERS | Exhibition Walk Through

Ferocious Mothers

Click here to view a video walkthrough of PDX CONTEMPORARY ART's December 2020 exhibition, Ferocious Mothers:

https://vimeo.com/489993393

PDX CONTEMPORARY ART presents the work of women artists who have managed to make art, and build successful careers while being attentive mothers. This is not an easy task, particularly today.
It takes strong belief in the value of their art, a strong will to produce it, and a strong heart for their families.

With Work by:
Natalie Ball
Jessica Jackson Hutchins
Ellen Lesperance
Maya Lin
Senga Nengudi
Heather Watkins
Marie Watt

FEROCIOUS MOTHERS is on view at PDX December 2, 2020 - January 2, 2021
Open by appointment Wednesday - Saturday, 10am-4pm


Shop Our Online Winter Pop-Up

10 December, 2020
Jeffry Mitchell, Peace and Love 2020 Ornament Set

PDX CONTEMPORARY ART presents an online Winter Pop-up of work by select represented artists. They have made a diverse selection of work for you to give as gifts to your loved ones or to purchase for your personal collection.

Participating Artists:

Anna Gray + Ryan Wilson Paulsen
Iván Carmona
Bean Finneran
Justin L’Amie
Nancy Lorenz
D.E. May
Jeffry Mitchell
Barbara Stafford

Friendly House, a mainstay organization of Portland, Oregon, moves mountains every day for individuals and families of all ages, races, genders, and economic backgrounds. Please join us in supporting their continued critical work.

10% of all sales from the PDX CONTEMPORARY ART Winter Pop-Up will be donated to Friendly House.

www.pdxcontemporaryart.com/shop


Iván Carmona | Virtual Conversation on Craft, Rainmaker Craft Initiative

7 December, 2020

Iván Carmona will be a panelist in the upcoming event What We Talk About When We Talk About Craft, a virtual panel discussion with the Rainmaker Craft Initiative (RCI).

What We Talk About When We Talk About Craft is a play on the Raymond Carver story What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. Carver's story recounts a group of friends striving to characterize their understanding of love through their experiences, obstacles, and joys.
RCI invites you to engage in this virtual conversation with our guests in a wide ranging dialogue about how creative folks and craft communities are faring in these times. It is an opportunity for us to introduce ourselves, gather, and connect the scattered Oregon College of Art and Craft community. Panelists include Marjorie Dial, Brenda Mallory, Iván Carmona, Joshua West Smith, and Emily Endo. The conversation will be moderated by Karl Burkheimer.

December 12th
4:00 - 5:30 pm

To reserve your spot please visit:

https://www.rainmakercraft.org/what-we-talk-about-about-when-we-talk-ab…


Iván Carmona | Support Beam Grant

7 December, 2020

Iván Carmona has been selected as one of seventeen artists to receive the Support Beam Grant from the Regional Arts and Culture Council, in Portland, Oregon.

Support Beam is designed to support emerging artists’ long-term creative practices and livelihoods during an unprecedented time. This new opportunity prioritizes Black artists, Indigenous artists, and artists of color to acknowledge the disproportionate historical and ongoing systemic inequities, and the impact this pandemic is having on BIPOC communities.

Inspired by the depression-era Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.), this program utilizes City of Portland PDXCARES funding to commission a piece of public art, without restriction to media or themes, and aspires to sustain as many artists as possible during a precarious economic and political time.
Follow along with their posts and stories on Instagram at #raccsupportbeam.
Congratulations, Iván!

For more information on Support Beam: https://racc.org/2020/11/10/support-beam-round-two-announced/


Gallery Owner Discussion: Jane Beebe, Charles Froelick and Cecily Quintana for Portland Art Museum's Native American Art Council

1 December, 2020

Join the Portland Art Museum's Native American Art Council for an informal conversation with three art gallery owners Cecily Quintana, Jane Beebe and Charles Froelick. Each has a long history of working with contemporary Indigenous artists.



Marie Watt | Welcomed as a New Trustee at the Portland Art Museum

30 October, 2020
Marie Watt

Marie Watt was welcomed as a new Trustees at The Portland Art Museum- Congratulations, Marie!

"The Portland Art Museum welcomed prominent artists Carrie Mae Weems and Marie Watt to its Board of Trustees in its virtual annual meeting earlier this month.

“I am so honored and excited that Carrie Mae Weems and Marie Watt accepted our invitation to help lead our institution at this crucial time,” said Brian Ferriso, Director and Chief Curator of the Portland Art Museum. “Our communities need the arts more than ever, and it is vital to have the wisdom of these consequential artists who have both contributed so much and in so many ways to our lives.”

Watt and Weems are among nine new or returning trustees joining the Museum’s 70-member Board of Trustees. The role of the Board of Trustees is to lead in the governance of the institution, including budget approval and oversight of the Museum’s finances and assets, hiring and evaluating the performance of the Executive Director, and serving on subcommittees overseeing the areas such as the Museum’s collections, development, equity and inclusion, finances and investments, learning and community partnerships."

For more information visit:
https://nwfc.pam.org/artists-carrie-mae-weems-and-marie-watt-among-new-…


Marie Watt | Live Q and A "Hallie Ford Fellows: Art and Activism"

5 October, 2020

Join exhibiting artists Bruce Burris, Harrell Fletcher, Jessica Jackson Hutchins and Marie Watt on October 7, at 5:30 p.m. for “Hallie Ford Fellows: Art and Activism,” a virtual live presentation and Q&A on the intersections of activism, social practice and art making in their lives and communities.

To join the Virtual Presentation and Q&A: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/94097839085

For more information visit: https://around.uoregon.edu/content/fall-brings-some-options-your-arts-a…