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Barbara Stafford was featured in Oregon Live's list of beautiful shows opening in 2020.
Her graceful, atmospheric landscape paintings will be on display here March 4-28, 2020.

Check out the feature here: https://www.oregonlive.com/life-and-culture/j66j-2020/01/9326eed2ac6910…

Marie Watt's piece "Companion Species (Speech Bubble) 2019" is now a part of the permanent collection at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas.
The museum has new acquisitions from several contemporary female artists as part of their commitment to developing a more inclusive American art collection.
Congratulations, Marie!
View Marie's piece and more information here:
https://crystalbridges.org/blog/crystal-bridges-museum-of-american-art-…

Happy holidays from everyone at PDX CONTEMPORARY ART!

We will be closed on Christmas Day and New Years Day and have altered hours:

Tuesday, December 24, 2019 - 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Wednesday, December 25, 2019 - CLOSED
Thursday, December 26, 2019 - 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
Friday, December 27, 2019 - 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
Saturday, December 28, 2019 - 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
Sunday, December 29, 2019 - CLOSED
Monday, December 30, 2019 - CLOSED
Tuesday, December 31, 2019 - 11:00am - 3:00 pm
Wednesday, January 1, 2020 - CLOSED

We will return to our regular business hours of Tuesday - Saturday from 11:00am - 6:00 pm on Thursday, January 2nd, 2020.

Adam Sorensen was recently interviewed in the Winter Issue of Juxtapoz magazine by Gabe Scott. In the interview, Scott discusses the inspiration and framework around creating Sorensen's lively and mysterious landscape paintings. Of the work, Scott writes, “These expansive vignettes are influenced by Adam’s interaction with the natural world, as well as his enthusiasm for old reference books. Ambiguity is an important aspect of Sorensen’s earthly allusions, and at their core, his paintings are built on abstract emotion, rather than an explicit narrative. Bathed in vibrant energy and soaked in sumptuous chromatics, these environments are energy fields of density and optical resonance…” (Scott, Gabe. “Adam Sorensen: The Electric Light Landscape,” Juxtapoz, Winter Edition 2020: Page 108)

Congratulations, Adam!
Be sure to get a copy of the magazine to check out the full interview featuring Adam Sorensen.
https://shop.juxtapoz.com/current-issue-winter-2020-212.html

Iván Carmona was recently interviewed, ahead of his solo show at PDX CONTEMPORARY ART, in his studio by Portland-based artist David Schell on his blog Semi Finalist.

Iván talks about his minimalistic style, the inspiration he finds in nature, culture, and childhood memories from his time spent in Puerto Rico, and the influences he draws from as he creates his sculptural works.

Check out the interview here: https://www.davidscottschell.com/semi-finalist/semi-finalist-presents-i…

Joe Rudko was recently interviewed in the In the In-Between: Journal of New and New Media Photography by Bree Lamb- artist, educator, and editor based in New Mexico. Lamb’s interview gives an in depth look into Rudko’s studio, aesthetic, process, materials, and experiences.

Take a look at the interview online here:
https://www.inthein-between.com/find-cut-paste-bree-lamb-interviews-joe…

Marie Watt's work is on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 'Making Knowing: Craft in Art, 1950-2019.' Skywalker/Skyscraper (Axis Mundi) was made in Brooklyn, New York, and references the Iroquois iron workers who were known as 'Skywalkers', and built many of the skyscrapers in the city.

This exhibition remains on view through January 2021.
Congratulations, Marie!

https://whitney.org/exhibitions/making-knowing#exhibition-artists

Listen to Marie talk about her work in the show here:
https://whitney.org/audio-guides/2276?language=english&type=general&nig…

Marie Watt will be a visiting artist at Yale University Art Gallery on Saturday, November 2nd and Sunday, November 3rd. Marie Watt's two pieces "First Teachers Balance the Universe, Part I: Things That Fly (Predator)" and "First Teachers Balance the Universe, Part II: Things That Fly (Prey)" were recently accepted into the permanent collection of Yale University Art Gallery and are currently on view.

On Saturday, November 2nd at 3:00 pm, Marie Watt will give a lecture celebrating the opening of the exhibition "Place, Nations, Generations, Beings: 200 Years of Indigenous North American Art" at Yale University Art Gallery. Having received her M.F.A. from Yale University in 1996, Watt will discuss her cross-disciplinary practice, time spent at Yale, and the works in the exhibition.

On Sunday, November 3rd from 12:00 - 3:00 pm, Marie Watt and Yale University Art Gallery will host a community sewing circle. Both events are free and open to the public. People are invited to come as they are; no sewing experience is necessary and all ages are welcome. Exclusively at this event, in exchange for stitches, Watt will offer a small-scale, limited-edition print.

https://artgallery.yale.edu/calendar/events/opening-lecture-first-teach…
https://artgallery.yale.edu/calendar/events/studio-program-sewing-circle

Jenene Nagy's recent interview with KBOO's Joseph Gallivan is up on their website. Take a listen and learn more about Jenene's handsome show, box breathing.

https://kboo.fm/media/76008-joseph-gallivan-interviews-painter-jenene-n…

Victoria Haven is an artist-in-residence at the Rauschenberg Residency on Captiva Island, Florida. Congratulations, Victoria!

About the Residency: The Rauschenberg Residency is inspired by Rauschenberg's early years at Black Mountain College where an artistic community brought out elements central to his art, collaboration, and exploration. The residency advances new work, extends practices into new mediums, and serves as a research and development lab for performance-based projects. It fosters the ideal that artistic practice advances mutual understanding and engenders a focus on the conservation of a sensitive and pristine environment and integration with the local surroundings. Events designed to connect the local and regional community with the artists in residence may include an open studio of works in progress, outreaches by residents, and on-site activities/tours held in partnership with schools and arts and environmental organizations.

The harmonious juxtaposition of natural landscape, modern and adaptable studios, and idyllic housing provides a perfect backdrop for the artistic process. The spirit of Robert Rauschenberg is everywhere.