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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 22807

TUES - SAT, 11AM - 5 PM DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR

For more information: https://www.jmu.edu/dukehallgallery/index.shtml

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
5:30-6:30 pm, Tuesday, November 12, 2024
PDX CONTEMPORARY ART
1881 NW Vaughn Street
Portland, OR 97209

The venue will be the Mt. Hood Community College's Visual Arts Theatre.
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 Theatre

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 Wong

As 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, 97209

Join 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-artists

More about COMING HOME:
https://www.vanportmosaic.org/coming-home-2024

Vanport Mosaic Presents: COMING HOME, Memory Activism in Old Town
September 28 - October 5, 2024

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/

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
99164

For more information visit: https://museum.wsu.edu/exhibit/2024-your-collection-celebrating-50-year…

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 97201

For more information: https://sites.google.com/pdx.edu/jsma-at-psu/color-outside-the-lines?au…

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/

Gallery Location:
Kala Gallery, 2990 San Pablo, Berkeley, CA 94702
Hours: Tue - Fri: 12-5pm

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-teach…

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…