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Ellen George:Ellen George in collaboration with Jerry Mayer has installed a kinetic piece "Interval"

Nine Gallery - inside Blue Sky Gallery, 122 N.W. Eighth Ave. through August 2,2009
( photo: Calvin Ross Carl)

Enjoying summer

Storm Tharp takes a photo of Vanessa Renwick and Cynthia Lahti by the camp fire. Wild strawberry being offered.

Recognition and appreciation for four photographers

We thank Dan Katvika who photographed, at his suggestion and as a gift, Cynthia Lahti's exhibition. We thank William Bragg for the insightful photos of D.E.May's studio. Francis Lombardi for the photographs of D.E.May's work which we used for the postcard image. Finally Lydia Beebe for gamely photographing, at a moments notice, Rod Pulliam and me (Jane Beebe) for the PDX Across The Hall and Pulliam Gallery July postcard.

Adam Sorensen at James Harris Gallery

Adam Sorensen exhibits new paintings at James Harris Gallery in Seattle.

Announcing an additional PDX program, "PDX Across The Hall"

We are pleased to announce "PDX Across The Hall".

PDX is staying in the 925 NW Flanders Street location and also leasing half the gallery space across the hall at 929 NW Flanders Street for 6 months, May- Oct. We will alternate or combine shows with Rod Pulliam's new gallery in the 929 location............
May 5- May 30, 2009: Mary Henry: paintings and drawings...
June 2 - 27th: Anna Gray + Ryan Wilson Paulsen, and Storm Tharp...
June 30 - July 25: "Catch All" summer group show................
There will be three separate PDX exhibitions. We hope you will enjoy all three shows.
1. Main gallery,
2."PDX Window Project"
3."PDX Across The Hall"

Vanessa Renwick: Zoobomb sculpture dedication May 29th 5:30pm

"I am excited about the idea of making a monumental legal and safe bike lock sculpture which carries the beauty of the Pyle, which as a cultural form relates to the hill that is descended, as well as screams community. The Zoobombers to me represent free in the truest sense, the freeness of the bikes, the freeness of the idea, and the freeness of the feeling experienced while bombing down the hill. This is something that is Portland, and I don’t want to see the spirit of the Pyle vanished in the new form taken. Zoobomb Pyle is rad! Beautiful! But we can enhance it...make it better."

Vanessa Renwick at WOU Experimental Film Fest, Short film by Ryan Jeffery

Off the Map: The Western Oregon University Experimental Film Festival

Portland’s film scene is internationally known for its commitment to independent, alternative, and experimental media. Please join us for three fantastic events featuring work by filmmakers based in Portland, OR.

Portland Filmmaker Andy Blubaugh
In person - Weds. May 20, 5pm, Hammersly Library, Room 107

Portland Filmmaker Vanessa Renwick
In person - Weds. May 27, 5pm, Hammersly Library, Room 107

Program of Short Films & Videos - Thurs. May 28, 8pm, ITC 211
Curated by students in the Art Department, this program includes short films and videos by Andy Blubaugh, Rose Bond, Carl Diehl, Gretchen Hogue, Ryan Jeffery, Marc Moscato, and Steven Slappe. Several filmmakers will be in attendance.

All events are free and open to the public.

Ellen George "nose touches twig" reviewed on PORT

http://www.portlandart.net/archives/2009/05/ellen_georges_n.html

Mary Henry: March 19, 1913 - May 21, 2009

Mary Henry lived a long, full life. We admired the absolute clarity of vision and purpose she had in her art and in her life. We will miss her.

"the most exhilarating double bill a local gallery has put on in years" Richard Speer

"Mary Henry & Ellen George: PDX Contemporary A one-two punch of transcendental abstraction and elegant sculpture"

"Taken together, Mary Henry’s and Ellen George’s shows add up to the most exhilarating double bill a local gallery has put on in years"

James Lavadour and Al Solheim

Al Solheim, well known and respected developer in Portland's Pearl District and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Pacific Northwest College of Art, commissioned James Lavadour to make a painting for a new building in the Pearl, The Machine Works, Northwest 14th and Northrup. "Making Birds" a nine panel work can be viewed in the lobby on NW Northrup. The doors are locked but one can get a good view from the sidewalk.

The New York Times: Look out, world. Summer Travel 2009 "Oregon Trail", recommends PDX Contemporary Art

"Style Map/Portland, Oregon.Slick ,creative companies like Adidas, Nike and Wieden+Kennedy may have their headquarters here,but when it comes to art and design, Portlanders embrace more of an indie aesthetic. The city's artisans take D.I.Y.(earth-friendly) approach to their wares-from sake cups to sauna to sustainable stationary-but their creations are far from folksy"
Maura Egan, page 18. New York Times, 5/17/09 Sunday Style Magazine. "Look out, world. Summer Travel 2009"

Storm Tharp talk at PCC SE at Mt. Tabor Hall

Storm Tharp will speak about his work, Thursday, May 14th, at 7:00 pm at PCC SE at Mt. Tabor Hall

Anna Gray + Ryan Wilson Paulsen interview Francis Stark on KPSU radio

Monday May 11,2009
http://kpsu.org/program/art_talk_am_on_the_radio

PDX Contemporay Art Video - Anna Gray + Ryan Wilson Paulsen

"R-Y-A-N-N-A", a collaborative by Anna Gray + Ryan Wilson Paulsen.

Ellen George and Mary Henry: WW Pick

WW PickPDX CONTEMPORARY ART
Mary Henry, Ellen George.
Venerable gallery PDX Contemporary Art offers up what promises to be a gorgeous double-whammy of a show this month. Veteran painter Mary Henry (now 96 years old) is showcased in a selection of chromatically rich, compositionally rigorous abstract and semi-abstract paintings and drawings. Meantime, sculptor Ellen George presents intricate polymer clay pieces that marry whimsy and precision. This is the first month that PDX will program in the space that Pulliam Gallery (now sans MaryAnn Deffenbaugh) is occupying only bi-monthly. We had our doubts about the wisdom of the new arrangement, but if this is the caliber of show we can expect from a double dose of PDX, we say bring ’em on! PDX Contemporary Art and Pulliam Gallery, 929 NW Flanders St., 228-6665. 925 NW Flanders St., 222-0063. Closes May 30. Map Willamette Week,page 53, May 6,2009, Richard Speer