Homeless camp Dignity Village gets a new coat of paint.
Matt Stangel
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Weekend Visual Art Picks
Augustine Kofie Hey guys, aside from tonight’s openings at Sequential Art and the Street Roots show at Albina Community Bank, there are a ton of visual art happenings this weekend. Here are some of them, broken up by day for your ease of use, and posted after the jump. Thursday: FrogFaith Media Group Gallery (1216 […]
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Tonight, Throwing Bones at Sequential Art
Tony Morgan The other day I got a copy of Throwing Bones in the mail— it’s a book of short stories written by Anthony Alvarado and illustrated by Tony Morgan of Gunbaby Graphics. I cracked it open, saw the above image, and began reading the accompanying story, “The Penis,” which starts with the brief declarative, […]
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The Object Narrative
Appendix Fulfills its Mission with Material Affair
Appendix Project Space lives up to its promise to present challenging
conceptual work with Material Affair.
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Art Meme of the Day Goes To…
Magnus Muhr! He’s the Swedish photographer who created Fly Humor: Magnus Muhr Magnus Muhr Magnus Muhr As translated by my Swiss roommate: “Oh shit! I’ve gotta sneeze!” Now it’s official, when I die I want to come back as a fly so I can die again and become arts and crafts. For more Fly Humor […]
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Rendering the Invisible
Artist Joe Ryckebosch Captures Time-Based Patterns in His Work
Artist Joe Ryckebosch captures time-based patterns in his work.
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Underground Comix at Floating World Comics
Many Americans— myself included— have come to know Asian comics and cartoons like this: characters have round, oversized eyes and angular hairdos, cute and cuddly pseudo-animals have dumpy, superpower-infused bodies, and candy-hued colors are splashed around generously. Though last night at Floating World Comics as I was previewing Underground Comix— an exhibit of Chinese comic […]
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Stock at Gallery Homeland: Call For Art Proposals
Image Stolen from the Stock blog Stock, August 2009 Y’all hear about this thing called Stock? It’s a monthly dinner series hosted by Gallery Homeland where people eat soup, consume art, and collectively pick an art presentation to be shown at the next month’s dinner. Profits from the dinner’s $10 entry fee are given to […]
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Tonight: Neighborhood Diaries and Papergirl at Second Nature Gallery
Papergirl #3 from Papergirl on Vimeo. Remember a few months back when we printed a piece about the Regional Arts and Culture Council’s (RACC) grant process? Well, I’ve got a quick follow-up on that story. Tonight at Second Nature Gallery (811 E Burnside), Abraham Ingle— one of last year’s RACC grant recipients— is officially unveiling […]
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Tonight: First Thursday
Jennifer Parks Jennifer Parks’ ARTCRANK contribution Well, it’s that time of the month again: arts walk time. That’s why I’ve spent the afternoon finding some First Thursday openings that are right up your alley, Blogtown resident. Bikes, sex, mountains, and other First Thursday-ish stuff— it’s all happening tonight in the Pearl. Details after the jump! […]
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24 Hour Comics Challenge
Local cartoonists rise to the challenge of 24 Hour Comics Day.
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Field Trip
After-Hours Partying at the Portland Art Museum
Shine a Light invites audiences to an unconventional exploration
of the art museum.