Milepost 5’s group art show Manor of Art lures the creative
class to Milepost 5.
Matt Stangel
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Tonight at Together Gallery: Tom Keating’s Goodbye Party
In five days, local artist Tom Keating will be moving to NYC. As many folks are used to seeing his work in coffee shops and galleries around town— Backspace, Report, and others— Keating will be missed. His illustrations often incorporate newsprint and always depict unique interpretations of the human anatomy. His characters hands are stumpy, […]
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The Illicit Art of the Mural
Exploring Portland’s Prettiest Walls
A walking tour of Portland’s murals, beer break included.
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Tonight: Art Opening at the Fine Grind Cafe
Tonight from 6-10 p.m. the Fine Grind Cafe is hosting an opening for their first national show, entitled Compañeros, curated by L.A. artist Lesley Reppeteaux. The show features limited edition prints by Tina Darling, Logan Hicks, Daryll Peirce, Ironclaw, Christine Laporte, John Palmer, Tanner Goldbeck, and Lesley Reppeteaux. DJ A-Minus will be spinning and PBRs […]
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The WTF Book Tour
Bwana Spoons Welcomes You to Forest Island
Local artist Bwana Spoons Welcomes You to Forest Island.
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For a Limited Time Only
Store for a Month‘s Temporary Wares
Store for a Month‘s onsite installation peddles the work of
70-plus artists.
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Of 40 oz & Face Tat
So I felt a little conflicted after seeing Matt Gone on the cover of Whatever Week (guy-with-uncomfortable-amount-of-tats who’ll be featured in Marking Portland: The Art of Tattoo— an exhibit of tattoo pics at the Portland Art Museum). Conflicted because face tats and shit like that have traditionally registered as unconventional, but when paraded for shock […]
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Culture Meld
Compound Gallery’s Collaborative Strange Bedfellows Bears Strange Fruit
Compound showcases the results of 13 collaborations between artists
from Portland and Japan.
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Art in the key of now
Alright, so I’ve been saving up a few items that sit at the intersection of art and city planning— things people call “art in temporary spaces.” It’s time for me to blow my load. While Richard Speer has already blown his load all over Store For A Month, it is the first item on the […]
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Natalie Phillips Goes it Alone
Illustrator Natalie Phillips Opens a Solo Show at Breeze Block
“My mom is the only person who noticed that the baby is smoking fetuses out of a placenta pipe,” says Natalie Phillips of her busy illustration “Red Sky.” Using gouache and acrylic paint on Bristol board, Phillips takes the viewer back to an ’80s sci-fi comic book aesthetic. Drifting through a white-dots-on-black version of outer […]
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From the frying pan to the gallery… Bacon
Not gonna lie, love me some bacon, and when I see it out of its natural habitat—my stomach—I get all flustered, suppressing my pent-up hunter instincts. Thought I had done it all when it comes to cured meats, but recently a few artsy-things have set my baco-dar a’flashing. If bacon didn’t have a mythological representation, […]