As you might’ve heard, Justin “Scrappers” Morrison recently stepped down from his post as the Mercury‘s art director. And you may be wondering why he decided to leave The Greatest Job An Artist Could Ask For. The answer? Scrappers hit the dusty trail in pursuit of Awesome. Awesome started when clothing company Hurley asked local […]
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C.O.P.S. at Rocksbox
Quick reminder: Tomorrow from 8-11 pm, Rocksbox is hosting summer class registration for C.O.P.S. (The Conceptual Oregon Performance School). The free, artist-run classes run June through August, and for anyone looking to enroll in university-level art classes in the near future, this would be a great opportunity to do so on the free. Instructors include […]
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Opening Tonight: Gary Robbins’ Recordings at Valentine’s
Container Corps Why yes, those are chocolate candy penises! And where on Hershey’s brown earth did they come from? Well, Gary Robbins of local art press Container Corps made them a while back— and, lucky you, his newest exhibit Recordings is opening tonight at Valentine’s (232 SW Ankeny). According the show’s corresponding Facebook event page, […]
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Tonight: First Thursday
Elizabeth Leach Gallery Luke Butler’s “Captain XXX,” on view at Elizabeth Leach Gallery The First Thursday artwalk is going down tonight over on the west side, and the smorgasbord of openings is looking really strong. I’m particularly excited about Tyler Kohlhoff and Justin Gorman’s Exhibit B: Field of Work at Wieden+Kennedy, Zerofriends at Upper Playground, […]
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The Projections of a Curious Citizen
The Decades-Spanning Career of Soap Bubble Documentarian George Andrus
The decades-spanning career of soap bubble documentarian George Andrus.
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Sarah Louise Laws’ Plants and Animals
Lyrik In case you missed it in this week’s Art Chart, on Saturday from 7-10 pm, paper artist Sarah Louise Laws‘ first Portland solo show will open at Lyrik (2035 SE 39th Ave). The exhibit is called Plants and Animals, inspired by “personal narrative, dreams and emotions, domesticity, folk art, flora and fauna, travel, and […]
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Alien Dreams
Berlin Arts Collective Global Alien Investigates the American Dream
Berlin arts collective Global Alien investigates the American dream.
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This Weekend: Open Engagement 2011
Starting Friday morning and running through Sunday night, Portland State University’s Art and Social Practice MFA program is hosting Open Engagement— a free-to-all, multi-location conference focusing on “democracy, group work, the boundary (or lack there of) between art and life, education, and transdisciplinarity.” Not gonna lie, it’s unclear as to what will be said about these […]
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Tonight: First Thursday
Augen Gallery Meghan Mitchell’s “Out of Reverence,” on view at Augen Gallery Well, whuddaya know? Tonight’s the First Thursday artwalk over on the west side, and, as always, I’ve combed through press releases, foraged the internet, and whittled down the array of openings to a promising, digestible handful. Click on through the jump for the […]
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YU Contemporary Cracks Its Doors
New Southeast Arts Center Looks to the Past in Planning for the Future
YU Contemporary opens with more questions than answers.
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Saturday Night Fundraiser at Appendix Space
Appendix Project Space Tomorrow night, Appendix Project Space (located down the “south alley between 26th and 27th Avenues off of NE Alberta Street”) will host Fount, a fundraiser in support of the gallery’s 2011-2012 programming. The annual fund-athon kicks off at 6 pm, when visitors are invited to peruse and make purchases from a collection […]
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Saturday Night Art Openings at the Settlement
Laura Hughes See in the windows? The bright colors and shapes? That’s Laura Hughes’ installation. Tomorrow night from 6-10 pm, Pioneer Place Mall’s four-gallery sprawl, the Settlement (700 SW 5th Ave, in the Atrium Building on the third floor), will host receptions for a few new exhibitions— as well as debut the newly expanded Vehicle […]