LittleCollector.com Timothy Karpinski’s “Family Tree,” available at LittleCollector.com Recently, a website called Little Collector launched, offering “contemporary art for kids.” The central engine of the site is a storefront selling limited-edition prints by household names like Shepard Fairey, as well as a few local favorites, like Seth Neefus and Timothy Karpinski (both of the Together […]
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PHART CHART TOPPER!
This week’s PHART CHART TOPPER is you bit me! Congrats, and look! We’ve animated it for you! Will you be the next Phart Chart Topper of the week? Submit your art or photos to the Mercury‘s Flickr pool, and start PHART-ing today!!
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Ben Horne’s Twin Peaks Prints on Sale
Maybe no one cares about this but me, but still… pretty pictures! Hot on the heels of a 20th anniversary Twin Peaks mega-art exhibit in Los Angeles (you can still buy merch from the show here, including work by David Lynch), comes a collection of on-set photos shot by Richard Beymer, AKA Ben Horne of […]
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Black Wave Red Sun
Continue reading to see how this week’s cover evolved into an art show. Friday: As art director of the Mercury, part of my job is to design/curate covers every week. The day the tsunami hit the coast of northeastern Japan I was teaching a class at Wieden+Kennedy 12 (advertising/art school/experiment) about designing covers. We were […]
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PHART CHART TOPPER!
This week’s PHART CHART TOPPER is kjsinnamon! Congrats, and look! We’ve animated it for you! Will you be the next Phart Chart Topper of the week? Submit your art or photos to the Mercury‘s Flickr pool, and start PHART-ing today!!
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Win Tickets to Boomcracklefly
UPDATE: Bumping this post ’cause there are still tickets available. Hello, people who like free things: We’ve got a bunch of free tickets to give away to the Miracle Theatre’s Friday, March 18th production of Boomcracklefly. Here’s the description from the press release: In a New York barrio, a female impersonator ignores the advice of […]
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Yes, You Really Do Care About the State of the Arts
Portlanders who give a toot about art—and publicly funded art—were instructed to “mob it up” at City Hall this morning and sit in while the Regional Arts and Culture Council presented its annual State of the Arts report. You clearly didn’t need the prompting. The main council chambers were packed—with a dozen or so unlucky […]
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Today’s Nostalgia Blast: Campbell Whyte’s 8-bit Dreams
Those of us who claim membership in the “Nintendo generation” don’t just get comforting feelings from reminiscing about all the good times we had with Bionic Commando and Contra. No, it seemingly goes much deeper than that. It’s as if nostalgia is the true social currency of our people. You just aren’t cool unless memories […]
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PHART CHART TOPPER!
This week’s PHART CHART TOPPER is Button2PushButtons! Congrats, and look! We’ve animated it for you! Will you be the next Phart Chart Topper of the week? Submit your art or photos to the Mercury‘s Flickr pool, and start PHART-ing today!!
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Put a Weird on It: Soap
So I just got home from the Freddy’s on Hawthorne at SE 39th Ave. I bought a fifty pack of envelopes, ten mini bungee cords, a bottle of wine, and dishwasher soap. (Sidenote: who’s the MacGyver who can make a bong outta that stuff? I know you’re out there.) Anyway. I’m unpacking my horn of […]
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The State of the Arts in Portland
On Wednesday, the Regional Arts and Culture Council (RACC), will present their State of the Arts report to City Council at 9:30 am. If you value the importance of public funding for all aspects of the arts in Portland, you should consider showing up in support. The outline of the presentation: “RACC will highlight how […]
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Opening Tonight: Ilyas Ahmed’s The Endless Intermission at Nationale
Nationale If you know of Ilyas Ahmed, you probably know him for his music— but tonight at Nationale you’ll have a chance to get to know the visual side of the Portland-based, Pakistan native in his solo exhibit, The Endless Intermission. You might’ve already encountered Ahmed’s visual side through his album covers, where his collages […]