Grasshutcorp.com Ryan Berkley’s SpectaculArcade, on view at Grass Hut First Thursday alert! If you’re planning on heading to the west-side artwalk tonight, I’ve got some openings to add to your stroll. Here’s what a big night out might look like: Grass Hut is hosting local favorite Ryan Berkley in SpectaculArcade (pictured above); Benjamin Benjamin has […]
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Tonight’s Homework: The Mythical Beast Graphic Design Tournament
Cancel all your plans, artistically gifted fantasy geeks/foodies. Entries for Architecture for Humanity‘s Mythical Beast Graphic Design Competition are due tomorrow! But before you run off to start on your wizard-dragon portrait, there’s a weird, food-related twist: This beast should combine beasts of the sea and beasts of the land, and potentially foodstuffs from both […]
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City Launches New Public Art App
Look, the city made a public art app! To help you find all the public art! And the trailer is actually pretty funny! Especially the part with Bud Clark! The app was developed with Matt Blair and the Regional Arts & Culture Council, to “showcase the rich and diverse collection of Public Art on display […]
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PHART CHART TOPPER!
This week’s PHART CHART TOPPER is DICKBIRD! 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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Behind the Scenes: Thomas James’ Mercury “Process Post”
If you’re interested in the behind-the-scenes of art direction or illustration, artist Thomas James has an interesting post detailing the process of creating the art for this week’s feature I, Cyborg, which explores the notion of digitally created second selves. He breaks down the steps of conceiving and executing an idea, from early talks with […]
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Tomorrow: Silvie Deutsch at Appendix Space
Tomorrow night (Friday, 7 pm), Appendix Space is unveiling a solo exhibit from recent Wesleyan graduate Silvie Deutsch. She’s been working in the garage-gone-gallery for the last month as part of Appendix’s residency program— creating work that reflects on “manufactured objects as possessed of a life cycle that parallels and interacts with the human.” Ben […]
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And What Did Link Get For His Birthday? An Insanely Huge Painting!
Monday was the twenty-fifth anniversary of the launch of the Legend of Zelda series. What do you get for the Hyrulian boy who already has a horse, Hookshot, Master Sword, Zora’s Flippers, Pegasus Boots, and a hat that doubles as a snarky duck? If you’re Japanese artist ag+, you spend hundreds of hours crafting the […]
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PHART CHART TOPPER!
This week’s PHART CHART TOPPER is revivify! 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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Do You Know Your Local Art Spaces?
The Settlement Emily Counts’ “A Battle Lost,” nominated by Golden Rule. So I realize that some of you Blogtown folks aren’t super involved in the local gallery scene— and that’s totally understandable. You might hate that art stuff. You might love that art stuff, but hate that gallery stuff. You might have that one gallery […]
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NSFW PHART CHART TOPPER!
This week’s PHART CHART TOPPER is a.smitten! Congrats, and look! We’ve animated it for you! It’s a wee bit NSFW, so you can’t say I didn’t warn 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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The Last Full-Time Art Critic at a Daily Newspaper in the Northwest
D.K. Row’s author page on The Oregonian still lists him as the daily paper’s full-time art critic (since 2002). But Eva Lake reports his position is changing, and that he’ll now report on “philanthropy, amongst other things”? There goes the last standing full-time art critic at a daily newspaper in the Northwest.
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Today in “I Hate You Alison Hallett!”
You may be thinking to yourself, “There are plenty of reasons to hate Alison Hallett.” WELL, YOU’RE WRONG. There are maybe only a couple of reasons to hate her, none of which include that she’s an “anti-Semite” (which she’s not) or an “art criminal” (which she may be… but who gives a shit?). Theater people […]