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Laura Russo Memorial Today at 3 pm
Art dealer Laura Russo died of cancer last Thursday; a memorial service will be held today at the Portland Art Museum’s Sunken Ballroom. DK Row has more on Russo’s contributions to the Portland art scene in the Oregonian: Simply put: No one in the current art world championed local and Northwest artists as passionately and […]
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So Is Last Thursday Worth $11,000 a Month?
A meeting with the mayor and Commissioner Amanda Fritz tonight on NE Alberta aims to decide the future of Last Thursday. During the summer months of 2008 and 2009, the city footed the bill for expanding the monthly “alternative” arts festival. Overtime for 15 police officers, a fire engine and crew, 30-person crowd control team […]
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Here’s Your Chance to Nominate Artists for The People’s Biennial
Tomorrow (February 6, at 4 pm) the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art will be hosting a meeting at the The Cleaners at Ace Hotel (403 SW 10th Ave) to gather community suggestions for artists to be considered for inclusion in The People’s Biennial, a recently announced addition to the 2010 Time-Based Art Festival programming. “For […]
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Tonight: First Thursday
Tonight is First Thursday— and so, like gift-socks, I give you my picks. Kelly O— The Stranger One of Kelly O’s Drunk of the Week picks Kelly O, photographer for our Seattle sister paper, The Stranger, is showing at Igloo Gallery alongside LA filmmaker Mark Escribano. Kelly O rose to fame by snapping pictures of […]
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This Week’s Mecury Arts Section!
Finally, the blog post you’ve all been waiting for. In Visual Arts/Performance: Matt Stangel writes about the newly hatched “Art Party”—a monthly first Friday show at Branx, curated by painter Sarah Gottesdiener and Erase Errata’s Jenny Hoyston, that aims to bring together artists working in different disciplines. Stangel hopes the series will “provide needed focus […]
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Wolves in the Throne Room Move Show to Rotture; Circadia Art Center Still Active
Hmm, I can see why the Fire Marshal might have concerns. Washington black metal band Wolves in the Throne Room were scheduled to play a show at the Circadia Art Center this coming Wednesday, February 10. That show isn’t happening at Circadia anymore—a post on WITTR’s website suggests the newly hatched art center on NE […]
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Disjecta Announces PORTLAND2010 Artists
Disjecta This afternoon Disjecta Interdisciplinary Art Center announced the featured artists in their upcoming biennial exhibition, PORTLAND2010. According to the press release, the biennial will kick off on March 13th, spanning multiple locations across the city “including Rocksbox, IFCC, Marylhurst Art Gym, Elizabeth Leach Gallery and Alpern Gallery.” PORTLAND2010 picks up where the Portland Art […]
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Breedlove Really Ramps It Up A Notch
From young hotcakes’ blog this afternoon: I wrote this recently, after hearing some of the feedback on my book deal. People assumed I was writing a sex tell all, and many people said things like “He’s only 22, he doesnt have a life. What would he know to write about?” This is for all those […]
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New Work from DUST
As DUST clothing creator Julia Blackburn points out, “It’s silly to do a look book for a line like Dust since it’s all one of a kind, but it’d be a shame to let these one-offs go undocumented. Especially since she happened to meet photographer Jeff Luker at last fall’s Content event, who assisted Ryan […]
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Truth and Beauty and Road House at Fertile Ground
Last night I did some Fertile Ground show-hopping, catching portions of two shows—not the ideal way to see theater, but scheduling is the bane of this festival, and I wanted to get an idea of how two very different works-in-progress were shaping up. Though its emphasized that it’s a workshop, the first act of Many […]
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Tonight at Together Gallery
Yesterday I was over at Together Gallery (2916 NE Alberta St) and got a chance to peek around during the build-out for Arise People. The exhibit opens tonight from 6-11 pm, featuring the paintings of San Francisco’s Nick “Doodles” Mann. After I left, Greg Pitters from Hungry Eyeball rolled through and took some photos. Here’s […]