ART NOTES A publication by the Regional Arts & Culture Council for the Portland metropolitan area
VOLUME 17 NO. 6 ...... MAY/JUNE 2012
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RACC NEWS What’s new in public art
Summer arts camps BY PEGGY KENDELLEN, RACC PUBLIC ART MANAGER listing ...page 3 Art Spark on 5/17 ...page 4 Installation by Jules Nemish at Portland Building ...page 4 RACC Opportunity Grant ...page 5 Call for Visual Chronicle ...page 5 Call for Industry & Art Exhibit ...page 5 RACC Workshops ...page 7 Right Brain’s Imagine This! Timber Joey and artist Ron Baron pose with In March 2011, Brooklyn (NY) based artist ... page 7 You Are Here, a public art sculpture recently Ron Baron attended the Portland Timbers installed in the Key Bank Plaza at JELD-WEN fi nal pre-season match at the University Field, home of the Portland Timbers. of Portland and witnessed Timber Joey ON THE WEB revving up his chainsaw and slicing off a The most current and complete information regarding the notices you log round after a scored goal. That pivotal see here in Art Notes is available on moment was a catalyst for Ron to create an the RACC website at racc.org. New public art has artwork that honored this ritual as well as E-NEWSLETTER To sign up at racc.org for the free the site’s rich history. One year later and monthly electronic edition of Art recently been unveiled at before the Timber’s second MLS season of- Notes. fi cially started, his sculpture You Are Here SUBMISSIONS JELD-WEN Field Only events funded by RACC are in- was installed and dedicated in the Key Bank cluded in the Featured Events section. Plaza, next to the Team Store at JELD- Other notices about job openings, and the grants, etc. may be submitted, but WEN Field. RACC reserves the right to edit or re- ject material. Email: [email protected] or mail to RACC, 411 NW Park Avenue, East County Courthouse Suite 101, Portland, OR 97209. Dead- The nine-foot diameter bronze log round line for July/August 2012: 6/15/12. was digitally enlarged from a log cut given to Baron by the Portland Timbers. With
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411 NW Park Avenue, Suite 101, that form as the primary structure and in contrast and in balance with each other: Portland, OR 97209-3356 Tel: 503.823.5111 Fax: 503.823.5432 focus, the artist elaborated upon the story a cloud of glass feathers suspended above Email: [email protected] racc.org of the site by partially embedding objects the north stairwell and an arrangement ART NOTES that referenced the site’s history – objects of basalt stones on the lobby fl oor below. A free bi-monthly publication of the found in Portland’s secondhand shops and Together, they speak to the balance of the Regional Arts & Culture Council, which serves the Portland, Oregon elsewhere that pay homage to the culture, weightiness of the courts’ activity and the metropolitan area, including Multnomah, Clackamas, and commerce and sports events at and around desire for transparency of action. And, that Washington Counties. the site over the past 150 years, including a balance is the essence of the artwork. tennis racket, soccer ball, a trophy, vegeta- MARY BAUER The feather form alludes to the quill as Editor bles, baseball hat and glove, a Timber Jim an instrument of recording words of the JEFF HAWTHORNE bobble head doll, greyhounds and a collec- Director of Community Aff airs tion of cat fi gures. law and to the weighing of deeds by the ELOISE DAMROSCH Egyptian goddess Maat, who represented Executive Director “The sculpture is a time-capsule that com- harmony, justice and truth and determined memorates the past, glorifi es the present the fate of the departed by weighing the RACC MISSION Through vision, leadership and and celebrates achievement,” Baron said. accumulated deeds of each soul against a service the Regional Arts & Culture feather. The feather forms are based on Council works to integrate arts and culture in all aspects of The project was funded by City of Portland those of birds of the northwest region, community life. Percent for Art associated with the renovation of including the Barred Owl, Crow, Ferregous JELD-WEN Field. Members of the selection panel RACC BOARD for this project were Linda Cameron, Mike Golub, Hawk, Great Horned Owl, Red Tailed Hawk, Carol R. Smith, Ed.D., Chair Lina Garcia Seabold, Vice Chair Sheree LeDoux, Dave Logsdon, Scott Mazareigos Snow Goose, Stellar Jay, and Yellow War- Jennifer C. Cies, Treasurer and Sol Neelman. bler. Max M. Miller, Jr., Secretary Alan Alexander III Jesse Beason Fifteen miles to the east, the long-awaited The projects were funded by Multnomah County Gwyneth Gamble Booth Percent for Art associated with the construction Verlea G. Briggs East County Courthouse in the Gresham Jessica L. Clark Rockwood neighborhood opened for busi- of the courthouse. The East County Courthouse Jay Clemens artist selection panel included Paul Boundy, Steve Mike Golub ness on Monday, April 23rd. Over the past Stacey A. Graham Cruzen, Judge Alicia Fuchs, Brenda Mallory, Sue Kira Higgs year, two artists – Anne Storrs and Erin O’Halloran, Nathan Orosco, Corie Wiren and Phillip Hilaire Eric Hormel Shie Palmer – have been working on creat- Peggidy Yates. Dr. Jerry E. Hudson Karen Karbo ing exterior and interior installations re- Joe Krumm spectively. Both artists’ ideas were inspired Many businesses played a role in the fabrica- Peg Malloy tion and installation of the artworks for both the Bonita Oswald by an early conversation about the meaning Brian Rice JELD-WEN Field and the East County Court- Jan Robertson of justice with Multnomah County Circuit house: Art and Design Works, North Plains, OR; Tad Savinar Judge Alicia Fuchs. While many words Artworks Foundry, Berkeley, CA; Cliff Townsend emerged from that conversation -- acces- Masonry, Oregon City; Digital Atelier, Mercer- RACC PARTNERS ville, NJ; George C. Scott Studios, Des Moines, RACC works in partnership with the sibility, fairness, transparency, diversity, following organizations to ensure a compassion, balance -- the concepts of bal- WA; Thelin Auto Body, Cornelius; U.S. Starcraft, quality arts and culture community Seattle; and the following Portland businesses: in our region: ance and connection resonated most clearly Campbell Crane, Carlson Testing, Cascadia Art Americans for the Arts with the artists. Conservation, Catena Consulting Engineers, Business for Culture & the Arts Grummel Engineering, IRC Aluminum, Nishkian Clackamas County Arts Alliance Portland artist Anne Storrs created Balanc- Dean Engineering, Ryerson Steel, Star Rentals, Creative Advocacy Network ing Tree, inspired by the natural environ- Swan Island Metal, Tacoma Screw, Waco Scaf- Cultural Advocacy Coalition folding & Equipment, and Winks Hardware. National Endowment for the Arts ment of the Rockwood neighborhood. A Nonprofit Association of Oregon 36-foot high stylized Douglas Fir tree is set Oregon Arts Commission off slightly from the building’s east façade Oregon Cultural Trust Westside Cultural Alliance where morning light casts soft shadows onto the building. Water jet cut metal fi r cones balance on each of the branches, ref- erencing the scales of justice. A 15-foot tall stainless steel sculpture, Weighing, stands erect along Stark Street referencing both the form and concept of Balancing Tree. Seattle artist Erin Palmer’s two-part in- stallation, Accumulated Deeds (Cumulus Facta), encompasses the volume of the north stairwell and features two elements Erin Shie Palmer’s Accumulated Deeds is part of an installation at the new East County Courthouse. 2 LISTINGS
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Miracle Theatre Group A DIFFERENT KIND OF FEATURED EVENTS milagro.org, 503.236.7253 NORMAL: STORIES OF ASPERGER’S SYNDROME REORIENTATION X 5 5/4-30 All events funded in part by the SERIES Photographer Leah Nash Regional Arts & Culture Council 5/3-27 pnwcp.com/iwitnessgallery/ racc.org/calendar Artist Tamara English index.html tamaraenglish.com, 503.754.4847 503.384.2783 PHOTOGRAPHS BY MISHKA HENNER AND SHE INSPIRES 365 PLASTIC QUILT NATE LARSON & MARNI 5/3-31 EXHIBIT 2012 SHINDELMAN Artist Andrea Leoncavallo 5/4-31 5/1-31 lionhorseproductions.com Create Plenty (Photo: Blaine Truitt Covert ) Blue Sky Gallery 732.713.8473 createplenty.org blueskygallery.org, 503.225.0210 [email protected] CELEBRATING BEAUTY INSIDE CHAMBER MUSIC: 5/3-6/23 CITY OF ANGELS SCHUMANN Artist Deborah Horrell 5/4-6/10 5/2 elizabethleach.com, 503.224.0521 Lakewood Theatre Friends of Chamber Music lakewood-center.org focm.org, 503.224.9842 BY AUDIENCE REQUEST 503.635.3901 5/4 PORTLAND ARTS & Portland Columbia Symphony ARTISTS IN CONVERSA- MAY LECTURES: Orchestra TION: BLURRING CHIMAMANDA ADICHIE columbiasymphony.org BOUNDARIES 5/3 503.234.4077 5/6 4-5 Literary Arts, Inc. NW Film Center literary-arts.org, 503.227.2583 THE LOCAL CULTURE nwfilm.org, 503.221.1156 PROJECT WITH HIROKO SPRING CONCERT THE GREAT NORTHWEST TAMANO PORTLAND PIANO The Portland Ballet 5/2-3 5/4-5 RECITAL SERIES: theportlandballet.org a film by Matt McCormick Water in the Desert CHRISTOPHER O’RILEY RACC General Operating rodeofilmco.com witd.org, 503.289.3499 5/6 [email protected] Support Portland Piano International ORCHESTRA KEYBOARD portlandpiano.org, 503.228.1388 THE CUTTING ROOM 5/4-6 5/3-19 Portland Baroque Orchestra SPRING CONCERT PLAY ON WORDS BodyVox pbo.org, 503.222.6000 5/6 5/10, 13, 20 bodyvox.com, 503.229.0627 Portland Youth Philharmonic Curious Comedy EL ZORRITO: THE LEGEND curiouscomedy.org SPRING AWAKENING portlandyouthphil.org OF THE BOY ZORRO 503.223.5939 503.477.9477 5/3-26 5/4-27 Live On Stage Northwest Children’s Theater & COMPAGNIE KÄFIG LIVE WIRE! RADIO liveonstage.us, 503.280.5483 School 5/9 5/11 nwcts.org, 503.222.2190 Live Radio Show OEDIPUS EL REY White Bird whitebird.org, 503.245.1600 livewireradio.org, 503.548.4920 5/3-26
RACC NEWS SUMMER ARTS CAMPS LISTING Each year RACC makes a jump start on summer by providing families a list of regional summer arts camps in all disciplines and for all ages being held in the FOR MORE INFORMATION tri-county region. Sign up early as classes fill up fast. racc.org/arts-education/2012- VISIT RACC.ORG summer-arts-camps. 3 RACC.ORG LISTINGS CONTINUED
CANDIDE octc.org, 503.228.9571 COLUMBIA GORGE ARTS TEMPORARY 5/11-19 FESTIVAL INSTALLATION BY Portland Opera MARYLHURST CONCERT 5/19-20 JULES NEMISH portlandopera.org, 503.224.1407 5/13 Corbett Education Foundation 6/4-6/29 Metropolitan Youth Symphony corbetteducationfoundation.org RACC, Portland Building THE BLACK LIZARD playmys.org, 503.239.4566 503.261.4252 Installation Space 5/11-6/2 racc.org Imago Theatre BARBARA RAS & STRAVINSKY’S RITE OF 503.823.5111 Imagotheatre.com, 503.231.9581 CHRISTOPHER HOWELL SPRING 5/15 5/20-21 MOZART REQUIEM PORTRAITS OF CIVIL Mountain Writers Series Oregon Symphony 6/8 WAR mountainwriters.org orsymphony.org, 503.228.1353 Portland Chamber Orchestra 5/12 503.232.4517 portlanchamberorchestra.org a film by Sarah Nagy & students A PLACE CALLED HOME: 503.771.3250 at Creative Science School ART SPARK EXPERIMENTAL buckmanfilmacademy.com 5/17 5/25 SUMMER SPLENDORS featuring i heart art pdx & Dill Pickle Club 6/8-17 A TASTE OF BYZANTIUM PDX Pipeline dillpickleclub.org Northwest Dance Project 5/12 portlandartspark.com [email protected] nwdanceproject.org Cappella Romana 503.823.5111 503.421.7434 cappellaromana.org PENELOPE 503.927.9027 PORTLAND QUEER 6/1-17 DANCE UNITED DOCUMENTARY FILM Third Rail Repertory Theatre 6/9 ECCENTRICITIES OF A FESTIVAL 2012 thirdrailrep.org, 503.235.1101 Oregon Ballet Theatre NIGHTINGALE 5/17-20 obt.org 5/12-13 queerdocfest.org UN MENU MUSICAL 503.222.5583 Profile Theatre Project 6/2 profiletheatre.org, 503.242.0080 JAMB Resonance Ensemble WRITING MYSELF 5/17-26 resonancechoral.org 6/14 IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A Choreography by Jim McGinn 503.427.8701 Filmmaker Brian Lindstrom COOKIE topshakedance.com brianlindstrom.wordpress.com 5/12-6/3 971.570.5188 Oregon Children’s Theatre
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WALL INSTALLATION AT ADX by sculptorJames Florschutz adxportland.com RACC Project Grant
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6/24 disciplines. http://arterra.weebly. (Vito Russo, from documentary Portland Lesbian Choir com. DEADLINE: 6/5/12 plchoir.org, 503.241.8994 2013 FORD FAMILY FOUN- 42ND ANNUAL SUMMER DATION CALDERA AIR FESTIVAL PRIZES for Oregon mid-career 6/25-29 visual artists. The purpose of the Chamber Music Northwest prize is to support mid-career art- cmnw.org, 503.223.3202 ists for whom a residency would allow critical opportunities for The Celluloid Closet FUNDING / RESIDENCIES the development of new work. http://bit.ly/HVFhnN. DEADLINE: 6/15/12
RACC OPPORTUNITY NATIVE ARTS & GRANTS (Cycle 5) are for CULTURES FOUNDATION by Jeff Portland-based nonprofit arts
FELLOWSHIPS. Awards will rey Schwarz ) and cultural organizations to be $20,000 and will be made in: help meet special opportunities Visual Arts; Filmmaking; Music; or assist with emergencies. racc. Dance; Literature and Traditional org/GrantsOnline. INTENT TO Arts. nacf.us. DEADLINE: MAY APPLY DEADLINE: 5/9/12 6/21/12 17-20 OREGON CULTURAL MEYER MEMORIAL TRUST CULTURAL TRUST GRASSROOTS DEVELOPMENT GRANTS. GRANTS give smaller organiza- Funded projects are meant to tions an opportunity to compete bring cultural opportunities for grants ($1,000 to $40,000) priced at $175. http://bit.ly/JjtSfF. PORTLAND QUEER to more Oregonians, and to from Meyer Memorial Trust. DEADLINE: 5/12/12 DOCUMENTARY preserve and enhance impor- http://bit.ly/nKaZ92. FILM FESTIVAL 2012 tant cultural assets. http://bit. DEADLINE: 7/15/12 CALL FOR ARTISTS FOR queerdocfest.org ly/HVFszq. POSTMARKED ARTISTS VILLAGE 2012. RACC Project Grant DEADLINE: 5/15/12 OAC’S ARTS BUILD McMinnville (OR) Sunrise Rotary COMMUNITIES GRANTS is pleased to announce that Art- OREGON HERITAGE recognize and support both the ists Village 2012 will take place COMMISSION MUSEUM arts in local Oregon communi- in the Oak Grove of the beautiful CALL FOR ART EVOLVE GRANTS support museums ties and the involvement of the Linfield College campus, July GALLERY at 100th Monkey in projects for the collection arts and artists in community 14 & 15, 2012. http://bit.ly/Jjulyj. Studio. Art in this exhibit can be and management of heritage development. http://bit.ly/I1Twqn. DEADLINE: 5/15/12 of any media. Artists are encour- collections, for heritage-related DEADLINE: 10/1/12 aged to explore choice and tourism, and heritage education PRINT ARTS NORTHWEST journey in the theme. http://bit.ly/ and interpretation. http://bit.ly/ SEEKS NEW MEMBERS. CALLS TO ARTISTS asEhP. DEADLINE: 5/30/12 uDVHJD. DEADLINE: 5/18/12 Member benefits include inclu- sion in external shows through- RACC OPPORTUNITY: NEA CHALLENGE out the region, eligibility for solo INDUSTRY & ART ~ WORK- AMERICA FAST-TRACK RACC OPPORTUNITY: shows at PAN Gallery, and more. ERS, NATURE, AND ENVI- GRANTS support small and VISUAL CHRONICLE OF http://bit.ly/Jjv1nm. RONMENT. Artists in OR, WA, mid-sized organizations for proj- PORTLAND. RACC is seeking DEADLINE: 5/15/12 ID and MT can submit images of ects that extend the reach of the works on paper—prints, drawings, existing original artwork for the arts to underserved populations. paintings on paper and pho- CALL FOR LET US SPEAK 2nd Annual Industry & Art juried http://bit.ly/zQBw66. DEAD- tographs. http://bit.ly/HWFslU. OUR MINDS. 2012 marks the exhibition and sale. http://bit.ly/ LINE: 5/24/12 DEADLINE: 5/11/12 100th anniversary of women win- HLQLJr. DEADLINE: 6/1/12 ning the right to vote in Oregon. OREGON MEDIA CALL FOR ART: SMALL This exhibit will interpret through CALL TO OREGON IN- PRODUCTION AWARDS MASTERPIECES~12X12 paintings, drawings, prints, STALLATION ARTISTS. to an individual for educational GROUP SHOW. All media: sculpture, and multi-media art The Corvallis Arts Center invites costs. Open to students at the drawings, paintings, mixed me- the meaning of women’s right to artists working in installation art college-level. http://bit.ly/HVGdIw. dia, sculpture, and photographs. vote. http://bit.ly/HLpjvt. to submit proposals for a new DEADLINE: 5/31/12 Works must be 12”x12”and DEADLINE: 5/18/12 off site exhibitions program, Art
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in Rural Storefronts. The program in the Focus Gallery at the Bush Square on July 28. http://bit.ly/eE- JOBS supports risk-taking and non- Barn Art Center. salemart.org. WthR. DEADLINE: 6/30/12 commercial artists. http://bit.ly/ DEADLINE: 6/1/12 hujm77. DEADLINE: 6/1/12 THE WORDSTOCK TEN APPLY FOR THE EAST SHORT FICTION COMPE- TEACHING ARTISTS sought 44TH ANNUAL UMPQUA PORTLAND EXPOSITION, TITION. The winner of the com- by Columbia Gorge Arts in Educa- VALLEY SUMMER ARTS the largest multicultural event petition, chosen from this field of tion. Need teaching artists who FESTIVAL, a major cultural in Portland, featuring traditional 10 finalists, receives a first prize work in visual, (including 3D arts event in the Umpqua Valley, and contemporary performances of $1,000. http://bit.ly/mgUbCb. and fiber arts), ethnic arts, arts drawing artists and crafters from as well as numerous exhibitors, DEADLINE: 7/1/12 of Mexico, Native American arts, across the country for a festival food, and activities for children music, theatre, film, literary and with live music, food from local and families. epoxpo.org. CALL TO STUDIO ARTISTS storytelling arts. http://bit.ly/ vendors, and lots of art. uvarts. DEADLINE: 6/1/12 FOR THE FALL FOLIAGE Ia8Pi3. DEADLINE: 5/I4/12 com. DEADLINE: 6/1/12 STUDIO TOUR. All Studios CALL FOR TUALATIN must be located within the West PUBLIC RELATIONS PUBLIC ART VISUAL CHRONICLE, a vi- Columbia Gorge Chamber of AGENT sought by Luciana OPPORTUNITY IN sual record of Tualatin in various Commerce boundaries. http://bit. Proaño Productions. Proaño is a ASHLAND which is seeking mediums including prints, draw- ly/J65q74. Peruvian dancer who performs an artist(s) to create site-specific ings, paintings and photographs DEADLINE: 8/31/12 locally in Portland. Need some- original exterior public art for which document the life of the one to contact journalists and placement at the new Ashland Tualatin community. http://bit.ly/ POLITICALLY INSPIRED community members and invite Fire Station No. 2. http://bit.ly/ J63F9U. DEADLINE: 6/11/12 FINE ART from NW region, them to participate in the dance HSZY6l. DEADLINE: 6/1/12 Washington, Oregon, Alaska, experience. http://bit.ly/I5HJt9. THE OPEN SHOW EXHIBIT Idaho. Art can be a powerful DEADLINE: 5/I5/12 CALL TO ARTISTS: 2012 (nonjuried) at the 49th Annual way to express political events ABIGAIL SCOTT DUNI- Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts. and ideas. http://bit.ly/J661Wl. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WAY CALLIGRAPHY. The The show displays work from DEADLINE: 12/31/12 (P/T) sought for Corvallis Fall Salem Art Association invites cal- emerging and professional art- Festival, which serves, supports ligraphers residing in Oregon to ists. Everyone is welcome. http:// SALEM CREATIVE and showcases Corvallis, while submit one piece of calligraphic bit.ly/xZNMAW. REGISTRA- NETWORK seeks project helping local arts and craft thrive. artwork to the Calligraphy exhibit TION IS ONE DAY ONLY: proposals and submissions for http://bit.ly/JoQfmx. 6/17/12, 1-4 PM storefront displays in downtown DEADLINE: 5/I5/12 Salem. Email Ross Swartzendru- 4TH ANNUAL NW BOOK ber, [email protected]. DECK MANAGER sought by MAY FESTIVAL. Seeking authors, DEADLINE: 12/31/12 Portland Center Stage. Duties publishers & book stores for the include: overseeing all rigging 3-13 Festival, at Pioneer Courthouse and operation of fly system, act-
PLAYTIME! WITH PETE AND RANDY PuppeteerJason Miranda SignalLightPuppet Theatre.com RACC Project Grant
6 RACC.ORG ing as deck manager and running 6/11-16 NW FILM CENTER: crew for productions and events, SHORT FILM PRODUC- LETTER FROM THE and more. http://bit.ly/bJcvzV. TION INTENSIVE with Kelley DEADLINE: 5/30/12 Baker. This intense boot camp EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: takes everyone through the excit- TEACHERS SOUGHT BY ing process of making an entire ART(S)COOL PDX. Need short film in only six days. http:// RACC’S EQUITY INITIATIVE teachers in science , animation , bit.ly/hjBg8n. music & movement. Email Dianna Fontes at dianna@artscoolpdx. 6/11-29 COMMUNITY + The Portland region’s population is com. NO DEADLINE PUBLIC ART AT PNCA. Pub- clearly becoming more culturally lic artists Horatio Hung-Yan Law WORKSHOPS / LECTURES and Fernanda D’Agostino discuss diverse and we welcome new residents the public arts process through the individual and collaborative who enrich this place with their design and implementation of talents, points of view, and arts and 5/15 RACC WORKSHOP: site-specific projects. http://bit.ly/ FOR MUSIC INDUSTRY JbMLBX. culture off erings. RACC is committed ARTISTS- COPYRIGHTS AND CONTRACTS. Provide 6/18-20 IMAGINE THIS! A to improving, over time, our steward- musicians with simplified and seminar presented by The Right ship of public and private funds to practical information on various Brain Initiative. Teachers, arts legal topics, with a focus on specialists, principals, curriculum ensure that we are serving the diverse copyrights and contracts. http:// directors and teaching artists are bit.ly/HWEtAp. invited to explore creative pos- populations of our region equitably. sibilities in the classroom. http:// 5/19-20 ECSTATIC VOICE bit.ly/HWnEYq. As a fi rst step we have surveyed our Board, staff , WORKSHOP taught by Marya volunteers and recipients of RACC funding for Lowry. Raise your voice and 10/18-23 ARTRAGEOUS explore the deep humanity and TOUR: “Philadelphia Arts ~ baseline information to build upon. We have rich expressiveness of Ecstatic Masterpieces, Mansions, Gardens similarly asked arts organizations to measure the Voice. Funded in part by a RACC & Murals.” Contact: bgast@peak. ethnic makeup of their Board, staff and contrac- grant. Email Rebecca@peten- org or call 541.456.4331. tors and to begin thinking of ways to gather semble.org. demographic information about their audiences 5/30-6/2 COMMUNITY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES over the next 12-15 months. Looking at this base- BUILT ASSOCIATION 2012 line data will help us understand whether we are CONFERENCE. This national reaching communities of color proportionally to conference brings together pub- PICA NEEDS VOLUNTEER the population, and then we can start collaborat- lic artists, architects, designers, GALLERY SITTERS for Glen builders, gardeners and others Fogel’s exhibition My Apocalyp- ing on collective strategies for improvements in who engage the community in tic Moment (through June 30). equity over time. Of course every organization projects to transform the places Email: [email protected]. has a diff erent product and mission and each and spaces in which we live. will develop its own strategies to be refl ective of http://bit.ly/Ia9rUV. SUMMER INTERNSHIP the community. We have set no benchmarks and OPPORTUNITIES at The 6/2 WOMEN OF COLOR 100th Monkey Studio. An op- no specifi c goals other than the collective one of ZINE SYMPOSIUM. Featur- portunity to explore a career ensuring that everyone in the Portland region ing tabling of zines, an open mic path as an artist, curator, teacher has equal access to arts and culture of their own and raff le session, a workshop and/or art therapist. Email: joy@ choosing. lead by LaMesha Melton, and a the100thmonkeystudio.com. performance from local female/ multi-cultural hip-hop group, STUDIO SPACE FOR RENT RACC looks forward to working collaboratively RoseBent. Funded in part by a IN SALEM. Rent is $168/month with our arts partners and is committed to pro- RACC grant. http://bit.ly/HX5JQj. plus utilities for a 290 square feet viding resources to help them with this important studio with a skylight and high and exciting work. We will soon have an equity 6/9 RACC WORKSHOP: ceilings. Email: marycampbellf@ landing page on our website with links to articles, THE ARTIST TALK~HOW aol.com. TO TALK TO ANYONE ideas, and opportunities and we welcome ANYWHERE ABOUT YOUR SPACE FOR RENT in the contributions to that growing body of knowledge. ART. Artists learn 10 tips for giv- North Coast Seed Building. Rent Thanks for joining us. ing an outstanding presentation is $825/month + electricity. A whether it’s to one person or a painter and sculptor are seeking ELOISE DAMROSCH crowd. Presenter: Gigi Rosenberg. a third artist to share space. Con- http://bit.ly/HWEKTX. tact: Michael Endo, 503.913.7316, RACC Executive Director [email protected]. Regional Arts & Culture Council
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e s- Call for works of art to purchase for ir the Visual Chronicle of Portland Deadline: Friday, May 11, 2012 at 5pm Visit www.racc.org/publicart for details Image: Michael Brophy, Beltway, gouache on paper, 10” x 11”, 2000