Sculptors share knowledge and resources
View the Creative Collaborations Exhibit. After months of head scratching, sketches, emails, phone calls, studio sessions and some actual work, a group of our members has completed their collaborative pieces. What you will see are individual pieces from each artist and their collaborative piece.
This was our second collaborative show in recent years. The results are a combination of serious thinking and some pure fun and fantasy.
The following instructions will guide you through updating the Creative Collaborations show page with the images, descriptions, and narratives provided by the artist teams.
The show page is essentially formatted and seeded with the names of the artist teams and has been published as Password Protected so that it can be reviewed by non-editors prior to going live (the password is creative and will be needed to entered to preview the page).
I have uploaded images for the following teams:
You can reference those images when adding Captions and Descriptions to the images yet to be uploaded.
For the remaining teams all that is left to be done is:
Note: The only changes you should have to make to the Visual Portfolio blocks on the show page is to replace the placeholder images with show images.
The following instructions will guide you through each step.
Under each team there are three Visual Portfolio blocks
The first is where the collaborative piece is presented and is limited to a single row and should accommodate 1-2 images
The second is where the individual artists’ pieces are presented and should be sized to accept 2-3 images on a single row but will allow multiple rows if the image don’t all fit on one.
The third is where the process pictures are presented and This should be sized to accept 5-6 images on a single row but will allow multiple rows if more are provided.
The Creative Collaborations page is currently password protected so that it can be reviewed by non-editors prior to going live. The password is ‘creative‘.
When the page is ready to go live make sure and change the Visibility to Public.
A Pacific Northwest Sculptors Online Exhibit
Sept 1 – Oct 30, 2022
Similar in theme to “Unmatched Pairs” from our group show in 2019 at the Multnomah Art Gallery, pairs of artists will present a piece demonstrating the power of creative collaboration from concept to completion. Additionally, each paired artist will also display one individual piece adjacent to the collaborative piece to give viewers a broader perspective of the interaction of their creative inspiration. Participants will create one collaborative piece, one individual piece.
Click square thumbnails once to view larger, full-sized images.
If you are interested in purchasing the art shown, please click on the artist’s name in the large view caption to email them directly.
Artist 1 / Artist 2
Artists’ description/statement…
Process narrative, pictures, and sketches…
Artist 3 /Artist 4 /Artist 5
Artists’ description/statement…
Process narrative, pictures, and sketches…
If you plan to participate in our Creative Collaborations virtual show, please register now. You don’t have to know what you will be creating. We do need to know who’s participating so we can communicate with everyone. If you don’t have a partner, register anyway and we’ll try to match you up. You can partner with several others at once. You can participate in more than one partnership.
The show will be posted to our website by September 1. Work should be completed by mid August. Crossovers between media are encouraged. Mostly, it’s the creative energy generated by collaborations that we’re most interested in seeing.
Active PNWS members are invited to participate in “Creative Collaborations,” our virtual sculpture show. The show will be visible on our website September 1, 2022.
Both collaborators must register. If you don’t have a partner, indicate that below.
We will have an online forum available soon where participants can share their discussions, progress and images as projects develop. This will be visible to all members so everyone can see and enjoy the process.
Similar in theme to “Unmatched Pairs” from our group show in 2019 at the Multnomah Art Gallery, pairs of artists will show a piece demonstrating the power of creative collaboration from concept to completion. Additionally, each paired artist will also display one individual piece adjacent to the collaborative piece to give viewers a broader perspective of the interaction of their creative inspiration. Participants will create one collaborative piece, one individual piece, and one sketch for perspective of their collaboration process. Sketches are optional.
This show has no entry fee. No commissions. Non-juried. All sales are directly between artist and buyer. Contact Katie Sallos with questions or requests.
CRITICAL DATES:
March 15, 2022 Complete the Show Application Form
August 15, 2022 Submit images for the virtual show
September 1, 2022 Show Launch
PNWS artists must identify themselves using the Show Application Form. Artists wishing to participate, but who have not found a pairing should also complete the form. The show committee will help match up individual artists.
DETAILS: File format and size requirements will be provided soon.
My comment, “Sculpture and dance are closely related, much like a creative collaboration” had left some people puzzled at a recent Pacific Northwest Sculptors member meeting. I see dance and sculpture as a continuum of movement and stillness, the ephemeral to the eternal. Almost everything we know of early civilizations comes from sculpture. Indeed, if some form of physical artistic expression can last thousands of years, it’s likely sculpture. Additionally, an installation can encompass the ephemeral, everything from gallery installation to Andy Goldworthy’s nature work.
I’ve been a sculptor for forty-three years, and celebrate thirty years of dancing contact improvisation in 2019. Often what I learn from one discipline transfers to the other. Dance requires that I show up several times a week, fully present, emotionally, and physically. I have discovered this has been a good method for making art. Moving mindfully became my physical therapy, an antidote to the exertion and repetitive motion of carving. That kind of awareness gradually shifted my focus from the object to the space surrounding it.
That awareness has helped me site my sculpture in clients’ gardens. Conversely, many sculptors believe their collaboration is completed when the art is finished and sold. If you have sited your work outside, you know what happens. It shrinks radically as it contends with the chaos of the rest of the world. Siting sculpture requires shifting focus from the art object to creating an environment that includes art. Blocking some views, framing other sightlines, defining a clear approach, you choreograph how people move through space to better appreciate the art and the entire space it occupies.
My early artworks often appeared overly polished and careful. There’s a valuable skill in banging out “working-class sculpture” aka stage sets and props for performances. Cardboard is free and quickly fabricated. In fact, I have never made cardboard models for my own sculpture before I started dancing. Now I make them all the time. These models I create act as a physical embodiment of an idea. Indeed, the model serves as a visual placeholder that haunts me until I have time to make it in a permanent medium. Working in a throw-away material encouraged me to work fast, go for big shapes, deep shadows, and lots of bright colors. The results are often very engaging on their own. I now make damn sure that same fun and energy make it into all my sculpture. The question I pose to other PNWS members is, “What enriches your creative practice?”
Creative collaborations with famous sculptor and dancer pairings: Isamu Noguchi and Martha Graham; Robert Rauschenberg and dancers Paul Taylor; Merce Cunningham, Trisha Brown; Robert Morris and Simone Forti.
To learn more about Patrick’s work, Pacific Northwest Sculptors, and contact us today!
Here’s a quick overview of recent and upcoming activities for PNWS Members. See “Who’s Doing What” for an update of recent work, work in progress and member shows.
Our Creative Collaborations virtual show participants have started their journeys for their September 1 show. We have over 20 participants. You can monitor their conversations on our NEWS PNWS forum. Not much to see yet, but as the ideas, issues and solutions are discussed, you will be able to participate and even contribute your opinions.
Check out another collaboration currently in progress with Andy Kennedy and Russ Ford: Kiln Loading.
Our March meeting included an amazingly informative and insightful talk with sculptor, Sam Cobb. The video is available. It’s worth a look. Our next meeting, April 27 will be a conversation with Dan Fine. Dan’s knowledge of NFTs will include overview and advice.
Our informal Zoom conversations continue every 2nd Wednesday at 7pm. Hosted by Alisa Looney, every session is driven by the interests of whoever shows up. Join the conversation! Share work in progress, ask advice, find resources, and more.
We are happy to welcome Toni Parque to our Board. Toni is a retired school teacher who has worked in education for 40 years. She has been a lifelong artist, drawing, painting and printmaking. She plans to help with connections to arts organizations and schools to hopefully expand the membership and provide some educational experiences through those connections. Toni is also interested in working on diversity.
It’s fall. The pace of life/work quickens as summer doldrums yield to fall activities.
Our next meeting is at Portland ADX on Wednesday, September 28 at 7pm. See the description for more details.
We ended the summer with our annual appearance at Art in the Pearl. Traffic was moderate. Demos were excellent. Although we had fewer than usual demonstrators, we were well represented. Thanks to Andy Kennedy for coordinating and to Jerry Woodbury, Russ Ford, and Jonas Hartley for their time and effort.
Our Creative Collaborations Show went live on our web site at the end of last month. We lost a few collaborators along the way, but the final list is an interesting mix of imaginations. Take a look.
Our Annual Picnic was held at Oregon Society of Artists on August 28. Maybe it was the timing, maybe the weather, maybe the location, but turnout was light. Those who did attend were rewarded with plenty of food and good conversation. Special thanks to Ulrich Pakker and Pamela Pakker-Kozicki for making the trek from Seattle to connect face to face. Also check out their article: Origin of a Successful Design.
This past month, Scott Price resigned from our Board for personal reasons. We appreciate his contributions. We will miss his wise perspective and organizational skills. He remains an active member and welcomes our participation in the Price Sculpture Garden.
Additions to the Board in the past few months include Bob Deasy and Katie Sallos. Look for a few changes in committee assignments to rejuvenate member interaction and volunteer participation. After a few years of pandemic pandemonium, it is time to return to our more social and less virtual interactions. Be prepared to get involved again.
In an attempt to build a stronger relationship with Oregon Society of Artists (aka Oregon School of Arts), we are invited to participate in an all sculpture show in May 2023. We helped define this show. Our members may submit images at the member entry fee rate of $35 for two entries. Although this is a juried show, Rip Caswell, the juror, will identify recipients of cash awards. Acceptance of at least one, and more likely two entries is consistent with their usual procedure. More details will be shared as soon as dates are finalized. I hope everyone will consider participating.
