Our monthly meetings are an opportunity to share, learn, connect and build alliances. We have a broad range of members. Each has something to offer. If you are interested in hosting a virtual presentation, here are a few possibilities to consider: Studio tour and discussion of current work; Technique demonstration; or Discussion of inspiration and […]
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President’s Message: New Show Opportunities for PNWS Members
We have several excellent show opportunities taking shape: Newport Visual Arts Center, Oregon Society of artists, and Columbia Center for the Arts in Hood River. In September 2017, we mounted a juried exhibit at the Newport Visual Arts Center. It was an impressive collection of work by our members. We have been invited to produce […]
Bringing Sculpture to Future Frontiers in New Collaborative Project
Scott Price – What if your sculpture could be seen anywhere, at any time? What if your sculpture could be experienced from all angles in 3 dimensions as if it was right in front of an appreciative patron or art lover, even though your original physical sculpture was still in your studio a thousand miles […]
Virtual Reception for “Emergence” Exhibit
Pacific Northwest Sculptors hosted a virtual for the “Emergence” online sculpture exhibit. View the recorded event. The reception celebrated the first online sculpture exhibit presented by the group. Entrants from 32 states submitted over 500 works. Author, critic and curator, Richard Speer was the juror for the exhibit. He shared his observations and discussed his […]
Curator’s Statement: Emergence 2021
View the complete exhibit. Richard Speer This exhibition’s theme, “Emergence,” conjures the conundrum of expectation. We had by this late date hoped to have emerged from the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic, yet the world still convulses in the wake of ever-mutating variants. In the realm of aesthetics, we often celebrate the promise of emerging […]
Help Shape the Future of Portland’s Public Monuments
The Portland Monuments & Memorials Project, organized by Convergr45 is coordinating the “Prototypes” show. The project is managing conversations around proposed sculptures to replace many of those removed in the past year. A group of about 30 will be on display from August 25 through October 9th at 1010 NW Flanders Street, Portland. These existing […]
PNWS Members Lead Local Sculpture Activities
PNWS members are sharing their knowledge, selling work, earning commissions and recruiting students through a series of local activities. Here are some highlights. Following the recent vandalism of the York sculpture at Mt. Tabor Park, Julian Voss-Andreae offered to raise funds to cast the bust in bronze as a gift to the city. We have […]
Art Saves Lives
Culture could save the Planet
I have posted here previously about broadening Culture, the challenge of racism and the concept of “de-colonization”…