Starting in January we will return to using Zoom for many, if not all, of our online meetings. Details to follow so please be sure to double check all meeting invitations for January.
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Update on Our Creative Future Effort
Our Creative Future is being led by Portland’s City Arts Program, with support from the Metro regional government, Multnomah County, Clackamas County Arts Alliance, Tualatin Valley Creates, the cities of Hillsboro and Beaverton, and the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC). Additional financial support has been provided by Travel Portland, Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation […]
November 29th Meeting.
For the month of November, we are going to have a combination Board and Members studio meeting at 2516 SE Division St, Portland, OR 97202 which happens to be studio of Marti Eichinger aka: Art at the Geode. Current schedule is to start our board meeting at 4:30 and finish by or before 6PM at […]
What is Arts & Economic Prosperity 6?
Just the other day I attended an event where the Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 (AEP6) report was presented in a public forum. In sharing the details my hope is that more of us understand the impact the Arts has on our community. The newly released Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 (AEP6) is an economic […]
PNWS Artist as Trickster
There doesn’t have to be a story connected to sculpture for it to mean something, but it can help to pass it’s meaning on, and bring it to a place where it’s valued more. Some folks are attached to valuing a sculpture in relation to it’s meaning. Does it have an interesting origin story, does […]
Art & About
Looking for a resource to see what is happening in the local Portland art scene? Check out this link: https://artandaboutpdx.com/?
Wear a mask!
I have been exploring masks for several years. Since our visit to Curry Design, I have started working with very crude kinetics. This is the first mask in motion. Currently on exhibit at Bruce Baughman Gallery in Tubac, AZ as part of the Dio de Los Muertos show. I have also started applying my mask […]
Balancing Community and the Wild
We spend time in our own worlds, in our minds, in our studios, in that unique relationship between our hands and the materials we touch, bringing forth new and beautiful states of being, called art. And then we share that bizarre abundance discovered in our dream world; it rises to the surface and looks around, […]