Suchitra Mattai’s multidisciplinary work explores how memory, myth, and oral traditions can be harnessed to unravel received narratives rooted in patriarchal and colonialist systems. By re-imagining the past, she opens up the future. Drawing on Indian miniature painting, European tapestry, and craft-based practices like embroidery and weaving, the Indo-Caribbean artist postulates a “future space” of alternative […]
November 2024 Newsletter
Call for artists
There are a lot of great opportunities this month. Thanks to our hard-working volunteers Sandra Vise, Terry Cook and Alisa Looney, for all their hard work to research all these great opportunities! Wade Womack links to arts orgs supporting arts in Oregon Bob Deasy shared these with us at the PNWS meeting https://ourcreativefuture.org/ https://www.americansforthearts.org/by-location/oregon https://www.oregon.gov/biz/aboutus/artscommission/Pages/default.aspx […]
Don’t Shoot Yourself: Hire a Photographer!
Self-promotion is as important as the art you create. If you expect to prosper, you have to communicate your uniqueness. Elegant portfolio shots are where most of us focus attention. Quality studio shots of us at work and being creative can take you to the next level. A new year approaches. A goal that pays […]
PNWS Beyond Politics
PNWS President and Vice President attempt a coherent response to political change.
November Meeting at MHCC
Since partnering on raku firing with Mount Hood Community College at the Troutdale Arts Festival, PNWS has been invited to engage with the college itself, touring the Visual Arts facility at their Gresham campus, on Friday November 22nd at 10:45 am. Our tour guide will be sculpture faculty, Nathan Orosco, who also runs the MHCC […]
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