For months, I have been telling everyone that I would create a large sculpture for a show at The Cave in Vancouver this September. The intended scale will be about 6’ tall. My logic is simple. If I tell everyone I’m doing this, I can’t back out. It’s all part of my visualization process. Sketches […]
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The PNWS 2023 Group Show in Newport, OR is a Resounding Success!
54 exciting and beautiful sculptures created by 31 PNWS members are now showing at the Runyan Gallery in the Newport Visual Arts Center (NVAC) right on Nye Beach on the Oregon coast. Our show “Into the Depths” opened Friday June 2, with an evening reception and continues through July 29th, so invite your friends and […]
June Member meeting – June 24th 3PM
This month we will be meeting at Joe Hifills place on 8565 SW 80th Ave, Portland, OR 97223. Out of towners online meeting details are: Microsoft Teams meeting. Join on your computer, mobile app or room device Click here to join the meeting In 2000, sculptor Joseph Highfill, along with a small group of contemporary […]
PNWS at The Troutdale Arts Festival
This year the annual Troutdale Arts Festivalhttps://troutdaleartsfestival.org/ occurred on the weekend of the opening of the PNWS show in Newport, and members that would have occupied a demonstration booth were busy out on the Coast. PNWS did however, present a face to the public by scheduling the Raku firing piece of a Maskmaking/Raku workshop […]
WANDER/WONDER: a sculptured dance happening at Price Sculpture Forest on August 19 2023
The big WANDER/WONDER professional dance event will be making an encore this August 19 1-3pm at the Sculpture Forest! Famed choreographer Eva Stone is bringing 11 national caliber dancers into the Forest with all new choreographed performances that enhance and re-interpret selected sculptures. Visitors can stroll from any performance to any other performance throughout the event, which will consist of short dances at each sculpture repeated frequently so visitors can wander through on their own schedule and at their own paces. All donation proceeds will be split between Gifts From The Heart Food Bank and the Sculpture Forest.
International Sculpture Day 2023 at PDX Scrap
The time spent was marvelous and a video is available here to see what Scrap is all about and how our members had fun creating.
May meet up scheduled for the 13th at One PM
Bring Cookies, items to sell/swap/barter April 8th
Get Smart about AI
McAlister Merchant has had much to say about AI. He is using and learning how to program access to tools (ChatGPT+Siri). There are BIG questions about the effects of widespread uncontrolled implementation of AI programming of art of all kinds. “I think something like licensing, or copyright, or patent should be considered AND IMPLEMENTED sooner […]