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Portland – where young people go to retire – as portrayed on IFC channel.
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Opening night of “Facture” exhibit at Bullseye Gallery, Portland, OR.
I am doing a couple of blog postings from Portland, Oregon – the “City of Bridges” (aka City of Roses, Stumptown, PDX or Portlandia). In town for the Bullseye Gallery talk (at the BE Resource Center) – I have a chance to look around this groovy, funky town that has quickly become one of my fav cities.
Cool things about Portland:
Powells Books: I could have spent the entire weekend roaming the aisles of this place.
Powell’s Bookstore is addictive.
Good Food: Portland has interesting zoning in the downtown that allows street food truck vendors to flourish. Many of the downtown parking lots are fringed with an amazing assortment of high quality food trucks.
A Sense of Style: Portland has this in many ways – the city has a strong hipster vibe, similar to the hippie feel of Asheville, NC – and lampooned in the TV show Portlandia. It also has the art scene that includes a strong glass presence that Bullseye Factory and Gallery bring to the town. Bullseye Gallery opened the Facture show this past week, and held a panel discussion on Sunday. Below are some shots from the opening.
Bullseye Gallery Features Artists That "Paint" With Glass
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Touching With A Lighter Hand / Michael Janis
Bullseye Gallery in Portland, Oregon has a great new show of work by artists that use glass as a canvas. “Facture” has already created a bit of a buzz. The GLASS Quarterly‘s Ruth Reader has a great article and interview with Michael Janis about using glass as a painter’s canvas. This weekend, January 8, from 2 – 4 pm, Bullseye will host a panel discussion with artists Michael Janis, Kari Minnick, Martha Pfanschmidt, Ted Sawyer, Abi Spring, and Jeff Wallin; moderated by Michael End. The artists will also present images and discuss their methods.
Bullseye special events are offered free of charge, but advance reservations are required. Reservations must be made at least 24 hours prior to events. To reserve your spot, call or email BE: 503.227.2797 or portlandclasses@bullseyeglass.com
Bullseye Resource Center, 3610 SE 21st Avenue, Portland, Oregon
Click HERE to jump to Bullseye Gallery website images of works in the show.
Tim Tate – What a Comedian!
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Everyone knows that Tim Tate is a storyteller artist extraordinaire. His narrative works are often informed with a wry sense of humor. Tim’s funnybone is now part of a new book by Schiffer Books.
Hardcover: 256 pages, Publisher: Schiffer Publishing (Release date: March 28, 2012), ISBN-10: 076434059X
Author Brigitte Martin has put together a book – “Humor In Craft” – featuring highly ironic, political, sarcastic, and just plain amusing works by artists from across the US and abroad. The book sure to challenge viewers to move beyond their own frames of reference when considering approaches to contemporary art.
Pittsburgh’s Society for Contemporary Craft (SCC) will be including Tim’s work “My Love Life Thus Far” in the Society for Contemporary Craft exhibition of work selected from the 265 artists in the book Humor in Craft this July 20 through October 27, 2012. A national tour of the exhibition is planned and further information on this will be forthcoming as soon as details have been finalized.
My Love Thus Far / Tim Tate
photo credit Pete Duvall / anythingphoto.net
Below is the video that is contained within the reliquary – the building collapses and resurrects in a continual loop.
Erwin Timmers featured at Smithsonian Craft Show
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“Celebrating the Creative Spirit of America“
The magnificent National Building Museum is the setting for the Smithsonian Craft Show.
Widely regarded as the country’s most prestigious juried show and sale of fine American Craft, the 2012 Smithsonian Craft Show celebrates its 30th Anniversary. Ceramics, glass, embroidery, beadwork, leather, woodwork, furniture, mixed media… if it’s considered a craft, it will be represented among the 120 hand-picked artists. Eco-artist Erwin Timmers was selected to exhibit at this year’s show – one of the 120 from the field of 1300 artist applicants.
photo credits for Erwin Timmers glass rubberband sculptures: Pete Duvall/anythingphoto.net
Erwin Timmers has been working on some new sculptural forms made from cast recycled glass. His work is informed with both wit and beauty, and his glass artwork celebrates the richness of shape, texture and translucency of glass.
Be sure to see Erwin’s bold new colors and forms being created from recycled material – as featured in the Washington Post’s Magazine article that came out this summer. Click HERE to jump to the Washington Post article online.
Smithsonian Craft Show, April 19-22, 2012
National Building Museum, 401 F St NW, Washington, DC 20001
Click HERE to jump to the Smithsonian Craft Show website.