Portland Open Studios 2007: Watch Artists at Work October 13-14 & 20-21
Portland, OR, October 24, 2007 --(PR.com)-- Portland Open Studios 2007 is your chance to see the whole picture of making art. Enter a studio, which can be a store front, an elaborate outbuilding surrounded by a luxurious garden or a more modest space inside a home or garage, to see a window into the creative mind at work. Once inside, artists will share with you the secrets of their art--the materials, the tools, the techniques and the ideas that contribute to the creation of paintings, prints, sculptures, textiles, glass, ceramics, and photography. Finished works, brand new and from older series complete the picture.
When:
Saturday and Sunday, October 13 & 14, Studios East of the Willamette, 10:00 to 5:00
Saturday and Sunday, October 20 & 21, Studios West of the Willamette, 10:00 to 5:00
What: annual self-directed tour of 98 artists' studios.
Where:
98 art studios throughout metropolitan Portland. There isn’t a better way to discover the vitality of Portland than to visit the studios scattered throughout all the neighborhoods. Discover your own neighborhood and explore new ones.
Cost:
$15 Tour Guide admits two adults all days (kids free). Includes map, pictures of artists' work and complete contact information in a usable calendar format. Buy at Art Media stores, New Seasons Market, Powell’s Books, Weir’s Cyclery and other outlets listed on www.portlandopenstudios.com.
Two Scholarship Winners of the Kimberly Gales Emerging Artists Scholarship
Since 2005 Portland Open Studios has been awarding scholarships for participation in the tour to artists under 30. This year’s winners couldn’t be more different. Jennifer Mercedes large paintings are exuberant stream of conscious “doodles” filled with layers of abstract patterns, childlike figure drawings, scrawled text and vivid colors. Benjamin Heiken’s black and white pencil portraits of ordinary people, suspended in a moment of everyday life, are meticulously crafted with a quiet emotional impact that takes one by surprise. What they have in common is their ability to translate their artistic vision into artworks that are both compelling and beautiful.
What's New:
Each year a different jury of arts professionals selects the participants giving us a different group of artists to present. New artists -- they always have new artists on the tour, quite a few are even new to Portland. New artworks, New directions -- Don’t neglect their returning artists, all have new work. See their new directions. The artists are a cross section of art in Portland including emerging artists and older artists with impressive exhibition records. Every style and media is represented. Blown. fused, leaded, cast glass, and glass mosaic artists are all on the tour showing all aspects of glass as a medium. More variety in painting: more abstract work, more narrative paintings, and a few political ones. More found object sculpture. A chance to see classical Chinese landscape painting of Oregon, jewelry made from silver clay. underwater photography, and Ukrainian style paintings on goose, duck, and ostrich eggs.
Related Events:
Preview Exhibit at United Way
A sampling of Portland Open Studios artists will exhibit their artworks under one roof during the months of September and October. It is a great way to find the artists you want to visit during the tour.
Where: Art of Change Gallery, United Way of the Columbia-Willamette.
619 SW 11 in downtown Portland
When: 2 First Thursday Receptions: September 6 & October 4, 6:00 - 9:00
Portland Open Studios Artists' Work at Actors Repertory Theater Open House
25 Portland Open Studios artists will help Artists Repertory Theater celebrates the public unveiling of its renovated theater campus and twenty-fifth birthday with an exhibition in both lobbies during September. An Open House block party starts the festivities with the exhibit, a Poetry Open Mic, an Acoustic Open Mc plus Complimentary drinks and treats.
Where: throughout the block between Alder and Morrison on SW 15th. It is free to the public.
When: September 10, 6:00 -10:00 open house, exhibit all of September to October 14.
Contact Info:
http://www.portlandopenstudios.com
Questions: Contact Bonnie Meltzer at 503 285-3131 or info@portlandopenstudios.com
Blog: http://portlandopenstudios.wordpress.com
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMNG8QSpbKU
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When:
Saturday and Sunday, October 13 & 14, Studios East of the Willamette, 10:00 to 5:00
Saturday and Sunday, October 20 & 21, Studios West of the Willamette, 10:00 to 5:00
What: annual self-directed tour of 98 artists' studios.
Where:
98 art studios throughout metropolitan Portland. There isn’t a better way to discover the vitality of Portland than to visit the studios scattered throughout all the neighborhoods. Discover your own neighborhood and explore new ones.
Cost:
$15 Tour Guide admits two adults all days (kids free). Includes map, pictures of artists' work and complete contact information in a usable calendar format. Buy at Art Media stores, New Seasons Market, Powell’s Books, Weir’s Cyclery and other outlets listed on www.portlandopenstudios.com.
Two Scholarship Winners of the Kimberly Gales Emerging Artists Scholarship
Since 2005 Portland Open Studios has been awarding scholarships for participation in the tour to artists under 30. This year’s winners couldn’t be more different. Jennifer Mercedes large paintings are exuberant stream of conscious “doodles” filled with layers of abstract patterns, childlike figure drawings, scrawled text and vivid colors. Benjamin Heiken’s black and white pencil portraits of ordinary people, suspended in a moment of everyday life, are meticulously crafted with a quiet emotional impact that takes one by surprise. What they have in common is their ability to translate their artistic vision into artworks that are both compelling and beautiful.
What's New:
Each year a different jury of arts professionals selects the participants giving us a different group of artists to present. New artists -- they always have new artists on the tour, quite a few are even new to Portland. New artworks, New directions -- Don’t neglect their returning artists, all have new work. See their new directions. The artists are a cross section of art in Portland including emerging artists and older artists with impressive exhibition records. Every style and media is represented. Blown. fused, leaded, cast glass, and glass mosaic artists are all on the tour showing all aspects of glass as a medium. More variety in painting: more abstract work, more narrative paintings, and a few political ones. More found object sculpture. A chance to see classical Chinese landscape painting of Oregon, jewelry made from silver clay. underwater photography, and Ukrainian style paintings on goose, duck, and ostrich eggs.
Related Events:
Preview Exhibit at United Way
A sampling of Portland Open Studios artists will exhibit their artworks under one roof during the months of September and October. It is a great way to find the artists you want to visit during the tour.
Where: Art of Change Gallery, United Way of the Columbia-Willamette.
619 SW 11 in downtown Portland
When: 2 First Thursday Receptions: September 6 & October 4, 6:00 - 9:00
Portland Open Studios Artists' Work at Actors Repertory Theater Open House
25 Portland Open Studios artists will help Artists Repertory Theater celebrates the public unveiling of its renovated theater campus and twenty-fifth birthday with an exhibition in both lobbies during September. An Open House block party starts the festivities with the exhibit, a Poetry Open Mic, an Acoustic Open Mc plus Complimentary drinks and treats.
Where: throughout the block between Alder and Morrison on SW 15th. It is free to the public.
When: September 10, 6:00 -10:00 open house, exhibit all of September to October 14.
Contact Info:
http://www.portlandopenstudios.com
Questions: Contact Bonnie Meltzer at 503 285-3131 or info@portlandopenstudios.com
Blog: http://portlandopenstudios.wordpress.com
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMNG8QSpbKU
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Portland Open Studios
Bonnie Meltzer
503 285-3131
www.portlandopenstudios.com
Bonnie Meltzer
503 285-3131
www.portlandopenstudios.com
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