Last Friday Artist Salon at MuseArts
brought to you by Tamara English & Martha Wallulis

A monthly gathering for professional artists with the intention of
sharing community, building a support network, and sharing work.

Let’s see what we can build together for our own paths as professional
artists, and for bringing more awareness, on a large scale, to Portland
as a city of great artists. Bring your vision for your career, and
your willingness to be known.

read more »

Backspace brings us a really awesome show for the month of January. “Drawing a Blank” features the work of Eatcho (whose work you may have noticed on the cover of this week’s Mercury) and Jason Graham - two friends who have recently relocated to Portland from Fresno California. The show consists of a mixture of illustrations and paintings rendered on paper, wood and canvas of all sizes showcasing the range of each artist in both technical proficiency and style.

“Drawing a Blank” will be on display through January. This is one worth seeing in person, but for those of you who would rather view from the warm glow of your computer screen, a video has been posted on Youtube.

Last October, Chris Haberman, Ashley Montague, Charlie Alan Kraft & Hunter Armstrong took part in a live spray paint demonstration outside of Art Media in downtown Portland. During the course of 6 hours, they each painted 4×8 foot panels which will be on display at the Olympic Mills Commerce Center for the months of January and February.

A reception will be held on January 18th from 5 - 9pm with music provided by Atom 13 & DJ Homonym.

Destroy Store opened the new year with an exhibition of artwork by Portland’s Charlie Alan Kraft featuring paintings, hand-painted wooden toys and a brand new run of shirts - 2 designs in 6 different color schemes. Show will be up for all of January so stop by and check it out!

Destroy Store is one of Portland’s newest art venues and is located at 1712 E. Burnside right next to Life + Limb which features a giant mural by Erik Railton.

Join local artists in an all day live spray paint demonstration of Montana Spray Paint on Saturday, October 13th from 11:00am until 4:00pm. 5 local artists will paint on mounted panels outside of Art Media on 9th & SW Yamhill, joined by local Dj’s (Atom13 and Prophet Noize) and other members of the community.

Artists include: Mark Hunter Armstrong, Ashley Montague, John Wray, Chris Haberman and Charlie Alan Kraft.

For more information contact:

David Mosher - dm@artmediaonline.com
Portland City Art - portlandcityart@hotmail.com

read more »

Upper Playground Portland is proud to host the Portland stop on the “Ignite What’s Next” Art Tour which showcases two of the top artists from the world of contemporary art - David Choe (Los Angeles) and Saber (Los Angeles).
read more »

SCRAP has announced that the fifth installment of their Iron Artist series will be held Saturday, August 25th in the lot on the corner of North Vancouver and Failing here in Portland. This yearly event is held as a benefit for SCRAP (a local non-profit specializing in the reuse and recycling of arts and craft materials). Cost is $5.00 - $20.00 sliding scale, but free for you + guest if you sign up for a membership and free for you if you volunteer to work 3 hours during the event
read more »

11 Exhibits have been posted to the exhibits section for the month of August, 2007. Sorry about slacking on this for July, there were a lot of great shows on display last month, but we were completely swamped and had no time to post anything. I blame everything on this:)

Of particular interest this month:

• A half-pipe has been constructed in front of City Hall for “Board of Art“
• Ashley Anson has a solo exhibit at The Life
• Friends United Network has taken over Backspace and built a tree house inside.