Diesel Fuel Prints presents the U.S. debut of works by Pierre Dacruoix.

Saturday April 26, 2008 from 6-10 pm

This Friday- TODAY!! Join artist Marie Watt
in eating, sharing stories, and contributing to a piece that will be in the Portland Art Museum. Her work is very cool. Certainly there will be other interesting people there. Go get involved! Go! GO!
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Deadline: April 11th, 2008

International Encaustic Artists (IEA) and New England Wax (NEW) present parallel exhibitions of
The Diptych Project: A Collaboration in Wax.

The west coast launch of the touring exhibition
Opening April 4 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m
at Brian Marki Fine Art
on view though April 30, 2008

Artist talk by Laura Kleinman Saturday, April 5 at 3 pm.

The tandem exhibitions are the first of their kind featuring collaborative work in encaustic media created by member artists paired from each organization. Each artist in the 36 pairings created one half of a two-panel painting or “diptych” then sent the work to the partner artist to answer in visual dialogue and complete the piece.
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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.

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SUNDAY, March 30th
Trunk Sale/last day of the show: 11am-3pm
Meet David Stein: 2-3pm

Meet artist David Stein and have a last look at his awesome show,
Lord Have Mercy

ALSO, Spring cleaning trunk sale by resident Egg fashion designers
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Every third Thursday, we gather at Living Room Theaters’ Lounge to meet, discuss, blather, applaud & plot the growth of the arts in Portland. Join us Thursday, March 21st as we kick off these monthly gatherings.

Here’s what we promise:

• Food & drink specials
• Fantastic, rotating, monthly hosts from the arts community
• Six@Six where our hosts have six minutes at six p.m. for a performance, a question, or a talk of their choosing
• Freewheeling conversation for the rest of the 114 minutes

Our host this March is Arts & Culture Commissioner Sam Adams.

April’s host? Come to find out and help us pick future hosts!

Newspace Center for Photography is pleased to announce its Third Annual Silent Auction on Friday, February 29th. The auction is a wonderful evening full of community, fine photographs and a great selection of gift certificates from local restaurants, retailers, and performance venues. Newspace’s largest fund raiser of the year, the auction helps to support the Center’s many educational offerings and contributes to the strength of the organization.
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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.
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The next D’Merde Salon will be on February 22nd, 2008 featuring the literary and visual arts of: Ben Nystrom, Jolyn Fry, Steve Libbey, Ben Nystrom, Heather Reddy plus many more! The fun begins at 7:30 pm. Come early as wine and food will be available. Sliding scale donation ($5-$15) at the door.
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