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7th Annual SE Art Walk

SEArtWalk

Over 100 artists, many in “native environments” will be showing their works and meeting art lovers over the first weekend of March. What a wonderful way to spend a day…wandering around Southeast Portland, experiencing sculpture, painting, jewelry, pottery, photography, encaustic, print-making, textile…almost every conceivable medium for expression.

And much of these will be in the homes and studios of the artists themselves, allowing you to get to know our local artists. Their art will be for sale, of course–often at reduced prices. So this is a fantastic opportunity to add to–or begin!–your art collection.

The ARTWalk map area includes the boundaries of SE 9th Ave to SE 41st and SE Powell to SE Hawthorne Blvd. Artists show in their own creative space or are hosted by local residents and businesses allowing you to visit indoor locations on the free, self-guided tour. The SE Area ARTWalk is a community-building event that has strengthened the connection between businesses, artists, and neighbors.

Check out the walking map:
http://www.communitywalk.com/SEareaArtWalk2010

*Not all artists/galleries made it onto the map.  For a complete list, go to the website!:
http://snackword.netfirms.com/seportlandartwalk.com/default.htm

Fairy Forge @ the Limelight

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Fairy Forge at the Limelight

“Fairy” is a self taught artist specializing in innovative recycled art parts and pieces found from heavy machinery, military and auto junk yards. Her creations range from garden art critters and robots to 3d abstract wall mounts, assembling “inspirational odds and ends” to create unique and intricate other-worldly constructs.

www.fairyforge.com

Ashley Costa at The Nest

Ashley Costa

Ashley Costa brings a new collection of striking stencil panels to The Nest Lounge.  These panels range from tongue-in-cheek political satire to more jabbing yet playful prods at the Establishment and The Man.  Ashley has spent most of her time perfecting the stencil-spray method in her bedroom, which she explains, “looks like an underground NYC subway graff wall.” Come on by the Nest, grab a beer, and check out this fresh new collection!

The Nest
1801 NE Alberta
Portland, OR

Casey Rae Wickum @ Eastbank Commerce Center

Casey Ray Wickum 2010

Casey’s personal touch on her work is uncompromising – a signature Fortune Cookie message with every beautiful landscape, a textual device that adds the artists’ commentary to every work:  including touching and candid scenes of Portland, New York, New Orleans, and others.

Casey Rae Wickum grew up in the midwest where she received a degree in Environmental Photojournalism from The Photography Institute at Lansing Community College. Casey lived in New Orleans for some time before moving to Portland in 2001. She lives and works in Portland, OR.

http://thegoodfoot.com/gallery/exhibit/44/casey-rae-wickum/

Eastbank Commerce Center
1001 SE Water Ave
Portland, OR

Beth Myrick @ The Cricket Cafe

Beth Myrick

Working mostly in spray paint medium, Myrick makes stencil interpretations of animals, people and the world around us.  She lives and works in Portland, OR.

The Cricket Cafe
3159 S.E. Belmont Street
Portland, OR

Michelle Nguyen @ Seven Planet and Ephemeral Gallery

Disappear

A student of Japanese and Fine Art, Michelle’s work shows the technical side of illustration while encompassing the gentle brush stokes of Calligraphy and the quiet explosions of color often depicted in works of graffiti.  Much of her newer works are made on recycled wood, exposing the grain, while maintaining the subtle imagery to float freely.

Michelle L. was born July of 1986 in Fountain Valley, California.  She spent fourteen years in California before moving to Portland, Oregon for high school and college.  She attended The University of Puget Sound for two years and Portland State University for three years, where she earned her two Bachelors of Art degrees in Japanese and Fine Arts in 2009. She currently lives in Portland, Oregon.

www.michellenguyenart.com

Seven Planet
412 NW Couch, Suite 112
Portland, OR

Mark Randall at Slinde & Nelson

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Mark Randall presents his latest collection of works in  The Flower Childs Show. This body of work is a stunning display in the airy, open and high-ceiling Slinde & Nelson venue. Pieces range from a 15 foot by 1 ft. corrugated tin wheatpaste collage, to 4′ by 4′ wooden panel collages and smaller pop-iconography homages laced and studded with beaded necklaces, faux-flowers from nearby cemeteries and a kitchy Feliz Navidad singing greeting card. You don’t want to miss this show!

“The theme of this group of work is really a continuation of using imagery that 1.) I like, always the selfish motivation, 2.) That hopefully evokes some response in the viewer and 3.) Makes the viewer, if they are honest with themselves, wonder why that image, that stereotype, does what it does…Enjoy the show. ” M. Randall

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Slinde and Nelson Law firm
825 NW Glisan St
Portland, OR

Adam Brock Ciresi at Slinde & Nelson

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Adam Brock Ciresi brings his newest collection of paintings, “Politics as Unusual” to Slinde & Nelson for the month of February. Adam was born and raised in NYC, and currently lives in Portland, OR. After making some astonishing progress in on his style and technique in 2009, Adam decided to pursue an arts education here in PDX. We’re lucky to have him in part of the arts community in Portland. Keep you eyes on this quick-thinking, deliberate, rapidly rising local artist! He’s going places!

Portland DOOR Show – selected works at The Corridor Gallery at Water Ave

Roscoe Hall II painting live

A spectral display of our local talent: Last summer the Painted Door Show brought together 50+ Portland artists in a live paint extravaganza in the pearl.  This month at Water Avenue, selected works from this incredible event are on display.

Works hang the month of Feb.


Heidi Elise Wirz at East Bank Commerce Center

I am not afraid...

Heidi Elise Wirz- Selected works in this solo show at East Bank, combining new works with Heidi’s soft, but elusive “girl graf” styles.
Reception: TBA.  Works hang the month of Feb.

Tim Combs and The Reclamation Project at Cricket Cafe

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Tim writes, “As I’ve progressed with my craft, I find myself influenced by Japanese and Chinese painting and woodblock design — the spontaneity of Zen ink washes, the textures of Japanese woodblock prints, the inherent beauty in decay and weathering. For this collection I’ve carved slightly abstracted nature scenes on reclaimed wooden “canvases” in order to examine beauty in the inevitable processes of decay and rebirth, forgetting and discovery.”
Shows throughout the month of Feb.

Brenda Dunn and Chris Haberman at Seven Planet

Brenda Dunn and Chris Haberman

Brenda Dunn and Chris Haberman at Seven Planet - Selected works of both of these prolific local artists will hang the month of February at this local “eco-friendly” community market store.
Reception: First Thurs, Feb 4. 6-8pm.