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news & announcementsMarlana In Orion Magazine July/August issue Marlana Stoddard Hayes will have a written essay along with a portfolio of paintings in the July/August issue of Orion magazine, a journal of nature that is know as the voice of the environmental movement. The folio, titled: "The Mushroom's Chronicle" details the use of spore prints in the last five years of her work. Please see pages 16-21 for more information. Jim Hibbard recieves the Ray Trayle Print Prize Jim Hibbard, The Ray Trayle Print Prize Selection Committee is delighted to inform you that you have been selected to receive the Ray Trayle Print Prize for 2010. Printmaking is an artistic discipline with many skilled and respected practitioners, all of whom we wish to honor and recognize. You, Jim Hibbard, stand out as an inspiration for all. With this prize, we honor you. In the spirit of generosity similar to Ray Trayle himself, you inspire the best in both human and artistic endeavors by helping others and creating work of artistic excellence. Jim Hibbrd will be honored at a special celebration at 6pm on June 18th. At that event, you will be given the award, a cash prize, and an opportunity to show and discuss your work to an appreciative audience. This recognition is our way of thanking you for your selfless dedication. Like Ray Trayle himself, you are an inspiration to printmakers, a living example of qualities we hold in high regard and strive to encourage with this prize. Please accept our congratulations and best wishes! Respectfully yours, The Ray Trayle Print Prize Committee 23 April 2010 Manda Beckett, Frank Boyden, Shawn Demarest, Carol Ferris, Sheryl Funkhauser, George Johanson, Liza Jones, Randall Koch, ,Ikie Kressel, Irwin Lavenberg, Stephen Leflar, Jack McLarty, Pamela Morris, Hibiki Myazaki, Nancy Prior, Tom Prochaska, Nicole Rawlins, Charlene Robinson and Christy Wyckoff. Internationl Print Center Selection Curtis Bartone's lithograph, "Strike" accepted into the International Print Center of New York's "New Prints/Spring" exhibition curated by Phillip Pearlstein. Kim McKenna, Featured in New Amercan Paintings #85 Congratulations Kim on being selected for the Juried Exhibitions-in-print Volume 14, Issue 6, pages 90 and 91. Welcome TJ Norris We are proud to announce that TJ Norris has joined our gallery. The first time we viewed his work we were moved by the depth and clarity of his artistic voice. As we followed his work he introduced us to the diversity of his studio practice and relationships he has built with several venues throughout the region. From his participation in the Artist Talk at the Portland Art Museum to his creative curatorial work for Linfield College, NAAU, Guestroom, Milepost 5, and many others, to his active participation on art panels for PNCA, PSU Photo Lucida. Through his insight shared through his blog/podcast, radio interviews and national magazine articles Norris has truly become an important voice in the Northwest and has helped shape the ever-changing artistic thought processes for our region. We want to encourage his endeavors and hope you will stop in the gallery to see his latest works and also log onto his website to gain a perspective on his journey as an important voice here and well beyond the region. In October he will present a one person show for the gallery titled 'Composite' Below is an image titled 'Solstice' (archival inkjet print, 36" x 44", 2010), an excerpt from his growing new work. NEW SITE: http://www.tjnorris.net Deanne Belinoff - Book of Keys Deanne Belinoff's recent Book of Keys, a 24 page accordion formatted hand made artists' book has been added to the collection of the Oregon Jewish Museum, Portland, Oregon. Also, Deanne will be the Artist in Residence at Yates Art Center, Penn Yan, New York August 2010 PROOF: Discussions EVERY SUNDAY in March 3-5 PM join us in the gallery for lectures, discussion and treats: MARCH.07 Lorna Nakell & Elizabeth Bilyeu,Art Historian: hosting discussion on, "Hypothesizing Intersections-Contemporary Women Artist, History, SCIENCE AND ART. MARCH.14 Kim Hamblin & Chrystal Bell, forensic Biologist: hosting discussion on, "Intersections: Finding the ART in FORENSIC Science" Kim McKenna & Nandine Ranganathan, Math Professor PNCA: hosting discussion on "Sophie GERMAIN, Cryptography and the ELUSIVE PRIME." MARCH.21 Abra Ancliffe: Hosting discussion on MARIA MITCHELL(1818-1889) American ASTRONOMER. MARCH.28 Julia Gardner, Art Historian, Kate Copeland & Zoe Rodriquez del Rey, Graduate Student of Environmental Science, PSU: hosting discussion on , "WATER, How Land Based Human Activities Impact Estuarine and Marine ECOSYSTEMS" Marlana Stoddard Hayes Marlana Stoddard Hayes in A.I.R. benefit show, NYC. Marlana is participating in "Wish You Were Here 8, 2009", the A.I.R. gallery annual postcard show held in Brooklyn, NY. Over 400 artists will be included from across the US, with the benefit running from June 23- July 18th. A.I.R. gallery is the oldest non profit gallery in the nation, established in 1972 by a core group of artists, Harmony Hammond, Nancy Spero, Ana Mendieta and Howardena Pindell among many others. JUDY VOGLAND AT SITKA CENTER Judy will be teaching 3 fun workshops at Sitka Center of Art and Design this summer. This first class, "Personal History Collage", will be held June 15-18. We will concentrate on building 2-3 complex compositions using your personal snapshots and vintage family photos. The focused time will give you a wonderful opportunity to make memorable and valuable art for you and your family. Sitka provides you amazing studios to enjoy and a fun and varied housing plan. I would love to have you join us in the first of these three different workshops. More to follow. Related Website: www.sitkacenter.org MARLANA STODDARD ON ALUMNI BOARD Marlana Stoddard Hayes has been invited to be on the alumni board of the new Colorado State University Art Museum, which opens on April 2nd in Ft. Collins. She will also have two small drawings in a group exhibit there, called "Little Secrets". Marlana has a BFA from the art school at CSU and is one of 20 chosen for the board, out of thousands who have graduated there since 1940. LORNA NAKELL AWARDED GRANT FOR MUSEUM SHOW Lorna Nakell was awarded a Career Opportunity Grant from the Oregon Arts Commission. Her proposal was one of only nine selected for this grant cycle. Funding will help support an upcoming exhibition Nakell has planned at the Grants Pass Museum of Art in October/November of 2009. The project planned for this exhibition is a collection of diptychs juxtaposing natural formations in the environment with those found in or on the human body. MALANA STODDARD-HAYES TEACHING AT SITKA From Bud to Seed: Abstract Forms in Nature. Drawing and Painting Workshop September 15 - 18. This workshop examines the myriad possibilities found in the seedheads native to Cascade Head, using them to springboard into abstract paintings. All skill levels. For more information visit www.sitkacenter.org for details. Related Website: www.sitkacenter.org LORNA NAKELL RECEIVES GRANT Lorna Nakell has received a project grant from the Regional Arts and Culture Council. The grant money will help fund Nakell's solo exhibition at Beppu Wiarda Gallery in July 2009. The project funded is for a series of paintings inspired by a book of poems titled Flying at Night by Ted Kooser, Poet Laureate of the United States. Nakell was also recently invited to be one of 13 artists to participate in "Perceptions of the Past", a collaborative project pairing selected poets and artists including Oregon Poet Larueate Lawson Inada. This exhibition will begin at the FireHouse Gallery of Rogue Community College, Grants Pass in May 2009, then travel to several universities in the state of Oregon, and finally end up in Rogue Community College's permanent collection. KIM MCKENNA AT SEATTLE CENTER ON CONTEMPORARY ART Kim McKenna's painting Noland will be on view at Seattle's Center on Contemporary Art from December 11 - January 14 as part of their annual juried exhibition. CoCA has presented the Annual since 1989, each time bringing in an independent juror to select and curate the works. This year's juror is Riko Nakasone, director and curator of the Bau-Xi Gallery in Vancouver, BC. The show's theme is Hybrid. Of the hundreds of pieces submitted by artists, both nationally and internationally, Noland was chosen for the second place prize. LORNA NAKELL IN PULSE EVENT "November 8th, 2008 Lorna Nakell took part in this year's PULSE event. PULSE is an art auction for the Children's Heart Foundation which funds research for children with congenital heart defects. The event was curated by Mark Woolley and involved 35 local artists creating artworks during an 8 hr period. From 5pm till 8:30pm patrons were allowed to watch the artists in progress. Nakell created two mixed media works on paper which both sold." ALAN FULLE REVIEW IN ART, LTD Alan Fulle’s artwork was reviewed in the July/August 2008 edition of the magazine art, ltd. By Matthew Kangas. “…the 44 year old University of Washington graduate, who has also shown in New York and Europe, has finally happened upon the combination of elements that suits him: large, layered mixtures of oil paint and acrylic embedded in a thick, clear epoxy-resin over a heavy mahogany panel…With these latest works, flatness is uncannily maintained; figure and ground held in check, and the delayed emergence of a gifted painter with much more to say is at last revealed...” (Full review in magazine.) See Alan’s recent work by clicking on his name under Artists on this web site. JUDY VOGLAND ON OREGON ART BEAT Be sure to see Judy Vogland who will be featured on an upcoming episode of Oregon Art Beat! Thursday, May 1 at 8pm or Sunday, May 4 at 6pm. Oregon Public Broadcasting, TV channel 10 in Portland LORNA NAKELL AWARDED RESIDENCY "The Artist in Residence program (AIR) selects twelve artists to live and work at Weir Farm each year. To date, 115 artists from throughout the U.S., as well as Tunisia, Germany, Australia, India and The Netherlands have participated in the AIR program." CONGRATULATIONS TO JUDY VOGLAND Congratulations to Judy Vogland, whose major work, “The Watermelon Eaters,” was accepted in the permanent collection of Northwest Art at the Portland Art Museum. In addition, Judy will be teaching four upcoming workshops: “Personal History Collage,” Feb 16-17, 2008 at Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, and “Mud and Crud,” June 25-29, 2008. Contact www.ocac.edu for more information and to sign up. And “Painting with Natural Forces,” July 7-10, and "Sea Bowls," August 25-28, 2008 at Sitka Center for Art and Ecology. Contact www.sitkacenter.org for more information. Be sure to watch for Judy’s segment on Oregon Art Beat by K.C. Cowan coming up this spring on OPB! Stoddard-Hayes Honored by University of Michigan Marlana Stoddard-Hayes was invited to be the Visiting Resident Artist for April 2007 at the University of Michigan. In addition, an exhibition will be featured for the month and a lecture will be given by Marlana. |
