Blog Archives

Gigantic Gallery one-year anniversary show

Gigantic Gallery will be turning one year old this March! We met a lot of great people during our first year and, to celebrate our birthday, we want to celebrate them.

So the theme of our March show is the carte de visite, which were small, mass-produced pictures mounted on paper that were hugely popular around the 1860s. Baseball and superhero cards, comp cards and business cards and wallet-sized photos can all trace their ancestry to the carte de visite.

We want this show to be about the artists we met this year. We invited the artists to make as many small, personally-expressive pieces as they cared to. We hope to fill the walls.

Please come visit us during the opening on March 1st, 2012. It could be huge.

http://giganticgallery.info/shows/carte-de-visite

Gigantic Gallery
1720 NW Lovejoy #103
Portland, Oregon

Show Ends: 2012-04-01

New Gallery in St. Johns

Jeffrey Gabel and Jasmine Shiver have opened Let It Rain Art Gallery at 7322 N Leavitt Avenue
in the St Johns neighborhood of Portland, OR. Jasmine and Jeffrey moved to St Johns a year ago from
Longview, Washington and chose St Johns for the small town feel. While meeting many talented
and unique artists in the Portland area they realized there was no art gallery currently serving the
St Johns area and decided to invest and rehab a retail space into a vibrant art gallery.
Let It Rain is their shared vision of gallery and event space, a warm relaxing place where people
can come together with their passion for art. The Next show will be starting Feb. 24th, 2012, featuring
Leon Lowman, Jason Stewart, David D’Andrea, jewelry by Bijoux and more!
Show Ends: 2012-03-31

Gallery 114 presents Inside Out: Revelations From Newer Faces

Gallery 114 is proud to present a group exhibition showcasing its newest artists. “Inside Out: Revelations From Newer Faces” will offer compelling insight into its newest members through a diversity of work and artistic intent.

The exhibit promises to be as diverse as the artists themselves. From unique perspective to method of delivery, Inside Out: Revelations From Newer Faces will deliver a spectrum of mediums and aesthetic sensibilities. Artists Diana Crites, Alana DiCicco, Erin Robinson Grant, Khanh N. Huynh MD, Mary Jo Mann, Christopher B. Mooney, and Curtis Settino will present contemporary works, including: art dolls, abstract, figurative, and narrative paintings (in oil, watercolor, and acrylic), mixed media, and video installation.

Attendees can likewise expect to encounter a spectrum of emotion. While artist Christopher B. Mooney sees his work connected with “comforting thoughts about positive social interactions in a world full of uncertainty, anger, and fearfulness,” artist Erin Robinson Grant seeks to establish a more uneasy, morbid connection. Despite the widely varying presentation and underlying intent, the artistic revelations in this exhibition will help to reveal the common language of human reaction, while previewing the progressive future direction of the gallery.

Inside Out: Revelations From Newer Faces will be on display at Gallery 114 from March 1 – April 1, 2012. Please join them on Thursday, March 1, from 6-9 p.m., for the exhibition opening and to meet the artists. Gallery 114 participates in “First Thursday” festivities, previewing art exhibitions showing at downtown art galleries. Gallery 114 is located at 1100 NW Glisan, Portland, Oregon 97209. The reception is free and open to the public.

Gallery 114 is the only established gallery in Portland that has persisted in allowing its artists absolute artistic freedom throughout its 20-year history. Founded in 1990 as an artist collective, Gallery 114 and its members have consistently produced a diversity of artwork.

Introduction to Calligraphy

Learn basic calligraphy techniques and lettering with artist Linda Olsen. Write a favorite phrase or a special inscription to insert into a Valentine’s card.

Event is free, but space is limited and registration is required.
Register online at museartanddesign.com/news/ or call (503) 719-4038.
Muse will feature promotional pricing and/or coupons for selected materials to attendees of each event

Muse Art + Design
@ Milepost 5
850 NE 81st Ave. Studios Bldg 1st Floor
Portland, Or. 97213
Feb 8th, 2012 | 7-9pm

Mother of God at Gigantic Gallery

This February Gigantic Gallery will be showing Mother of God — new work by five women on the subject of women in religious stories. Through painting, printmaking, illustration and collage, through figures reverent and allegorical and beastly, these artists reimagine the heroic narratives and canonized repercussions of women essential to the trajectory of our inherited mythos.

The show will feature new work by Claire Dannenbaum, Jasibe Cure-Twede, Jessica Johnson, Joanna Wecht, and Shannon Larson.

Please join us for the opening at 5:30-9:30pm, February 2. The show will run through February 26, 2012.

Gigantic gallery
1720 NW Lovejoy #103
Portland, OR. 97209

Faux Money Faux Problems

In Faux Money, Faux Problems, Gage Hamilton, Zach Yarrington and Stephan Alexandr work with FIFTY24PDX Gallery to create a concept show in response to the current financial climate. Gage questions the legitimacy of our financial institutions and our relationships with money through re-created scenes from The Alexander Hamilton Project peppered with reactions to the ensuing Occupy controversy, while Zach searches for a utilitarian alternative to the disheartening state of American politics, and Stephan poses a unique question of commodity value.

Faux Money, Faux Problems
opens First Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 from 6:00-10:00pm.
Come and enjoy seasonal beer courtesy of Red Hook and charcuterie from the Gorilla Meats Co. along with live DJ.

Gage Hamilton was born and raised in Portland, Oregon and received his BFA in Digital Arts / New Media along with a degree in Political Science from University of Oregon. With a notable history of social commentary through street installation work, his practice focuses on the triangular influence of money, sex and media on contemporary American culture.

Zach Yarrington grew up outside of Detroit before heading to Oregon in 2005 where he received his BFA in Digital Arts / New Media at University of Oregon. With his strong affinity for hand-drawn type, he finds inspiration in the rustic signage of a blue collar American city, the Pacific Northwest landscape, and his love of post-punx lyrics.

Stephan Alexandr was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. His fascination with materials can be seen in his work as Co-Founder and Creative Director of Sticks & Stones Accessories in which he pairs exotic woods, prehistoric ivories, and fossils with precious metals and stones.

FIFTY 24PDX Gallery / Upper Playground

23 NW 5th Ave, Portland, OR 97209

M-SAT 11AM-8PM SUN 12PM-6PM

Show Ends: 2012-04-02

Low-Tech, High-Art Printmaking

Learn a simple yet elegant form of block printing using sheets of foam and a drawing stylus. Create your own design and print a set of 10 cards for Valentine’s Day!

Event is free, but space is limited and registration is required.
Register online at www.museartanddesign.com/news/ or call (503) 719-4038.
Muse will feature promotional pricing and/or coupons for selected materials to attendees of each event.

Muse Art + Design
@ Milepost 5
850 NE 81st Ave. Studios Bldg 1st Floor
Portland, Or. 97213
Feb 1st, 2012 | 7-9pm