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Silent Art Auction and Party!

Please Join us at the Portland Favorite, RED E CAFE for a fabulous evening in support of FINDING MABEL, an important documentary about Argentina! The evening includes:
Delicious Argentine Food and treats!
Refreshing Artisan Beer from Upright Brewing Company, Deschutes Brewing Company, and exclusive wines!
First Live Screening of the trailer for FINDING MABEL.
Raffle ticket for incredible prizes including Dinner at OBA!, haircuts at BISHOPS, Shiatsu Massages at Achieve, and more!
Silent auction of one-of-a-kind pieces created by local Portland artists!
Live performance by Portland’s Skip Roxy!
Come for the screening, stay for the food! Leave with free gifts, great art, and the fuzzy feeling in your heart that you have supported an important project!

FIRST 20 Guests Receive these wonderful free gifts:

Peace Dove Necklace & Decorative Bag from the “Green Bag Lady.”

Tickets: $5 pre-sale, $10 suggested donation during event.
All proceeds go directly to support FINDING MABEL, a documentary about the Argentinean “Dirty War”.

30 Portland Artists Participate in Live Art-Making Fundraiser Everyday in April

Starting April 1, 2010 and continuing each afternoon throughout April, art appreciators and passers-by on Hawthorne Blvd. will be treated to live art-making by 30 different artists for the fundraiser An Artist a Day. As each piece of art is completed, the works are displayed and auctioned through silent bid at Muse Art and Design to benefit Schoolhouse Supplies. The pieces will then be available for bidding April 1 through May 13, with artwork images and details posted at www.AnArtistADay.com.

The artists, the dates they are scheduled to create, and mediums are as follows:
4/1 Travis Dodson, mixed media
4/2 Cate Anevski, watercolor/ink
4/3 Rachel Austin, acrylic
4/4 Addie Boswell, collage
4/5 Michael Fields, acrylic/ink
4/6 Kimberly Kent, encaustic
4/7 Erica Moen, watercolor/collage
4/8 Arlene Osborne, acrylic
4/9 John Fisher, oil
4/10 Jody Katopothis, acrylic
4/11 Carrie Hardison, acrylic
4/12 Corrine Loomis Dietz, acrylic
4/13 Linda Womack, encaustic, collage
4/14 Jolie Guillebeau, oil
4/15 Shannon Playford, oil
4/16 Amy Stoner, encaustic
4/17 Rebecca Shapiro, encaustic, mixed media
4/18 Jenn Woodward, graphite/mixed media
4/19 Acey Thompson, watercolor
4/20 Stephen Welch, acrylic
4/21 Bridget Benton, encaustic
4/22 Suzy Kitman, oil
4/23 Joanne Licardo, oil
4/24 Diane Rios, spray paint/stencil
4/25 Virginia Church, oil
4/26 Anna Magruder, oil
4/27 Ryan Bubnis, acrylic / ink
4/28 Jillian Doughty, ink
4/29 Christopher Mooney, oil
4/30 Vanessa Crouch, acrylic, collage

M. Graham, local maker of artists’ oils, acrylics, and watercolors will provide paints for artists to use daily, and all art will be done from noon to 5 pm, each day.
Location: Muse Art and Design, 4224 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, Oregon

Dian Rios painting

PORTLAND WALDORF SCHOOL Benefit Art Show ~ Wooden Sheilds

Portland Waldorf School Benefit Art Show - Wooden Shields

PORTLAND WALDORF SCHOOL Benefit Art Show Reception, First Friday December 4, 2009 from 6pm – 8pm
Portland Waldorf School ~ 2300 SE Harrison St., Milwaukie, OR 97222

Reception and conclusion of art auction and raffle, last chance to make your final bids or ticket purchases.

30 hand-made wooden shields have been decorated with a variety of mediums by Portland Waldorf School teachers, parents, students, alumni and Portland area artists. Shields are on display in the Wildflower Gallery at Portland Waldorf School through December 18, 2009.

Featuring new works by: Amy Ruppel, Akari Uchiyama, Brett Superstar, Maria Zink, Pat Wojciechowski, Tripper Dungan, Jennifer Finn, Steve Mathews, Susan Lake, Fred and Tara Schwoebel, Mark Gamba, Susan Harlan, Alex Bravo, Laura Barston, Francine Adams, Nina Churchill, Cameron Cseko, Gary Hirsh, Martie Kilmer-Accuardi, Mariama Loos-Diallo, Patricia Lynch, Anne Mavor, Tom Myers, Lisi McCarthy, Sheryl Murray, Katherine Pomeroy, Valerie Pufahl, Mari Purdie, Neriman Sagar, Victor Hugo Garza and Maria Zink.

The proceeds from the raffle and silent auction will go to support the PWS — from teacher salaries to supplies for the children’s classrooms.