Posts Tagged ‘ Bridget Benton ’

The Creative Conversation: Intuitive Art-Making

Based on Bridget Benton’s new book, The Creative Conversation, this hands-on lecture/workshop will jump-start your creativity by helping you discover ways to create your own fun, positive, supportive approach to art-making while trusting your intuition to guide you.

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
Jan 25, 2012 | 7-9pm

WonderQuest 2010, a unique art auction benefiting Quest Center for Integrative Health

Friday, May 21st, 2010 6pm; doors at 5:30

The Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell Street, Portland, Oregon

Tickets are $50 each. To purchase tickets, call 503.238.5203 x323,
e-mail melissa@quest-center.org, or visit http://www.quest-center.org

An Evening of Art, Hors d’oeuvres, Cocktails and Music Support
Healthcare Services for Low Income People with Chronic Illnesses

Portland, Oregon – WonderQuest 2010, a unique art auction benefiting Quest Center for Integrative Health, takes place Friday, May 21st, 2010. The Wonder Ballroom will be transformed in to an art gallery where attendees will bid silently on over 100 original works from local artists and/or galleries, as well as restaurant and vacation packages, spa certificates, pottery and more.

WonderQuest will be an eclectic cocktail party featuring silent bidding on 100 original pieces of artwork, hors d’oeuvres and desert by Devil’s Food Catering, and music by cello innovator Gideon Freudmann and local musician Dusty Santa Maria.

Featured artists this year include Sue Coe, Rene Rickabaugh, and Steve Maker, with curation by Mark Woolley.
The following artists and/or galleries have generously donated work that will be available for purchase at WonderQuest 2010.

Puddy Adkisson, Bridget Benton, Jason Berlin, Adam Blackman, Charissa Brock, Mark Brody, Tanisha Caravello, Gregory Carrigan, Benjamin Alexander Clark, Sue Coe, Brooks and Dorothy CoField, Lloyd Cook, Nancy Crumpacker, Paul Dahlquist, Kristi Donahue, Aliza Lilly Drinard, Smith Eliot, Michael Ford, Rhonda Forsberg, Chris Giffin, Jo Ann Gilles, Denise Althea Graham, Anne Marie Grgich, Chris Haberman, Harnack Lancaster, Diane Jacobs, Pat Jenkins, Alicia Justus, Lisa Kaser, Matthew Kingsley, Sharon Klein, Annette Lansing, Kurtiss Loftstrom, Steve Maker, Angela Marino, Suzanne Murk, Carole Murphy, Mark Murphy, Elizabeth New, Joyce O’Halloran, Dan Pillers, Jeff Polk, Lam Quang, Kestrel Gates, Rene Rickabaugh, Darlene Schaper, Richard Speck, Bethany Staffieri, Teresa Sullivan, Sara Swink, Mary Topogna, Katie Veeninga, Elliott Wall, Hollis Wilson, Sheilah Wilson, Steve WinkenWerder, Rob Wurzer, Carol Yarrow, Yesterday and Today

Quest Center’s mission is to provide services, community, and education to all people seeking a wellness-focused approach to living and dying. We work to assist our clients to sustain lifestyle changes that support healing, and to effectively strengthen those diagnosed with chronic or life-challenging illnesses, including HIV/AIDS, mental health disorders, chemical dependency, and cancer. While we most often treat those with chronic and life challenging illnesses, we also offer preventive and wellness care.

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