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WORKS – Community Art and Music evening at The Old Church in Portland

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5th WORKS

Friday, January 15, 2010. 7-11 pm
The Old Church (Downtown, SW 11th Avenue & Clay St.)
$10 donation at the door / $5 with a canned good for Oregon Food Bank or a pair of socks for Dinner and a Movie

WORKS V is an annual art exhibition/event produced by Intown Church and Portland City Art. This will be Intown Church’s fifth year hosting the event and our first year partnering with Portland City Art, a non-profit organization dedicated to serving and promoting local artists. The focus of the evening will be celebrating the incredible and diverse art and culture our city has to offer. It will feature a curated gallery of incredibly talented local visual artists exhibiting and selling their painting, sculpture, photography, film, and fine crafts in the gothic atmosphere of The Old Church, one of Portland’s oldest buildings.

MUSIC: This year will feature special musical guests DOLOREAN, DERBY, and Rachel Taylor Brown. Spoken word performances by Robert Bruce of Knife Gun Pen and Jeff Hardison.

ART – This years’ exhibiting artists are: Jenny Bywater, Tim Combs/The Reclamation Project, Brenda Dunn, Stephan Ferreira, Dianna Fontes, Angela Gay, Chris Haberman, Terence Healy, Emma Kingston, Beth Myrick, Jessica Poundstone, Matt Schlosky, Ruth Shively and Heidi Elise Wirz.
ART is cash/carry.  Cash/Check/Charge all accepted.A beer and wine garden will be provided, as well as light food prepared by a local chef.
Last year, over 400 people walked through the gallery, speaking to the artists and performers, enjoying great beer, wine, and amazing food.

WORKS V is not a religious event, but a gift to and a promotion of the tremendous arts community here in Portland. This year the proceeds will be benefiting Portland City Art – the arts non profit directed by Chris Haberman and John Graeter, Dinner and a Movie, and the Oregon Food Bank.

WET PAINT: Live Art + Group Show at Tiger Bar in Portland

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Heidi Elise Wirz art

Opening / Live Art: Portland, OR - January 22, 2010 – Tiger Bar
Wet Paint v.1 – Live Art – Group Show
January 22nd – Feb 25th, 2010

Tiger Bar, in conjunction with curator Rai Villenueva and co-curator Heidi Elise Wirz – present the first in what promises to be an exciting quarterly event. The event is January 22, 2010 from 9pm until 2:30 am, there will be a three dollar cover. This event is 21+.

The Wet Paint series is a showcase for local emerging and established artists. It hopes to give insight into artists and art that is changing the way that Portlanders look at the city around them. Through live painting, viewers will be able to examine the process of several of the artists, including co-curators- Rai Villenueva and Heidi Elise Wirz.

Featured artists include: Ashley Costa, Beth Myrick, Chris Haberman, Heidi Elise Wirz, Hunter Armstrong, John Graeter, Johnny Tragedy, Matt Schlosky, Rai Villenueva, Roscoe Hall II and more.

DJ sets by: DJ L Train, Krist Krueger Killing Hipsters, and more!

Tiger Bar: 317 Northwest Broadway, Portland, OR and is open nightly for viewing, until February 25th.

Rai Villenueva at Tiger Bar