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Art Spark! Monthly fun gathering of the Creative Community

Art Spark

Art Spark, a monthly gathering for the Portland creative community to connect and have fun. This month we are featuring Portland City Art a curating team that curates around town in alternative venues. They brought us the Manor of Art, the Door Show, the Love Show & more! We are celebrating their one year anniversary highlighting what they do best with an exhibit, “A Rainy Day Wildfire”. Live music and a lively crowd! 5 – 7pm, 4/15/2010, 107 SE Washington St. Portland, OR. visit site Art Spark site for more information.

New Artwork/Sculptures by PEETA (graff legend from ITALY) @ Backspace April.1st(first thursday)!!

Peeta at Backspace in Portland

April 1st – 30th, 2010

Portland…Get ready for a visual graff takeover from ITALY!!
PEETA will be showing new paintings/sculptures
along with Subm2 OG Aden Catalini
APRIL 1st.(first thursday) @ Backspace,
115 Northwest 5th Avenue
Portland, OR 97209
(503) 248-2900
6pm-late…
w/Sknny Mrcls dropping audio vibes
*show will run the whole month of April.

THIS IS A SHOW NOT TO BE MISSED!!!
help spread the word, so he can feel some portland love*

Peeta @ backspace in pdx

Thaw

Albina Plywerk Show

thaw: a Plywerk group show

OPEN/CLOSE: Thursday March 4th, 2010 through the end of March
1ST THURSDAY ARTIST RECEPTION: Thursday March 4th, 2010, 6-9PM
ALBINA PRESS S.E. – 5012 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd., Portland, OR 97215
HOURS: Mon-Fri. 6:00am to 8:00pm, Sat-Sun. 6:30am to 8:00pm, free admission

Spring’s slow stirring warms Portland. To celebrate this reawakening, Plywerk is proud to present a group show of artwork focusing on new growth, fresh colors and a fascination with nature and its seasons.

With their recent collaboration with local ink-jet printing business Pushdot Studio, Plywerk has been able to expand the types of media that are available for printing. The result has been breath taking, as the work in the show will demonstrate. Showcasing a wide range of media and style, thaw is sure to warm the hearts and minds of Portland art lovers ready for the blossoming of the new season.

The show includes work by:

Cloudery
Anna Hoye
Traci French
Sarah Kamsler
Nicole Linde
Mulysa Melco
Ashley Montague
Kim Oanh Nguyen
Amy Nieto
Ann Ploeger
Georgia Stylou
Ann Suckow
Tatiana Wills

HOLIDAY in TRIVANDRUM

holiday in trivandrum

HOLIDAY in TRIVANDRUM
at the Launchpad Gallery
Friday February 19th, 2010 from 6pm – 10pm

Swing by the Launchpad Gallery this Friday (TONIGHT!) for HOLIDAY in TRIVANDRUM, a silent art auction party. This is a one-night-only event featuring over 40 of David Stein’s oil paintings and drawings spanning the last five years. All of the art is marked with frighteningly low starting bids. One hundred percent of the proceeds from this event will help fund Suniti Dernovsek and David Steins South India excursion.

DJ Bad Wizard will dazzle your ears and illuminate the dance floor while the beer of Ninkasi will fill you with confidence and amplify your voice.

Click here for a sneak peak of some of the art in Holiday in Trivandrum.

Launch Pad Gallery

534 SE Oak Street

Portland, OR. 97214

www.launchpadgallery.org

For more info visit www.davidstein-art.com

FELT UP: Queer, Erotic Tomfoolery Art Show

feltup_02.2010.jpg Join Portland artist Brent Pruitt at Studio 2507 for his debut show, FELT UP: Queer, Erotic Tomfoolery.

First Friday Reception: Friday, February 5, 6-9 pm. Wine & food will be served.

For more information, visit Brent Pruitt’s website.

February 1 – 28, 2010

Studio 2507
2507 SE Clinton
Portland, Oregon

6 – 9 pm, Fridays
12 – 3 pm, Saturdays

Eye of the White Tiger Progressive Erotic and Kink art exhibition

The Jade Gate Studio, The Center for Erotic art and Culture, will host a special Art show on Feb.13th, 2010, 6 to 9 pm. This event is a celebration for the Lunar New Year, featuring local and national artists. It will feature progressive visual art, sculpture, surreal dance and aerial restraint performance. This show is for adults only. No one under 18 admitted.

Mark Yu, director of the studio will be premiering and erotic new works in oil by nationally known and published painter Kimberly Dow. Also exhibiting their works will be, Jeff Whitaker, a sculptor in metal and stone, and the famed Photoshop satirist of the left blogoshere, DarkBlack, whose work caused a tempest in the tea-bagger cup on Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity. Other artists will be added soon.

The surreal neo-butoh dance troupe Seraphic Society will perform throughout the evening as well as the famed master of the lower reeds, Jay Easton. He will be performing on his rare, exotic and occasionally dangerous woodwinds he has collected from across the centuries and around the world. He is the founding member of the Brass Dragon Saxophone Band and Northstar Saxophone Quartet.

The Jade Gate Studio is located at 55 NE Farragut St. Suite #3, Portland, OR
Contact TheJadeGate@ Gmail.com or phone Mark Yu at 512-573-9863 for more info.

Cathie Joy Young Paintings and Gaelyn Lakin Mixed Media Sculpture at Guardino Gallery

Bright Red Reach by Cathie Joy Young

Guardino Gallery Main gallery: Cathie Joy Young/Acrylic Paintings and Gaelyn Lakin/Mixed Media Sculpture
Please join us for the
Opening reception: Last Thursday January 28th, 2010 6pm to 9pm
Guardino Gallery 2939 NE Alberta Portland, Oregon

Also showing in the feature area – “The Heart of the Matter” group show

Show runs through February 23rd
Daily Hours: Tues 9am to 5pm Wed thru Sat 11am to 6pm
Sun 11am to 4pm
Guardino Gallery in Portland