Information Services : Workshops /Conferences /Lectures/Trips
May 2008
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Continuing through June Adult Theater Courses at PCS' GreenHouse School of Theater. Portland Center Stage's GreenHouse is a unique school offering theater training and related studies for people at all degrees of involvement with the living stage. Courses are taught by exceptional teachers drawn from Portland’s diverse community of talented professionals. Clases include: Focus on Acting: Process Work for the Beginning Actor III; Focus on Acting: Voice Acting in Theory and Practice; Topics in Playwriting: Play Tuning; Topics in Playwriting: The Dramatist's Toolbox; Dialogue: Murder & Mayhem: Three macabre masterpieces of the English Renaissance; Art of Business Segment I: The Art of Presentations; Art of Business Segment II: The Art of Communication. For more information visit www.pcs.org/greenhouse/. For enrollment, course cost, or any other questions, please call Kelsey Tyler, Education Director, at 503.445.3793 or email: education@pcs.org.
5/1-7/31 Critique Class with Joseph Mann. This engaging class is successful in helping participants sustain their studio practice and thereby advance their own body of work. This on-going Critique Class is generally semester based. The next series of classes begins 5/1 and meets nine times, ending 7/31. Tuition: $335 for Oregon Society of Artist members or $365 for tuition and membership. Please check www.josephemann.com or call 503.285.8013 for detailed calendar, times, location, and registration information. Please make checks payable to Joseph Mann. Mail to: Portland Drawing and Painting Intensives, 1531 SE Holly Street, Portland, OR 97214. Upon receipt of your check, we will call to confirm your place in the workshop and send a map and supply list.
5/3, 4, 5 PDX FEST 2008 Workshops at NW Film Center. Peripheral Produce will join forces with the Northwest Film Center to present three filmmaker workshops during the festival taught by three visiting artists - Travis Wilkerson, Shana Moulton, and Craig Baldwin. 5/3 Reviving the Lost Art of Agitation with Ravis Wilkerson, 10 AM-1 PM, $35. This workshop will screen clips from and discuss the instructor's practice of "third cinema." Adopted by the filmmaker after a chance meeting with legendary film propagandist Santiago Alvarez, the third cinema approach weds politics to the non-fiction film form, suggesting that there is a utopian sphere where art and science collide, and where the imaginative capacities of the cinema can be put to meaningful use. 5/4 Do-It-Yourself Green Screen with Shana Moulton, 10 AM-1 PM, $35. The instructor will share her insights into the possibilities of this expressive tool, screening examples from Desiree Holman, Mike Smith, and her own work, explaining the mechanics of keying in layperson's terms. 5/5 Flix Remix: A Found Footage Workshop with Craig Baldwin, 6-9:30 PM, $45. Drawing on his own vast experience as a found footage guru, the instructor will discuss this genre's influence on alternative cinema, screening clips from his found footage classics, TRIBULATION 99 and SONIC OUTLAWS, and other works. Then, the creative and critical methods of working with archival film prints will be demonstrated through hands-on activities. All workshops will be offered at the Northwest Film Center's School of Film, 934 SW Salmon. Pre-registration is encouraged. To register or if you need more information about any of the workshops, please contact the Northwest Film Center at 503.221.1156 (x25) or www.nwfilm.org.
5/3, 4, 22, 25 Encaustic Workhops with Linda Womack, author of Embracing Encaustic: Learning to Paint with Beeswax. 5/3 Tons of Texture: In this fast paced class we'll use several techniques to create texture including adding fibers, using irons, brush techniques and of course tons of wax. This is an intermediate encaustic class. 1:00 - 5:00, $95. 5/4, Encaustic Painting Intensive: No experience is necessary for this all day quick start wax class. You will use techniques involving collage, painting, scraping, layering, incising and textured finishes using wax in an assortment of vivid colors. 10 am – 4 pm, $140. 5/22, Mixing Your Own Encaustic Paint & Medium: In this class you will mix a big batch of encaustic medium (beeswax and resin) and learn how to use that as a base to make encaustic paint. Each student will take home 3 tins of paint and one tin of clear encaustic medium. 6 – 9 pm, $50. 5/25 Encaustic Image Transfers: Transferring images and drawings onto wax is quick and easy, and gives a beautifully rustic effect. This intermediate class, for those already comfortable with the basics of working with wax, is the perfect introduction. 1 – 5 pm, $95. Classes will be held in Linda’s private studio in SE Portland. See www.lindawomack.com/workshops or call 503.348.9139 for registration info.
5/4 Museum of Contemporary Craft Exhibition Lecture. Generations: Ken Shores. Curator Namita Gupta Wiggers will discuss the current Ken Shores retrospective, contextualizing his work in terms of his home, travels and experiences as an artist, leader and foundational figure in the American Craft Movement. 2 PM, The Lab, Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 NW Davis, Portland. Visit www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org. Free.
5/4-6 Oregon Heritage Conference: Go the Distance! Sustain Oregon's Heritage. Conference topics include: Oregon's 150th Birthday; Oregon Main Street Program; Strengthening Local Preservation; New Archaeological Discoveries and more. Keynote Speaker: James W. Loewen, author of Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American RAcism. For information visit www.oregonheritage.org or contact Kyle Jansson at heritage.info@state.or.us or call 503.986.0673.
5/7 Writing to Your Public: A workshop for artists with Jill Kelly. Learn how create excellent written materials for your portfolio: An effective press release, a useful resume, and an enlightening artist statement. Participants will be asked to submit rough drafts of their materials a week in advance. Workshop exercises and activities will be based on those materials. Jill Kelly, PhD, is an experienced professional editor and writer who coaches artists and writers in the creative process. Her memoir, Sober Truths: The Making of an Honest Woman. 6 pm to 8:30 pm. Workshop is limited to 15 participants. Class fee: $50 includes professional editing of your materials. Location: close-in SE Portland. To register for this workshop email: editor@aracnet.com.
5/8-14 Tour New York City with Portland Center Stage's Chris Coleman. Round trip Air from Portland to NY; 7 days/6 nights in a first class hotel; 3 Broadway productions including David Mamet’s newest comedy, November and The Country Girl starring Morgan Freeman and Frances McDormand; Breakfast at Tavern-on-the-Green; Tours of Kykuit (the Rockefeller estate), Lincoln Center and Ellis Island and a heck of a lot more. All for $2,895 per person. If you’d like more information contact PCS Development Director, Charlie Frasier at charlief@pcs.org or visit www.pcs.org.
(posted 5/7/08) 5/10 HD Cameras for the Real World Workshop. Oregon Media Production Association (OMPA) presents this hands-on workshop to see, shoot and compare an array of professional grade HD cameras for shooting motion picture, television and commercial projects.
9am-11am, $40 (OMPA members no charge). At Picture this Production Services and Stage
2223 NE Oregon Street, Portland. Please pre-register at info@ompa.org, or 503.228.8822, or see http://www.ompa.org/events/OMPA%20Camera%20Workshop.pdf.
5/10 Pronto Plate Lithography Workshop with Ken Walker. Introductory workshop on using Pronto Plates for lithography. Class will start by using a sharpie to draw on the pronto plate. Once image is on the plate the artist can go directly to the press. Use of the ball point pen, copier, laser printer and other advanced techniques will also be demonstrated. Pronto plates do not require the traditional techniques of lithography making it a less toxic printmaking technique. Quick imaging can make the plates very versatile. This class is great for all levels. Materials provided. Cost: $80 Materials Fee: $20. 10 am to 4, Radius Community Art Studios, 322 SE Morrison sty, (MLK & Morrison), Portland or 97214. Questions? Contact: kenwalker@iamkenwalker.com. Visit www.radiusstudios.org to find out more and to register.
(posted 5/9/08) 5/12 Bright Lights Discussion Series: A Conversaton with Brad Cloepfil sponsored by City Club and Portland Spaces magazine. Cloepfil will talk about his most recent work, his ideas about architecture and urban design, and his thoughts about Portland architecture, past and future. In a discussion with Portland Spaces editor Randy Gragg and the audience, the evening will broaden into conversation of ideas about architecture, urbanism, landscape, and historic preservation. Bright Lights starts at 6 p.m. the second Monday of every month at Jimmy Mak’s, 221 NW 10th Ave. Doors open at 5:30. Admission is free. Visit www.portlandspaces.net.
5/13 Strategic Planning Workshop with Carol Cheney sponsored by the Hillsboro Arts & Culture Council. A good strategic plan can launch your organization on the path to greatness. This workshop will help you understand how to make the most out of your strategic planning process and prepare for the work ahead. Some of the topics covered are: Top Ten Tips for Strategic Planning; Readiness issues; Getting the Board involved; Outside participation: who should be involved? Hiring a consultant: pros and cons. This program is the second in a series of three Professional Development Workshops presented by the Hillsboro Arts & Culture Council. To register call 503.615.3485. Space is limited. For more information: hacc@ci.hillsboro.or.us. 4-6 PM, $15 at the Walters Cultural Arts Center, 527 East Main Street, Hillsboro, OR 97123.
5/13-15 Art Beat Lectures at PCC Rock Creek College. 5/13 Laura Ross-Paul-Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Ceiling, 10-11am, RC 3 Rm. 102; 5/14 George Johanson-Cave Painting: An Artist' View, 1-2pm, RC 3 Rm. 102; 5/15 Baba Wague-Artist Talk and Ceramics, 11am-1pm, RC 3 Rm 126. Free and open to the public. PCC Rock Creek, 17705 NW Springville Road, Portland, OR 97229. Visit http://spot.pcc.edu/helzerartgallery/artscal.html.
5/14 Portland Art Museum Curator Terry Toedtemeier discusses the current photographic exhibit at PAM, New on the Wall: Recent Photography Acquisitions (2/23-6/15). New on the Wall presents 80 photographs and reflects the diverse photographic concerns and activities of more than 50 artists. There are a number of works by photographers drawn to the natural beauty of landscape or, conversely, to the ways in which people have affected or altered the environment. 12:15 pm., Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park, Portland, http://web.pam.org/asp/special_exhibitions/exhibitions.asp?exhibitionID=98. Admission to Midday Art Break is free for Museum members or with admission.
5/15 Portland Art Museum Artmaking Program: Community Project in collaboration with Marie Watt. Join Museum educators and create wool blossoms to contribute to artist Marie Watt’s Contemporary Northwest Art Awards installation, which explores themes of storytelling, remembrance, and the indigenous ideology of seven generations. Each hand-stitched blossom will become part of her artwork and represent the civilian lives lost in Iraq during the war, our own lost loved ones, and our stories. Contemporary Northwest Art Awards Exhition will run 6/14-9/14. For all ages. 5-7pm. Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park, Portland, www.pam.org.
5/15, 6/19, 7/17, 8/21 Writing Workshops. Join Hotlips Pizza and Write Around Portland every third Thursday morning this summer to experience the transformative power of writing in community. These workshops are perfect for the new writer and the seasoned writer. 5/15: Honoring Mother’s Day: Mothers, Grandmothers, Where We Come From; 6/19: Summer Solstice: The Return of Light; 7/17: Post Independence Day Reflections: “I never knew writing could set me free"; 8/21: The Long Hot Days of Summer: Short Writes to the Muse. These workshops are a part of Hotlips Art Action, a series of events and artworks that express the working philosophy that sensory experiences enhance life, and that art, like pizza, is an irreducible ingredient for a healthy society. 9:00am-11:00am, Hotlips Pizza, 2211 SE Hawthorne, Portland. To register, email; hotlipspizza@writearound.org. $25 Suggested donation. All proceeds go directly toward funding Write Around Portland workshops and programs for people affected by HIV/AIDS, veterans living with PTSD, survivors of domestic violence, people living with mental illness, homeless youth and many others. For more information, go to www.writearound.org.
5/16 RACC Artists Workshop: Grant Writing for Success—102. This advanced workshop is for individual artists who have some experience grant writing and want to improve their chances of success in winning grants. Presenter Gigi Rosenberg will share strategies for finding fresh and compelling language to describe an artistic project, and participants will learn techniques for creating budgets with ease. 9:00 a.m. to Noon. Presenter: Gigi Rosenberg. Location: Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 NW Davis, Portland, OR 97209. Fee: $25. Register
5/17 Bookbinding Workshop: sewn board binding with Sandy Tilcock. The first in a series of workshops designed to emphasize basic bookbinding skills, this workshop will focus on the “Sewn Board Binding.” In this style the cover boards are sewn as part of the text block employing a simple linking stitch, creating a beautiful, lie-flat binding. It is not necessary to have a book press or other heavy equipment. Fee: $85 plus $35 materials fee. 10am-5pm. Registration is quick and easy online at www.23sandy.com/SandyTilcock/May.html. 23 Sandy Gallery, 623 NE 23rd Ave., Portland, OR 97232. 503.927.4409.
5/18 & 5/24 Beginning & Advanced Print Gocco Workshop. 5/18 Beginning: Learn how to use a simple silkscreen process known as Print Gocco to create your own greeting cards from original artwork or copyright-free clipart. Each participant will design, silkscreen, and take home 35 cards with matching envelopes. You bring doodles, drawings, or found art, and other materials will be provided. Mother+Daughter Special: This class will be held 1 week after Mother's Day weekend and will make a terrific Mother's Day gift. Sign up as a Mother+Daughter Duo and get a discount off your tuition. Individual tuition: $60. Mother+Daughter Duo tuition: $110 for 2 ($10 discount). Materials fee: $15 per person. 1-5pm. Rake Art Gallery, 325 NW 6th, Portland, OR 97209. More information visit http://fingerstothebone.com/exhibitsclasses/classes.html. Registration Deadline: 5/13/08. 5/24 Advanced: Students work in two groups on the 'project of the hour'. Hour one -- eliminating dropouts and blotchiness in your prints; hour two -- multi-color registration, print on larger formats (larger than 4"x6"); hour three -- open screen printing; hour four -- print with your food (and eat it too)! A material's fee of $10 is due the day of the workshop.1-5pm. IPRC, 917 SW Oak Street, #218, Portland, OR 97205, http://www.iprc.org. Cost:$40 members/$60 nonmembers.
(posted 5/7/08) 5/18, 25 & 6/1 Entusiasmo! Workshops & Master Classes presented by Do Jump Theatre. There will be Colombian music workshops taught by Los Llaneros, the authentic Colombian ensemble (who play in Entusiasmo!). Percussion at 10 AM, pan pipes 11 AM, Columbian Harp on demand. Echo Theatre, 1515 SE 37th, Portland. Register at music@la-tc.com or 319.230.0076
5/20 & 22 Encaustic Workshops with Elise Wagner . 5/20 Beginning Encaustic Painting, 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM. This workshop covers all the basic rudiments of encaustic, its history, various application methods, tools, fusing, pallette preparation and color mixing. $85 fee includes all materials. 5/22 Intermediate Encaustic Painting, 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM. This workshop is ideal to take in succession with the beginning workshop. Continuing from the beginning class with an emphasis on creating texture and depth with encaustic. Participants are encouraged to bring collage materials, surfaces to work on or anything to experiment with. $85 fee includes all materials. $25 deposit required to hold your space. This deposit is non-refundable. Deposit can be applied to a future class should you need to cancel. 24 hours notice required for cancellation. Visit http://www.elisewagner.com/encaustic_workshops.html for details.
(posted 5/7/08) Photographic Light Workshop presented by Michael Grecco, renowned fashion and celebrity photographer, presented by the Mt. Hood Community College Professional Photography students. Grecco is author of two photographic lighting books, The Art of Portrait Photography and Lighting and the Dramatic Portrait. His editorial clients include NBC/Universal, Esquire, HBO, Wired and Entertainment Weekly. The workshop will allow attendees to get an inside, behind the scenes look at what goes into the lighting and staging of Grecco’s unique and captivating photographs.
There is no cost to MHCC students, $5 for non-MHCC students and $20 for non-students. 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. in the MHCC Visual Arts Theatre, 26000 S.E. Stark Street. Reservations are required and can be made by calling Janet at 503.491.7564 or by e-mail to studio.257@mhcc.edu.
(posted 5/5/08) 5/23 PNCA+FIVE Idea Studio: Susan S. Szenasy, Editor-in-Chief of Metropolis magazine. The conversation, Green with Envy: How Innovative is PDX in the Quest for a Sustainable City, explores internationally recognized sustainable communities, examining the capacity to successfully merge art, commerce, higher education and urban planning. Metropolis magazine, known for its commitment to the coverage and advocacy of sustainable and collaborative design, examines contemporary life through all aspects of design: architecture, interior design, landscape design, product design, graphic design, crafts, planning and preservation. Representing a broad spectrum of opinion leaders from within the Portland community, invited guest panelists will include: Greg Baldwin, partner, Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects; Mark Edlen, managing principal, Gerding/Edlen Development; Randy Gragg, Editor-in-Chief, Portland Spaces; Scott Lewis, founder and principal, Brightworks; Nicole Misiti, co-founder and President, The Felt Hat; and Howard Shapiro, Portland Planning Commission. The second part of the program will open the discussion to the audience. 10:30 am, Gerding Theater at the Armory, 128 NW 11th Avenue, Portland. Free and open to the public.
5/29 From Idea to Production: Craft in Conceptual Art Making. Panel Discussion.Moderator: Stephanie Snyder Panelists: Melissa Dyne, M.K. Guth, Kathy High, Namita Gupta Wiggers. Dyne's installation serves as a point of departure for a discussion about the relationship between concept-driven art, industry and craft. 7 PM, The Lab., Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 NW Davis, Portland. Visit www.MuseumofContemporaryCraft.org. Free.
6/3-24 Puppetry for Adults taught by Nancy Aldrich, Tears of Joy Artist Director. You will gain a general overview of the featured style. You will learn the technical needs, benefits, and challenges of manipulating various puppets and compare construction techniques and materials. In addition, each session will include insider tips concerning puppet theatre in performance such as character and script development, staging, and movement. This workshop is valuable for the curious beginner, working puppeteer, or theatre professional interested in expanding his or her repertoire of creative tools. 7:00 - 9:30pm at 323 NE Wygant St. Cost: $145 four classes, $40 single class. Call Nancy for details: 503.284.7562. www.tojt.org.
(posted 5/7/08) 6/4 Advanced Grant Strategies Workshop sponsored by TACS (Technical Assistance for Community Services). Join Rick Levine and Kit Gillem, Program Officer of the Murdock Charitable Trust, to learn what foundation and corporate grant makers expect of experienced grant writers. Receive direct feedback about your proposals while working in small groups with a staff person of a major regional funder. The proposal reviewers will include: Jeff Anderson, Oregon Community Foundation; Chris DeMars, Northwest Health Foundation; Kit Gillem, Murdock Charitable Trust; Jan Kennedy, Murdock Charitable Trust; Cindy Knowles, Collins Foundation; Kim Thomas, Meyer Memorial Trust. You will also get to meet some of the major foundation trustees who make the final decisions on your proposals and learn how and why they make their funding decisions. The trustee panel will include: Debbie Craig, Meyer Memorial Trust; Jim Meyer, Northwest Health Foundation; John Castles, Murdock Charitable Trust. Plus, you will hear from Michael Wells, CFRE, Consultant, Grants Northwest, about best practices in budgeting for grants. 8:00 am - 4:00 pm. Cost $165 (includes continental breakfast and lunch). Location: Ecotrust Conference Center, 721 NW 9th Avenue, Portland, Oregon, www.tacs.org.
6/5-7/26 Printmaking Classes At Radius Community Art Studios. Starts 6/5 Introduction to Printmaking: 8 Thursdays, 6:00-8:00pm. Instructional Cost: $190 Materials Fee: $30. A review of these methods: rubbing, rubberstamps, stencils, relief & intaglio printing, reduction prints, woodcut, linocut, drypoint, & etching. Starts 6/5, Advanced Printmaking: 8 Thursdays, 6:00-8:00pm. Instructional Cost: $160 Materials Fee: $15. This class will focus on individual projects and advanced techniques. Starts 6/7, Monotype, Monoprint, Mixed Media Print Intensive: 4 Saturdays, 9:00am-12am. Instructional Cost: $135 Materials Fee: $15. One of a kind printmaking will be explored starting with the reduction monotype. 7/26 only, Polyester Plate Lithography: Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm. Instructional Cost: $80 Materials Fee: $20. An introduction to polyester plate lithography. Visit www.radiusstudio.org to register or contact Ken Walker at kenwalker@iamkenwalker.com to learn more.
(posted 5/9/08) 6/8 Photoshop Collage Workshop with Fran Forman. Fran’s fantastic fabricated photographic realities suggest an unfinished story or a snippet from a dream. Her photographic collage techniques are perfectly suited to portray the imagined world of idea, memory, and emotion. Participants in Fran’s hands-on workshop will learn how to construct collages from the alchemy of photography, scanner, and computer using intermediate level Photoshop techniques. Tuition: $125. Complete details about this workshop are at: www.23sandy.com/Forman/Workshop.html. 23 Sandy Gallery, 623 NE 23rd Avenue, Portland, OR 97232, 503.927.4409
6/13-15 Portland Photographers Forum presents: The Human Figure-Moving Beyond Stereotypes with Martha Casanave, who will approach the topic of the nude in photography from both a historical and a personal perspective. Through presentations, readings and discussion, participants will look at how the nude in art has evolved, and will try to understand what is meant by stereotypical representation. Casanave has been an exhibiting and working photographer and educator on the Monterey Peninsula for over thirty years. For more information, and images, go to www.marthacasanave.com. Tuition is $270 Open for 10 students. For more information about this workshop and other workshops and events from Portland Photographers Forum contact Robert Brummitt at robert8x10@hotmail.com.
6/16-20 Lincoln City (OR) Plein Air Art Festival Workshops. Workshops include: Painting, sculpture, book arts, fiber arts, and more. For more information and to register call 1-800.452.2151 or visit www.oregoncoast.org.
6/19-21 Glass Art Society (GAS) 38th Annual Conference: Forming Frontiers in Portland. Two hundred years ago, explorers set out to define the boundaries of this land to gain a greater understanding of where their futures might find them. Inspired by the pioneering past of the Pacific Northwest, Forming Frontiers not only addresses the distance the glass art world has come, but also the necessary and continuing expansion into new directions and unknown areas. There will be Lectures, Auctions, Goblet Grab, Portfolio Review, Technical Display, Education Resource Center, and Demo-Lectures. Location: Hilton Portland and Executive Tower, 921 SW Sixth Avenue, Portland, and a variety of venues around town. Vist http://www.glassart.org/portland.html. Register by 4/14/08 for the lowest rates.
6/20-22 2008 American for the Arts Annual Convention: American Evolution~Arts in the New Civic Life in Philadelphia, PA. Kick off the annual convention by joining President and CEO of Americans for the Arts Robert L. Lynch as he presents the annual report from Americans for the Arts and continues with a special discussion on federal advocacy and the 2008 presidential campaigns. Numerous workshops, speakers, networking opportunities and tours of the Philadelphia art world. Visit http://www.americansforthearts.org/events/2008/convention/005.asp for details and to register. Early Bird Deadline: 3/14/08.
6/26 Contrast: A Glass Primer. Vicki Halper, a guest curator at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, WA, will present Contrasts: A Glass Primer, a lecture delineating the distinctions between craft and art in glass making. Moving beyond the subjective, Halper argues for a deeper and more descriptive appreciation of art and will provide a framework in which to view Glass: A site-specific installation by Melissa Dyne. 6:30 PM, The Lab at Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 NW Davis, Portland, www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org.
7/7-11 & 7/21-25 The Figure in the Landscape with Joseph Mann (two sessions). In this workshop you will investigate different approaches to organizing paintings of the figure in the landscape. During the week, you will work to integrate the figure with an intimate garden space. The class includes a group critique on the last day, daily discussions about the way these problems have been approached by great painters in the past, the value of working within a defined traditional form, i.e. figure and landscape, and the importance of combining observational painting with conceptual structures - - - what Cézanne called "creating a parallel to nature." 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., Monday – Friday. Session A Tuition: $410; Session B: $365. Both include model fees, garden rental and morning coffee. Please check www.josephemann.com or call 503.285.8013 for detailed calendar, times, location, and registration information. Please make checks payable to Joseph Mann. Mail to: Portland Drawing and Painting Intensives, 1531 SE Holly Street, Portland, OR 97214. Upon receipt of your check, we will call to confirm your place in the workshop and send a map and supply list.
(posted 5/7/08) 7/7-31 Conduit Summer Intensive. With a focus on integrating movement technique and choreographic practice with performance quality and expression, this 4 week intensive offers the dance student of any level the opportunity to work closely with many of the region’s most provocative contemporary dance artists. This summer's exciting guest artists include: NY Choreographer Tiffany Mills; Amy O'Neal, Co-Director of Seattle's Locust; Former Bebe Miller company member Sarah Gamblin; Artistic Director KT Niehoff of Lingo Dance Theater. These weekly workshops will optionally feature an informal showing of the week's work on the last day of class, each Thursday, from 11am-noon. Contact us at info@conduit-pdx.org for more information updates. The evening technique classes will be taught Mon-Thurs respectively by Eric Nordstrom/Mary Oslund, Tere Mathern, Gregg Bielemeier, and Margretta Hansen. Morning Workshops: 9:30am-12:30pm; Evening Classes: 5:30-7:30pm. For more inforamtion and to register visit www.conduit-pdx.org.
(posted 5/5/08) 7/10-11 & 8/21-22 Plein Air Oil Painting Workshops with Mary Lou Epperson. July 10-11 on a McMinnville, OR ranch, and August 21-22 at Sauvie Island, OR. Observe subjects in terms of light, shadow, shapes, edges, hue & temperature. Compose and plan your painting, mix and apply color using a limited palette. Create a feeling of space and dimension in your work. Instructor's demo daily, along with individual attention at each student's easel. All levels. $185 per session. For more information, visit www.marylouepperson.com or call 503.579.8821
7/13-18 Oregon Teacher Arts Institute. Each summer, elementary teachers from across the state gather at the Oregon Teacher Arts Institute to immerse themselves in intensive professional development in music, theatre, dance and visual arts. This week-long residential workshop, which will be held at Portland State University in 2008, is managed by the Oregon Alliance for Arts Education, in collaboration with the Oregon Department of Education and the Oregon Arts Commission. Institute participants will be assigned two areas of focus in Music,Theatre/Creative Dramatics and Visual Arts, plus Dance/Creative Movement. A series of optional “studios” and interactive performances assures ample opportunities to experience all the arts disciplines. Assessment, Oregon Arts Content Standards, resources and research supporting the arts’ critical role in academic and social development will be covered. Fee: $500 (includes instruction, materials, lodging and all meals). This year the Institute will be held in Portland at Portland State University. Conatct: Email: info@oregonarts.org or 503.587.0220. For more details visit http://www.oregonarts.org/index.php?pg=programs#1. Early registration due 4/1/08. Final Applications due 6/13/08.
7/14-18 Tears of Joy's Puppetry for Teachers Workshop taught by Emily Alexander. You will learn effective puppetry techniques for your classroom and learn how to integrate puppetry into your curriculum. You will build and experiment with different styles of puppets and learn skills in manipulation and dramatic expression. With over 18 years experience in her field, Emily will teach you how to turn stories into fun and exciting plays that will enhance your classroom! On the last day of class you will have the opportunity to perform your newly acquired skills on stage at the Winningstad Theatre, PCPA, SW Broadway at Main. Cost: $325. For more information or to register please call Karen at 503.248.0557, www.tojt.org.
9/19-21 Master Black & White Printing Class with John Wimberley. The Master Printing Class is open to all black and white film photographers who already possess basic printing skills, and who want to take their printing to a higher level. Because a fine print requires a fine negative, each photographer will have an opportunity for their negatives and prints to be critiqued by John Wimberley. Will examine all aspects of printing, from choice of paper and processing chemistry to optimum conditions for evaluating wet prints. Among the subjects to be presented will be techniques to arrive most quickly at the final print, thus saving time and materials, matching contrast and print exposure to the visualized image, dodging and burning effectively and invisibly, toning, processing and presentation for archival permanence. Tuition $230. Limited to 10 participants. For more information on this workshop and other Portland Photographers Forum events, contact Robert Brummitt at robert8x10@hotmail.com.
9/27 Oregon Library Association's 2008 Performer's Showcase (10am-4pm) in Salem, OR. Oregon librarian's have a chance to view performers for their arts and culture programs. For details on the Showcase and how to sign up, contact BJ Quinlan, Youth Services Manager, Salem Public Library, PO Box 14810, Salem, OR 97309, 503.588.6039, bjquinlan@cityofsalem.net.
10/4-7 Two Arts Reach National Conferences. Arts Reach will present two overlapping, ground-breaking conferences in San Francisco at the Hotel Kabuki. The theme of both events is Relationships Built to Last: Creating Communities of Audiences and Donor-Investors. 10/4-6 Arts Reach National Arts Development Conference and 10/5-7 Arts Reach National Arts Marketing Conference. The second and third days of the Development conference, delegates can choose Development or Marketing breakout sessions. The first day (10/4) is exclusively Development. The first and second days of the Marketing conference, delegates can choose Marketing or Development sessions. The last day (10/7) is exclusively Marketing. Tri-county constituents of RACC may take advantage of
a $50 discount.
Click the Regional Arts & Culture Council box on the registration form to qualify for the discount. Visit http://www.artsreach.com for information and to register.
(posted 5/7/08) 3/20-29, 2009 London Art & Architecture Tour. Join Portland artist and Concordia University Art Instructor, Greg Lewis, for an 8 day, guided tour of London's modern and historic art and architecture. Optional college credit course work will be offered through Concordia University for Spring Semester of 2009. Registration fees and daily itinerary can be accessed at www.eftours.com/students (Tour #479716). Visit Greg Lewis website www.greglewisstudios.com.
Painting Tours of France in 2008 for Travelers and Artists. Mountfaucon Tours arranges luxurious, stress-free, painting and cultural retreats in the Languedoc region of southern France. In 2008 they are offering the opportunity for artists to join them for two weeks of plein-air painting in the beautiful French countryside. They provide accommodation in a magnificently restored residence that has been equipped with professionally designed art studio. Also included in the tour: Personal tour guide with knowledge of the area to take you to daily painting sites and cultural points of interest. Transportation to and from Toulouse airport, French lessons and unforgettable dining experiences. For further information about the tours and instructors email Amanda@montfaucontours.com or call 503.481.6259. You can visit our website at www.montfaucontours.com.
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