Sarah Fox
We who value visual culture in Portland are lucky that the next generations have options like DaVinci Arts Middle School, Northwest Academy, and Buckman Arts Magnet Elementary. They’re a hothouse for the PDX artists, designers, writers, and performers who may do Great Work in the next ten to twenty years. So whereas in other communities schools sell candy bars as fundraisers, in Portland, we have schools that sell art and craft (and for the most part it’s not “artsy” or “craftsy”).
Melissa Stiles, Stubborn WORKS
This weekend, March 16-17, Buckman Art Show & Sell returns for its 17th year, a two-day sale and celebration. We don’t imagine other schools can boast performances by Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney, extraordinary food from Navarre and Il Piatto, and art and craft that is otherwise found�like Melissa Stiles sleek architectural jewelry in aluminum and resin (buy your lover a set of cufflinks!) or Sarah Fox’s silver and felted wool jewelry�at places like the Museum of Contemporary Craft. Kurumi Conley’s cheerful glass dishes make great hostess gifts.
underscore 6. Shannon Tudyk
What we’re particularly interested in seeing more work by Shannon Tudyk whose graphic mixed-media pieces concerning and making use of repurposed office forms and ledgers collaged, painted, overstitched we’d seen at the Portland Art Center. She’s now making work with the paper from used teabags!
WHAT TO DO NOW?