Archive for May, 2007

Ann Ploeger’s Portraits

Portland-based photographer Ann Ploeger‘s distinctive photos take the mundane and give it a hyperreal edge. She mainly shoots portraits of regular people in their environments (or in an environment that could well be theirs), but…

Lucky 13: Ten Tiny Dances at Bluehour

By the numbers: 4 feet squared, ten dances, thirteenth iteration.

It’s the thirteenth time that Mike Barber has produced Ten Tiny Dances, a cabaret-like showcase of Portland dance and choreographic talent in 15 minute…

$15 Million to PNCA

Portland’s cultural landscape is poised to receive a brilliantly transformative boost in the form of a $15 million gift from Hallie E. Ford to the Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA). Reported today by…

Call: Jewelry Artists for MCC Show

Touch it. Go ahead. Among the kinds of art our mom’s won’t tell us not to touch are those that are meant to be worn, clothing, jewelry. But as The Museum of Contemporary Craft notes, most museum exhibitions that…