Quick reminder that Portland-based photographer Ann Ploeger’s book release party for her Portraits, is tomorrow night, Thursday, June 7 at No Fish Go Fish Restaurant (3962 SE Hawthorne) from 8-11pm.
See this earlier note on ultra for more on Ploeger’s portraits.
POSTED: June 6th, 2007 | AUTHOR: lisa | FILED UNDER: art | TAGS: art, art, event, portland | No Comments »Tonight OFFICE (2204 NE Alberta) hosts a community forum on the future of NE Alberta spurred by presentations by students from the University of Oregon School of Architecture and Allied Arts. Students from five studios will present models, renderings, visions, and concepts for Alberta as launchpoints for conversation. According to OFFICE, “Concepts will summarize theories on the use, history, social, and political environment and how it’s affected the built environment of past, present, and future.” Portland architecture writer Brian Libby rings in with his take as well, and the whole thing goes down from 7-9 PM (free).
One of the exceptional things about Portland is that these kinds of meta-level conversations go on (and that they begin at the student level! These are the people who will be shaping the future of the city). It’s no accident that Portland is as livable and lovable as it is. Many minds, many dollars, ambitious vision and the will to activate it made it happen are continuing to make it happen. All we can say is that if the players involved in this discussion have anything to say about it, the picture for NE Alberta will likely look very good indeed. Kudos to OFFICE for presenting things like this, and thanks.
Eva Lake, image via PORT
Portland artist, arts journalist, and gallerist Eva Lake has long hosted ArtStar radio, broadcast in Portland on KPSU, with artists, independent curators, critics and more weighing in on visual art and culture in Portland and beyond in crackling conversation.
Now Lake will be widening the scope of her conversation as well as its reach in “The Art World,” her new weekly art talk show broadcast live every Wednesday at 3 PM on Women’s Network, Voice America’s Women channel. According to Lake, “Greenstone Media (backed by Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem) are in partnership with Voice America to nurture female radio talent via a new women-hosted online channel.” During the live show, callers are invited to call in with comments and questions at 866.472.5788.
Get the schedule of upcoming shows featuring artists, authors, curators and check out Lake’s new blog that gives a preview of each show. Highlights of the schedule include today’s 3 PM PST interview with Charlie Finch, senior art critic for Artnet, co-editor of Coagula: Most Art Sucks, Andrei Codrescu, gallerist Jen Bekman, founding editor of the design blog Unbeige and now does Personism (hail Frank O’Hara), as well as David Cohen and Namita Gupta Wiggers of the Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland, Oregon.
Lake is represented by the Augen Gallery. (Side note: are you keeping an eye on the DeSoto Building on the North Park Blocks? With the Museum of Contemporary Craft slated to open next month and Froelick, Augen et al to follow…things are getting exciting).
POSTED: June 6th, 2007 | AUTHOR: lisa | FILED UNDER: art | TAGS: art, art, portland | No Comments »