State of Oregon Craft: A Survey Exhibit Featuring 50 Works by 15 Local Artists

Friday, May 22, 2015

Kemea Smith, GoLocalPDX Contributor

Photo Credit: Mario Gallucci, MFA VS '14 (image cropped)

Museum of Contemporary Craft in collaboration with Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) present State of Oregon Craft, a survey exhibition of more than 50 works by 15 Oregon artists, companies, and makers.

Root baskets, leather saddles, conceptual jewelry, sound sculptures, and other original craft works will accompany interviews with makers and photographs of studios and workshops. The exhibition will include work by Mudshark Studios, Anya Kivarkis, and Eric Franklin (just to name a few).

Nicole Nathan and Namita Gupta Wiggers, State of Oregon Craft curators, traveled throughout Oregon with a documentary crew to shine a light on the diversity, history, and future of Oregon’s artisan makers and communities.

Four partner venues will hosts lectures and discussion series expanding the exhibitions reach, conversation perspective, and directly connect exhibition themes to communities. The four venues are; The Pendleton Arts Center (Pendleton, OR; Umatilla County), The Museum at Warm Springs (Warm Springs, OR; Jefferson County); Schneider Museum of Art (Ashland, OR; Jackson County) and the Newport Performing Arts Center (Newport, OR; Lincoln County).

Museum of Contemporary Craft with PNCA ha been dedicated to the advancement of craft since 1937. Located in Portland’s Pearl District, the museum has been celebrated for its curatorial program and is a active center for investigation and dialogue.

State of Oregon Craft opens June 05, 2015 and runs through August 15, 2015 at the Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 NW Davis Street. For more information click HERE.

Homepage Photo Credit: Photo Credit: Mario Gallucci, MFA VS '14 (image cropped)

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Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) hosted its first First Thursday event on March 5, from 6-9 p.m, at theire new campus flagship, the Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Center for Art and Design.

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PICA's Angela Mattox and OPB's Aaron Scott.

PNCA’s first First Thursday attracted hundreds of people, involved lots of refreshments (popcorn and wine) and was an opportunity for the public to explore the school’s art galleries and student projects. The gallery currently features "Gathering Autonomy: Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative," a cooperative of 30 artists whose work focuses on radical social, environmental, and political topics. There was also work from PNCA students, alumni, and faculty presented at the gallery on the third floor. And there was lots of banging from a community drum circle.