September is Member Appreciation month at Newspace. The First Annual Members’ Showcase is a juried exhibition, highlighting work by some of Newspace’s many talented members in an exciting group show. The Showcase will include work by:
Nancy Abens, Rebecca Akporiaye, Marah Anderson, Natasha Bacca, Margaret Bates, Skyra Beveridge, Jonathan Brand, Brian Bulemore, Rich Burroughs, Tara Calverley, [...]

“For Ruder, painting has been a private way of answering questions related to the world inside and outside himself. His fascination (or intrigue) with space, science and mechanical and architectural elements are evident in his work. This show contrasts Ruder’s early works from the 1950s with later works from the 1980s.” – Rhea [...]

Portland photographer and book artist, Barbara Gilbert will be featured at 23 Sandy Gallery during the month of September in the book gallery. Gilbert says that handmade books are the perfect format to articulate her photographs, which were never quite complete as a flat photographic print. These photographs need the book structure to fully express [...]

Head down to Launch Pad Gallery this Saturday, August 29 and enter to win a landscape by Jolyn Fry during a special fundraising auction. Similar pieces by Jolyn have been selling for as much as $800, but the bidding on this piece will begin at just $200, so smart collectors wont want to miss out. [...]

Don’t miss this special exhibition of Astoria artists at 12×16 Gallery in Sellwood through the end of August. Here’s a video tour of the exhibition to give you a short preview.

The Artist Goes to Sea
September 4-30 @ Brian Marki Fine Art
The Sea is the life source of our planet and I have always had a great love for its life giving waters and beauty. Mythically the ocean is considered to be the Mother of Nature. She has many biblical references and her fame continues [...]

The Artist Goes to Sea; Paintings by Mimi Fox
Opens Friday, September 4 @ Brian Marki Fine Art, 5-8 pm
through September 30

Mimi Fox married a fisherman and wanted to understand his life and his experience at sea. To do so she signed on as cook for a four month tour. The Artist Goes To Sea [...]

Artwork by Naomi Abrams Reinstein; September 4-27
In the artists own words:
In 1974 Frank Stella visited the Portland Center for the Visual Arts (PCVA). The show was outstanding-thickly built canvases, geometric forms and lots of color – really amazing work. Stella had been invited to Portland to speak about this work; but when he came to [...]

Head down to Sellwood at the 12×16 Gallery and check out a special group exhibition, “Astoria Comes to Portland”, featuring new work by Astoria artists Roger Hayes, Darren Orange, Brandon Hoffman, Nicholas Knapton, Jessica, Schleif, Philip Johnson, and Brenda Harper through August 30. While there, don’t miss new collages by Marat Cackley-Hughes.
12×16 Gallery: 8235 SE [...]

Photographer Stephen Strom will be visiting Newspace Center for Photography on Thursday, August 13 to present a lecture (Photographing Secrets from the Center of the World) and for the inaugural signing of his newly published book, Earth Forms (Dewi Lewis Publishing).
Strom’s photographs attempt to capture what is nearly beyond the camera’s grasp: desert lands shaped [...]