On Friday June 22, Murdoch Collections will open an exhibit celebrating the paintings of NW artist and regionalist Carl Hall. Though not originally from Oregon, Hall is described by Oregon Painters as “one of Western Oregon’s most expressive visual interpreters, who focused his life on the terrain of the Willamette Valley, the mountains surrounding it, and the Pacific coast beyond.” Hall’s place in Western art history has been cemented with his treatment of the visual language of nature. The opening will be from 5:30 to 8 and the show will be open until July 31, 2012.

Join us for the opening reception for portlands own
BROOKE WEEBER
June 1st, 2012
6-9:30pm
at REDUX Gallery and Boutique
this First Friday in June!

DJ Dragons & Sh*t will be spinning his web of tunes 7-9:30 for your listening enjoyment.
Snacks and vino on hand as usual and many neighboring galleries also participate in the late-night festivities, so come make a night of it!

Dear Crafty Community!

For the 11th year in a row, Children’s Relief Nursery will be hosting Portland’s Original Iron Chef on April 20, 2012 at the Portland Art Museum. Our most significant fundraising event, proceeds from Iron Chef helped keep hundreds of Portland’s most vulnerable children safe last year.

FIND A CUP OF JOY!

Third annual Splendorcraft, gift sale at Splenodorporium!

Friday, 12/2 from 3-9pm
Saturday, 12/3 from 1-9pm

Splendorporium is our phenomenal art space that is part of Art4Life, a non-profit before and after school arts and culture organization that operates out of six Portland Public Elementary schools. Each December, we deck out the space for the holidays and house a fantastic sale. We do our best to include all different types of handmade, vintage and baked goods.

Friday night cellist Matt White and pianist Amy Kattub will perform.

3rd ANNUAL SPLENDORCRAFT GIFT SALE
At Splendorporium
3421 SE 21st Ave PDX 97202
handmade . vintage . baked goods

Friday12/02/11 from 3-9pm
Saturday 12/03/11 from 1-9pm

Want to sell something?
Full space (for both days) 8’X8’ space $55
Half space (for both days) 4’X8’ space $30

More details at www.splendorporium.net

The Zimbabwe Artists Project is hosting an Open House on Sept. 22nd from 6-9pm

The event will offer the community to learn more about what ZAP does in Zimbabwe

New art fresh from zimbabwe will be shown and for sale

Beverages , Food , Music , & Craft table for those young at heart

Theresa Burks ZAP Executive Director will share stories from her recent trip to Zimbabwe

Come support ZAP and learn more about what they do with artists in Zimbabwe

For more information: www.zimbabweartistsproject.org

Location: 107 SE Washington St. Suite 162 Portland , OR.

SCRAP would like to invite you to the opening reception of the Re:Vision Gallery's Group Fiber Show. Join us Friday July 8 from 5:30-7:30pm for food, wine and a survey of contemporary re-use fiber arts in the Pacific Northwest. The Group Fibers Show encompasses fibers as defined by 12 Portland area artists using reclaimed materials ranging from vegetable twist ties to blankets to tea bags to create new works in the category of fiber arts. Exhibit runs through August 25.

Etsy’s at it again! I Heart Art: Portland and Museum of Contemporary Craft will host an all-day celebration and an evening party in Portland as part of Etsy’s Worldwide Craft Party. We’ve teamed up with the Quilts for Quake Survivors project and Mercy Corps’ Japan Relief Fund to reach out beyond our community and raise money to help those in dire need through our own crafty ways.

All proceeds from the evening party will be donated to Mercy Corps’ Japan Relief Fund.

Eleanor Williams’ and Eleanor Ray’s joint show at Re:Vision Gallery explores themes of personal and group storytelling in a wider cultural context. Their visual language goes up, under and through our aesthetic expectations, resulting in thoughtful, engaging work that combines references to deep cultural symbols with unexpected twists that pop.