PACIFIC NORTHWEST SCULPTORS NEWSLETTER May 2006 PRESIDENT S MESSAGE: www.pnwsculptors.org I haven t turned this machine on in three days and, in checking my e-mail, I note about a hundred messages. Most concern a reunion I m attending in May, involving 70 or so sailors. We will be doing,, as best we can, what sailors do when onshore. Well, some of it anyway. God help the hotel, nonetheless. Oddly, it s due to that year on an aircraft carrier that I have the odd career I have now, but that s a long story. There is also a message from Maria asking where the heck the president s message is and another from Rick Gregg, concerning the brochure for he is producing. That project is just about in the final stages. The purpose of the brochure is to publicize and, thereby, get a little better known by the public and the art community. In addition, it should help increase membership. Once the brochure is printed, we plan to ask members to supply the places they frequent, such as coffeehouses, art supply houses, schools etc. We will also keep a list of those locals so as to keep them supplied. Carole Murphy is working on member discounts for us at various art related retailers She has lined up quite a few and I believe Maria has gotten us one as well. Once the discounts are finalized we ll let you all know who is offering what to members. Expect that fairly soon. Rick and Paige Lambert are also working on the artist s yard sale tentatively scheduled for late June. If you have ugly art, old supplies and materials, anything art-related that you re sick of stumbling over, call or email Paige or Rick. Paige s number is 503-636-9840. Rick s number is 541-905-6046 or by e-mail: rickgregg@centurytel.net. will take a percentage of the proceeds but the lion s share will go to the seller. Mercifully short this president s message is but still not complete until I thank Julie Martin for hosting the last meeting at her new gallery in the Pearl the Bella Perla. She has a primo location on 9th between Davis and Everett. The food was tremendous, as usual. We picked up three new members and, as far as I know, we did not break anything, though I came close. So, thank you, Julie, for hosting us yet again. Thanks to you all, George Heath page 1
If you would be interested in hosting a members meeting please contact Rick Gregg at 541-905-6046 DATES TO REMEMBER May 2 Board Mtg. 7:00 PM Carole Murphy s home 551 SE 15th Portland, OR (503) 235-7233 May 3 Seattle Members Mtg. 7:00 PM Anne-Lise Deering s Studio 24229 92nd Ave. W. Edmonds, WA May 24 Educational Mtg. 7:00 PM computer-assisted sculpting w/ Rob Arps Patrick Gracewood's new studio 4920 NE 55th (between Prescott and Alberta) 503.804.3170 See page 4 for more details! June?? Artists Yard Sale Time/Place TBA PACIFIC NORTHWEST SCULPTORS 2006 BOARD of DIRECTORS George Heath!503" 777-2769 gheath6006@ aol.com Rick Gregg!541" 905-6046 rickgregg@centurytel.net Paige Lambert!503" 636-9840 yayip@msn.com Maria Wickwire!503" 244-0744 maria@palensky.com Julian Voss-Andreae 503-331-2309/503-577-1373 julianvossandreae@hotmail.com Diane Ahrendt drahrendt@comcast.net PRESIDENT George Heath SECRETARY Maria Wickwire OFFICERS Carole Murphy!503" 681-8825 sculptor@carolemurphy.com Phil Seder!503" 750-6465 art@philsederstudios.com Linley Schetky!503" 650-0055 schetkyl@aol.com Tim Tanner!503" 647-2392 timvic@ipns.com Ann Fleming afpottery@comcast.net Brandis Svendsen brandis@u.washington.edu VICE PRESIDENT Phil Seder TREASURER Julian Voss-Andreae Membership & Website George Heath!503" 777-2769 gheath6006@ aol.com Members Educational Forum Patrick Gracewood, Chair!503" 235-7030 pmg@gracewoodstudio.com Educational Outreach Co-chairs: George Heath 503" 777-2769 Rick Gregg!541" 905-6046 Volunteer Coordination Carole Murphy!503" 235-7233 sculptor@carolemurphy.com COMMITTEES Marketing Phil Seder, Chair!503" 750-6465 art@philsederstudios.com Publicity Lawrence Morrell, Chair!971" 235-5378 lmorrell@comcast.net Meetings & Graphics Rick Gregg, Chair!541" 905-6046 rickgregg@centurytel.net Show committee chair OPEN show chair OPEN Finance Julian Voss-Andreae 503-331-2309/503-577-1373 julianvossandreae@hotmail.com Fundraising Paige Lambert!503" 636-9840 yayip@msn.com Events Jackie Woodward, Chair!503" 681-8825 jackie@jackiearts.com Newsletter & Calendar Maria Wickwire, Editor!503" 244-0744 maria@palensky.com page 2
More fun at Julie Martin s new Bella Perla Gallery, on 9th, in the Pearl District. EARLY NOTIFICATION OF CALLS FOR ART SUBMISSIONS by Maria Wickwire, newsletter editor Some members have been understandably concerned that, by the time they receive their newsletters, the deadlines for submissions to Calls for Artists are either past or approaching too quickly for them to apply. Since our newsletter comes out once a month, like most of the publications which advertise for submissions, we re getting the information to you as soon as we can, but there is a way you can get a leg up on those important dates! Listed below are several free-access websites where you can find Calls for Artists or get your name on an e-mail list so you can receive notifications directly to your mailbox: Oregon Percent for the Arts Opportunities: meagan.atiyeh@state.or.us (email and request their publication) Regional Arts and Culture Council: http://www.racc.org/publicart/current.php and a Washington-based organization with local and national deadlines: http://www.4culture.org/ The following is a subscription service for nationwide calls for artists. There is an annual fee to subscribe: http://artdeadline.com Hopefully, this will be helpful for those who want to submit their work for exhibits, grants, scholarships, etc. We ll continue to publish Calls for Artists in our newsletter, too. page 3
Rob Arps: Fast Forward to the Future! by Patrick Gracewood The Wed, May 24, Educational meeting will be fast forward to sculpture s future. New technology changes the way we make sculpture. It can also change the way we think about making sculpture by allowing us to see and modify a prototype countless ways before anything exists in three dimensions. Sculptor Rob Arps has been working with high tech rendering and replication equipment (laser scanner, cad modeling software, a cnc router, etc.) since 2000. He will give us a tour of the working methods and tools necessary for the 21 Century sculptor. Due to the space limitations of Rob's studio, we will probably break up into two groups ( the early and the late comers?) to tour Rob's shop. Rob is a traditionally trained sculptor who honed his craft at the University of Oregon. His investigation into digital tools for the artist started while running a fast paced creation department in New York. Looking for a way to increase productivity without reducing the quality of work, he convinced his employer to buy some cad software and a cnc router. This dramatically changed the way the department worked. All of the architectural elements were being made on the computer and all the organic forms sculpted by hand with clay. However the mixing of hand-rendered and machine-rendered parts had a certain visual disconnection. The fix to this problem came in the form of a optical laser scanner. By bringing hand rendered objects into the 3d software as stereolithography, the creations were able to be milled as completed artwork. The problems of creating multiple molds, sizing very small modeling details, and mashing together a barrage of materials for a single visual effect were eliminated. As Rob discovered the commercial applications of this equipment, he also began to realize how it could serve his own creative interests. The power to bring an object into the virtual world, modify it, then back to the real world, and everything in between gives the artist an unquantifiable amount of choices to realize his vision, Rob says. There is something awesome about seeing an image you toiled over in clay until you were satisfied and then seeing it rendered in a piece of ebony that was so hard and unruly it could never be carved, he muses with a big smile. Like many artists, Rob was at first skeptical of new technology. He feared being replaced by it rather then recognizing it for what it really is a set of tools for the artist unlike any ever made but useless without the artist. Rob will discuss the many uses of computer rendering and replication tools, the services he offers, and how even the most technophobic artist can take advantage of them. This meeting is guaranteed to change the way you think about making art and open up new ideas for all. Bathing in Fire We will first meet at Patrick Gracewood's new studio: 4920 NE 55th Ave. Portland 97218 phone: 503 804 3170 Gracewood Studio is between Alberta and Prescott. Studio gates are directly across from the large stained glass cross in the churchyard. page 4
calls for artists ALIEN AND SEDITION Deadline: April 25 Show: June 2006 Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR; all media; theme: Alien-Belonging to, Characteristic of,or constituting another and very different place, society; person; strange. Any action or language that brings about rebellion against the authority of the state; send resume, statement, and entries No fee stated. For more information call 503-224-5475. 4TH BARNS AND FARMS Deadline: April 28 Show: June 11-July 4 18+; no photo or giclee; 2-D &3-D; $25 handling fee charged for shipping; all submissions must be for sale; 40% commission; no insurance; WI. For more information email barnsitestudio@aol.com or call 920-388-4391 SUMMERFEST 2006, FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS Deadline: April 30 Festival: July 14-16 Sponsored by the Kirkland Arts Center; $20 application fee; booth fee not stated; last year 42,000 people attended, 120 artists showed work. For more information call 425-822-7161 or visit www.kirklandartscenter.org. GATES PROJECT Deadline: April 30 Show: Fall 2006 The GATES Project is a unique project to create art, works from donated objects based on a theme of personal challenges. Donate your existing work or create new art from objects under the same theme. Artwork will be shown on our website and will go on exhibition at galleries around the US and then auctioned for our charity projects in the fall of 2006. This charity fund raiser supporting education-focused poverty relief projects. ; All media, including jewelry and fiber; 18+; $30 review fee; Phoenix, AZ. For more information call 602-682-5847 or visit www.igiveup.org ART FOR AIDS AUCTION Deadline: May 12 Show: August 4 A benefit for the AIDS Health Project; open to all artists; donations will be shown on website; no fees; Bonhams & Butterfields Auction House, San Francisco, CA. For more information visit www.artforaids.org/adonate.asp THE INFLUENCE OF MOTORCYCLES ON CONTEMPORARY ART Deadline: May 13 Show: August 4-26 Entries should include-resume, statement including motorcycle influence, 4-10 images on slides or CD, $5 fee. Other motorcycle events will also be going on during this show at the Mark Woolley Gallery in Portland. For more information contact Rachel Sanders at 503-313-0873 or visit www.rachellorasanders.com BODY LANGUAGE Deadline: May 20 Show: July 6-29 Work dealing with the human figure; slides, jpegs on CD, or physical piece accepted; $25 for 3 entries; 30% commission; North Bank Artists Community Project, Vancouver, WA. For more information entry forms are available at our gallery or call Anne John at 574-0411 or visit the North Bank Gallery. STRANGE FIGURATIONS Deadline: May 31 Show: Sept. 1-24 A thematic exhibition open to all interpretations of the concept, strange figurations ; open to all media; show at Limner Gallery, Phoenicia, NY; National magazine publication awards. For more information visit www.slowart.com/prospectus/figure.htm. WOMEN OF THE WORLD JURIED SHOW AND SALE Deadline: June 3 Show: Aug. 4-Sept. 1 Open to all; work should depict some aspect of the lives of girls and women around the world ; $25/3 entries; 25% commission; Ashland, OR For more information email will@ravenartworks.com Continued on page 7 page 5
Portland Sculptor and Treasurer, Julian Voss-Andreae, Shows at Guardino Gallery LOOK! This month, Julian Voss- Andreae is showing with painter Gabriel Fernandez. The opening reception took place on Alberta Street's last Thursday, April 27. The exhibition runs until May 23. The Guardino Gallery is located on 2939 NE Alberta Street, Portland, OR 97211 and it is open Tues-Wed 11 to 5pm, Thurs-Sat 11 to 6pm, and Sun 11 to 4pm THE STEEL YARD Is Ready To Serve Your Needs HOURS 8-5 Monday-Friday 8-12 Saturday Retail and Wholesale Distributors of A Wide Variety of Industrial Products ANGLES CHANNELS FLATS STRIPS ROUNDS SQUARES REBAR EXPANDED GRATING SHEETS PLATES BEAMS SQUARE, ROUND & RECTANGULAR TUBING PIPE MORE! BUY SELL BARTER TRADE CONSIGNMENTS TOO! 6880 NE Columbia Blvd. Portland, OR 97218 Phone (503) 282-YARD (9273) P.O. Box 4828 Portland, OR 97208-4828 FAX (503) 282-7490 page 6
calls for artists continued from page 5 THE HUMAN FORM Deadline: June 15 Show: July 31-Sept 6 Awards; work depicting, or relating to the human form ; $25/1-3 entries; 25% commission; insurance; Illinois Institute of Art; Chicago, IL For more information visit www.fac.aii.edu/~art332 FEAR Deadline: Sept. 10 Show: begins Oct. 13 Online exhibit; open to artists exploring fear and the role fear plays in our lives and in our society; $35/5 images, $5 additional; no commission. For more information visit www.projek30.com/fear prospectus.html. CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS MUSEUM AND GALLERY Deadline: Ongoing Reviewing applications for solo shows for 2005; send letter stating interest in solo show; 10-20 slides, resume, statement and SASE. For more information go to www.contemporarycrafts.org, call 503.223.2654, or mail a SASE to Namita Wiggers, Exhibition Coordinator, Contemporary Crafts Museum and Gallery, 3934 SW Corbett Ave., Portland OR 97239. SKATEABLE ART FOR PIER PARK SKATE PARK Deadline: May 12 The Regional Arts & Culture Council invites artists/teams living in Multnomah, Clackamas, and Washington Counties in Oregon, or in Clark County, Washington, to submit qualifications for a public art project at the soon to be built Skatepark at Pier Park in North Portland. The Art Selection Panel is interested in commissioning an artist or an artist team to create artwork that is skateable and integrates into the overall design for the Skatepark. Graphic and sculptural opportunities include incorporating color into the concrete, designing already planned tilework and handrails, or working with the contractor to create a skateable component with cast concrete or steel. The art budget is $13,000. Download guidelines at http://www.racc.org MOSAIC Arts Alliance Deadline: May 26 A juried art fair in conjunction with Hot July Nights, an established music event in Vancouver, Washington. Creators of fine art and fine craft, both 2 and 3 dimensional, are needed for this two evening show which runs from 4:30-10 PM on July 14 and 15. The deadline for jurying in to this event which draws over 8,000 paying customers to beautiful Esther Short Park in downtown Vancouver, is May 26th. Those accepted will pay a booth fee of $100 for the two days ($75 if a member of the MOSAIC Arts Alliance or a Vancouver Market artist). For an additional $10, electric power will be provided. Tents are required and artists will be expected to staff their booths for the full two days. The park is fenced for this event and security will be provided by the event coordinator. Artists may share a booth but both must apply for jurying. For more information, check the link to Hot July Nights on the Sixth Street Gallery website: sixthstreetgallery.com OR contact Peggy Bird at: peggy@sixthstreetgallery.com OR for information about MOSAIC Arts Alliance, call 360-693-7340 THE ART OF MUSIC Deadline: June 19 Open to all artists in all media. Work may not exceed 54 in width. sculpture over 50 lbs must be installed and delivered by the artist. Exhibition will take place at the Mills Pond House Gallery y, July 23 - August 27, 2005. Artists are encouraged to submit works that take music as subject matter, and/or works that explore the connections between art and music. ENTRY FEE $20 for up to 3 entries LIABILITY / SALES Work will be insured for the duration of the exhibition. STAC will receive a 30% gallery commission on all work sold during the run of the exhibition. ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATION Will be mailed June 24 EXHIBITION RECEIVING: Work must be received 7/6 7/8 Shipping, insurance and display requirements are sent upon acceptance. Entries: 300 dpi Jpeg no larger than 6 inches in any direction on CD only. CDs must be labeled with artist name. 300 dpi Jpegs must be named with title of work. Completed entry form (download) MUST accompany entries. **Caution: Work will not be processed if entry instructions are not followed. CDs will be returned only if Self Addressed Stamped Envelope is enclosed! Smithtown Township Arts Council Mills Pond House Gallery 660 Route 25A St. James, NY 11780 631-862-6575 page 7
Membership Application/Renewal Pacific Northwest Sculptors invite to you become or continue as a colleague of the society. As a colleague, you have access to all exhibitions sponsored by Pacific Northwest Sculptors, receive monthly notifications of meetings & calls for artists, and a one year subscription to the newsletter. Colleague (sculptor) dues: $55/yr, Student dues: $30/yr, Allied (industry) members: $100/yr. Annual dues are due in September. New members are prorated. Name: Date: Street: City: State: Zip: New Member? Renewing Member? Phone(s): E-mail Address: Website: Sculpture Medium: Do you wish your information to be shared with members in the Directory? Pacific Northwest Sculptors 4110 SE Hawthorne Blvd. #302 Portland, OR 97214 www.pnwsculptors.org page 8