Art Focus

Art Focus features interviews with artists, curators, gallerists, writers and other art people. 

On Tuesday May 21, 2013, Joseph Gallivan will interview Sarah Margolis-Pineo, Associate Curator at Museum of Contemporary Craft, about the exhibition Object Focus: The Bowl.

The show looks at the humble bowl in the context of Art, craft and everyday life.

On May 14th Eva Lake interviewed Sandy Roumagoux, who is showing at Blackfish.

On April 23rd Joseph Gallivan will interview Terri Hopkins about two shows on incarceration that she has curated at the Art Gym. 

On April 16 Brian Ferriso, Director of the Portland Art Museum, was Eva Lake's guest.

Philip Iosca was Eva Lake's guest for the April 2, 2013 episode of Art Focus. He had a show at Fourteen30 Contemporary.

Rita Robillard was our guest on February 26th. She had a show at Augen Gallery this month.

Michelle Ross was Eva Lake's guest on February 12th. She showed at the Museum of Contemporary Craft.

On Tuesday Feb 5, Joseph Gallivan interviewed Julia Dolan about photographer Carrie Mae Weems. The retrospective exhibition, "Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video" runs at the Portland Art Museum February 2 – May 19, 2013. Julia Dolan is the museum's Minor White Curator of Photography

 

On January 29th Eva Lake interviewed Kerry Tymchuk, Executive Director of the Oregon Historical Society. They talked about events and exhibitions happening for Black History Month.

On Tuesday January 22 at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviewed Mariana Tres, curator of the Society for Nebulous Knowledge, about the show "Celestial Clockwork." In her show at Chambers@916 Gallery, Tres presents the artefacts of 19th Century Astoria clockmaker and astronomer Herschel McShougle.

Check below for audiofiles and information on all our past guests.

 

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Art Focus on 04/24/12

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Tue, 04/24/2012 - 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Gathering of the Guilds 2012

Guest host Kathleen Stephenson speaks with ceramic artist Kim Murton of the Oregon Potters Association and metal scuptor Greg Wilbur of the Creative Metal Arts Guild about the Gathering of the Guilds which is happening May 4th, 5th and 6th at the Oregon Convention Center.

Art Focus on 04/17/12

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Tue, 04/17/2012 - 11:30am - 12:00pm
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20th anniversary of the WE SPEAK MURAL PROJECT

Linda Sawaya, Seidel Standingelk and Carol Matsuyoshi, local artists and activists involved in events surrounding the 20th anniversary of the WE SPEAK MURAL PROJECT, talk about the history of the project and the current installation of mural panels in the Columbia Gorge. 

In 1991 the first Gulf War instigated the creation of an organization in Portland called ALANA: Asians, Latinos, Native Americans and African Americans for Peace and Justice. in 1992 ALANA organized a mural project called WE SPEAK presenting a minority view of the Columbus Quincentenary being celebrated that year across the nation.

Art Focus on 04/10/12

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Tue, 04/10/2012 - 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Crystal Schenk and Cris Moss

 Crystal Schenk has a show at Linfield Gallery right now. The curator for the gallery is Cris Moss. Both will be our guests on Art Focus.

Art Focus on 04/03/12

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Tue, 04/03/2012 - 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Namita Wiggers on Betty Feves

Namita Wiggers curated the current exhibition of Betty Feves at the Museum of Contemporary Craft. We will talk about that show.

Art Focus on 03/27/12

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Tue, 03/27/2012 - 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Bruce Guenther on Mark Rothko

Bruce Guenther of the Portland Art Museum will be our guest. We'll talk about the Rothko show at the museum.

Art Focus on 03/20/12

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Tue, 03/20/2012 - 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Prudence Roberts

Our guest on Art Focus will be Prudence Roberts, who curated Disjecta's Portland 2012 Biennial. The Biennial is held all over town, including at The Art Gym, Disjecta, PDX Across the Hall and the Helzer Gallery at PCC Rock Creek.

Art Focus on 03/13/12

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Tue, 03/13/2012 - 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Crow's Shadow Institute

 Crow's Shadow Institute in Pendleton will be our guest! This means Co-Founder James Lavadour, Master Printer Frank Janzen and Interim Director Melissa Bob will join us.

Art Focus on 03/06/12

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Tue, 03/06/2012 - 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Kelsey Bunker of the Jupiter Hotel

 Kelsey Bunker of the Jupiter Hotel has opened Gallery at the Jupiter. She will be our guest.

Art Focus on 02/28/12

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Tue, 02/28/2012 - 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Curator Stephanie Snyder on BRUCE NAUMAN, BASEMENTS at the Cooley Gallery

Guest host Wendy Webb interviews Stephanie Snyder, John and Anne Hauberg Curator and Director of the Cooley Memorial Gallery at Reed College, about the current exhibit, BRUCE NAUMAN, BASEMENTS, on view until MARCH 9th.

Art Focus on 02/07/12

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Tue, 02/07/2012 - 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Kendra Larson

Kendra Larson will be our guest on Art Focus. She has shows up at the George Fox Minthorne Gallery and at Willamette University's Rogers Gallery.

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Robert Tomlinson

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Tue, 01/10/2012

 Robert Tomlinson is currently showing mixed media works at Guardino Gallery. He is also a curator woth many different projects.

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New Avenues for Youth Public Art Project

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Tue, 01/03/2012

Local homeless youth are collaborating with artists and businesses to beautify our town, via New Avenues for Youth.

Billions and Billions of People collaborative art Installation is transforming a construction site into a work of art. With the vision and support from a premier real estate development company, TMT Development, thirty local homeless youth served by New Avenues for Youth had the unique opportunity to work alongside an internationally famed artist, earn a paycheck and feel connected to the city they call home.


That artist would be Chris Johanson. He joined us (via phone) - plus the Associate Executive Director Sean Suib and two of the youth participants  - on Art Focus.
 


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Elizabeth Leach on the group show Body Gesture

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Tue, 12/20/2011

 Elizabeth Leach was our guest on Art Focus. We discussed the current show at her gallery, Body Gesture.


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Molly Vidor

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Tue, 12/06/2011

Molly Vidor talks about her show Honeydrippers, still life paintings at PDX.

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The Portland Art Collective

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Tue, 11/29/2011

Portland Art Collective hosts "Open Doors" at the Multnomah Art Center on December 2nd and 3rd. Robin Olsen and Lorraine Jones of the collective were our guests.

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foreGround at the Littman Gallery

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Tue, 11/22/2011

Jeff Jahn has curated foreGround at the Littman Gallery. Artists include Ben Young, Jim Neidhardt, Zach Davis, Arcy Douglass, Jacqueline Ehlis and Matthew Picton. Jahn and Douglass were our guests on November 22nd.

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Art Focus on 11/15/11

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Tue, 11/15/2011

Our guest is Laurie Danial, who has a show at Froelick Gallery during the month of November. The show comprises of paintings and prints and is called Control Release Control.

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Martha Lee, owner and director of the Laura Russo Gallery

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Tue, 11/08/2011
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Art Focus 10/25/2011

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Fri, 10/28/2011

Guest host Paige Prendergast talks to local artist and art instructor Ryan Bubnis about his art and hid upcoming shows.

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Art Focus on 10/04/11

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Tue, 10/04/2011

Guest host Wendy Webb interviews photographer Jim Lommasson about the show What We Carried at Launchpad Gallery. The show is a collaborative project conceived by Jim Lommasson and Oregon Iraqi Refugees. The exhibit will include photographs and writing and paintings by Farooq Hassan and Samir Khurshid.

Here are links/info about the show:

What We Carried
Fragments from the Cradle of Civilization
October 7th - 29th, 2011

http://launchpadgallery.org/category/exhibits/

http://lommasson.blogspot.com/

http://theoregoniraqirefugeeproject.blogspot.com/

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