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

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Thu, 01/15/2009 - 10:30am - 11:00am

Eva Lake will talk with Cary Doucette, who is a member of the 12x16 gallery in Sellwood and is currently showing work there. He is showing alongside Jerry Walker, who was a Portland Pop Pioneer, adopting the 1960s & 70s NYC Minimalist edge. Although he exhibited in the Portland Art Museum, Walker's work remained largely obscure until his estate sold the collection after his death. Complementing Walker's Minimialist constructions are the parts and pieces of cary doucette. For more information check out: http://www.12x16gallery.com/wp/

 

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Thu, 01/08/2009 - 10:30am - 11:00am
Eva Lake will interview Laura Fritz about her new installation called "Evident" which will open this week at the New American Art Union in SE Portland. Fritz is known for her non-narrative and provocative use of mysterious space and light. This exhibition is a part of the "Couture" series curated by Ruth Ann Brown. For more information, check

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Thu, 12/18/2008 - 10:30am - 11:00am

Eva Lake hosts a tribute to Portland photographer and curator Terry Toedtemeier, who died last week.  Guests include his widow, Prudence Roberts, gallery owner Jane Beebe, and John Laursen, co-author of the book, Wild Beauty, with Toedtemeier. 

Terry Toedtemeier was the Portland Art  Museum’s first curator of photography. He also was co-founder of the Blue Sky Gallery in 1975 and served as its co-director. In 1980 he became Professor of Art and History at the Pacific Northwest College of Art, teaching photography and studio classes.

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Thu, 12/11/2008 - 10:30am - 11:00am

Host Eva Lake interviews Portland artist MK Guth, who won national acclaim for her participatory installation "Ties of Protection and Safe Keeping." It weaves together themes of myth, fantasy, fairy tales and community.

Art Focus

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Thu, 12/04/2008 - 10:30am - 11:00am

Host Eva Lake will interview the artist Katherine Ace for Art Focus on December 4th. Ace is known for making still lifes which use both paint and collage techniques. Her show, titled "Creation/chaos" will be up the entire month of December at the Froelick Gallery in the Desoto Building in NW Portland.

Art Focus

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Thu, 11/20/2008 - 10:30am - 11:00am
Eva Lake is hosting Art Focus this week. Her guest is Storm Tharp who currently has a multi-media exhibition up at PDX Contemporary Art in NW Portland through November 29th. See more images at  http://www.pdxcontemporaryart.com/arm-arm    

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Thu, 10/23/2008 - 10:30am - 11:00am

The guest is Julie Bernard, out-going host of Art Focus. She talks about her life, her hosting of Art Focus and her vast knowledge of Portland cultural history.

Art Focus on 10/16/08

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Thu, 10/16/2008 - 10:30am - 11:00am

The guest is Garth Clark, esteemed critic, dealer and historian.  Clark will give a free lecture tonight at 6:30 at PNCA on "How Envy Killed the Crafts Movement: An Autopsy in Two Parts." One of craft’s most influential thinkers, Clark has edited and contributed to over 50 books and is author of over 200 essays and articles. Curator Namita Gupta Wiggers of the Museum of Contemporary Craft will also be part of the interview.
 

Art Focus on 09/25/08

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Thu, 09/25/2008 - 10:30am - 11:00am

Julie Bernard's guest is Hillary Pfeiffer whose current show at Ogle Gallery is called Natural Selection. She describes it as an installation within an installation.

Art Focus on 09/18/08

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Thu, 09/18/2008 - 10:30am - 11:00am

Host Julie Bernard's guest is Mark Lakeman of City Repair.

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Cynthia Mosser

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Tue, 07/19/2011

Cynthia Mosser has a show up at Augen Desoto this month. It's all about the egg, small and large pieces, layer upon layer of the oval. Some of the pieces are egg-shaped too. The show is called Eggs Obsession.

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Ray Boyle and Sarah Farahat

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Tue, 07/12/2011

Our guests here include Ray Boyle, who curated Coffee with Cardamom at Place II at the Settlement in Pioneer Square. This show includes the solo exhibition Can You See Me Now? (Part One): Reflections on Palestine by Sarah Farahat, who was also our guest. Coffee with Cardamom also includes the group Exhibit Mirrors: A Middle Eastern/ American Collaboration.

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Appendix Project Space

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Tue, 06/28/2011

The three curators from Appendix Project Space  joined us:  Joshua Pavlacky, Travis Fitzgerald and Zack Davis. The upcoming show at Appendix is Neverland by Daniel J. Glendening and Michael Welsch.

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Paige Prendergast of Breeze Block Gallery

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Tue, 06/21/2011

 Paige Prendergast, director of Breeze Block, is our guest on Art Focus. Her current show is Concrete and Steel, a multimedia exhibition of urban geometry, features the work of Nick Makanna, Joe Chambers and Kit Crenshaw.

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John Graeter

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Tue, 06/14/2011

John Graeter was our guest - he has organized all kinds of art extravaganzas around town, including the Manor of Art. Now he’s opening a gallery. Look for it later this year.

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Tom Cramer and Jeff Jahn discuss architecture

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Tue, 06/07/2011

Tom Cramer guest hosts, bringing on Jeff Jahn to give us "The Architecture Show." (Photo of Bud Clark Commons by Jeff Jahn) http://www.portlandart.net/archives/2011/06/resouce_access.html

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Curtis Knapp of YU Contemporary

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Tue, 05/31/2011

Our guest this week was Curtis Knapp of YU Contemporary. YU has been in the news a lot lately. It’s the new non-profit with grand aims and an even grander building. You can’t help but be inspired when you walk in there. The first exhibition is an archive from PCVA. Knapp discusses the space, the exhibition and various plans for YU.

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Lenall Siebenaler and Judy Lindley of Friends of the Library

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Tue, 05/17/2011

Friends of the Library have opened up a pop-up on NW 23rd - where the beloved Music Millennium used to be. This pop-up will have revolving art shows from a huge community of artists as well as books on sale. Lenall Siebenaler is the director of the store and Judy Lindley is on the board of directors they joined us on Art Focus .

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Tom Cramer talks about his "Oregon Landmarks" show at Laura Russo

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Tue, 05/10/2011

Tom Cramer has a new show of Oregon Landmarks at the Laura Russo Gallery.

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Robert Yoder on his work and his show "Cover You, Smother You"

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Tue, 05/03/2011

Our Guest on Art Focus is Robert Yoder. He is showing "Cover you, Smother you" at the Froelick Gallery this month.

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