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Portland art blog + news + exhibition reviews + galleries + contemporary northwest art
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PORT is dedicated to catalyzing critical discussion and disseminating information about art as lensed through Portland, Oregon. Comments on posts are not representative of PORT's views or that of our sponsors. Co-Founder: Jeff Jahn Jeff Jahn is a polymath; cultural historian, critic, curator for Organism and artist based in Portland, Oregon. One of the city's
most visible champions of challenging art he has published internationally
in Modern Painters, Art Critical, Diesel, NY Arts Journal and shown in
venues throughout the US and Germany. "Say what you will about Jahn,
he is the voice of right now." D.K. Row The Oregonian Katherine Bovee Katherine
Bovee is a Portland-based artist, writer and graphic designer. Collaborative and solo work has been exhibited at Portland Insitute for Contemporary Art's Time-Based Art Festival, Rocksbox, Fresh Trouble, Portland Community
College's Northview Gallery, Contemporary Art Month (San Antonio), The Modern Zoo and Motel. She graduated from Lewis &
Clark College and currently serves as Publications Manager/Graphic Designer for Museum of Contemporary Craft. Her writing has appeared in ArtL!es and ...might be good. Sarah Henderson Sarah Henderson is a photographer based in Portland. Business Manager: Jenene Nagy Along with Co-Curator Josh Smith, Jenene Nagy runs Tilt Gallery and Project Space, specializing in emerging and under-recognized artists with an emphasis on installation and difficult to show work. She is also a practicing artist and faculty member at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington. Jenene received her MFA from the University of Oregon in 2004.
Annoucements and events: Megan Driscoll With a BA in art history from Reed College Megan
is PORT's first staff "Reedie". Note, for listings on PORT send your
announcements to calendar
at Portlandart dot net. PORT internships are available as well.
Amy Bernstein After spending the past year painting in Berlin, Germany, Amy Bernstein moved to Portland to become a part of the burgeoning Northwest art community. Originally from Atlanta, Amy recieved her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design where she studied painting. Amy enjoys making art, the strongest of coffees, and haggling over the interpretations of riddles. She looks forward to the testing Portland will bring to all of her philosophies and how it will thus alter her art practice. You will find her listening enraptured in the midst of odd local circles, amazed to suddenly find herself where she is. Arcy Douglass Arcy Douglass, a Portland artist, describes himself as a "recovering architect." He worked on projects like the Bellagio, has lived in New York, Marfa and Los Angeles and studied under Larry Poons. Ryan Pierce Ryan Pierce is a Portland-based artist. He received an MFA in painting from the California College of the Arts in 2007. He was the recipient of a fellowship from the Joan Mitchell Foundation in 2007 and he has solo exhibitions scheduled at Lisa Dent Gallery in San Francisco and Richard Heller Gallery in Santa Monica in 2008. He currently operates the world's only known post office for wolves. Founder Emeritus: Jennifer Armbrust Jennifer Armbrust is the owner and director of Motel, a gallery in Portland's Chinatown showcasing up-and-coming artists from around the country. Since March of 2003 Motel has been an important purveyor of contemporary art in Portland, presenting work by nationally recognized emerging artists. Jennifer left PORT in Spring 2007 to focus on Motel |
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