I will be heading out of town tomorrow to Los Angeles to participate in artLA with galleries from around the country. Pulliam Deffenbaugh, PDX and Alysia Duckler will be there too, representing Portland with a strong showing. This is the second year for artLA, an art fair directed by Stephen Cohen of the long-running photo L.A.. I, for one, am looking forward to a new audience of art lovers and a little Santa Monica sun.

I will then be taking the month of February off for a little R&R and some jet setting to Europe. So, I will be very scarce in these parts (Motel will also be closed through February). But, don't fear, I will be back in March. In the meantime, we will be introducing a new announcements writer who will be handling the First Thursday/First Friday listings. In case you were sending press releases directly to me, please re-route them to calendar@portlandart.net.

Cheers!
Jenn

Have a good trip or two Jenn, will you visit the ancestral "Castle Armbrust" back in the old country?

All kidding aside, have no fear PORT readers. We have lots of posts to come and we will introduce our new calendar person soon. Jenn will continue to post and moderate on PORT as well (once she gets back). In fact, this will be one of the most content heavy weeks at PORT since we began publishing last June.