Tyler Green pointed
out this nice story about the connections
between non-profits and developers in the Boston Globe. The most obvious
example of this in Portland is the Armory (the Gerding Theater). Other projects
like Jim Winkler's development of the the Daisy
Kingdom building and PAC's arrangement with David Gold also come to mind.



Another favorite blogger Edward Winkleman had a nice post
on the pressures of success upon artistic (mass) production here. It's true
much of the revolutionary art of the last century was birthed in complete market
obscurity, that simply doesn't exist now. When I was in Miami last year I couldn't
believe how many people knew about what was going on in Portland. This year
our presence will be even better with more galleries etc., plus Bruce
Conkle will have one of his show-stopping snowman in a freezer at Nada this
year (his work makes Marc Swanson look so lightweight with its cartoony darkness,
and he's been at the game much longer too).