Art in the Pearl

Attention Artists!

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Jurors for our 2013 Show

admin — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:46:33 +0000

Every year the Art In The Pearl Festival artist are chosen by a volunteer jury. Each year there is a new panel of jurors.

Jurors for our 2013 show are:

Stephen Dixon – Jewelry, Metal
Raquel Edwards – 2D mixed media, Photography
Sheila Evans – Painting, Drawing
Joshua Rodine – Glass
Cheryl Snow – Executive Director of Clackamas County Arts Alliance

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Applications Now being Accepted

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The 17th annual Art In The Pearl Fine Arts and Crafts Festival takes place Labor Day weekendin the beautiful and historic North Park Blocks of Portland, Oregon. Considered one of thenation’s premier art festivals, Art In The Pearl features the artwork of 130 artists from across theUSA and Canada. The Festival is developed and produced by a dedicated volunteer board of local artists. Our focus is on promoting the arts, educating the public, and strengthening a bond with the community. Please submit your application to join us for one of the best arts festivals inthe country at www.Zapplication.org

Festival Dates: August 31, September 1, 2, 2013

Application Deadline: February 15, 2013 Midnight Pacific DST

Oregon Art Beat Video from OPB

admin — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 22:06:50 +0000

Check out the great little video that the Oregon Art Beat folks filmed at Art In The Pearl 2012: http://www.artinthepearl.com/festival-information/general-info/
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Best of Show 2012

admin — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 18:41:10 +0000

Our Best of Show Award Winners for our 2012 festival are Arunas Oslapas [Booth #88, Metal], Marla Baggetta [#75, 2-Dimensional Mixed Media] and Kina Crow [Booth #71, 2-Dimensional Mixed Media | Sculpture]. Congratulations!… Continue reading →

Emma Morehouse

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Today, Tomorrow and Monday at 1 and 4 pm. At the Earth Narrative Booth on Davis between Park and 8th: Live performance/ sculpture installation by dance and visual artist, Emma Morehouse. The piece, Column, is inspired by the private spheres we create around ourselves in moments of silence. These are moments we tune our senses and notice the malleability of inside and outside. The installation overlays with video and exists as a space indicative of the regenerative and persistent nature of the earth. Between the outside viewer and the performer within there is a porous membrane. Light, shadow, and a sense of weight and depth pass through. Within this membrane the performer moves through a sequence using rhythms and shapes informed by the organization of cells into organisms, all atop a thick layer of earth. Live installation times are Saturday, Sunday, and Monday at 1 and 4.

About Emma Morehouse:

I recently moved here from the Northeast where I was working on a farm/artist residency project therunnymedeproject.org. While I’ve mostly studied choreography and dance, my work varies widely in form. Most recently I’ve been working on large drawings examining the reinterpretation of information, and movement-based public performance. I’ve been inspired by minimalism and while I wouldn’t call my work “minimalist” I will say I’m interested in the direct and immediate experience of the piece, whatever that may be for the viewer.

KINK.FM Interviews artist Melissa Stiles about Art in the Pearl

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“The festival’s board member and artist Melissa Stiles takes us through the fun annual 3-day festival, and what not to miss!”

Visit kink.fm to learn more .

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2012 Pearl District Sidewalk Sale

admin — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 01:54:26 +0000

The annual Pearl District Sidewalk Sale returns featuring many local area stores.

August 31 – September 3

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Artist Profile – Eileen Sorg – Drawing

AITP — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 12:42:53 +0000

Eileen brings her mind blowing colored pencil drawings to Pearl for the first time this year. When asked about her start she says, “I have always drawn, not always well but I loved it and kept at it. It is basically a hobby that evolved into an obsession that is now my career.

My medium, colored pencil, is a bit unique in that not many artists are out there working with a drawing medium. I like to think my compositions also set me apart from other artists out. Currently, birds are my main subject matter, and I use them to tell my visual stories. I have a degree in Wildlife Science from the University of Washington that taught me a lot about animal habitat and anatomy. It also taught me to really look at things and see how they work. That attention to detail really shaped the way I work as an artist, the scientist in me is accurate and thoughtful and the artist in me is whimsical and colorful.

Eileen is a member of Women Painters of Washington, International Guild of Realism, Society of Animal Artists and Colored Pencil Society of America.

Artist Profile – Michelle Johnson – Fiber Wearable

AITP — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 05:45:04 +0000

Returning to Pearl for the second time, Michelle takes traditional techniques of wet felting and mixes fibers of silk and wool to create hand-felted silk. Her experience at Kansas City Art Institute provided a foundation for fiber techniques that she employs in her studio to this day. Michelle is a member of the Surface Design Association.

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