crafts: APRIL NEWS: CraftPerspectives Hannah Higgins + Gestures of Resistance + Upcoming Programs and Events

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CRAFTPERSPECTIVES LECTURE
Hannah B. Higgins
The Multiple Intelligences of Fluxus
Thursday, April 22, 6:30 pm
PNCA Swigert Commons, 1241 NW Johnson St.
Free and open to the public

Commonly associated with political and cultural activism in
the 1960s, the Fluxus Movement struggled against narrow definitions of art and
performance. Hannah B. Higgins, the daughter of the Fluxus artists Alison
Knowles and Dick Higgins and noted author of Fluxus Experience, will lecture on
this movement to provide an
additional context for the practices engaged in Gestures of Resistance [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103250425607&s=10882&e=001dTP3mY-I7-OBVaYN1IUtbutDUInn91Z3UNZacOcURNt_SxqcZJFYfDsZWyQH1x0z5uk7fcntlCyfdL4h9xipQoE0kxt3L-Jj3kkKiGOZePj_LyNZtd4_wEGljn6_HYF9rtJaTHxOPfmOBM8-yMW5jSMAJ81vAoLBUa6Wgl6LtigCAWoW9C8GNRLgeQF8CjW_9Jik8cJETx4=].
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Gestures of Resistance

Through June 26

Free for Museum
members; $3 general public

Gestures of Resistancefocuses on craft actions
in contemporary practice: works that use craft to agitate for change. Through a
series of seven artist residencies, open conversations and a study center, the
exhibition is a timely examination of what it means to create, to have personal
agency, and to counter drives towards productivity and consumption through
craft. Focusing on action, process and dialogue, the exhibition unfolds over
its five-month tenure. Visit the Museum's Exhibitions [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103250425607&s=10882&e=001dTP3mY-I7-OBVaYN1IUtbutDUInn91Z3UNZacOcURNt_SxqcZJFYfDsZWyQH1x0z5uk7fcntlCyfdL4h9xipQoE0kxt3L-Jj3kkKiGOZePj_LyNZtd4_wEGljn6_HYF9rtJaTHxOPfmOBM8-yMW5jSMAJ81vAoLBUa6Wgl6LtigCAWoW9C8GNRLgeQF8CjW_9Jik8cJETx4=]page
for
a complete list of visiting artists' residency dates.

Gestures of Resistance on Flickr [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103250425607&s=10882&e=001dTP3mY-I7-N0y4BRriC-JAtmD4oMYaxMRPRrRAPnW5zjWB6-95bkM1TKgkU_thxhxMkCCIgRCXzY4-MY5brxzz-eM8S_mjT695kYxGMxRG3DB-NYWpTF71agIAWKjMBQEFp44S5bab_cA4-uBodiVnMze2rNvtSeBnKgFhhPJnT0r2zHV9Bul0-_keFRBPUq9w-kNsLhI1A=]

Gestures of Resistance: Behind the Scenes Blog [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103250425607&s=10882&e=001dTP3mY-I7-MsiqcVxx7YwzDH1l1sK45JQaRNJdIX6kZHMr5MeAP9KcUPcUJjGCZhFQZTh5tEBg_KMxMUI-fOBeM7h85VlFmhjgjqozlqusfo4THyiVOMx8jtCmrftroIBzo-fjRdHl0_pxgdGDxJpw==]

VISITING ARTIST

Mung Lar Lam

In residence April 1-3

First Thursday Performance: April 1, 6-8 pm

The Museum is free for all the first Thursday of every month, 6-8 pm

During her residency at the Museum, Mung Lar Lam will perform Ironings, a meditation
on labor, gender and class in which the task of ironing becomes the means of mark-making,
with the unfolded cloth acting as a mosaic fanning across exhibition walls.

Mung Lar Lam will be performing in the Museum every day from 11 am - 6 pm and until
8 pm on First Thursday, April 1.

ARTIST TALK

Mung Lar Lam

Thursday, April 1, 12:30 pm

Pacific Northwest College of Art, Swigert Commons

1241 NW Johnson St.

Free and open to the public.

Land Art: David Shaner

Through August 7

Free for Museum
members; $3 general public

What is the relationship between craft and the Land Are Movement of the late 1960s
and early 1970s? While Robert Smithson's monumental Spiral Jetty (1970) is an example
of a heroic and gestural conceptual work in a remote location, David Shaner's work
from the early 1960s through the 1990s reveals a concurrent, domestically scaled
yet quietly sensual relationship between art and the landscape of the American
West. Through works drawn from the artist's estate and the Museum's collection,
along with photographs and personal notes taken by the artist, the exhibition reveals
how broader cultural interests in conceptual art and the land, ecology and materiality
are explored through an artist known as a "potter's potter."

Following the Rhythms of Life: The Ceramic Art of David Shaner, written by Peter
Held, Ceramic Research Center, Arizona State University, is available for purchase
in The Gallery.

Special thanks to Peter Held, Ann Shaner, Catherine and Mike Gilbert and Mike Welsh
for their assistance in organizing this exhibition.

CRAFTPERSPECTIVES CONVERSATION

Reading the Land

Daniel Duford (PNCA) and Matt Johnston (Lewis &

Clark College)

Tuesday, April 6, 6:30 pm

The Lab at Museum of Contemporary Craft

Free and open to the public. Please enter through 720 NW Davis St.

In this new program format, artist Daniel Duford and art historian Matt Johnston
will each speak for 20 minutes about how "reading" the landscape functions in their
own work, providing another lens through which the connections between David Shaner's
work and land can be understood. The final 20 minutes will focus on connecting their
talks through discussion and dialogue with the audience.
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GALLERY FEATURE
The Bray
Through April 30
The Gallery at Museum of Contemporary Craft
Free and open to the public
The Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana has been at the center of the ceramics
world since its inception in 1951. Artists such as Rudy Audio and Peter Voulkos
were early Bray residents, and their work drew international attention to its programs.
Gallery artists Gerit Grimm, Jim Koudelka, Joe Pintz, Kowkie Durst, Sam Morgan and
Victoria Christen have all benefitted from Bray residencies, and Pat Horsley is
a former Bray workshop presenter. Their work as well as their thoughts about the
Bray will be on view in The Gallery from March 2 through April 30.
Museum of Contemporary Craft's exhibition Land Art: David Shaner, as well as David
Shaner's contributions to the ceramics community, inspired this gallery feature.
As Director of the Bray, David Shaner was instrumental in keeping the foundation
alive after the commercial brickyard that had originally supported it closed in
1960. The Bray's new state-of-the-art residency center is named in honor of David
and his wife Ann Shaner.
Visit The Gallery [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102986032006&s=0&e=001mFWnhrPLQgwjqscMJyD87iM79WjAxSZUoMjMk2zyST7AagdjixCmyVL0ayODJSYh65dfcfD0nsVneIz-Ycxpft9SlPRXUkXOMd8ZxUJ2GM_grBngWkdVrpDOFXpiaTlPssoFJef8S0YeslF0Cjez2A==].
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COMMUNITY SHOWCASE

Guild of Oregon Woodworkers

March 9 - April 24
The Lab at Museum of Contemporary Craft
Free with Museum admission

ARTIST DEMONSTRATIONS

April 3, 10, 17

Saturdays, 1-4 pm in The Lab at Museum of
Contemporary Craft

Free with Museum admission

In
conjunction with the Community Showcase of work by the Guild of Oregon
Woodworkers, artists will give demonstrations of their work.

WORKSHOP

What Is It?!: Product Photography and Descriptions

I Heart Art Portland Etsy | Professional Development Workshop Series

Saturday, April 24, 11 am

The Lab at Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 NW Davis St.

Free with workshop registration

For the second workshop in the Professional Development Series hosted by the Portland
Etsy Team, Lisa Gastelum will lead the conversation about the tools you can use
to represent your products at their best. She will also teach you how to best describe
your work to other people to facilitate full comprehension and promote sales.
These free workshops, targeted at Etsy sellers, PNCA students, and other interested
parties, cover various topics of importance to makers of all shapes and sizes, pulling
most of the curriculum from the Etsy How-To guides and featuring instructors from
the arts and professional development communities.
For more information, please visit the I Heart Art: Portland blog [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103250425607&s=10882&e=001dTP3mY-I7-PODZsBgVOGPVVYmcaFTfpt3VdJwaaH17wnM2n6QqkqpzMItr8do50wNAcSoJ0IKzl-ZAau8vQGIfSKzjr8Rz76I7ruRZJ8yBIyIp19d1AWFw==].

EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLIC PROGRAMMING
ARE SUPPORTED BY:
PNCA+FIVE
Ford Institute for Visual Education
Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, BOORA Architects, The Collins Foundation, Maribeth
Collins, Truman & Kristin Collins, John Gray Charitable Fund of the Oregon Community
Foundation, First Independent Wealth Management, Douglas Macy, Mary Maletis, Miller
Nash LLP, PGE Foundation, Regional Arts & Culture Council, Harold & Arlene Schnitzer
CARE Foundation, The Estate of Gordon Smyth, Al Solheim, The Standard, Mary Hoyt
Stevenson Foundation, Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust, US Bank, Western States
Arts Foundation, Whiteman Foundation
With special thanks to: Gerding Edlen Development and their support of the Cyan
PDX Cultural Residency Program, The Heathman Hotel, The Nines Hotel and Twentyfour
Seven.
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CONNECT WITH THE MUSEUM

Museum of Contemporary Craft
in partnership with Pacific Northwest College of Art
724 Northwest Davis Street | Portland, Oregon 97209
t. 503.223.2654 | f. 503.223.0190 | MuseumofContemporaryCraft.org
Hours | Tuesday-Saturday 11 am to 6 pm, First Thursdays 11 am to 8 pm
Admission is$3 general public; $2 students (13+);
$2 seniors (62+). Free to children
12 and under; Pacific Northwest College of Art faculty, staff and
students; Museum of Contemporary Craft members. Free for all 6-8 pm the first
Thursday of every month.
Museum of Contemporary Craft in partnership with Pacific Northwest College of Art
is supported in part by:
PNCA + FIVE
Ford Institute for Visual Education
Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, BOORA Architects, The Collins Foundation, Maribeth
Collins, Truman & Kristin Collins, John Gray Charitable Fund of the Oregon Community
Foundation, First Independent Wealth Management, Douglas Macy, Mary Maletis, Miller
Nash LLP, Meyer Memorial Trust, M.J. Murdock Trust, The James F. and Marion L. Miller
Foundation, PGE Foundation, Regional Arts & Culture Council, Harold & Arlene Schnitzer
CARE Foundation, The Estate of Gordon Smyth, Al Solheim, The Standard, Mary Hoyt
Stevenson Foundation, Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust , US Bank, Western States
Arts Foundation, Whiteman Foundation
With special thanks to: Gerding Edlen Development and their support of the Cyan
PDX Cultural Residency Program, The Heathman Hotel and The Nines Hotel.
IMAGE CREDITS (top to bottom):
Gestures of Resistance, installation view at Museum of Contemporary Craft, 2010.
Photos: Katherine Bovee and Heather Zinger
Image courtesy Hannah B. Higgins.
Frau Fiber, KO Enterprises: High Performance Apparel Production, an experiment of
uneconomical production, 2010; performance, Gestures of Resistance artist-in-residency,
Portland, Oregon; Photo: Heather Zinger. Courtesy Museum of Contemporary Craft.
Mung Lar Lam, Ironings: Remix - Shades of Yellow, 2007; Installation view at Museum
of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco; Reclaimed cotton fabric, starch, pins; Photo
courtesy of the artist.
Land Art: David Shaner, installation view at Museum of Contemporary Craft, 2010.
Photo: Katherine Bovee
Photo by David Shaner, courtesy Ann Shaner.
David and Ann Shaner Resident Studio Complex, Photo: J. David.

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