crafts: MARCH NEWS: Land Art: David Shaner Opens + Gestures of Resistance + The Bray + Upcoming Programs and Events

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NEW EXHIBITION
Land Art: David Shaner
March 10 - August 7
Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 NW Davis St.
Free for
Museum members; $3 general public
What is the relationship between craft and the
Land Art 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. Essays by Daniel Duford, PNCA
faculty and Namita Wiggers, curator, MoCC available online.
Member Preview Reception
Tuesday, March 9, 6 pm
Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 NW Davis St.
Free for
Museum members
Museum of Contemporary Craft in partnership with
Pacific Northwest College of Art cordially invites you to an exhibition preview
hosted by The String of Pearls Annual Giving Circle. Join us
for wine and hors d'oeuvres at Museum of Contemporary Craft.Meet Ann Shaner, David
Shaner's
wife, and William Gilbert, MoCC CraftPerspectives speaker and Lannan Chair
in Land Arts of the American West, University of New Mexico.
Kindly RSVP by March 3 to members@pnca.edu [mailto:members@pnca.edu] or 971.255.5524.

CRAFTPERSPECTIVES LECTURE
William Gilbert
"Land Arts of the American West"
Wednesday, March 10, 6:30 pm
PNCA Main Campus Building, Swigert Commons, 1241 NW Johnson St.
Free and open to the public

Museum of Contemporary Craft in partnership with Pacific
Northwest College of Art presents William Gilbert, who will discuss shifts in
contemporary understanding of the genre of Land Art, tracing connections from
his own study of ceramics in Montana with Rudy Autio to the innovative "Land
Arts of the American West" program he co-founded with Chris Taylor. Gilbert is
the Lannan Chair in Land Arts of the American West, Department of Art and Art
History, University of New Mexico.

CRAFT PERSPECTIVES 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 Dufordand art historian Matt Johnson
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.

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

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=1103083265209&s=10882&e=001Mf5EaWY7oVqTFWqF1WY7wHo_Ts4WUKxq80zoyjasObTqQI5TVtmhSzukilorqFuRAiQvMg4HUkSAniAlclU0vaJXF_tOAd4tlLI5ZHYVsgYirY_GlN7DMxTpiN-f5Hbjss_UYXa3qB7T6WXuKFPDAQgWJkmZKFYS4vJu6Nlobi5nNMFG8D2eS9q_KMWZF8QRppuHDKdfwD0=]page
for
a complete list of visiting artists' residency dates.

VISITING ARTIST

Anthea Black

Through March 10

A Canadian printmaker known for her subversive postering campaigns, Black will recruit
queer youth to deploy her two-sided poster prints across Portland. Black is also
collaborating with Christy Wyckoff's printmaking students at PNCA to produce a
series of posters specifically for Gestures of Resistance.

FIRST THURSDAY

looking for love in all the wrong places:

ATTENTION ALL NEXXXT GENERATION MIND INFLUENCERS:

ARE YOU READY TO SERIOUSLY EFF WITH PUBLIC DECENCY?!?

Thursday, March 4, 6-8 pm

The Museum is free for all the first Thursday of every month

Having created and deployed an edition of posters in and around Portland, Anthea
Black will then install her work within the Museum's downstairs exhibition space,
adding to the installation of the previous resident artists in Gestures of Resistance.

VISITING ARTIST

Carole Lung, a.k.a. Frau Fiber

March 18-27

An itinerant textile worker, Lung will address the
specifics of Portland's garment culture by hacking a Columbia Sportswear design
for rain gear and sewing five sets of the garment using a bicycle-powered
sewing machine.
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GALLERY FEATURE
The Bray
March 2 - 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

Etsy: Do It Yourself

Now through March 6

The Lab at Museum of Contemporary Craft

Free with Museum admission

View locally made work that represents how the Portland DIY community is tapping
into Etsy.com's innovative way of connecting people to the handmade, as well as
empowering their customers to become makers themselves.

COMMUNITY SHOWCASE

Guild of Oregon Woodworkers

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

ARTIST DEMONSTRATIONS

March 20,
27, 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

Selling on Etsy: Getting Started & Increasing Your Existing Business

Saturday, March 13, 11 am

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

Free with RSVP

The first workshop in the Professional
Development Series hosted by the Portland Etsy Team, this class will be led by
Ryan McAbery of littleputbooks and will focus on getting started on Etsy and
improving your existing shop. Intended for both the inexperienced Etsy user and
those already established on the marketplace, McAbery will lead a discussion about
how to effectively manage your Etsy shop with success in mind.

These free workshops, targeted at Etsy
sellers, PNCA students, and other interested parties, will 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. RSVP starting March 1 at I Heart Art: Portland
[http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103083265209&s=10882&e=001Mf5EaWY7oVrbTD9xBNz2-h6B3GZUykid8jdJVvR9kbC9Jnv7MWlZ7b3v0mKJtPxJTKHs26BnnEBkgVSlc32rpYbxSvKIwFKJ-XEjzIBB6x9bDomn3gU-lw==].

SAVE THE DATE: CRAFTPERSPECTIVES LECTURE
Hannah B. Higgins
"The Multiple Intelligences of Fluxus"
Thursday, April 22, 6:30 pm
PNCA Main Campus Building, 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.
Read more about upcoming programs in our online calendar. [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103083265209&s=10882&e=001Mf5EaWY7oVp0WsYsWckMgNku3z8uHPP89bawRXef6OMM1OVzF68fHd8EohXYByG-ykZsnrpOUAi52d5kPN5MoxEFk0mF6GOTb3XWnZ_srcEQiGKasHLhgu753X3EcP1r6tAFAH0YVgu1Wq7Ch275dLiky3X7UNbF]
EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLIC PROGRAMMING
ARE SUPPORTED BY:
PNCA + FIVE
Ford Institute for Visual Education
Paul G. Allen Family Foundation · The Collins Foundation · Maribeth Collins · Truman
and Kristin Collins · John Gray Charitable Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation
· First Independent Wealth Management · 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 and the Nines Hotel.
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Museum
Receives Support From Paul G. Allen Family Foundation

Museum of Contemporary Craft is pleased to
announce that the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation awarded the Museum with a
$40,000 Arts and Culture Grant. The grant supports Museum of Contemporary Craft's
integration with the Pacific Northwest College of Art by providing funds to
build capacity in the areas of fundraising, audience development, and
memberships. Read the full media release [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103083265209&s=10882&e=001Mf5EaWY7oVqRBVQwEr1LVjTdjDgLGh0rXkkIo8XNAXUjmSOCW5t10Is4QLv_QuBVxO9kkyIxRxsVMKLStuRQmABas6dPYox_d-DRGX8ap7IU3kB-jmnyjI-eEmf-3j9ng8ty3g2ls-BarkWS-THc0pA7e8eRXqTbgupCx10FO6pJi4Na6UaliskbFsKKWlu8ic8a4YOsuDU=].

PNCA, Museum and Etsy Join Forces

Join Museum of Contemporary Craft, PNCA and the Portland
Etsy Team for a series of free professional development workshops in
partnership with Etsy's I Heart Art: Portland initiative. These free workshops,
geared towards Etsy sellers and local makers, will cover a range of topics
centered on growing an online craft business. Visit PNCA [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103083265209&s=10882&e=001Mf5EaWY7oVpmjyCQSq3pTTM_RIbi6DIu6r31L-z6427zpHSU7Rcs1uQ9XntnK2ngReMFQwSQ-N84Q9ZlgngtFzfGVSxMriowbD_uL3vxuET7hl6_d2Kz6zUK81xvH-zxUd0msLTUm1vza9moHgEIC1XJCmFbhznr7kyhzvioXbHm3PYSi_RHSg==]
or I Heart Art: Portland [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103083265209&s=10882&e=001Mf5EaWY7oVoFExYCiN8WRzA-n9zl0jJSfOaDAkezov11NlxAs5WydbmWWsDkD2Hj6ct3VpgtQFaWbpOgl4Z2yv_Be85Rq-MZ6L7sp-fTr7xpDQ5wHEFEdw==]
for
more information.
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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
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·The Collins Foundation·Maribeth Collins·Truman and
Kristin Collins·John Gray Charitable Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation·First
Independent Wealth Management·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):
David Shaner, Garden Slab, 1964; slab built
stoneware; 4 × 18 inches diameter; Oregon Ceramic Studio Purchase,
George T. Gerlinger Memorial Award Fund, 1964; 1998.64.01; Photo: Dan
Kvitka.
Photo courtesy William Gilbert.
Photo by David Shaner, courtesy Ann Shaner.
Sara Black and John Preus, Rebuilding Mayfield, installation view at Museum of Contemporary
Craft, 2010. Photo: Chloe Dietz.
Anthea Black, Looking for love in all the wrong places postering project - EN COMBINANT
NOS FORCES NOUS REIGNERONS SUR L'UNIVERS!, 2008; Silkscreen, edition of 100; Photo
courtesy of the artist.
Carole Frances Lung aka Frau Fiber, ReDressing NOLA, 2007; performance, New Orleans
- 8th Ward; Photo courtesy the artist.
David and Ann Shaner Resident Studio Complex, Photo: J. David.

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