During PORTLAND OPEN STUDIOS, you can get up close and personal with dozens of artists, including painters, sculptors and glass blowers, who open their work spaces during this annual, self-guided tour. Who knows? By making a connection with a particular artist, you may find yourself starting your own art collection—or new pastime.
Ever wonder how artists do what they do? Well, during the 16th annual ART HARVEST STUDIO TOUR, you can uncover their secrets when you visit artists’ studios, watch demonstrations and talk with the artists themselves. Artwork (think oils and acrylics, photography, jewelry, pottery and watercolors) will be for sale.
Forty years ago, fourteen friends from Lake Oswego started what has grown into the annual LOCAL 14 ART SHOW & SALE, featuring the juried art of women from throughout the Pacific Northwest. This year’s show, “Branching Out,” will include art from some 90 female artists. Brunch, lunch and baked goods will be available as well.
Palmer Wirfs’ ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES SHOW includes more than 1,300 booths filled with vintage treasures, period furniture, prints and paintings, sterling flatware, linens, and lighting. Qualified appraisers and antiques experts will be on hand to provide verbal market evaluations for $5, which goes to the Portland Police’s Sunshine Division.
When painter Alison O’Donoghue was growing up, art was both a sibling bond and the basis for a bit of sibling rivalry.
While he was working and exhibiting in Germany, metal sculptor Mufu Ahmed’s friends gave him an unusual nickname: Iron Must Obey.
When fiber artist Anne Greenwood was a child, her artist-grandmother introduced her to art.
For jewelrymaker Susan Goodwin, crafting pieces is about recognizing what the material has to offer.
