|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
Mark
Andres — Portrait Painting Demonstration
10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. *RC 3 Mall
Rock Creek Art Department Chair Mark Andres
demonstrates observational and synthetic figure painting from models in
a complex environment.
Phyllis
Trowbridge — Landscape Demonstration
11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. *RC 3 Outside the Cafeteria
Phyllis Trowbridge demonstrates plein air
painting from the north campus landscape. Trowbridge paints
landscapes year-round and exhibits her work locally.
Johnny
Stallings’ Hamlet — Theatre
Performance
12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. *RC 3 The Forum
Johnny Stallings performed his solo version of King Lear at Art Beat 2002.
He now returns with his new solo version of Hamlet. Holly Johnson of The
Oregonian finds it “magical…profoundly moving.”
Back To Top
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S.
Renee Mitchell — Literary Reading
10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. *RC 2 Room 121
Em-pow-HER: Understanding the Power of
Words. S. Renee Mitchell, award-winning Oregonian columnist, will engage,
entertain and delight you with a moving and courageous poetry reading
accompanied by original music. Her poems from her latest book, Tangoing with Tornadoes: A Poetic
Interpretation of Love, Lust and Regret, offer insights on how
to recognize when words harm and then how to help yourself and others
heal.
S. Renee Mitchell will be reading at Southeast Center on Monday.
Michael Southern — Printmaking Demonstrating
11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. *RC 3 Mall
Michael Southern, noted Northwest printmaker and painter, demonstrates
the art of copper plate etching and proofing, a process that has
changed little since the age of Rembrandt.
Skylark
Tappers — Dance Performance
11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. *RC 3 The Forum
The Skylark Tappers literally get your feet
moving with their high-energy tap dancing and interactive
presentation. After showcasing their dances from recent concerts,
they will lead you through basic tap vocabulary.
Jan Underwood — Literary Reading
1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. *RC 2 Room 121
A werewolf so bad at moonlight hunting that they
put him on the day shift; a mummy suffering from claustrophobia; a
demon with a hidden human.... These and other monsters with
identity crises are the subject of the darkly comic Day Shift Werewolf by Portland
novelist and PCC instructor Jan Underwood.
Kanaan Kanaan — Slide Lecture
1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. *RC 3 Room 229
Painter and P.S.U. faculty member Kanaan Kanaan
gives a slide presentation and talks about his new artwork “Image vs.
Word.”
Back To Top
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Student & Faculty Literary Reading
10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. *RC 3 Room 102
Our campus literary magazine, The Rock Creek Review, hosts an
open-mic reading in conjunction with the ever-popular annual student
and faculty poetry and prose reading.
Babette Harvey — Ceramics Demonstration
11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. *RC 3 Room 126
Babette Harvey’s intricately sculpted and carved
figures have won several awards including Best of Show from the Oregon
Potters Association. Learn about her artistic endeavors and see
her demonstrate her process for making figural wall pieces with
detailed carving in both relief and sgraffito.
Babette Harvey will be presenting at Southeast Center on Monday.
Johnny
Stallings — Theatre Workshop
12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. *RC 3 The Forum
In “Holding a Mirror up to Nature” Johnny
Stallings shares with the audience the challenges and joys of acting.
Drum Circle — Interactive Music Performance
12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. *Fountain Mall between RC 2 & 3
Portland area world percussionist Adam Weiner
leads a community drum circle—all are welcome, regardless of
experience. So join your community and celebrate the rhythm of
spring! Bring your drums; some drums will be provided.
Dancers are welcome too.
George
Johanson — Art Beat 2006 Featured
Artist
1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. * RC 9 Room 122C
“George Johanson: A Self Portrait:
55 Years as a Portland Painter.” Johanson discusses his art in
relation to Renaissance and modern art, diptychs, murals, home movies
and prestidigitation (a.k.a. slight of hand).
See
short movie on George Johanson.
George Johanson will be presenting at
Southeast on Monday.
Gallery Reception with Joel Magnuson and
Pamela Beaty
6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. *RC 3 Gallery and Mall
Please join us to celebrate Art Beat with PCC President Preston
Pulliams and Rock Creek President Katherine Persson. View
the work of the Rock Creek Art Department faculty and the annual
exhibition of Rock Creek art students’ work. Also, enjoy an
eclectic blend of flute and guitar tunes from Bach to Bossa Nova to the
Beatles performed by Joel Magnuson and Pamela Beaty. Refreshments
served.
PCC Faculty Poetry Reading
7:00 p.m.-8:15 p.m. * RC 2 Room 122
PCC English Instructors Alison Apotheker, Kathy
Casto and George Staley read from their recent work. Staley will
also read from his chapbook, Where Orphans Live. Refreshments
served.
Back To Top
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ronna
Neuenschwander — Slide Lecture
9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. *RC 3 The Forum
Nationally recognized Portland sculptor Ronna
Neuenschwander presents a slide show covering her thirty years of art
making. Her presentation also highlights her over twenty years of
journeys to West Africa, which have inspired her artwork and her life.
Craig Lesley — Literary Reading
10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. *RC 2 Room 120
Craig Lesley, Senior Writer-in-Residence at
Portland State University and author of Winterkill, The Sky Fisherman, and Burning Fence reads from his work
and discuss transforming experience into writing.
Boka Marimba — Music Performance
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. RC 3 The Forum
A ten-member dance band, Boka Marimba plays
exhilarating, energetic music from Zimbabwe and other areas of
southeastern Africa. Much is in Shona style: melodic themes
and variations layered in polyrhythmic, cyclic patterns.
Laura
Ross Paul — Slide Lecture
1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. * RC 3 Room 229
Noted Northwest artist Laura Ross Paul discusses
her paintings and drawings and her ongoing examination of the figure in
painting.
NW Film Festival — Film Presentation
1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. *RC 7 Room 109
Culling its bounty from the region, the
Northwest Film and Video Festival’s touring collection is a survey of
the best recent works from independent artists. Now in its
thirty-second year, it offers Northwest artists recognition, critical
appraisal, and enthusiastically engaged audiences. Filmmaker
Moran Hobart, director of the film (dawn)
one moment to the next will be available after the screening to
discuss his work.
Back To Top
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joseph Mann — Slide Lecture
1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. *RC 3 Room 229
Joseph Mann, an influential artist and teacher in the Portland area,
gives an illustrated lecture on his paintings, drawings and prints and
their concerns with the human form.
Back To Top
|
|
|
|
