Art Beat Home                           Weeklong Art Beat Events PCC-Sylvania Art Students’ Annual Exhibition  8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. daily  *North View Gallery CT 214 Stop by the North View Gallery to see the exciting new work of 2005-2006 PCC-Sylvania art students. International Food Fair 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Daily  *Performing Arts Center Courtyard International food vendors provide a delicious accompaniment to the festivities. Back to Top   Art Beat Reception — Musical Entertainment and Buffet 10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.  *Performing Arts Center Foyer Hosted by the Sylvania Traditions, Ritual, and Fun Committee, the Art Beat Reception includes a musical performance with John Mery, David Stout and Jane Zunkel.  Preston Pulliams, President of Portland Community College, opens the events, and Sylvania President Paul Hill presents student art and music awards. The Instigators Calypso Orchestra — Music Performance 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.  *Performing Arts Center Foyer Come and enjoy the upbeat sound of the tropics with the stirring calypso music of the Instigators Calypso Orchestra, a quintet led by bassist Skip Bowman.  Note:  Craig Lesley will not appear at Sylvania as previously scheduled.  You can still go to his presentation at Rock Creek Campus, Thursday, May 11 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. in RC 2 Room 120. Deborah Horrell — Glass Casting Demonstration 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.  *CT 133 Deborah Horrell demonstrates from Idea to Image the amazing process of Pate de Verre glass casting.  Her work centers around the vessel form, which she uses as a metaphor for human beings and their relationships. Back to Top Student Reading 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.  *Performing Arts Center Foyer This always popular Art Beat event showcases PCC-Sylvania creative writers reading from their poetry, fiction, and essays. George Johanson — Art Beat 2006 Featured Artist 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.  *Performing Arts Center “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 Center on Monday. Reggie Houston’s Box of Chocolates — Jazz Performance 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.  *Performing Arts Center Foyer Join as renowned jazz saxophone player Reggie Houston is joined by local favorites Turtle Vandemarr and Tim Acott to play classic tunes with their own special magic, sure to make you move and smile.  Reggie Houston — Playshop & Discussion 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.  *Performing Arts Center In his new creation, Reggie Houston intertwines words, music and visuals to trace the origins of jazz through Africa and South America to the present day.  Prepare to be interactive, to laugh and to learn.  Since his arrival in Portland, he has been a vital part of the musical community, helping to create “Blues for Katrina,” which raised over $110,000, and working with the Regional Arts & Culture Council to provide grants for artists and art.  Reggie Houston will be playing and discussing at Southeast Center on Monday. Back to Top    Student Composers — Musical Performance 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.  *Performing Arts Center Foyer Come and listen to the audio exhibition of the award winners and other student works submitted to the Art Beat 2006 student composition competition. Faculty Reading 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.  *Performing Arts Center You know them as instructors, now discover what they create!  Come and enjoy as popular PCC faculty Tim Barnes, Gretchen Icenogle, Kirk Sigurdson and Van Wheeler read from their works. Mary Kadderly — Music Performance 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.  *Performing Arts Center Foyer Singer/songwriter Mary Kadderly performs songs from her top selling CDs Lucky Me and  I Go Zoom as well as other jazz and pop classics.  Her intricate songwriting and lyrical mastery have inspired Marty Hughley of the Oregonian to write, “Mary Kadderly’s voice floats like a lovely silken cloud.” Mary Kadderly — Music Workshop 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.  *HT 123 Sing Your Heart Out!  Join us for a workshop introducing using the voice as an instrument, including proper vocal technique, breath support and warming-up exercises.  Michael Knutson — Slide Lecture 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.  *Performing Arts Center Michael Knutson, professor of art at Reed College and well-respected Northwest painter, discusses his dizzyingly complex and vibrantly patterned abstract paintings derived from simple mathematical systems.  Knutson has received awards from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Betty Bowen Foundation.  His work is represented in Portland by the Blackfish Gallery. Devin Laurence Field — Sculpture Lecture 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.  *Performing Arts Center International sculptor Devin Laurence Field shows slides and discusses his monumental sculptures created using cut, forged, pressed, welded, ground and polished thick plate steels.  These creations are complicated, graceful representations of the natural and built environments.  Each is unique, usually site specific and always poignant in its message. Back to Top Graphic Design Panel -- Discussion 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. *CT 125 PCC graphic design alumni visit the campus to discuss life after their graphic design education:  real world challenges and entry-level graphics. Sign Language Performance 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.  *Performing Arts Center Please come join us for exciting Sign Language Performances by faculty, staff and students, including Sharon Allen, Mark Azure, Debra Harris, James Rae, Diedre Tubb and more.  Enter the expressive world of American Sign Language via stories, original poetry and songs.  A voice interpreter will be provided for hearing accessibility.  Von R. Glitschka — Graphic Design 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.  *CT 125 Glitschka presents his lecture, “Bad Design Kills:  Improving Design in Your Own Sphere of Influence.” Babette Harvey — Ceramics Demonstration and Workshop 11:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.  *CT 119 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. Sophe Lux — Music Performance 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.  * Performing Arts Center Foyer A quirky, imaginative local pop band, Sophe Lux will entrance & excite you.  Their “songs take lumbering swings at you in a mad, lovely, musical dance” (Willamette Week). David Andersen — Slide Lecture 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.  *Performing Arts Center Exhibited and collected nationally, David Andersen’s work has been reviewed in Art in America and other prominent publications.  After his slide lecture, join for a demonstration of his techniques. David Andersen — Painting Workshop 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.  *CT 230 David Andersen demonstrates his use and technical skill with acrylic paints and glazes. Joanna Priestly — Film Animation Presentation 2:00 p.m.-3:15 p.m.  *Performing Arts Center Joanna Priestley presents a visual treat:  a program of her award-winning, animated short films.  Priestley has produced and directed 17 films and has had retrospectives of her work at, among others, New York’s Museum of Modern Art, Los Angeles’s American Cinmeatheque and Poland’s Warsaw Center for Contemporary Art. Back to Top Oregon Guitar Quartet — Music Performance 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.  *Performing Arts Center Foyer Enjoy one of the Northwest’s premiere chamber ensembles.  Oregon Guitar Quartet’s David Franzen, Ian Luxton, John Mery and Peter Zisa present a program of newly arranged chamber works for guitar quartet, featuring works by Vivaldi, Piazzolla, Sibelius, Puccini and Haydn. Harold Louis Johnson — Literary Reading 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.  *Little Theatre Author of Dry Boats and featured in many anthologies and journals, Harold Louis Johnson  talks about the production of lines in poetry, reads a few poems from his own work and from others and take questions from the audience. Amber Martin — Theater Performance 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.  *Performing Arts Center Amber Martin, actress, dancer comedienne extraordinaire presents her one-person show.  Martin’s dazzling yet personal stage presence has been lauded by the Oregonian and Willamette Week, among others.  Note:  May contain adult language and content. Amber Martin — Theater Workshop 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.  *Performing Arts Center After her show, Amber Martin will discuss the creative process as well as technical aspects behind creating her production pieces.  Back to Top