Events - Cascade Campus
Located at 705 N. Killingsworth St., the Cascade Campus has a small campus atmosphere in a diverse urban neighborhood in the heart of Portland.
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May 12-17
Multimedia Display
MAHB Second Floor, South Hall
The PCC Multimedia department is proud to present a premier exhibition showcasing student work using graphic images, audio, video, interactive digital media and animation to communicate ideas in entertainment, education, advertising and marketing.
Student Art Exhibition
Terrell Hall 102
See the wonderful new work of 2007-2008 PCC-Cascade art students. Our juror, Stephanie Snyder, is the Curator and Director of Cooley Gallery at Reed College. The Cascade Gallery is open Monday-Friday 9am-5pm.
Art Film Series
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 7-10pm, MAHB 104 (Auditorium)
Join us for a variety of films by noteworthy directors.
Monday, May 12
Chris Held - Artist Talk
11am-12pm Event Time Change: 11:45am-12:45pm, MAHB 108
Chris Held discusses images of his works, which incorporate a variety of media, from plastic and found objects to sound and light. Held states, "The modern world's lack of morality-supporting consumerism while alienating the individual-fuels the frustration underlying my subversive work. My objects and advertisements seem to have a 'normal' function. However, when investigated, that function is elusive, satirical and at times violent. Commercialism's insatiable lust for power and money distort our lens of perception; its neon signs, billboards, junk mail, and pop-up windows interfere with our internal experience and suffocate the human spirit. I'm interested in peeling back the layers of our commodified lives in an effort to reveal our true nature."
Gallery Opening
11am-1pm, Terrell Hall 102
See the wonderful new work of 2007-2008 PCC-Cascade art students. Our juror, Stephanie Snyder, is the Curator and Director of Cooley Gallery at Reed College. The Cascade Gallery is open Monday-Friday 9am-5pm. The awards ceremony is at 11am just outside the gallery.
Brian Oaster - Artist Talk
1:45pm-2:45pm, MAHB 215
Portland cartoonist Brian Oaster discusses how he got his start in alternative comics and self-publishing, and how he has become part of a renaissance of creativity and possibility that is happening on the Internet and in print.
Paul Missal - Artist Talk
2:45pm-3:45pm, MAHB 222
Missal, a founding member of Blackfish Gallery and former art educator, discusses his works and techniques.
Melia Donovan - Artist Talk
6pm-7pm, MAHB 223 Unfortunatly canceled due to illness.
Using photographs, pinholes, paint, wood and other media, photographer Melia Donovan takes "the mechanical information of an existing image to arrive at something that is fundamentally still a photograph…without its conventional forms." She received her MFA from Hunter College, CUNY, and has exhibited her work in New York, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco and Portland.
Portland Grid Project - Photography Discussion
7pm-8:30pm, MAHB 223
Grid photographers presents examples of their work and discusses the process of photographing within the constraints of a quadrant of a map of the city of Portland. Each month a new grid is given to the photographers to work within; at the end of that month the group meets to show work created in the current grid. This project has been taking place since 1996, and in 2005 the first grid survey of Portland was completed. The work of the grid has been shown both nationally and internationally.
Art Film Series
7pm-10pm, MAHB 104 (Auditorium)
Join us for a variety of films by noteworthy directors.
Tuesday, May 13
Portland Cello Project - Music Performance
12 noon-1pm, Student Center, Cafeteria
If you think you know cello, you haven't heard the Portland Cello Project. Described as "Highly talented, highly collaborative and highly experimental… a dream team of instrumentalists" in the Willamette Week, this group will have you on your feet.
Lincoln Miller/Pushdot Studio Digital Imagining
1:30pm-2:30pm, MAHB 217
Lincoln Miller describes and discusses Pushdot Studio, a digital image production studio and art gallery. They scan, modify and print images with a focus on quality and customer satisfaction. The gallery exhibits artists working in the digital realm.
Wednesday, May 14
Judy Hill - Artist Talk
11:30am-12:30pm, MAHB 109
Judy Hill makes female figures that look identical but are individualized through posture and gesture. All of Hill's self-portrait figures are portraits of herself that reflect different states of mind, thoughts, preoccupations and experiences. She discusses her beautiful narrative works.
Stephanie Robison - Artist Talk
1:30pm-2:30pm, MAHB 109
Robison's mixed media works exist on the edge between opposing dualities addressing the physical and psychological. She makes sculptures from hard and soft materials including stone, wood, fabric and thread. Join us for a slide lecture in which she discusses her work.
Stephanie Snyder-Curator's Talk
3pm-4pm, MAHB 104
Snyder, the curator and gallery director of the Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery at Reed College, lectures about college gallery directing and the art of the Pacific Northwest. The mission of the Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery is to enhance the academic offerings of Reed College with a diverse range of scholarly exhibitions, lectures, and colloquia in its role as a teaching gallery.
Baba Wague - Artist Talk
3:30pm-4:30pm, MAHB 108
Internationally acclaimed ceramic artist and author/illustrator Baba Wague Diakite gives a slide lecture on his work and his Malian culture.
- www.pps.k12.or.us/schools-c/pages/clinton/baba.html
- www.pulliamdeffenbaugh.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=177
Art Film Series
7pm-10pm, MAHB 104 (Auditorium)
Join us for a variety of films by noteworthy directors.
Thursday, May 15
Teatro Milagro - Theater Performance
9:30am-10:30am, MAHB 104 (Auditorium)
Teatro Milagro's mission is to present works that express the multicultural Hispanic experience. Today they present a portion of one of the theatre company's productions entitled "Zapatista".
DIY Lounge-Hands - On Art Experience
12 noon-2pm, Student Center, Student Street
Traditional craft, diy-politic and craft-activist kitsch! Join DIY Lounge's founder and lead-craftista Jenn Neitzel in a veritable bacchanalia of craft in a hands-on workshop. Welcome to the wide, wide world of Do-It-Yourself.
Venessa Renwick - Film Presentation
2:30pm-3:30pm, MAHB 215
The founder and janitor of the Oregon Department of Kick Ass, Renwick is a filmmaker by nature. Her iconoclastic work reflects an interest in place, relationships between bodies and landscapes, and all sorts of borders. Working in experimental and poetic documentary forms, she produces films, videos and installations that explore the possibility of hope in contemporary society.
Yoshihiro Kitai - Artist Talk
3pm-4pm, MAHB 223
Kitai's work is strongly rooted by a background in traditional art practices and Asian culture, bring formal elements such as composition, material or subtle color from Japanese masterpieces.
Friday, May 16
Garth Johnson - Artist Talk
1:30pm-2:30pm, MAHB 108
Garth Johnson is a self-described "hopeless pop culture junkie" who combines classical ceramics with modern-day imagery. Using time-honored techniques and materials such as porcelains, china paints, gold and platinum, Garth transforms traditional teapots, urns and plates into unorthodox expressions of contemporary culture.
Art Film Series
7pm-10pm, MAHB 104 (Auditorium)
Join us for a variety of films by noteworthy directors.
Saturday, May 17
Gene Flores - Artist Talk
1:45pm-2:45pm, MAHB 222
PCC faculty member Gene Flores speaks about his works and methods. His self-portraits have been described as humorous, insightful and disturbing.