10am - 11am, Mt. Scott 206

Bowstern has been known to fish for shad on New York's Hudson River, shrimp in the Gulf of Mexico, and salmon in Kodiak, Alaska. She's also been known to change the color of her hair at a moment's notice. When she's not fishing, Bowstern is hard at work on her 'zine, Xtra Tuf.

12 noon -1pm, Mt. Tabor Great Hall

India comes to PCC with the sounds of sitarist Sandeep Korannene. Sandeep has extensive knowledge of Raga music, vocal as well as instrumental. He will be accompanied on the tabla by Sai Kiran.

6pm - 7pm, Mt. Tabor Great Hall

Soriah, a studied Tuvan Throat Singer, has the ability to sing multiple notes, creating bass, rhythm and melody simultaneously. He often uses archetypal images and earth-based spiritual traditions from around the world.

• www.soriah.net

11am - 12 noon, Mt. Scott 200

Nakamura states, "My photographs are very cinematographic in style. They consistently have the time flow instead of completely still moment. I like to leave the hint for the fact that no time is still: always moving."

"My aesthetic endeavor started in 1971 when I was in the third grade in Nagoya, Japan where I grew up. I was so obsessed with old European movies including Fellini's 'La Strada'. Once a week, my parents allowed me to see the late night (11p.m.) European cinema program on TV. Often, I felt such a strong belonging to scenes in the movies (I can't remember any specific scenes now and I can't explain why I felt that belonging). I felt that I was in the cinema scenes, watching and following people. I felt both insecure and excited at the same time in a completely foreign world, far away from home."

• motoyanakamura.com/

12 noon -1pm, Mt. Tabor Great Hall

All elements Hip Hop jam! DJs, Graffiti artists, MCs, Bboys and Bgirls make up the four main elements of Hip Hop culture. Come share the experience with the Oregon Universal Zulu Nation as they bring it all together with the fifth element: Knowledge.

The Universal Zulu Nation (UZN) is a pioneering force that has been in effect since the inception of Hip Hop itself in 1974, and UZN continues to represent and innovate the genre while striving for worldwide peace, equality and empowerment. UZN will be performing at all three PCC campuses and at Southeast Center.

• Myspace.com/uzn_oregon
• Oregon UZN on Facebook

1pm - 2pm, Mt. Tabor Hall 143

An Alaska Native Yup'ik artist specializing in sculpture, Yup'ik spirit masks, and Native musical instruments, Charette discusses his creations and underlying philosophy about art. Through a hands-on investigative and exploratory approach, his art expresses elements of traditional Yup'ik spirituality, cosmology, and power. Charette's art is rooted in historic and traditional Yup'ik "ways of being" learned throughout his life. But he utilizes his own contemporary style, form, and perspectives in creating artwork. Spirits, Yup'ik cosmology, and spiritual beings are his primary subject matter.

Charette states, "As a mixed media artist I work with numerous materials which include clay, wood, driftwood, glass, metal, stone, glass beads, rawhide, porcelain, feathers, quills, shells, bones, paint, and found objects. A rare Yup'ik art form, pottery is a foundation for my work. Clay sculptures are low fired or raku fired in home made kilns. All teeth, bones, and spirits are hand made of high-fired porcelain. A flame worker, I make my own glass beads. Driftwood masks and sculptures are hand carved in a contemporary style. Traditional wood bending techniques are used in making spirit mask frames and Yup'ik drums. Native American style flutes are concert quality and made of hardwoods and low fired clays (including smoke fired, horse hair fired, and raku) .

"My artistic goals are achieved though constant exploration and discovery of new methodologies, utilizing new materials, and in exploring new art forms. Future artistic goals include monumental work, working directly with bronze, large fused glass, metal sculpture, prints, and precious metal work. Finally, I hope to push the boundaries of traditional art bringing attention to new possibilities in the mixed media art world. And, I hope to expose and educate people about the spiritual world of Yup'ik art."

• www.phillipcharette.com

7pm - 8pm, Mt. Tabor Great Hall

Come and hear PCC students read from their creations.

Thursday, May 13

11am - 12 noon, Mt. Scott 200

Kaigler works in cast bronze and found objects to explore social, political and mythological imagery. He says his work is driven by his "ongoing intrigue with both personal and cultural icons and their potential narrative interplay…."

2pm - 4pm, Mt. Tabor 102

Imagine a theatre that has the power not only to reflect reality but to transform it! Participants will learn the basic history and theory of Theatre of the Oppressed, a form of interactive theatre that originated in Brazil and is now practiced across the world as a form of empowerment and social transformation. Participants will get on their feet and learn some interactive games for community building as well as practice theatre as a form of dialogue about issues that matter to them. No theatre experience necessary!

As founder of bilingual project TheaterChange * TeatroCambio, theatre artist and cultural worker Tamara Wallace has offered workshops in interactive theatre for Portland communities since 2001. She has trained in Theatre of the Oppressed with founder Augusto Boal, and in 2004 traveled to Brazil's Central West for research and travel with the theatre brigades of the MST, Brazil's Landless Movement. She has worked with organizations such as VOZ Workers' Rights Education Project, Rural Organizing Project, Casa Latina, MECHA, and Oregon Law Center.

• www.teatrocambio.org