Category Archives: Art

BRICK BY BRICK

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Patrick

When Kristan began planning out the visual art exhibits for TBA this year, she had bricks on the brain. After her brother made an offhand comment about bricks and anger, she began to think about the janus nature of the … Continue reading →

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Eight Questions with Angela

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Patrick

We recently announced the hiring of Angela Mattox as our new, full-time Artistic Director, and we can’t wait until she starts in her new role. While we’ve all gotten to spend some time with her, we realized that you might … Continue reading →

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Angela Mattox hired as PICA Artistic Director

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Patrick

Photo: John Lee. PORTLAND, OR — Angela Mattox, former Performing Arts Curator at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA), will join the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art as the new Artistic Director, Victoria Frey, PICA’s Executive Director, announced today. … Continue reading →

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Miles Away in Marfa

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Patrick

Continuing our updates on what some of our past PICA interns have been up to, we check in with Raven Falquez Munsell, who moved to Marfa, Texas, last year to work on an internship with the Chinati Foundation. For the … Continue reading →

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almost 400 words

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Patrick

Former PICA intern Rachel Peddersen left us last year for the big city, moving to New York to pursue an MFA in Visual Arts Administration from NYU. The world better watch out, because soon she’ll be out, and she’ll be … Continue reading →

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GOLDEN AGE

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Patrick

Earlier in the month, I took a short trip to Chicago. I was in town to speak on a panel at ARTCHICAGO, put together by iCI and Jens Hoffmann around some of the ideas brought about by organizing and presenting … Continue reading →

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TBA GROWTH SPURT

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Patrick

Over the last month since our early lineup announcement, the TBA schedule has grown by leaps and bounds. One day, you’re working on a small program, and the next thing you know, you have a full-fledged art festival on your … Continue reading →

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ANNOUNCING TBA:11!

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Patrick

Video by Matthew DiTullo, song courtesy of Explode Into Colors/Claudia Meza. THERE’S NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT. This September, PICA’s ninth-annual Time-Based Art Festival takes over Portland, Oregon, for an all-hours, city-wide happening of contemporary performance and visual art. The … Continue reading →

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Curating People

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Patrick

The Arts Research Center at UC Berkeley is hosting a symposium this week on the changing modes of presenting performance and visual art, and both Erin and Kristan will be speaking on a panel there. The conference will dive into … Continue reading →

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New Additions

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Patrick

We just added a raft of new exhibit catalogs and small press books and zines to the Resource Room. Check out what’s new: Dan Gilsdorf, Ad Absurdum Weekend Leisure, Karaoke List by Song, List by Artist Ralph Lemon, Sunshine Room … Continue reading →

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