Art
New artistamps: Christina Seely, Malia Jensen, Charles Wilkin
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Three new stamps in The Portland Stamp Company’s Artist Series are now available. No. 9 by Christina Seely, No. 10 by Malia Jensen, and No. 11 by Charles Wilkin. The Artist Series is an ongoing collaboration between Plazm’s Portland Stamp Company and invited designers, artists, and writers who create original poster stamp designs. All Artist […]
Ann Hamilton Habitus
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Habitus, a new Ann Hamilton project is part of Converge 45 this summer. The scale and depth of this work is quite exceptional. Make a point to visit. It’s not often something like this will happen in Portland. To get a real time sense of the experience, take a look at the OnCreativity interview we […]
Limited edition artistamps 1, 2, 3, & 4
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Our first four artistamps are now available. All are in a signed limited edition of 100. From left to right: No. 1 by Ed Fella. Less than five of these remain. No. 2 by Brooklyn-based Canadian collage artist Allan Bealy. Each sheet in the limited edition of 100 is individually rubber-stamped and signed by Allan. No. 3. […]
You have to believe in yourself
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OnCreativity sits down with artist Craig Costello aka KR, about creativity, risk-taking, and throwing the first punch. Craig Costello began making his markers in the early 90s and sold them at the New York City store Alife. He has since collaborated with brands such as Nike, Levis, Cooper Mini, Incase, KidRobot, and more. With the […]
Visiting the temporal with glass blower Michael Davis
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Glass blower Michael Davis talks with OnCreativity about the creative process, uncertainty, and being present. With the “OnCreativity” series, Plazm explores the nature of creativity and how it works via informal interviews with designers, artists, musicians, animators, and educators. Like creativity itself, their differing points of view inspire, provoke, confuse, and delight.
OnCreativity: Ann Hamilton interview
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OnCreativity visits with visual artist Ann Hamilton on location at her massive installation’ the event of a thread’, to discuss flexibility, trust, and risk taking. With the “OnCreativity” series, Plazm explores the nature of creativity and how it works via informal interviews with designers, artists, musicians, animators, and educators. Like creativity itself, their differing points […]
OnCreativity
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We all have the ability to create. But what is creativity? How does it work? With the “OnCreativity” series, Plazm explores these and other questions via informal interviews with designers, artists, musicians, animators, and educators. Like creativity itself, their differing points of view inspire, provoke, confuse, and delight. Since our founding in Portland in 1991, […]
Who is this slimy creature?
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Twenty years ago, in Plazm issue #9, we invited the Guerrilla Girls to do the inside front cover. They provided this nifty educational ad about Newt Gingrich. Back then Newt was Speaker of the House in the mid 1990s. When he was elected he came up with the slick marketing term “Contract with America.” In […]
Dear Electoral College
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Since Alexander Hamilton didn’t have access to email, I went ahead and sent this letter to all the electors via this site: Ask The Electors. Also submitted it to the Electoral College Petition folks.
Silkscreen Voting Party: Calling Bad Hombres & Nasty Women!
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Plazm has made some demented calligraphy inspired by Donald Trump’s demented words. Take them back and send him packing. The screens are burned! BYOB—Bring Your Own Bag or Shirt and pull a print Sunday night at Beacon Sound from 7-9 pm. Green Line Press will be on hand so YOU can silkscreen our ‘nasty woman’ or ‘bad […]