Studio Art Direct Blog

Who would’a thought a group of nurses, corporate workers,  and parents of a kid with a congenital heart defect could come up with such an amazing, exhilerating, and out of the box art show and party?  Without much knowledge of the art world, this group did their first art party and fund raiser last year.  They expected 60 people, they got around 400. Everyone raved.  Who knows what this year will bring.

Each artist is given a sexy booth space draped in flowing white curtains. They begin their creations for the show starting around 9am.  At around 6pm the masses begin to flow in and watch, talk and learn from the artists as they do their work.  Later in the evening the created pieces are auctioned off.  Each artist is given a representative who takes care of their every need through out  the day and helps represent them during the show.  At the event itself there is music, food, bonfires and a groovy feel that is hard to fake.

PULSE, and annual art event, helps to fund the most promising research that supports the lives of children with Congenital Heart Defects.  Proceeds go to the Children’s Heart Foundation – Oregon Chapter.

October 7, 2006

Staver Locomotive (great old building) at 2537 NW 29th St.  Portland, OR

Buy tickets at http://www.chforegon.org

Or call 503 635 9460

PULSE is supported by Studio Art Direct

Janelle Baglien

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Don’t miss the soon to be famous Affair at the Jupiter Hotel art exhibit and other goings on.  For more information.  Visit their website:

http://www.affair-jupiterhotel.com

You know you meant to go see it.  Right?  Well, you have less than two weeks to get the job done.  The Portland Art Museum’s 2006 Biennial ends 10/8.  The Biennial celebrates the present moment in Oregon’s art scene and confirms the Museum’s commitment to Oregon artists and ongoing support of their work. Begun in 1949 as an annual exhibition, the much broader Oregon Biennial now serves as a snapshot of the state’s current artistic influences and trends. This year’s Biennial features work by 34 established and emerging artists who vary widely in their mediums and aesthetics and span a multitude of genres and intentions. Selected from nearly 800 entrants, this exhibition brings to public attention an adventurous group of artists reflecting on Oregon’s changing atmosphere.

2006 Oregon Biennial Artists

Brad Adkins (Portland), Marcy Adzich (Eugene), Holly Andres (Portland), Pat Boas (Beaverton), Chandra Bocci (Portland), Michael Brophy (Portland), Benjamin Buswell (Portland), Grace Carter & Holly Andres (Portland), David Eckard (Portland), Andrew Ellmaker & Mark Brandau (Portland), Ty Ennis (Portland), Anna Fidler (Portland), Emily Ginsburg (Portland), Heidi Preuss Grew (Salem), Jesse Hayward (Portland), Mark Hooper (Portland), Houston (Portland), Jo Jackson (Portland), Kristan Kennedy (Portland), Zack Kircher (Portland), K.C. Madsen (Portland), Federico Nessi (Portland), Lucinda Parker (Portland), Matthew Picton (Ashland), Brittany Powell (Portland), Shawn Records (Portland), Vanessa Renwick (Portland), David Rosenak (Portland), Storm Tharp (Portland), Mariana Tres (Portland), Laura Vandenburgh (Springfield), Bill Will (Portland), Amanda Wojick (Eugene)

The Oregon Biennial 2006 is an excellent opportunity for the Portland Art Museum and the public to discover current trends and new artists of Oregon.

Visit:  http://www.pam.org

http://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment

NEW YORK, NY.- A new organization dedicated to providing direct support for living artists on an unparalleled scale and national scope will debut this year with the award of 50 grants totaling $2.5 million. Founded with $20 million in seed funding from The Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Prudential Foundation, and the Rasmuson Foundation, the organization – United States Artists (USA) – represents an ambitious private investment in individual artists and the creative vibrancy of America. In addition to offering grants, USA will be an advocate for artists and their vital contributions to the social and economic health of the nation.
Learn More:  http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=17381&int_modo=1

The Time-Based Art Festival is a contemporary art festival of regional, national, and international artists presenting theatre, dance, music, film, visual exhibition and installation. PICA presents moments of movement and imagery under bridges, over rivers, on stages and throughout the city—all in Portland, Oregon USA. The TBA Festival examines and celebrates every form of contemporary art and is the only festival of its kind in North America.

A constant confluence of artists and audiences, TBA bridges discipline and geography with morning workshops, afternoon lectures, evening performances, outdoor happenings, and late night activity. The wall between artist and audience is very thin, all you have to do is walk through.

For more info go to www.pica.org

From coast to coast, “staging” homes is quickly becoming the industry standard in a highly competitive real estate market, and more and more agents are hanging expensive works of art to glamorize a room.

And it works, said Jan Sewell, a real estate agent in the northwestern city of Seattle who specializes in decorating homes for sale.

“Many times the houses sat there and after we stage them, we’ve got multiple offers,” she told AFP.

Sewell works with the rental/sales gallery of the Seattle Art Museum, which makes 20 percent of its one million dollar-a-year business by lending local contemporary works of art to real estate agents, according to gallery coordinator Jodi Bento.

With around 100 paintings currently showcased in homes he represents in the Seattle area, Sewell said an artist’s creation “helps to create an impression on a subliminal level, unconscious level … making people fall in love with the house.”

“People think they want to be rational in buying a house. Nobody is,” she added.

Angela Di Bello, who runs the Agora Gallery in New York with a similar rental program, agrees wholeheartedly.

“When you walk into a room that has artwork, the space becomes more personalized. It instills a sort of passion, excitement in the mind,” she said.

“It has a very positive effect. It makes people feel good. If they feel good they say yes, if not they become negative and say no,” Di Bello added.

“It’s a balancing act,” cautioned Sewell. “The principle behind staging is to sell the house. You don’t want the potential buyer to be overwhelmed by the art” to the point that they buy a painting instead of the house, as sometimes is the case.

Most often, contemporary abstract art is chosen for staging homes. A rental fee of three percent of the painting’s sale value will keep it hanging in a house for three months.

The works of art rarely surpass 20,000 dollars in value, putting rental prices usually between 50 and 600 dollars for three months.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060826/lf_afp/afplifestyleuseconomy