To the Air • Paul Maziar and Cynthia Lahti
Cynthia Lahti, Hallie Ford Fellows, Paul Maziar, Spring 2020, Stephanie Snyder, The Ford Family Foundation, Writing
by Paul Maziar Originally published March 2020 Author's Note: I’ve been enchanted by Cynthia Lahti’s work since the moment I first saw it—thanks to my friend, the poet James Yeary. I’ve awaited the occasion to celebrate the imagination, surprise, strangeness and humor in her art, through writing about it, and was thrilled when Stephanie Snyder suggested that I respond to Lahti’s work with poetry, for the Oregon Visual Arts Ecology Project. This book is a record of a few weeks of pure magic that occurred in January and February, 2019. Much love and endless gratitude to Stephanie for allowing this [...]
Kristan Kennedy: A Corporeal Presence
Kristan Kennedy, Meagan Atiyeh, Spring 2020, Stephanie Snyder, Sue Taylor, The Ford Family Foundation, Writing
by Meagan Atiyeh Originally published March 2020 Figure 1. Kristan Kennedy, untitled arrangement for “Tomorrow Tomorrow,” curated by Stephanie Snyder and Wallace Whitney at CANADA, New York, June 15 to July 21, 2017. Courtesy Reed College Art Collection, purchased with the assistance of The Ford Family Foundation through a special grant program managed by the Oregon Arts Commission. Kristan Kennedy’s color-field paintings are worked and washed in a repetitive process. A small number of marks, additive or reductive in ink, bleach, or other mediums, often graphically punctuate their foregrounds. Her formats vary from discrete paintings, stretched and framed, [...]
Exhibition Event No. 3 • Portland Art Museum
Ed Cauduro, Marlene Gabel, Mel Katz, Monograph Bookwerks, Portland Art Museum, Spring 2020
Exhibition Event No. 3, December 15, 1965 - January 16, 1966. Exhibition poster. Portland, Oregon: Portland Art Museum, 1965. Exhibition poster for three exhibitions at the Portland Art Museum: "The Primacy of Color," contemporary paintings from the collection of Edward Cauduro, paintings by Mel Katz and metal collages and drawings by Marlene Gabel. Courtesy of Monograph Bookwerks. Artist credit: Mel Katz, Marlene Gabel
Hachivi Edgar Heap of Birds • Art Gym
Edgar Heap of Birds, I.M.N.D.N. - Native Art for the 21st Century, January 13 - February 14, 2014, Joe Feddersen, Nicholas Galanin, Peter Morin, Rick Bartow, Spring 2020, Terrance Houle, The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Todd Clark, Wendy Red Star
Heap of Birds, Hachivi Edward. Native Hosts: Grand Ronde. Enamel on vinyl and aluminum. 2002. 18 x 38 inches. Exhibited in I.M.N.D.N.: Native Art for the 21st Century, January 13 - February 14, 2014. Marylhurst, Oregon: The Art Gym, Marylhurst University. I.M.N.D.N.: Native Art for the 21st Century features the work of seven contemporary Native artists from the Pacific Northwest and Canada who are reinventing the concept of what contemporary Native art can be: Rick Bartow, Joe Feddersen, Hachivi Edgar Heap of Birds, Wendy Red Star, Nicholas Galanin, Peter Morin and Terrance Houle. Guest curator Todd Clark writes, "I.M.N.D.N. will [...]
“TBA:10 Human Being”
Anissa Mack, Anne Marie Oliver, Charles Atlas, Christopher Miner, Dan Gilsdorf, Dutes Miller & Stan Shellabarger, Harrell Fletcher, Jens Hoffmann, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, John Smith, Kristan Kennedy, Mack McFarland, Michael Dickman, PICA TBA, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA), Rebecca Steele, Ronnie Bass, Ruby Sky Stiler, Sam Korman, Spring 2020, Storm Tharp, TBA:10 Human Being, Yemenwed
Kennedy, Kristan, Anne Marie Oliver, Michael Dickman, Mack McFarland, et. Al. TBA:10 Human Being. Exhibition program. Portland, Oregon: Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, 2010. Published on the occasion of the 2010 Time-Based Arts Festival. Courtesy of PICA. Artist Credit: Charles Atlas, Ronnie Bass, Anne Marie Oliver, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Michael Dickman, Dutes Miller & Stan Shellabarger, Christopher Miner, Ruby Sky Stiler, Kristan Kennedy, Anissa Mack, Mack McFarland, Harrell Fletcher, Jens Hoffmann, Yemenwed, John Smith, Sam Korman, Dan Gilsdorf, Storm Tharp, Rebecca Steele Exhibition: TBA:10 Human Being (View PDF 12MB)
The Organ, Issue 7
411 Collective, Alicia Cohen, Allison Dubinsky, Ann Kendellen, Anna Keesey, Arts and Crafts Society, Ashley Edwards, B2V, Bill Daniel, Bill Shannon, Bo Brown, Brad Adkins, Brannon Ingram, Brian Jungen, Bryan Eubanks, Bryan O'Keefe, Camela Raymond, Chas Bowie, Chris Johanson, Chris Offutt, Compagnie Salia ni Seydou, Core Sample, Craig Pozzi, CrutchMaster, Crystal Williams, Cynthia M. Star, Daina Augaitis, David Greenberger, Domenick Ammirati, Donna Uchizono, Erin Ergenbright, Four Wall Cinema Collective, Gordon Lish, Guy Yarden, Harrell Fletcher, Heather Larimer, Hinterland Theater Association, Jack Saturn, James Lavadour, Jerome Huisinga, Jon Raymond, Julia Hoffman, Kaja Katamay, Ken Shores, Kevin Sampsell, Khris Soden, La Palabra Café-Press, Larry Colton, Lawrence Rinder, Linda Austin, Lisa Corrin, Lucy R. Lippard, Lydia Herrick Hodge, Malia Jensen, Margery Hoffman Smith, Maryrose Larkin, Mathew Stadler, Matt Love, Matt McCormick, Matthew Higgs, Matthew Stadler, Maya Lin, Meg Storey, Michael Brophy, Michael Knapp, Mike Ladd, Miranda July, Monica Drake, Morgan Currie, Oregon Ceramic Studio, Pablo de Ocampo, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Phil Busse, Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA), Prudence Roberts, Ralph Rugoff, Randy Gragg, Red76, Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC), Rich Jensen, Rob Spillman, Robert Gamblin, Ryan Boyle, Sam Gould, Savage Gallery, Scamper Franklin, Scott MacDonald, Seann McKeel, Seattle Art Museum, Silt, Sophie Ragsdale, Soundvision, Southeast Art Bank, Spring 2020, Stacey Levine, Stephanie Snyder, Stephen Cleary, Steve Connell, Steve Schneider, Steven Allred, Susan Beal, Susannah Hale, Terri Hopkins, Thandi Rosenbaum, The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, The Organ, Tin House, Toby Kamps, Tom Prochaska, Tom Spanbauer, Tracy Savage, Tyrone Kaylor, Vanessa Renwick, Yvonne Venegas
Raymond, Camela. The Organ Review of Arts. Portland, Oregon: Organ Publishing Company, September-October 2003. Issue 7. The Organ was a bimonthly broadsheet by and for artists that sought to increase, diversify, and intensify the dialogue about the arts. Camela Raymond was founder and editor. Courtesy of Camela Raymond (View PDF 49MB) Artist Credit: Seattle Art Museum, Yvonne Venegas, Brian Jungen, Ralph Rugoff, Matthew Higgs, Toby Kamps, Daina Augaitis, Lisa Corrin, Harrell Fletcher, Miranda July, Matt McCormick, Michael Brophy, B2V, Stephanie Snyder, Core Sample, Cooley Gallery, Reed College, Lawrence Rinder, Randy Gragg, Terri Hopkins, Art Gym, Matthew Stadler, Rich Jensen, Prudence [...]
