Installation by Audrey Sochor

Master printmaker Audrey Sochor (87) brings printmaking into the underwater dimension in this light-filled, walk-through, immersion installation.

Bioluminescent Seas, opens at PAN Gallery in the Washington County Museum, 4|15|10.

Formated with 8' x 3', and larger, double curtains of sheer silk, cotton, and linen, her works are a shimmering moiré of underwater atmosphere.

Sochor creates a hybrid of mixed printmaking techniques: collagraph, stencil, monoprint, and staining on canvas, allowing the raw fabric to become a significant element of the print.

For more detailed information on Audrey Sochor's history and perspective, see www.audreysochor.com.

Opening reception will be April 15, from 5:30-8pm.

Catered by And She Cooks!

PAN Gallery is located in the Washington County Museum on the PCC Rock Creek Campus, 17677 NW Springville Road, Portland, OR 97229. www.printartsnw.org

Katy McFadden | Oregon Art Beat & Rites Of Spring

Katy McFadden, a featured member of Elysium Artists, is exhibiting several examples of her printmaking with PAN artists at Portland Millwork Gallery in Rites Of Spring, (see below) through 5|2.

Katy, known primarily for her life-sized ceramic figures, will be featured on Oregon Art Beat this week, 4|15 at 8:00 pm, right after Audrey Sochor's opening Bioluminescent Seas at PAN Gallery at 5:30, so you can enjoy both!

Oregon Art Beat repeats on Sundays.

www.ElysiumArtists.com
www.PrintArtsNW.org

http://www.katymcfadden.com/

INK & DRINK ... Atelier Meridian

FREE monthly social gathering at Atelier Meridian, 6 to 9 pm tonight, 4|9.

Barbara Mason, THE powerhouses behind PAN, demonstrates solarplate-based etchings that will rock your creative world with this incredibly fast and versatile approach to creating non-toxic prints.

Ink & Drink is kid-friendly! Kids are invited to come and make art with reckless abandon in our spacious and well-equipped art-loving studio.

Atelier Meridian is located just two blocks from the N Albina Max Stop.
665 N Tillamook St. Portland, OR 97227 | 503-729-9013
www.ateliermeridian.com

Installation: Bioluminescent Seas

Printmaker Audrey Sochor brings the print into a new dimension in her light-filled installation, Bioluminescent Seas, opening at PAN Gallery in the Washington County Museum, 4|15|10.

Formated with 8' x 3' double curtains of sheer silk, cotton, and polyester, her works evolve into a moiré of shimmering atmosphere, with the effect of a dive into tropical seas.

Sochor's choice of the ocean as subject is based on time and the minute and constant changes of the waters covering Earth. Her works place the viewer in a physical experience akin to the pleasure of a dive, but without need of air support.

Patterning the curtains with microscopic images of plankton, the artist creates a hybrid of mixed printmaking techniques: collagraph, stencil, monoprint, and staining on canvas, letting the raw linen itself become an element of the painting.

For more detailed information on Audrey Sochor's history and perspective, see www.audreysochor.com

Opening reception will be April 15, from 5:30-8pm. Catered by And She Cooks!

PAN Gallery is located in the Washington County Museum on the PCC Rock Creek Campus, 17677 NW Springville Road, Portland, OR 97229. www.printartsnw.or

More From Audrey Sochor

Audrey Sochor's installation

Bioluminescent Seas

opens April 15 at PAN Gallery,

Washington County Museum.

Jellies

Kelp Forest

Scuba Night

untitled

Audrey Sochor

April PAN Gallery Exhibit|Installation
Sneak Preview

Tendrils (installation)

Snorkel 4

Morning Glory 2

Kelp Forest 5

PAN's 30-Year Anniversary

It may be too soon to mention, since PAN won't be celebrating their 30 years as a professional artists organization until next year, but it is what's on my mind, so here goes ... .

The Concept: To mount an All-Member Exhibit of over 100 original prints that will travel from venue to venue throughout the region in 2011.

I've lined up two exhibitions so far. The first: PNCA (Pacific Northwest College of Art) in Portland for January-February, 2011. To be followed by a May-June show in that hoppin' hub of the arts in Washington County, The Glenn & Viola Walters Cultural Center, in Hillsboro.

I will be researching other venues over the next few weeks and am hoping to land an exhibit in Bend and the southern reaches of the state.

And while I'm here ...

A brief reminder to catch James Minden's spectacular monotype collagraphs on exhibit in PAN Gallery at the Washington County Museum, PCC Rock Creek Campus.

James Minden

Exploring Variations

Recent Collograph Monoprints by James Minden

PAN's reception on 3.18.10 was so worth the time it took to get there.

The new lighting that PAN and the Washington County Museum have installed is spectacular and shows Minden's work with the clarity and brilliance it deserves.

I shared with Jim that I found striking similarities between his work and jazz: multilayered riffs, rhythms, and harmonies of color and form. Truly, fabulous!

Minden's work also felt ancient and utterly new, simultaneously. Reminiscent of cave paintings and rock art left by our forebears and mystic ancestors who were as compelled as we are today to tell the stories of their existence and to leave traces of their presence.

Make time to see this exhibit. It's worth the trip out west if you live in Portland, and should absolutely not be missed.

To see more of James Minden's artwork,
both printmaking and painting, visit his web site ...

http://jamesminden.com/

image: Coherence 1, James Minden

Exploring Variations ... collagraph monoprints by James Minden

James Minden will have a solo show of collagraph monoprints on paper.

Exhibit opens March 18 and runs through April 12th, 2010.

Opening Reception March 18, 5:30 - 8pm

Print Arts Northwest|PAN Gallery

Washington County Museum
PCC Rock Creek Campus

17677 NW Springville Road, Portland 97229

503.645.5353 | WCM

503.525.9259 | PAN message

Coherence 6, James Minden © 2010

This body of work is my latest effort to create two-dimensional art that has been inspired by concepts of quantum physics. These works are mixed print media collagraph monoprints on paper. Each print is unique and includes combinations of elements that are used in more than one piece, creating the variations. Each print has been run through etching press four to seven times using different plates.

Media|Method:

Acrylic collagraph plates of various texture and finish, printed using intaglio relief, plus positive monotype and retroussage, creating a complex image of diffraction patterns, lines, shapes and colors of multiple layers with endless possibilities.

Rites Of Spring ...

Rites of Spring
Elysium Welcomes PAN
March 11 – May 2, 2010
Opening reception 3/11, 5:00 – 8:00pm
Portland Millwork Gallery
29600 SW Seely Ave., Wilsonville, Oregon 97070

The harbingers of spring are cropping up all around us, with printmaking techniques being as abundant and varied as new leaves. How better to celebrate the change of the seasons than by sampling the waters from the underground stream of printmaking?

Four premiere artists from Print Arts Northwest|PAN, one of the region's longest running arts organizations, have been invited to exhibit with three outstanding printmakers from Elysium Artists, an advocacy organization for professional artists, based in Wilsonville, Oregon.

Considered by many to be an arcane branch of the fine arts, Rites of Spring offers a range of printmaking media for the connoisseur and a lively introduction to the variety of printmaking disciplines for the neophyte.

Renowned Elysium Artists members Katy McFadden, Joan Carlson, and Palmarin Merges will be joined by Leslie Cheney-Parr, Natalya Balnova, Mary Farrell, and Gordon Sherman from PAN. These seven outstanding artists will be exhibiting the range of printmaking media, from collographs to etchings and monoprints.

A printmaking demonstration by Barbara Mason, Director of Print Arts Northwest, will be presented during the opening reception.

The public is invited and the event is free. Wine and refreshments will be served. All ages welcome.

Curators:
Lora R. Fisher, Exhibitions Coordinator, Print Arts Northwest|PAN
Sue Reynolds, Arts Advocate, Elysium Artists

Sponsored by Elysium Artists & Portland Millwork Gallery
29600 SW Seely Ave., Wilsonville 97070 | 503.612.6828

Information: pan@printartnw.org | 503.525.9259