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Something wicked this way comes...in just two weeks!

Check out these photos from our very first year of Upon This Blasted Heath, and then join us this Halloween at the golden hour for our SIXTH annual one-hour Macbeth!

Because what is better than a madcap horror romp through one of Shakespeare's spookiest plays, brief enough to leave you time to hit your favorite costume party or trick or treat route!?

Upon This Blasted Heath | FREE | Director Park - SW Park and Taylor | 5pm gather, 5:30pm show | suitable for all ages!

#halloween #theatre #ImmersiveTheatre #shakespeare #macbeth #immersive #TrickOrTreat #downtown #portland #PortlandOregon #free

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“Ballet is not dead. Not even close.” 🖤🦢

Thank you @artswatch for this incredibly thoughtful review of our production of @christopherstowell ’s SWAN LAKE! Swipe to read some highlights. ➡️

SWAN LAKE closes today! Get tickets for our final two performances now at obt.org.

Read the entire ArtsWatch review at the link in bio.

📸: Eva Burton and John-Paul Simoens by James McGrew

#portland #swanlake #OregonBalletTheatre #ballet #dance

🌟 “Burton danced superbly and so expertly. She was physically strong, composed, and calm, but also emotionally expressive, without ever overdoing it. Although I couldn’t always see the expressions on her face, I could definitely see them in her body, especially in the differences between the characters she played. Odette, dressed in white, was enchanting, lovely, and demure, while Odile, dressed in black, was more direct, fiery, and overtly seductive.” 🌟

📸: Eva Burton by Blaine Truitt Covert

🌟 “Simoens brought real emotional depth to the role and danced some incredibly difficult choreography with great skill and maturity. He had a commanding stage presence, filling the stage with his sweeping, circular solos, and was equally impressive as Burton’s partner…. For her to shine so brightly, she needed a strong partner who understood the music and could move her through space, spin her, and help her finish each movement perfectly in time. And Simoens was exactly that.” 🌟

📸: Eva Burton and John-Paul Simoens by Blaine Truitt Covert

🌟 “Oregon Ballet Theatre’s Swan Lake begins before the curtain even rises, with conductor Enrique Carreón-Robledo, whose wild, ecstatic conducting is a dance unto itself. He’s a maestro superstar, conjuring magic with his baton, letting the music run wild before taming it just in time for the curtain to rise and the dancing to begin.”

“The music conjured images and opened up new ways for me to imagine what was happening in the ballet. Having seen so much dance performed to recorded music, I realized how much I had taken live music for granted. There is something very real about sound waves traveling through space, reaching you as you watch, and affecting you emotionally. The music wasn’t just a

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Interview in @artswatch.

https://www.orartswatch.org/poet-qa-david-biespiel-celebrates-30-years-of-writing-in-beautiful-is-the-world/

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Thanks to Lilliana Watkins and Oregon ArtsWatch for featuring our current installation, "As Above so below" by Jacqueline Myers-Cho and Patricia Anders, in the context of Imperfecta's participation to Portland Textile Month.

This is the second year that Imperfecta Gallery is proudly part of PTXM -- while last year our contribution was minimal as our old gallery space was very petite, this round we participated with an art installation as well as display and a talk focused on southeast Asian textiles from the Martha Banyas collection.

PTXM brings to our wonderful city a plethora of fantastic events and opportunities to get up close and personal with the marvelous world of fiber and textile art and craft.

Thanks to the PTXM team for their hard work and to Caleb + Textile Hive for their dedication to textile art and preservation.

#ImperfectaGallery #PortlandTextileMonth #PortlandArtScene #PortlandArtGallery #FiberArt

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Huge huge thanks to @marnelucas for her remarkable vision and execution of
THANATOPSIS-CONTEMPLATIONS ON GRIEF, DEATH AND RENEWAL @royal_nebeker_gallery !
I am so excited to be in Astoria this weekend with her and @ditroen — incredible women, artists and end-of-life doulas. Join us at the reception tonight 6-8!
Check out a fresh feature on Marne @artswatch 🖤

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@unstaged.lab is coming out with a three volume anthology GHOSTS in the ARCHIVES. Honored to be included in Vol. 2. Sensitive curation by @dashshenz and @arek_ratai for a group of amazing artists. Books can be purchased in @unstaged.lab link. A larger section of my new work, When we broke the world, will be on exhibition next February at Patricia Reese Center for the Arts.

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Please join us at Linfield Gallery as we proudly present the exhibition “Cross+Roads” by the artist Danielle O'Malley!
The show runs from Oct. 14 - Nov. 14.

The opening reception is on Wednesday, Oct. 14 with an artist reception from 5 to 6:15 p.m.
This will be followed by an Artist talk at 6:15 p.m. in Delkin Recital Hall in the Vivian Bull Music Center.

This exhibition features ceramics, textiles,
and mixed media sculpture using found/natural materials.
The artist will also be showcasing the completed collaboration piece done with Linfield Students!

#linfield #oregonart #oregonmixedmedia #sculptureoregon #oregonartgallery

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New podcast episode of Stage&Studio @artswatch features the multi-talented musician/composer @joekye in his personal piece getting a world premiere 'through-lineage' @riskrewardpdx https://www.orartswatch.org/stage-studio-joe-kyes-through-lineage/ Give a listen!

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Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day! In honor and recognition of this important day, I’m highlighting a few of @portlandgov's public artworks, part of @pdxartsculture's purview.

The City's 1,700+ piece public art collection includes many works by Indigenous artists, from youth to elders, with deep ties to Portland and the surrounding areas. Those artworks include:

☀️ Flow by Greg A. Robinson at Washington Park

☀️ Carver by Bobby Mercier

☀️ Tla heniiya wens gahl hitchin’kin a’mah henwiis k’ihlan eik’ tah lah and Fish Sticks by Toma Villa and Shirod Younker

☀️ Indigenous Excellence (Natalie Ball) by Kunu Dittmer-Bearchum and Tim Keenan-Burgess

Artworks from the public collection are exhibited across town at civic buildings, including City Hall and the Portland Building, as well as outdoor installations.

Photos courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC)

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October Ankeny Alley Association Roundup!

It's the scariest and sweetest time of the year, and we can't wait to share what's going on in the alley and Pink Light District from our association members. PLUS! A little bonus treat (and trick?) for you!

First up we have @cancanportland's macabre mystery cabaret, Hitchcock Hotel, running NOW through November 15th! Fri-Sun 6:30pm, Fri/Sat 9:30pm.

Then, whet your whistle and drop your dollars at @kitkatclubpdxreturns with their Black Kat Cabaret! October 23rd and 24th celebrate all the cutest kitties with two nights of very special group performances to kick off Halloween week. 5pm to late.

And don't miss an extra spooky @portlandsaturdaymarket on Halloween day with EEKstravaganza! Enjoy all ages trick-or-treating, a "Boo Basket Raffle" of items by fabulous market vendors, and a ghoulish CRAFTernoon from 11am-1pm! Market 10am-5pm

Plus our members Misfit Academy with @speculativedrama have a wild and wicked immersive one-hour Macbeth over at @directorparkevents! Head over to Park and Taylor after the market and catch a murderous king in Upon This Blasted Heath entirely for free! 10/32, 5pm.

#portland #DowntownPortland #PortlandOregon #PortlandEvents #market #shows

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I learned a new word last night - palimpsest. In a broader sense, it refers to a surface used for writing, with traces of the old showing through. In this context, it refers to the multiple layers of ghost signs of the businesses that once occupied this building on NW 19th & Vaughn in Portland, Oregon.

1909-1913: Carman Mfg. Co.
1913-1920: Montgomery Ward & Co.
1921-1926: Oregon Transfer Co.
1926-1930: Storage & Transfer Co.
1968-1982: Western Warehouse

“Light Capsules” project by @craigwinslow is a historical restoration effort reviving ghost signs and hand-painted advertisements using non-destructive light projection, also known as augmented restoration. He’s done over 40 of these, each usually only lasting for a night except for the one in Astoria, OR that became permanent. It’s a cool way to preserve and document the past using modern techniques.

Shot on iPhone ProMax
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Light Capsules; Ghost signs in Portland, OR; signspotting, historical preservation, typography | #ghostsign #ghostsigns #projectionmapping #savingplaces #pdxnow

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Linfield Gallery proudly presents the exhibition
“Cross+Roads” by the artist Danielle O'Malley!
Show runs from Oct. 14 - Nov. 14

Please join us for the opening reception on Wednesday, Oct. 14 with an artist reception from 5 to 6:15 p.m.
Followed by a Artist talk at 6:15 p.m. in Delkin Recital Hall in the Vivian Bull Music Center.

This exhibition features ceramics, textiles,
and mixed media sculpture using found/natural materials.
The artist will also be working with students collaboratively to create part of this exhibition.

Hope you can make it!

#linfield #oregonart #oregonmixedmedia #sculptureoregon #oregonartgallery

Poster design by Sav Mayes.

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