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Carl, Mack & Zack are in full swing at the residency

Thank you for sharing your process with us!

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During their residency, Carl Diehl and Mack McFarland, together with former bandmate, Zack Denfeld, will develop the expressive range and performative permutations of their latest collaborative video synthesis system.

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#juliaetgeorgesfoundation #juliaetgeorges #artfoundation #artistresidency #roussillonculture   @mackabak @Zack.Denfeld @diehlcf

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Join us for the inaugral exhibition at Congress Yard Project's S. Wildman Signpost Project Space featuring new painting by Beth Wooten, curated by Bruce Conkle. Saturday Sept 19 3-5pm

Beth Wooten statement:
I paint color focused abstractions as a way to grasp at the precarity of these times. I'm interested in color theory and the history of color, but am also distracted by and contemplating the forces at work denying us the space, resources, and focus necessary for such reflections. I've maintained a sporadic yet long term practice from charleston sc to portland or.

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Congress Yard Projects (CYP) has a new 24/7 exhibition site!

Please join us in a warm welcome to the S.Wildman Signpost Project!!! Existing on the remaining structure of Sam Wildman's untitled artwork from CYP's 2021 hard & SOFT exhibition, this remnant that has been confusing neighbors and passersby alike, is now the latest site and support for artworks and artists.

Please join us September 19th from 3 - 5pm for merriment, and libations at the opening of the inaugural exhibition of S.Wildman Signpost Project (SWSPP), one hoop against the next by Beth Wooten, curated by SWSPP curator in residence Bruce Conkle.

Sept 19th 3-5pm
7000 block of North Congress Ave, at N Morgan St. Portland, OR 97217

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Bonsoir Carl, Mack & Zack 👋👋
See you soon!

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Carl Diehl and Mack McFarland have performed collaboratively for 25 years, and since 2007, in Portland, Oregon. As members of the band Weird-Fiction, from 2009 to 2016, they developed elaborate forms of audiovisual performance with an ensemble of artists, including Zack Denfeld, Vinh Nguyen, Sean Reagan, and Jeffrey Richardson. Since 2022, they have performed as the duo DMV, developing unique visual accompaniment for musicians including Gold Solid, Collate, and Dragging an Ox Through Water.

During their residency, Carl Diehl and Mack McFarland, together with former bandmate, Zack Denfeld, will develop the expressive range and performative permutations of their latest collaborative video synthesis system.

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#juliaetgeorgesfoundation #juliaetgeorges #artfoundation #artistresidency #roussillonculture

@mackabak @Zack.Denfeld @diehlcf

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It’s too golden a day to be leaving.

River keeps flowing. Boiling pain, clear delight, the laundry in between. You know. Lonely breaths, full breaths, breaths shared with the moon, the sunset, with someone else.

Thank you summer.

Make a wish.

🌞

🎂 drawing by me on the plane, quote from @erka.d

(where I’m returning is an eternal tropical summer 🌴 “thank you summer” would sound ridiculous 🤭)

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Noah Beckham
Welcome Home Dimorph
August 9 - September 13, 2026

PPSTMM is jazzed to share its latest exhibition, Welcome Home Dimorph, from a Black Art Ecology of Portland (BAEP) Artist in Residence, Noah Beckham. Join us for collegiality and refreshments August 9th from 11:00am - 1:00pm for an opening reception.

With Welcome Home Dimorph Beckham’s gambit was to domesticate PPSTMM’s white cube vibe. In moving a custom made display shelf from their home to PPSTMM, Beckham initiates a feedback loop on their project of constructing an intentional exhibition area into their own domestic space. In Beckham’s home, the aesthetic of the shelf aids in the sacred atmosphere of the contemporary art viewing site. In bringing it to PPSTMM, it reads as both sculpture and support.

This switcheroo is only the foundation of Welcome Home Dimorph. Nestled around the gallery is a sculptural and digital installation that are building multiple worlds from 3D animations, whose architecture and landscapes reflect the narrativizing ontologies of past sensory experiences. In a Bachelardian move, each nook and cranny of the installation harbors emotions and the viewer's capacity to access them will rely on imagination and a metaphorical mindset.

BIO
Noah Beckham and Dimorph are sitting in a tree whispering about materiality, repetition, the relationship between object and human, the mundane and the extraordinary.

Gallery hours:
Aug 9, 11am - 1pm opening reception.
Aug 10, 4pm - 7pm
Aug 24, 4pm - 7pm
Sept 5, 10am - 2pm
More hours will be posted on Instagram throughout the run.
Contact for appointments.

Noah Beckham’s exhibition concludes their A Black Art Ecology of Portland (BAEP) Artist in Residence experience, which began in February 2026.

About Black Arts Ecology of Portland:
A Black Art Ecology of Portland (BAEP)—a transdisciplinary convener and resource mobilizer cultivating networks of creative care for Black artists—nůn cultivates a joyful space of technical and creative support; offering production, design, distribution support, education, and studio access, prioritizing the needs of Black and Indigenous artists and organizers.

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Samara Andre @artheaux__
Everything I Am Has Already Happened
March 13 - May 3, 2026

PPSTMM is delighted to announce its latest exhibition, Everything I Am Has Already Happened from a Black Art Ecology of Portland (BAEP) Artist in Residence, Samara Andre. Join us for conversation and refreshments March 13th from 6:00pm - 8:00pm for an opening reception.

Portland-born multidisciplinary artist Samara Andre’s newest exhibition, Everything I Am Has Already Happened, invites viewers into a deeply personal exploration of Blackness and being. Through her vivid, expressive paintings, Andre reflects on resilient futures, the retracing of lineage to unknowable ancestors, and the intricacies of lived experience.These works not only engage with the unfolding history of a first-gen Haitian, they speak to the ongoing journey of an artist and cultural producer, through layers of personal symbology and visual storytelling.

Each of the works in the exhibition delves into the subtleties and contradictions of inherited history and future possibility, offering a layered vision of who the artist is within the epoch of our time. The paintings consider the complexity of our relationship with time and identity—how our daydreams and nightmares are intertwined in ways that cannot always be neatly understood.

Through this collection, Samara Andre offers a reflective space for dreaming. Rather than offering clarity or resolution, Andre’s paintings embrace the complexities inherent in every individual’s journey. In a world that often demands complete coherence, these works assert the freedom to be undefined, to resist the urge for comprehension, and to live within the richness of what is not fully revealed.

BIO
Samara Andre (pronouns: She/They) is a Portland native multidisciplinary artist who specializes in painting, and creative direction. A Co- creative of Art heaux; a Blk and Brown artist duo who work to create events, showcases, and gatherings for locals to center Blk and Indigenous creativity.

Gallery hours
March 13, 6pm - 8pm - opening reception
March 22, 10am - 2pm
April 19, 10am - 2pm
May 2, 10am - 2pm

Contact for appointment

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These three baskets are housed in a wooden and plexiglass display case built by Kent Richardson. Inside the plinth, a plexiglass riser elevates the baskets, allowing them the greatest visual access possible. Additionally, a mirror embedded on the top of the wooden base reflects the undersides of the baskets while also incorporating the viewer’s own reflection into the installation. This interactive element welcomes guests and encourages them to see themselves within the work.

The design is an adaptation of those he and Hannah Bakken Morris(Project Manager) designed and built for the permanent public art installation titled ARROWHEAD (Oregon Community Foundation Creative Heights Public Art Project, 2019-2024, Lead Artist: Sara Siestreem (Hanis Coos) and Curator: Mack McFarland, beneficiary: Pacific Northwest College of Art/Willamette University).

Through this installation, I hope to thread a connection between the histories, traditions, and narratives of Oregon that moves with joy, innovation, and respect into our collective future.

#waterislife

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At the time this basket was created, the Dzawada’enuxw Nation were actively opposing fish farms that were threatening their natural waterways and traditional fishing practices. Their efforts were ultimately successful. Simultaneously, the Coos Bay Estuary faced a similar threat from an LNG project. Through the simple act of practicing our protected sovereign rights of gathering on the land and fishing in the places of our ancestors, we were able to protect these waterways. These factors eventually contributed in duel environmental triumphs.

This basket holds the story of a long-distance exchange of intellectual property between the people of this place and our northern cousins. It represents our shared commitment to the land, intergenerational learning, and relational worldview. Lastly, up all night holds the story of how weaving these practices together over time, led us through ecological threat to eventual natural victory.

Since the start of my weaving research, I had wanted to replicate a clam basket in large numbers to create installations to warn of the upcoming threat to Jordan Cove and the Coos Bay Estuary. I spoke with one of my curatorial partners, Mack McFarland about how to achieve this as making root baskets in the kind of numbers I would need for the impact I was imaging was a non-starter in terms of time and ecological sustainability. He suggested 3 D printing, a technology far outside my scope, so it became a hope and dream conversation woven into all future opportunities.

The second basket in this installation, transtemporal clam basket (2017-2022), is a 3D-scanned reproduction of an original clam basket I wove from roots gathered on the North Spit of Jordan Cove in 2017 with my tribe and the manifestation of his idea. Beginning in 2018 I had a research fellowship with the Center for Art and Research at the University of Oregon in concert with an exhibition I was building with Holding Contemporary and the UO Jordan Schnitzer Museum focused on Institutional Access titled pearly gates. I had shared the aforementioned vision with my curatorial guide for that fellowship, Tiff Harker.

(part two)
#waterislife

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PPSTMM is quite happy to announce an exhibition and performance from
Raul J. Mendez, opening Friday January 9th, 2026 from 6:00 - 8:00pm, with the performance starting around 7:00pm.

Raul J Mendez’s paintings have me asking questions like: Is that which “goes bump in the night” the lingering auditory memory of past heartbeats nestled within my collective subconscious ? Or is that conspiratorially hatched bogeyman the byproduct of mythmaking mind-control devised by charlatans and sages alike? The images do not shy away from plots and collective human behaviors, while at the same time are imbued with the plight of the individual in situ.

The handling of paint changes from work to work, allowing the emotional tone of each episode to guide its approach. Atmospheric washes and drips create fog filled communal spaces; crisp, flat color fields emphasize repetition and rhythm; dense layering and textured over painting introduce narrative chaos and unease. Across these shifting modes, the artist cultivates an unstable border between the familiar and the uncanny.

What emerges are worlds in which social interaction becomes conspiracy rituals, architecture becomes psychology, and every gathering holds the potential for revelation or rupture.

Accompanying this suite of paintings will be a screening Endnotes & Errata. This video will be presented with a live score from Hieronymous Ross, Mendez’s current musical project featuring Mendez and Brian Capati, at the opening of the exhibition, Friday January 9 at 7:00pm. Mendez speaks of the video and music as footnotes to the paintings and his research over the last five years.

#rauljmendez
#raulmendez
#art
#contemporaryartwork
#painting

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war dance

(north view)
2019/disjeta

TISON with tobacco purse, more notes later

///dance apron/s first win

(i got the call that Mack McFarland and I won a Creative Heights project grant for ARROWHEAD, (visit at pnca/willamette 511 building, 2019-2024) while i was installing this work and moving to bend the following week, needless to say, out of my mind)

#presidentsaretemporary

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