Volunteer for the 2017 Art in The Pearl Fine Arts & Crafts Festival

Art In The Pearl relies on its wonderful volunteers — people like you — to help create its annual downtown arts festival.  Dates and shifts available are being posted on our website. If you have joined us in the past, thank you and please come back. If you are curious about joining us as a new volunteer, you are welcome to email volunteer coordinator Carol Risley with any questions.

 

2013 Best of Show Eileen Sorg

Booth Number: B25Midlife Crisis

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.twodogstudio.com

The focus of my drawings is the story and so that is where they always begin. Once I have an idea in mind I create a rough drawing and then rework it over and over until I am happy with the composition.
This sketch is then transferred onto Arches Hot Press watercolor paper. From here I begin layering ink in the darkest areas and then watercolor to quickly get rid of the white of the paper.
Once this base is in place I slowly lay down multiple layers of wax-based colored pencils to create the depth and realism that I am looking for. This is the slowest part of the process but also the most rewarding.
The final piece of the puzzle is the title. It is an important element as it lets the viewer know where I am coming from and what I am trying to convey.
I really enjoy creating very realistic looking imagery that depicts obscure and other-worldly scenarios. My ultimate goal is to make people slow down, think a bit, and smile.

2013 Best of Show Steve Harmston

Booth Number: B10

Steve HarmstonEmail: [email protected]

Website: www.harmstonarts.com

My art is an attempt to share the views of western landscapes and other aspects of nature. The goal of my work is to simplify the existing subjects and create my version of that world. I”m inspired by the beauty found from my travels through the mountains and deserts with their brilliant skies, endless cloud shapes, trees and the shadows that they cast. I take liberties with the collected images, alter the colors and mix elements casino online from varied subjects to create one image.
I create my art through the art medium of Serigraphy. While very labor intensive, it seems well suited for my creativity. I enjoy the physical aspects of printmaking.The hand cutting of the stencils creates the essence of my work. Each image is assembled one color at a time, by taking the hand-cut shapes and printing them in an overlaying sequence of transparent and opaque inks. I print only originals in very limited editions, choosing to forego the use of any other reproductions.

2013 Best of Show Kim Hamblin

Booth Number: B19Kim Hamblin

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.kimhamblin.com

My images are inspired primarily by nature and the sciences. Many of my images are based casino on botany, anatomy and zoology. I also live on a farm in rural Oregon and find the birds and scenery endlessly inspiring.
My process is unique, many people ask me if I “invented” it, I call it “cut paper assemblage.” I usually start with a painted piece of paper,cut an image with an exacto knife, paint it again, layer it with other colors, then nail it down to a painted plywood background with 5/8″ nails. Each piece is then clear coated framed with my custom milled framing.

Oregon Art Beat Meet & Greet

Oregon Art Beat will be at Art In The Pearl, Portland’s annual fine arts and crafts community festival, on Labor Day weekend.

Oregon Art Beat will be leading an informational Q&A with featured artist Grayson Malone, show producers, and videographers. Attendees will learn what it is like to be featured on Oregon Art Beat, Grayson’s cast stone, concrete and metal mixed media sculptures, and what’s in store for the upcoming season of Oregon Art Beat.

Join Oregon Art Beat at the start of Art In The Pearl on Saturday, Aug. 30, at 10:30 a.m. at NW 8th Avenue in Portland—between Burnside and Glisan. RSVP here.

For more information:
o Art In The Pearl – http://www.artinthepearl.com/
o Grayson Malone – http://www.cowboy-zen.com/index.html
o Art Beat Segment on Art In The Pearl – http://watch.opb.org/video/2365251502/

Trick Out Your Home!

Not just another outdoor art fair, Art in the Pearl is listed in the top 10 in the nation’s art festivals and has THE WAY to fill everyone’s home with the best of handmade things. 

 Warrens

 Natalie Warrens” exquisite ceramics enliven every meal (even if you can”t cook).

Best of all, each artist is present to explain their process or inspiration so that when the treasured object goes home it brings with it a personal connection to the maker. 

Poirier

 Drying dishes never looked so good There are a lot of drugs, causing problems and making first check home drug test pass impossible for us. with Beth Poirier”s handwoven towels.

 Well past the hippie days or even today’s DIY, Art In The Pearl offers the best of the best.

Sayyad

 Forget Ikea!  Visit Tom Saydah”s booth for fine furniture.

Hunt for this list of artists who produce super functional awesome art that will be used often in your home (and be the total envy of your friends).  They are:

Ceramics:   Shelley Martin, Natalie Warrens, Debra Le Air

Glass:  Bruce Stowell

Rugs:  Kimberly Morris

Furniture: Tom Saydah

Handwoven hand towels : Beth Poirer

 

 

Oregon Art Beat Video from OPB

Check out the great little video that the Oregon Art Beat folks filmed at Art In The Pearl.

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Short Films Wanted

Announcing a new kind of Collaboration Exhibit for this year's Art In The Pearl Fine Arts & Crafts Festival:

Last year at Art in The Pearl's Collaborative, we launched The Earth Narrative Series with Project H2O
” exploring our relationship with water through art and conversation”
This year we are continuing the Series with “Creating Common Ground” sharing Your Connection To the Planet.
An interactive, multimedia art stallation.
that will culminate at the Art in the Pearl festival
This art installation hopes to engage the public in collaborative storytelling through a creative, multimedia platform, while expanding the ‘language’ we use to frame ecological issues.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE:

1.  Create: Make a video or photo montage that is one minute or less in length expressing your connection to the planet.

2. Connect: Register by clicking here to upload your video.

3. Collaborate: Encourage your friends to do the same, or even better, work together. The more voices the better.

4. Come to Art in the Pearl on Labor Day Weekend and watch your videos create common ground by telling a story of connection to our planet.

The Earth Narrative will be exhibiting your videos during Art in the Pearl   
The exhibit will be open to all ages so make sure that your content is appropriate for all ages.

Artist Profile -Heather and John Fields – Glass

Heather and John Fields


John Fields became fascinated with glass in the early 1970’s while studying business at the University of Arkansas. Heather Fields first took a glass blowing class in 1987 while attending Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts. The two met in Portland and started online casino working together in 1995, and gradually their individual visions began to show the influence of one another’s work. A harmonious style emerged that reflects John’s love of classical form and Heather’s painterly approach to design.