The 17th annual Art In The Pearl Fine Arts and Crafts Festival takes place Labor Day weekendin the beautiful and historic North Park Blocks of Portland, Oregon. Considered one of thenation’s premier art festivals, Art In The Pearl features the artwork of 130 artists from across theUSA and Canada. The Festival is developed and produced by a dedicated volunteer board of local artists. Our focus is on promoting the arts, educating the public, and strengthening a bond with the community. Please submit […]
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Oregon Art Beat Video from OPB
Check out the great little video that the Oregon Art Beat folks filmed at Art In The Pearl. opb.org/clips/embed/fD85192a20120913150629.js”>
Best of Show 2012
Our Best of Show Award Winners for our 2012 festival are Arunas Oslapas [Booth #88, Metal], Marla Baggetta [#75, 2-Dimensional Mixed Media] and Kina Crow [Booth #71, 2-Dimensional Mixed Media | Sculpture]. Congratulations!
Emma Morehouse
Today, Tomorrow and Monday at 1 and 4 pm. At the Earth Narrative Booth on Davis between Park and 8th: Live performance/ sculpture installation by dance and visual artist, Emma Morehouse. The piece, Column, is inspired by the private spheres we create around ourselves in moments of silence. These are moments we tune our senses and notice […]
KINK.FM Interviews artist Melissa Stiles about Art in the Pearl
“The festival’s board member and artist Melissa Stiles takes us through the fun annual 3-day festival, and what not to miss!” Visit kink.fm to learn more .
2012 Pearl District Sidewalk Sale
The annual Pearl District Sidewalk Sale returns featuring many local area stores. August 31 – September casino online 3 For more information and a list of participating locations find more information here.
Artist Profile – Eileen Sorg – Drawing
Eileen brings her mind blowing colored pencil drawings to Pearl for the first time this year. When asked about her start she says, “I have always drawn, not always well but I loved it and kept at it. It is basically a hobby that evolved into an obsession that is now my career. My […]
Artist Profile – Michelle Johnson – Fiber Wearable
Returning to Pearl for the second time, Michelle takes traditional techniques of wet felting and mixes fibers of silk and wool to create hand-felted silk. Her experience at Kansas City Art Institute provided a foundation for fiber techniques that she employs in her studio to this day. Michelle is a member of the […]
Artist Profile – Jacquline Hurlbert
Jacquline will bring her wonderfully inventive work to Pearl for the tenth time this year. Making imagery that populates an inner imaginary world, Jacquline describes her work as: “’odd.’ I don't know how else to put it. I think it has a psychological twist that draws people in. They don't quite know what to […]
Artist Profile – Thomas Rude – Sculpture
This is the eighth successive year Thomas will be bringing his woodcarvings to Art In The Pearl. He started carving wood as a teenager and continued into making sculpture. People began requesting carved work so he got into custom woodcarving for 15 years, and eventually into carving linocuts. Thomas says, ”My sculpture is folk art […]