Join us this first thursday in our gallery for an exhibition of photography, sculpture and drawing by Wendy Given.
Wendy Given produces work that resonate in the deep, dark and unstable ground between consciousness and collective memory. The current project "How to Explain Magic to a Dead Rabbit", consists of various portraits, objects and scenes depicting the subtle locus between metaphor, allegory, fact and fiction.
The majority of the work was conceived and produced this past February at Caldera and Blue Lake - where invaluable time was spent working at a month long artist residency in idyllic Sisters, Oregon.
The photographs, sculptures and drawing were constructed to evoke and illustrate an ongoing fascination with myth and magic, to honor the deceased, to reintroduce a contemporary narrative directed by centuries of folklore and legend, and to ultimately depict the fine, delicate line between realism and imagination.
Opening June 3, 5-8pm.
Show runs through June 25
http://www.wendygiven.com/
Dear Blog readers that are in Portland tomorrow,
You are invited to see writer, Ken Mercer.
Ken started his career in advertising, but could not shake the urge to be doing " real" writing. Back in the early 90s, he wrote his first book, a private eye novel then later ended up burning it. Years later while on an Independence Day trip with his family to a small town in rural Northern California, he got the idea for another book that would eventually become Slow Fire. He sat down and began to write it that September, and worked on it for almost four years.
Please join us while Ken talks about his journey.
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