Blue Sky Gallery

Artist Talk and Book Signing

tubutis — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:00:38 +0000

Artists David Rochkind and Jamey Stillings will discuss their work on exhibit at Blue Sky this month.

Following the talk, Nazraeli Press will have copies of Stillings’s The Bridge at Hoover Dam available for purchase and signing by the artist with a discount available for Blue Sky Members.

First Thursday Opening Reception

tubutis — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:00:08 +0000

David Rochkind’s “Heavy Hand, Sunken Spirit” and Jamey Stillings’s “The Bridge at Hoover Dam.”

Both artists will be in attendance. Free admission.

First Thursday Opening Reception

tubutis — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:00:48 +0000

Robert Frank’s “Painkiller” and Karen Miranda-Rivadeneira’s “Bliss Street”

Free admission.

First Thursday Opening Reception

tubutis — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:00:35 +0000

Join us for the opening of Joakim Eskildsen’s “The Roma Journeys.”

Free admission.

Critical Mass 2011 Solo Exhibition Award Winner Announced

tubutis — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:03:45 +0000

Blue Sky is delighted to announce that, in collaboration with Photolucida, photographer Nigel Dickinson has been chosen to receive the Critical Mass 2011 Solo Exhibition Award for his series “Smokey Mountain, Cambodia.”

This award is given annually to one of the Critical Mass Top 50 photographers and is chosen by Blue Sky’s Exhibition Committee. “Smokey Mountain, Cambodia” will be exhibited at Blue Sky in Portland April 5–29, 2012.

Dickinson is a British photographer based in Paris, and he accepted news of the award while on an assignment in Bogotá, Columbia. His work focuses on the environment, human condition, marginalized communities, sustainable development, identity, and culture.

This is the second year Blue Sky and Photolucida have collaborated in presenting this award (Mitch Dobrowner was last year’s recipient for his series “Storms“), and we’re excited that Nigel Dickinson’s April 2012 exhibition at Blue Sky will coincide with the second annual Portland Photo Month.

Have a look at the remarkable group of artists selected for 2011′s Critical Mass Top 50 here.

Like them all? To see one image from each Top 50 photographer in person, make a point of seeing the traveling exhibition that will tour the West Coast in Spring 2012. Starting in February, the exhibition will be at Photo Center NW in Seattle, then in April at Newspace Center for Photography here in Portland, and then conclude in May at RayKo Photo Center in San Francisco.

Mark your calendars!

Photo: Youth recycling worker with lamp, before sunrise, Smokey Mountain

“It is Difficult,” with Alfredo Jaar

tubutis — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:00:38 +0000

Presented in collaboration with Blue Sky, Oregon College of Art and Craft‘s (OCAC) inaugural lecture series, Connection: Intersecting Tradition and Innovation, presents world-renowned global installation artist, architect and filmmaker Alfredo Jaar on November 14. His lecture, “It is Difficult,” provides a framework for considering the complexity of current social and cultural issues around the world.

Jaar works across media to powerfully articulate social touch points as he works within communities to find solutions to wide-spread problems. Born in Chile, and now living in the U.S., Jaar addresses the often-difficult intersection of politics and society, and his art has been a catalyst for thoughtful responses to global issues of conflict and sustainability. His work has been shown extensively around the world, including the 1986 and 2007 Venice Biennales, multiple Sao Paulo Biennales. His work is represented by Gallery Lelong in New York.

The event is free and open to the public at Blue Sky but space is limited. RSVP by phone: 971-255-4165.

Lunchtime Talk: Fritz Liedtke

tubutis — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:00:19 +0000

Fritz Liedtke will present a lunchtime gallery talk on his series “Astra Velum.”

Free admission.

Gallery Talk: Takeshi Shikama

tubutis — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 22:00:00 +0000

Takeshi Shikama will discuss his series “Silent Respiration of Forests.”

Free admission.

First Thursday Opening Reception

tubutis — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:00:20 +0000

Join us for the opening of Andrej Krementschouk’s “No Direction Home,” Fritz Liedtke’s “Astra Velum,” and Takeshi Shikama’s “Silent Respiration of Forests.” Fritz Liedtke and Takeshi Shikama will be in attendance.

Free admission.

Artist Talk: Carl Bower & Dan Ziskie

tubutis — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 22:00:06 +0000

Photographers Carl Bower and Dan Ziskie will discuss their work on display at Blue Sky in October.

Free admission.