NORTHWEST ART AND CRAFT

The "2007 Craft Biennial: A Review of Northwest Art and Craft" has just opened at Hoffman Gallery at the Oregon College of Art & Craft in Portland. Works on display were selected by three panelists -- a curator, an art dealer and a writer -- and they explore "an extraordinary number of approaches and styles of handmade work in Oregon and Washington." (The Oregonian, August 12)

Displays range from collage works and textile hangings to inkjet printed images and glass sculptures, a total of 82 works by 58 Pacific Northwest artists. The final works were chosen from 324 submissions by 174 artists, who picked their best pieces.

Four works received "Merit Awards": a paper collage by Mary Wells; a sculpture by Amy Johnston; a painted beadwork image by Scott Schuldt; and a sculpture by Kate MacDowell.

The exhibition is open from 10:00 a.m.-5 p.m. daily from now until Thursday, September 27.

The Oregon College of Art & Craft is only about a 10-minute drive from The Fulton House, since both are located in S.W. Portland.