Art Focus

On Tuesday, June 22, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews Ursula

Barton, owner of Jailbreak Studios in Portland’s central industrial

district. Barton talks about her ink-on-paper landscapes of Portland, how to

make income as an artist by diversifying product and u...

On Tuesday July 20, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews Marianne

Nicolson, an artist and member of the  Dzawada’enuxw (PRONOUNCED

“ZOW-dayna”) First Nation of coastal British Columbia. Nicolson talks

about her show A Feast of Light and Shadows which is on now at ...

On Tuesday, July 13, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews Blake

Shell and Adam McIsaac of Oregon Contemporary, the new name for what was

Disjecta. McIsaac, a graphic designer and long-time board member, talks about

the rebranding, while Shell, the artistic directo...

On Tuesday, June 22, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews Kenny

Helphand [PROUNCED HELL-fand] about the internationally famous landscape

architect Lawrence Halprin, who designed downtown Portland’s Open Space

Sequence, which includes the Keller and Lovejoy Fountai...

On Tuesday, June 15, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews painter

Judy Cooke about her show Form First, which is at the Elizabeth Leach Gallery

though June 26, 2021.

Cooke talks about the wooden forms she designs and then paints and collages,

the hidden influence...

On Tuesday, June 8, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews artist

Philip Krohn about his installation Auxart [PRONOUNCED “OX-art”], the

first show in the newly opened space Building 5. The 40-foot-long cylinder,

which looks like a birds nest-like is woven from cast ...

On Tuesday, June 1, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews artist

Ryan! Feddersen about Inhabitance, her installation at the Portland

International Airport, which opens in November 2021. Feddersen talks about

making public art on a grand scale, about her love of mix...