Opening First Friday
January 7th, 2011 6pm-12am
featuring DJ DEENA B & a special live music guest!
About the Show
“Through out history people are remembered for their actions and recognized by their portraits. When I started this series I tried to divide figures past and present into categories (Good/Bad/Ugly) but found many of the icons I had chosen fit more than one of these groups. This evolved into me finding figures whose actions fit all three categories. With the subjects selected Chris and I painted portraits of each icon though our different and unique artistic filters. Our goal is to invoke the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in each figure though these portraits.
Scott Chase December, 2010
Featured Icons
CHARLES BUKOWSKI, FIDEL CASTRO, MICHAEL JACKSON, ELVIS PRESLEY, GRIGORI RASPUTIN, AUDREY HEPBURN, DR. JOHN MCLOUGHLIN, CRAZY HORSE, VINCENT VAN GOGH, ERNEST HEMINGWAY, MARK TWAIN, ALICE COOPER, EVEL KNIEVAL, CHE GUEVERA, LADY GAGA, JAMES BROWN, G.G. ALLIN, DOC HOLIDAY, MIKE TYSON, WILLIE NELSON, JOHNNY CASH, TIGER WOODS ,NOTORIOUS B.I.G., MARILYN MONROE, FRIDA KAHLO, BETTY PAGE, CHARLIE PARKER, HUNTER S. THOMPSON, HARRY HOUDINI, JESUS CHRIST, BABE RUTH
More information and images at http://launchpadgallery.org/haberman-chase
CALL TO ARTISTS: DECEMBER AT LAUNCH PAD
Criminales Todos
A juried group show responding to the criminalization of race.
Submissions Deadline:
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Opening:
Friday, December 10, 2010
The Safe Communities Project and Portland Central America Solidarity Committee are calling all artists to submit pieces to be presented at the upcoming art exhibit CRIMINALES TODOS.
<CRIMINALES TODOS is a travelling community art exhibit aiming to inspire an ongoing dialogue and examination of the social, political and cultural issues related to the criminalization of communities of color. From post-Civil War vagrancy laws targeting newly freed African Americans in the South, to police rounding up Japanese Americans and sending them to internment camps during WWII, to SB1070 targeting Latinos in Arizona; the history of police targeting communities of color has deep roots in American history.
In times of increased police surveillance, tightened border control and the implementation of anti-immigrant and racist laws across the country, we encourage artists to engage in a conversation about the devastating repercussions of policing and the militarization in our local communities.
Click Here for Submission Guidelines
(photo courtesy of John MacNair- More at http://scritchyscraps.blogspot.com/)
See work by over 200 artists courageously confronting their fears!
This fabulous show is only up through November 27th, and once it’s gone, it gone for good. Don’t miss your chance!
Gallery hours:
Wednesday-Saturday 12-4pm and by appointment
http://launchpadgallery.org/facing-fear
