HAPPY FALL

In this email:

• New AMAZON book
• Pop-Up Now II at 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland
• Hairy Matter in Aarhus, Denmark
• SLOW at Oranj Studio, Portland
• Tempo & Transition at Cascade Gallery, Portland Community College
• Standing with Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

I dyed the above papers with onion skins in my backyard. Thanks to La Finquita del Buho and New Seasons Market, I had plenty of yellow and red onion skins to make a strong bath. I got quite the variation on color and texture. This paper will be used in my newest artist book AMAZONS that I hope to have ready for CODEX (Feb.5-8, 2017). It will be a sewn book featuring all 10 of my Amazon ink drawings, a pop-up 3-color map, and a pulp painting formed over a ceramic carved moonlike disk. Below is an example of the pulp painting . I had the pleasure of working with Jenn Woodward at Pulp & Deckle located at c3:initiative in St. Johns (North Portland). Jenn made the paper and I pulp-painted clouds and a burial mound.

object n. object v. will be on display in Portland (finally) in the Pop-Up Now II show at 23 Sandy Gallery November 4 – December 17, 2016. If you live in the area I hope you can come to the opening on Saturday November 5, from 4 – 6 PM.

Two Danish artists contacted me in April. They invited me to participate in a group show all about hair in Aarhus, Denmark. My book Hair Talk, volume II is part of Hairy Matter  a HINT Project. The exhibit is at PLADS artspace from October 1 – 29, 2016.  There are ten artists from around the world. I am the only artist from the U.S. It is a real honor to be part of this international show.

I just finished this new piece, hotspot, for a group show at Oranj Studio  in South Waterfront, Portland. Pamela Morris invited all of the past artists who had shown at Oranj to make a piece for the 4th Anniversary Group Show – SLOW, – October 8 – December 31, 2016. The opening reception is Saturday, October 8 from 5 – 7 PM. I hope to see you there.

There is an open invitation to participate in Tempo & Transition a collaboration through image and shadow exploring time and change. Curator Rachel Siegel and Gallery director, Sandy Sampson at Cascade Gallery, Portland Community College want your participation. The deadline is coming up so check it out here.  I hope to submit my Amazon animation video created by Adam Sirkin. The animation is of my ink Amazon drawings that were projected large on the gallery wall for my HOMAGE installation at  W+K last May.

I stand in solidarity with members of the Dakota and Lakota nations at Standing Rock Sioux reservation. Indigenous protectors from all over North America and beyond are putting their bodies on the line to stop the Dakota pipeline.
“The battle against the Dakota Access Pipeline is being waged as a renewed assertion of indigenous rights and sovereignty, as a fight to protect clean water, but, most importantly, as part of the global struggle to combat climate change and break from dependence on fossil fuels. At the Sacred Stone, Red Warrior and other camps at the confluence of the Missouri and Cannonball rivers, the protectors are there to stay, and their numbers are growing daily.”Nationofchange.org
I went to Lewis & Clark Law School to watch a screening of the Law at the Margins’ webinar, “Native American Communities Leading on Environmental Justice” featuring Dallas Goldtooth, Kanahus Manuel, Pennie Opal Plant, and Tara Houska Monday night. It was very inspiring! You can watch it on line here.

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This election is excruciatingly painful. Real issues are not being discussed – lies, bigotry, and millions of dirty dollars are being spent to perpetuate the disenfranchisement of the poor and underserved.

LOVE,
diane