What's new at OSA? Fall 2019!

Look What's Happening at OSA!
OCTOBER  3 - 10,  2019
Your weekly schedule of exhibits, classes, workshops, and demonstrations. 

OSA/Portland Photographers' Forum Collaborative Exhibit October 7 - 24 Opening Reception: Sunday, Oct. 6, 1-3pm

Ron Croft. Abandoned Ron Croft. Iceland Church

OSA welcomes PPF for this joint exhibit. Expect to see photopraphs produced in a myraid of ways - from pinhole and toy cameras to large format view cameras. The work may be digital, traditional color, and black and white, silver, ink jet or platinum. Come experience photography as fine art!

click here to see the OSA/PPF Collaborative Exhibit Prospectus

IN THE GALLERY DEMONSTRATIONS UPCOMING WORKSHOP THIS WEEK'S CLASS SCHEDULE

IN THE GALLERY

The OSA Gallery is free and open to the public:  Monday - Saturday, 1 - 4 pm with special opening reception hours as announced in exhibit listings.

COMING UP IN THE GALLERY

2019 200 FOR UNDER $200 Art Show and Sale November 1 - December 5 Opening Reception:  November 1, 6-9pm Juror: Anji Grainger This year's Annual 200 for Under $200 Art Show and Sale breaks the record with 125 participating artists from the Portland area and beyond. With, actually, over 200 12" x 12" panels priced at or below $200, you don't want to miss this exhibit! Join us at the opening reception for awards and prize drawings on November 1, 6-9pm. Find that perfect gift for yourself or someone special. We are still accepting donations of new art materials for the raffle and award packages for the winning artists.

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DEMONSTRATIONS

FREE 1st THURSDAY DEMO

Planning Your Landscape With Steve Kleier Thursday, October 3 | 6:30 - 8:00pm | FREE OSA Instructor Steve Kleier discusses how to plan a landscape painting effectively. While he will be doing the demo in watercolor, the techniques he will share apply to any medium. As one student shares, "I have learned much from Steve over the past five years about drawing, perspective, painting loose and using a limited palette." Steve Kleier. Autumn Waterfall

OCTOBER FIRST FRIDAY DRINK & DRAW

French Alelier With Joanne R. Kollman Friday, October 4 | 7 - 9pm | $30 Includes supplies, wine, appetizers, and model fee Join Oregon Society of Artists in true French Atelier style...Enjoy a relaxed open studio setting, or seek drawing guidance from the hosting OSA Instructor, Joanne Kollman. We will provide a model, charcoal, newsprint, wine, and good music. No experience required! Please Register at https://public.osartists.org/public/classes

FREE 2nd THURSDAY DEMO

Large-scale Collage and Mixed Media With Poca Kim Thursday, October 10 | 11am - 12pm | FREE Join Poca Kim as she discusses her unique artistic process of working with large scale collage and mixed media. A figurative oil painter, Kim was born and raised in South Korea where she loved to write poetry. Painting became her mode of artistic expression after she studied oil painting at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas

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UPCOMING WORKSHOP

WATERCOLOR BATIK ON RICE PAPER with Kristie Mooney October 11-13, 2019 9:30am - 4pm This will be a 3 day workshop focused on creating a Batik using watercolors on Enryu rice paper.  Kristie will meet each student individually to help with their own photo (or they have the option of using one of the instructors) focusing on technique, composition and design. Please Register at  https://public.osartists.org/public/workshops

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OUR 2020 WORKSHOP LINEUP IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR REGISTRATION! With over 20 workshops in a variety of mediums, there's something for everyone. Come learn with us! Register for 2020 workshops HERE Oregon Society of Artists 2185 SW Park Place Portland, Oregon 97205 info@osartists.org 503-228-0706

Free Art Demonstrations at OSA!

OSA demonstrations are free and open to the public.  Join us for inspiration and information about creating art!

FIRST-THURSDAY EVENING DEMO:  August 2, 7:00pm "Perspective in Plein Air Painting," Ken Klos

OSA member Ken Klos will share his plein-air painting knowledge, focusing on perspective. Ken is a senior project architect and project designer, licensed in the states of Oregon and California. He knows his perspective! During this demo, he will show how to apply this know-how in setting up a plein air painting.

Doors open with informal critique session at 6:30 pm, Demo at 7:00 pm

SECOND-THURSDAY DAYTIME DEMO:  August 9, 11:00am "Collage Storytelling," Colin Manning

Colin Manning will give an introduction to his medium’s potential for storytelling, personal expression, and social commentary. In the spirit of exploration, he'll show how his collage subject emerges by searching through magazines and books to find images that speak to him.

Colin received his BFA in Painting and his MFA in Filmmaking, both from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1998 and 2000. Through a technique of collage and painting applied “backwards” to glass and plexiglass, Manning conjures up a dynamic confluence of the transcendent and mundane.

ART WITHOUT PASSPORTS SERIES:  Thursday, August 16, 6:30pm "En Plein Air," Greg Lewis

The French term En Plein Air, or "in the open air" refers to drawings and paintings that are completed on location outdoors. This presentation will explore the experience of what the eye sees and the heart and hand express.

The act of painting outdoors has allured artists for centuries to heighten the visual senses, producing either a quick study painting, or a finished work of art. Among the notable plein-air artists are Claude Monet, Mary Cassatt, Winslow Homer, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Vincent Van Gogh, and Winston Churchill, just to name a few.

Oregon Society of Artists
2185 SW Park Place
Portland, Oregon 97205

oregonsa@gmail.com
503-228-0706

OSA Workshops in July

 

Marbling and Collage, Rene Eisenbart July 16 - 18  (Monday - Wednesday ) $335 Learn to create marbled patterns on paper, then develop your painting’s story by adding collage and over painting. Work on several paintings during the workshop.  Leave with one or two finished pieces. more information and registration Building a Roadmap for your Watercolors,  Iain Stewart July 26 - 29  (Thursday - Sunday) $525 Learn why watercolor is the perfect artistic medium, unmatched for its ease of use, cost of materials, and enjoyment of personal expression.  Simply subjects through exploratory sketching and value studies using a “road map” that will greatly improve your painting skills.  more information and registration

Oregon Society of Artists
2185 SW Park Place
Portland, Oregon 97205

oregonsa@gmail.com
503-228-0706