Elizabeth Arzani and Tanner Lind’s work ask different questions about systems: both absent and present. Tanner’s abstractions create spaces that consider the balance between intention and unpredictability, asking questions about how things come to be. Alternatively, Elizabeth’s works on paper map the unknown in curvilinear detours, offering forms of communication that extend language. Off the page, curved forms are translated in ceramics that ask questions about the space of transitions; where things connect, are forced, or just won’t work.
I am excited to share that you will be able to find, At Finger’s End, a collaborative book I made with artist Tanner Lind included in Carnation Contemporary’s artist book fair curated by Hannah Newman and Kris Blackmore.
“The Extended Ear: An Artist Book Fair celebrates and questions the act of publication. At a time when everyone is making a podcast, releasing a vlog, or starting a newsletter, what does it mean to publish? What does it mean to publicly memorialize our thoughts, and why are artists in particular drawn to this act, whether through print, image, video, or sound? What is it about the art making process that so often leads to an output through print and language? Part of language’s power is in its ability to rapidly replicate, but does publishing become more or less powerful with access provided by social platforms and self-publishing options? Why is it culturally important to have a distinctive voice? And if everyone is talking, who is listening?”
Opening Reception will feature performances & vinyl DJ set by Blaine Hurdle of Needles and Pins Jewelry
(Left) Curator, Holly Keogh speaking with yours truly (right) in front of my work, Sentences I Keep Near (November), (Left) and In Pockets and Seams (Right)
“Some species of night-blooming flowers, such as Selenicereus grandiflorus, bloom only once a year for one night. This is a poetic counterpoint to a world where the next is always the now. The exhibition celebrates each artists’ individual journey from the seed of an idea to the tangible work standing before us.”
The Center for Contemporary Art & Culture is pleased to present the upcoming exhibition 'The Familiar Edge of the Unknown,' featuring individual and collaborative works by artists Elizabeth Arzani and Tanner Lind and curated Pacific Northwest College of Arts (PNCA) Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies (HFSGS) Curatorial Fellow, Ilsa Payne. The exhibition will run from June 14 to July 12.
Location
Center for Contemporary Art & Culture
PNCA, Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Center for Art and Design 511 NW Broadway
It turns out I really like making books. Inside Out, a limited edition artist book, is now on sale at The Fresh Pot (Hawthorn location) in Portland, OR.
PNCA’s Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies is pleased to present Along These Lines, an exhibition hosted by the Alberta Abbey and collaboratively curated by MFA in Visual Studies Curatorial Fellow Ilsa Payne and LRCW MFA in Creative Writing Fellow Justin Duyao.
Along These Lines will run every weekend between now and May 27th at the Alberta Abbey. The show is open to the public on Saturdays from 12-4 p.m. and by appointment on Sundays from 12-4 p.m. (email ipayne@pnca.edu to schedule an appointment).
Sentences I Keep Near, 2020-21,installation view, Photo by Marcio Gallucci
PNCA’s Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies is pleased to present an exhibition featuring 33 candidates from the MFA Applied Craft + Design, MFA Print Media and MFA Visual Studies programs.
(Left) Tanner Lind, (Center) Robert Maciel, (Right) Ilsa Payne, installation view, Photo by Marcio Gallucci