UPCOMING EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS 2023 - 2024

“Claire De Lune 2023 Editorial”, by Yun Qu of Videmus Omnia | Photographer: Bochun Cheng

CLOTH, Construct, CULTURE: fashion builds a story
October 24 - January 24, 2024 

"CLOTH, Construct, CULTURE: fashion builds a story”, curated by Rhonda P. Hill, highlights work from ten international designers concerned with deeper issues about the world we live in expressed through a framework of storytelling. These fashion designers consciously define their work as art, constructing unique installations in cloth that tell a story. Nonconforming and experimental, they have created an innovative body of work that has timeless appeal, substance, is culturally savvy while sending a strong message through their designs, often reaching viewers otherwise not engaged in our aesthetic discourse. This new generation of designers is not about ‘cut and sew and sell’. Their work is about concept, meaning, and why it matters to create. They present their collections through a framework of storytelling on world issues with a defiant and passionate resolve to protect earth’s resources; in an age of divisive politics and multiculturalism, to celebrate cultural and individual identity; to raise concern for technology and the loss of real-time human connection; and to recognize untold history while calling attention to the unfairness of marginalization. This framework of storytelling manifests through their design. 

Rhonda P. Hill Bio​

Val Britton, Ammonite, 2022

GLEAN
February 2024
A joint program with Recology, an employee-owned company that manages a variety of resource recovery facilities, Metro, the regional government that manages the Portland metropolitan area’s garbage and recycling system, and Crackedpots, an environmental arts organization, is in its 11th year of supporting an artist in residence program at the North Portland Metro Transfer station. Each year, five artists are juried in to spend six months gleaning their art “ingredients” from the city’s refuse. The culmination of six months of hard work is celebrated in an exhibition. In the past GLEAN has experienced challenges finding exhibition space suitable for this largely sculptural show, and as a non-profit themselves, they have a very limited budget to work with. Parallax Art Center has signed a multi-year contract offering exhibition space and professional curatorial and exhibition support, at a deeply discounted rate. Having a professional gallery that offers clean white walls, proper lighting and a gallery docent helping guide viewers six days a week has proven to elevate the art experience, both for the artists as well as the public who visit. We recorded record numbers, both for the GLEAN, compared to past years at different venues and for Parallax compared to past exhibitions and are excited to make this an annual partnership.