Making a name and paying the rent

01/24/03

The Oregonian Arts & Events News

Making a name and paying the rent There's a wealth of activity going on in the low-rent, artists-run Everett Station Lofts, where Michael Oman-Reagan, T.J. Norris and, until recently, Gavin Shettler have been directing galleries that offer the city's best low-fi adventures in art.
Beginning Friday, Norris will be holding a fund-raiser to keep things going at his fantastic venue, Soundvision. On selected days in the next two weeks, Norris will showcase 100 two-dimensional works by 100 artists, including some of the scene's more talented, if unknown, locals: Patrick Puopolo, Julie Orser, Meg Rowe, Muriel Bartol.
Soundvision, 625 N.W. Everett St., No. 108; 1-6 p.m. Jan. 24, 25, 31 and Feb. 1; 6-9 p.m. Feb. 6.
A frieze of life
It's doubtful that this year viewers will see anything like Francois Morelli's "Carousel," an 80-inch-tall, 137-foot-long frieze made out of rubber stamp images.
The Canadian artist first exhibited the monumental work last year at the third Biennale de Montreal. Now it's been installed along the winding walls of Lewis & Clark College's luxurious Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art.
But more than its size, the frieze, which features life-size figures morphing into other hybridized forms, promises to astound with its panoramic attempt to capture the many dizzying themes of life, from current events to violence, even fashion.
Lewis & Clark College's Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art, 0615 S.W. Palatine Hill Road; free. Hours: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Sundays. Closes March 16.

-- D.K. Row