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Director for the Portland Art Museum’s Rental Sales Gallery, Jennifer Zika is a wonderful host and although our filming with a big tripod was an slight obstacle in the Gallery’s limited space, she made us feel welcome.
In 1959 the Women’s Council of the Portland Art Museum appointed a Gallery Board which opened the Museum’s Rental Sales Gallery staffed by volunteers. The Gallery’s mission is to promote the arts in Oregon, to provide a showcase for Oregon artists, and to increase public awareness of the Art community. Gallery commissions proved revenue for the Museum and help support the Artists.
According to The Oregon Encyclopedia membership in the Portland Art Museum is a prerequisite for renting artwork from Rental Sales Gallery. Artworks is consighnment, price set by the artist and rental fees are on a sliding scale. The Gallery host three artist shows a per year, in April, June and October. Currently more than 250 artists from Oregon and Southwest Washington are represented. All work is original and juried. There are 600 art works in the Gallery at any one time and over 2000 works all together. Art mediums include; oil, acrylic and watercolor paintings; wood, metal and stone sculpture; drawings; collages; photography; and framed prints.
Monthly Meet the Artists events began in the Fall of 2010. Each month on the last Saturday the Gallery provides an opportunity to get to know 4 or 5 artists represented by the Rental Sales Gallery. There is the chance to look around the Gallery, enjoy a nibble, a sip of wine and listen to featured artists talk about their work.
In addition to Elizabeth we filmed the presentations of Ok Ji Radda and Janet Lauvau Holt.
Ok Ji Radda
Janet Holt
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