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In conjunction with the exhibition Kate Newby, A puzzling light and moving. San Cha is a singer-songwriter, based in the City of Angels, increasingly known for her visceral and explosive live performances. Her name, derived from the Spanish word sancha, which translates to ‘mistress’, is a mischievous reference to the title of ‘San’, given to male saints in the Catholic tradition. Fans of cumbia and punk, bolero and electro, flock to see San Cha’s emotional renditions of traditional Mexican ranc

Please join us for a performance by Roman Norfleet & Be Present Art Group in honor of the closing of fore x four curated by Diedrick Brackens, Sarah Miller Meigs, Ashley Stull Meyers and D'Angelo Lovell Williams. Roman Norfleet is a musical, visual and performance artist originally hailing from Joliet, Illinois and has been surrounded by and involved in music and arts since a child. From devotional recordings, to a beat tape, to an experimental improv album, Norfleet has released a range of expr

Please join us for one of three awareness through movement classes led by San Diego based practitioner Nicolette de SaintAmour. Each class will offer an exploration of bioenergetic movement in honor of the closing of Susan Cianciolo's ‘PRAYER ROOM, HEALING STAtion’. These lessons will aim to instill in us a promise to keep feeling,  emphasize that we are in our bodies and deepen our understanding of ourselves as biological beings rooted in the universe. We will be lead through a cycle of three t

*Each class will be capped at 10 people, with vaccination and masks required. We are giving priority to BIPOC community members. To register please email us at [email protected] with your date and time preferences to reserve your spot! About de Saint-Amour: Nicolette is a somatic movement practitioner, who has worked for the last decade studying the life of the body through its bio energetic process. She is a student of jiujitsu, herbalist and trainee of the Feldenkrais method. Having this di

lumber room and PICA present: Outfitumentary a film by K8 Hardy In 2001, artist and filmmaker K8 Hardy set out to document her daily outfits on video. Over an eleven-year period, until the camera broke, she captured these outfits - and outfitting - on a fairly consistent, if not daily basis. She used the same shitty, mini-DV camera and filmed in ever-changing living spaces and art studios in New York. What emerged is a record of the way a young, lesbian feminist dressed and styled in her “coming

The Art Handler Apprenticeship Program for BIPoC community members The Art Handler Apprenticeship Program for BIPoC community members is a nine-day, paid hands-on training program that will cover the basics of art handling and offer insight and background to the field as well as connections to the Portland arts community through an in-demand entry level position. In 2015, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation found that about 85% of preparators/art handlers in museums identify as white, while over 75%

Opening Reception Julia Dault Fred Sandback