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Visiting Alembic Artist Project: Cacophony for 8 Players
The first week in April PWNW will host Cacophony for 8 Players, our 2013 Visting Alembic Artist Project, for several days of rehearsal in our studio and a chance for the out-of-towners and the Portland-based Alembic Artists Lucy Yim and Emily Stone to share their work with each other. Stay tuned for a more public sharing of…
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3/7-3/24 Sowelu Theater Ensemble at PWNW
Hard Times Come Again No More a play by Martha Boesing March 7-24, 2013 Lorraine Bahr and Jim Davis co-direct Sowelu Theater’s production of Martha Boesing’s Hard Times Come Again No More. The play is based on the 1930s stories, essays, characters of Meridel LeSueur, a prominent “proletarian” writer of the 30s, who was blacklisted…
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Alembic Resident Artists 2013
We are happy to announce the inaugural artists in the Alembic Resident Artists Program: Emily Stone & Lucy Yim. EMILY STONE I am a multidisciplinary artist whose work integrates contemporary dance, devised theater, and visual installation. I use body-based research to create layered performances about an underlying question or idea, often using non-traditional spaces and…
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Happy Solstice
As we bid farewell to the old and welcome the new (light, year, Mayan era), we thank all who have made the past 13 years so adventurous and nourishing to PWNW and the artists we support. Now, with the stability provided by the recent and generous award of a Robert Rauschenberg Foundation SEED Grant, your…
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Announce: Alembic Resident Artist Program RFP
Request for Proposals 2013 PWNW Alembic Resident Artist Program Deadline: December 28 2012 Alembic = apparatus used in alchemy or distilling. The word “alembic” is also used metaphorically for anything that refines or transmutes, as if by distillation (as in “the alembic of creative thought”). PWNW || LAD is proud to announce that, with the…
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PWNW artists & audience thank the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
Many of you know about the electrifying and tear-inducing wonderful surprise we received about two weeks ago, when PWNW—along with 19 other grass-roots arts non-profits in five (non NYC) geographical locations around the US—was notified that we were winners of the first round round of SEED grants given by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. At the…
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Nov. 8-17 || 10th (FINAL) Richard Foreman Festival
Performance Works NorthWest presents the 10th Annual (and FINAL) Richard Foreman Festival Nov. 8-17, 2012 Performance Works NW is gearing up for its 10th annual fundraiser inspired by the work of avant-garde theatre pioneer Richard Foreman. Formerly known as a “Mini-Festival,” this avant-extravanza is “Mini-” no more. Get ready for 10 days of Foremanesque tomfoolery around the…
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Photos from the 7 Objects/69 talk
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7 Objects/69
October 11, 2012 at 6pm at the Portland Art Museum I will dance and talk about the artwork 7 Objects/69, which includes pieces by Eva Hesse, Bruce Nauman, Richard Serra, David Bradshaw, Keith Sonnier, Stephen Kaltenbach and Alan Saret whose piece you can see here along with a reflection of my shoes.
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Oct. 3 || A Portland Circus on John Cage’s Silence
We are stoked to continue the worldwide celebrations of John Cage’s 100th with the following event at PNCA: In concert with HAPPY BIRTHDAY: A CELEBRATION OF CHANCE AND LISTENING, an exhibition celebrating the 100th Anniversary of John Cage’s birth, The Philip Feldman Gallery at PNCA presents “A PORTLAND CIRCUS ON JOHN CAGE’s SILENCE.” http://cal.pnca.edu/haps/457 Created…
Performance Works NW || Linda Austin Dance 