Beard’s Framing

www.beards.com

Beard’s Framing has been framing all the good things in people’s lives for over 30 years. And we are proud to be involved in SWAN Day, in celebration of women artists. Our organization supports women in all aspects of the arts – artists, designers and business women. We applaud the contribution you all make to our communities through your work. Beard’s Framing is a natural partner and we hope to see you at any of our Portland area locations.

Siren Nation

www.sirennation.com

Siren Nation is a unique non-profit arts organization that showcases and creates performance and exhibition opportunities for women in the Northwest year round.  We are the only women’s collective that produces an annual Music, Film, Visual Arts and Community Festival each November. 

Music Millennium

www.musicmillennium.com

A Place Where the Music and People Still Matter

Music Millennium is the oldest record store in existence in the Pacific Northwest . Throughout our history, we've stocked the ever-evolving gamut of formats including LP's, 45's, reel-to-reel, 8-track, cassette, DAT, compact disc, mini-disc, DCC and CD-ROM.  You can visit Portland's homegrown music store at: 3158 E. Burnside at 32nd.

pdxCreativeXchange

pdxCreativeXchange is a free on-line resource and monthly networking community for professional women who work in Portland’s cultural and creative arts. This community serves as a “brain trust” and “wisdom pool” where members can safely exchange information, foster conversations, create agendas, provide support and form a powerful community for personal growth and professional development. Contact Mary Beth Felker at mb@thevoiceproject.com or Lisa Lepine at llpromo@gmail.com for more information.

Saturday

3/28

Sunday

3/29

MCs - Jule Gilfillan and Katrina Sarson,

Producers, OPB’s Oregon Art Beat

1:00 – 4:00

Visual Art Exhibit & Live Painting

1:00 – 4:00

Visual Art Exhibit & Live Painting

1:00 – 1:45     

Carley Baer & Elke Robitaille

1:00 – 1:45 

Discussion – Women in Creative Fields led by OPB’s Jule Gilfillan

2:00 - 2:45

2:00 – 2:45 

Portland Women Writers - Writing Workshop with Dawn Thompson

3:00 – 3:45     

4:00 – 4:45     

97.1 Charlie FM’s Shel Bailey

Listen live at www.charliefm.com

FM 97.1’s “Charlie Girl” is on the air every day hosting drive time shows, updating listeners on station events at all hours of the day and night, and playing in a band, Luna Moon & Soul’R.  She can be heard bringing the house down at some of Portland’s most notable and un-notable venues.  

OPB, Oregon Art Beat Producer, Katrina Sarson

http://www.opb.org/programs/artbeat

In addition to her work for Art Beat and OPB, Katrina has worked in television production for more than 15 years, starting at Chicago's PBS station (WTTW) and spending more than a decade as an independent producer in Illinois, Colorado and Oregon. Katrina has produced and written for PBS, HGTV, Food Network, Fine Living Network, ESPN and many others. Her interest in education and media includes a Masters in Education (Technology in Education); and she has taught media literacy skills to elementary and middle school students in the Portland Public Schools for the past three years. She enjoys living in Portland, especially hiking in Forest Park, eating locally grown food, and attending the Jazz Festival every year.

OPB, Oregon Art Beat Producer, Jule Gilfillan

http://www.opb.org/programs/artbeat

A native Oregonian, and daughter of Warren Gilfillan who created the Oregon Outdoor School, Gilfillan's is a producer of OREGON ART BEAT and OREGON FIELD GUIDE for OPB. Her production credits include programs for NBC, MSNBC, HBO, Sundance, MTV, A&E, Discovery, Lifetime and others. She was also on the Emmy-Award winning team of the NBC series "Starting Over." Before joining OPB Gilfillan worked as an independent producer in Los Angeles

Acoustic Minds

www.acousticminds.com

Shook Twins

www.shooktwins.com

Elke Robitaille &  Carley Baer

www.elkemusic.com

www.carleybaer.com

Sharon Sassone

http://www.shashasassone.com

Sharon Sassone, also known as ShaSha, is an award-winning playwright, actor, and director who was artistic director of A Stage of One's Own Theatre Company in Chicago for ten years.  A founding member of the acclaimed Chicago Dramatists Workshop, she founded the Portland Dramatists Workshop (PDW) after moving here in 1997 to be near her sons and grandchildren.  At present, the PDW meets on alternating Saturday afternoons at the Watershed PDX.  ShaSha is currently working on her play "Fort Vancouver" about a young, pre-Civil War Captain Ulysses S. Grant who takes Providence Hospital founder Mother Joseph on a begging tour to the northwest gold mines.  ShaSha was awarded the Oregon Literary Arts Fellowship for Drama for her play "Hebrew Lessons" about a retired American couple who move to Israel to give back by teaching Hebrew to Russian immigrants.  ShaSha has a novel-in-progress (that was complimented by Saul Bellow, but that's another story) about an ignored girl growing up wild in Chicago in the 50's and 60's.  To read the beginning of the novel "Tales From the Old Neighborhood," and to learn more about ShaSha and the PDW, go to her website at shashasassone.com.  Come hear ShaSha participate in the discussion about Women in Creative Fields, Sunday 3/28 at 1:00, and then see her perform from "The Conditions of Unconditional Love" at 4:00.   

In "Conditions of Unconditional Love," a grandmother is forced to face the fact that her teenaged grandchild may have stolen the money to buy a cell phone.  Many people talk about unconditional love, but is it really?  Sassone uses humor to explore such questions as "Don't we all have lines that can't be crossed and expectations that can't be ignored?  What's a grandmother to do to keep her family on the right track and their love as strong as it can be?" 

Art on Alberta

http://artonalberta.org/

For more than a decade, Art on Alberta (AoA) has been a fixture in our community, providing education, and outreach to a wide ranging audience in order to foster understanding and appreciation of all forms of art. AoA is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the Alberta Art District’s distinct cultural identity through art and educational activities.  The 11th Annual Alberta Art Hop takes place May 15th  , 2010.   President Hilary Pfeifer will be participating in the SWAN Day PDX discussion about Women in Creative Fields on Sunday from 1:00– 1:45.

Creative Advocacy Network (CAN)

http://theartscan.org/

While many consider Portland to be an epicenter of creativity, public funding for the arts in our region is well below that of other comparable metropolitan areas and many of our school districts can no longer afford arts and music programming for our children. Arm in arm with business, arts, education and local government, CAN will establish a regional $15-$20 million annual public fund for the arts and arts education in the next 2-5 years.

The Creative Advocacy Network (CAN) is a 501(c)3 organization established to mobilize the Portland Metropolitan Region in support of a new public fund for the arts and engage the region’s elected, arts, education and business leaders in readying this proposed funding package for the ballot in the next two to five years.  Come talk with volunteers from CAN at SWAN Day PDX to learn more about this initiative and how you can get involved.

Destination DIY
http://destinationdiy.org

Destination DIY is radio show and podcast (formerly known as DIY, Portland). It's about revolutionary do-it-yourself projects. This innovative show has grown up from Portland’s grassroots. It started out as a live monthly show on KBOO Community Radio in early 2006 and has become a full-fledged audio documentary series with a significant following on the Internet and syndication on radio stations around the country.  Meet with representatives from Destination DIY at SWAN Day PDX!

Oregon Women’s Caucus for Art

http://www.oregonwca.org/

http://www.nationalwca.org/aboutwca/mission.html

OWCA’s mission is to cultivate diverse cultural interaction and goodwill by providing a platform for women artists of different cultures and nations to exhibit together while providing the public an opportunity to access the thoughts and feelings of multi-national artists and their common aspirations in relationship to life, art, and aesthetics.

Visit with leaders from the Oregon Chapter of WCA and learn more out about their exciting August, 2010 Exhibition in partnership with Malaysian based arts organizations, International Women Artists’ Exhibition and the Conservatory of Fine Art - Her Presence in Colours IX / Reflections of Self.  This significant international, multi-cultural conference and exhibition will feature 90 women artists from 24 countries. This exhibit has been held in China, Thailand, England, Canada, Australia, and South Korea, and will be coming to the USA for this first time, at the Littman Gallery at Portland State University, August 1 – 7, 2010.

WomenArts

www.womenarts.org

WomenArts is a worldwide community of artists and allies that works for empowerment, opportunity, and visibility for women artists. We provide a variety of free online networking, fundraising and advocacy services, and we organize Support Women Artists Now Day (SWAN Day), an annual international holiday celebrating women's creativity in all its forms. We believe in the power of women artists to create, connect, and change the world.

Working Artists Network

http://www.workingartistsonline.com/

Working Artists Network’s vision is to be an empowering environment for creative professionals, emerging or established, whose work fuses art, business and social contribution. Serving as Portland’s Art “Chamber of Commerce” the goal of the WAN Membership program is to support artists – those emerging as well as established – in designing a life that works for them in ways that matter.  Meet Adrienne Fritze, founder of the Working Artists’ network at SWAN Day PDX.

Scrap

www.scrapaction.org

SCRAP (School & Community Reuse Action Project) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that inspires creative reuse and environmentally sustainable behavior by providing education programs and affordable materials to the community.  We collect clean, reusable creative materials from businesses and individuals.  The SCRAP Reuse Center combines a retail shop offering an ever-changing variety of materials suitable for art, craft and school use with a public workshop room, inspirational ideas and instruction. In 2009 SCRAP diverted 64 tons of material from the waste stream. SCRAP’s Education & Outreach Programs provide inspirational art and environmental activities at community outreaches, schools and other public events.  SWAN Day PDX thanks Scrap for their donation of materials for our Collage Area!

Film Action Oregon – Women’s Film Initiative

http://www.hollywoodtheatre.org/womens_film_initiative.html

Film Action Oregon has established the Women’s Film Initiative in recognition that few role models exist for women interested in pursuing filmmaking behind the camera.  The Women’s Film Initiative is comprised of three programs:

• Inspire – creates opportunities for female high school students to direct, produce, shoot and edit their own films
• Women’s Vision Film Grants – supports female filmmakers who tell engaging stories that increase social awareness and tolerance, both within and beyond our immediate communities
• Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival (POW Fest) – celebrating the art and cinematic contribution of women filmmakers from around the world.

POW Fest (Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival)

www.powfest.com

POW Fest places a spotlight on women filmmakers by showcasing their work and strengthening the community of women in film.   We feature the work of today’s top women directors, honoring the true pioneers while providing support and recognition for the next generation of leading women filmmakers – empowering women to find their voice and to share their stories through innovative and quality filmmaking. Meet Tara Johnson-Medinger and Andrea Leoncavallo, Executive and Managing Directors of The Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival (POW Fest) at SWAN Day PDX.

wif-pdx

http://www.wif-pdx.org/

Women In Film is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to helping women achieve their highest potential within the global entertainment, communications and media industries and to preserving the legacy of women within those industries.

Portland Women Writers

www.pdxwomenwriters.com

At Portland Women Writers, our passion is to offer a safe environment where women can access their creative power, express their authentic voices, and co-create a vibrant and supportive community of women. Our writing workshops provide sacred space that promotes personal growth, deep healing and the opportunity to explore and expand consciousness. Join Dawn Thompson, PWW facilitator, as she and other community arts leaders discuss Women in Creative Fields on Sunday, March 28th from 1:00 – 2:00, and then join her from 2:00 – 3:00 to experience what a Portland Women Writers' workshop is like. This writing circle is perfect for both seasoned and beginning writers.

Read more about Portland Women Writers in the March issue of Portland Upside: www.portlandupside.com

Women Writing for (a) Change

http://www.womenwritingwest.com/

“Bringing women to words and the words of women to the world."

WWf(a)C is a creative writing community that offers women an opportunity to explore their writing voices in whatever way they choose.  Classes are open to all women, whether they are beginning or more experienced writers.

Our mission is to create a place that consciously supports women and
girls for whom writing is an important creative, spiritual or therapeutic practice and to provide a community which inspires individuals and organizations to craft more conscious lives through the art of writing and the practices of community.  Meet Karen Waters, licensed WWf(a)C leader on Saturday.

WomenHelpingWomen

www.womenhelpingwomen.com

WomenHelpingWomen is an organization dedicated to connecting people based on common interests allowing all participants to contribute to those in need by using “Experience As Currency” to create change and reduce the reliance on financial resources. Meet with founder, Lisa Anguilla, at SWAN Day PDX to learn more about what makes this organization it a unique resource:

• The Answer Center:  Where every woman has the opportunity to get realistic answers to her problems, questions or difficult situations.
• The Marketplace: Where women can offer products created by women artists and entrepreneurs.
• The Volunteer Connection:  For individuals and organizations to connect in a way that maximizes the skills and talents of each volunteer.  
• The WHW Foundation:  Offering financial resources to women who would not have an opportunity through other channels. 
• WHWConnectworks is a local initiative to help women run non-profits.  It is a free event facilitating problem solving and providing local experts to support these women.

Reetika Agarwal

www.reetart.com

I was raised in India and lived there for more than two decades before moving to Portland, Oregon. I grew up in a home where all the arts were nurtured and valued. It was my husband who rekindled my desire to become part of a world “inside the frame”. I have always felt an attraction to the natural world; it's constantly changing forms and the abstracts. The challenge for me is to capture the joy and magic of the creative images which my mind longs to express through paint and canvas. The strong sense of color is evident in all of my artwork. My medium of choice is oil color. Oils allow me to show the full depth and vibrancy of the colors that I see in my mind’s eye. I hope that the art I create brings to others the same joy I experience in painting the picture.

Kathleen Chamberlin

www.tincannenecklaces.com

Kathleen Chamberlin has been working as a Professional Artist in our Community for 20 years. She is the President of The Board of Directors for The Sequoia Art Gallery and shows her Recycled Art there among other local businesses across the country. She creates paintings and Garden Art utilizing recycled materials, but she is best known for her recycled jewelry including the well known Tin Can Necklaces. Over the last 2 decades her creativity has lent itself to designing and painting sets for movies and television commercials for the local Animation Studio called Laika. Among her greatest achievements was to be Associate Art Director on a television show that received an Emmy for Art Direction and her latest film “Coraline” recently was nominated for an Oscar for bet Animated Feature.  Visit with Kathleen on Sunday, March 28th.

Meredith Dalglish

www.merartstudio.com

Meredith Dalglish, MFA, listed in "Who's Who in American Art" is a mixed media artist, educator, and writer.  She has been selected for a Lifetime Achievement Award as Founder, Director since l992 of the Women's Institute for Creativity, Inc. in Miami, FL and she has also been selected as International Artist of the Month in March to celebrate Women's History Month from Premier "Who's Who in International Art".  Meredith regularly offers workshops at her MerArt studio in Portland, OR, and is scheduled to do two others in Europe in this Oct. in ceramics, and mixed media in Venice, Italy open to all interested persons. Meredith is owner of her business, Art in Motion also in Portland since 2006. Meredith also volunteered in the mid 70's on the now famous Judy Chicago Project in Santa Monica, CA where she worked on the Ceramics Team, and fabricated the most sculptural plate celebrating the life and work of Georgia O'Keeffe. 

Christina Eichelberger

xinaseattle@yahoo.co.uk

A natural curiosity led to Eichelberger’s experimentation with mixed media. Believing that visual adventure sparks ideas and creative communication, the artist tips her hat in appreciation to some of her favourite artists, authors, musicians, film makers and poets via this eclectic series entitled “Collective Thoughts".

Sarah Griswold

artofsarahgriswold@gmail.com

I make intricate paper cutouts by hand, from pictures I take and from my own original art. Some of my paper cutouts cast shadows on the walls from custom frames (by Jesse Fowler) they are presented in. I love the idea of negative spaces and the simplicity of vagueness. Although I enjoy running wild with my own creative ideas, I am interested in creating portraits, personalized, or custom commissioned pieces.

Christie Alexander Heinonen

christie.heinonen@yahoo.com

Christie is an encaustic and mixed media artist with a studio in NW Portland whose work was selected to be included in 2009 Portland Open Studios Tour.  Encaustic painting is a method utilizing beeswax, resin and pigment.  The medium is applied to the surface while hot and then fused between layers with a torch.

Jessica Israel

jessicaisraelphotography.com

I was born and raised in the rainy greens of Portland, Oregon, and was drawn to color and form at an early age.  I began taking pictures as a teenager in art class.  I am new again to the world of art, as I have only recently begun to produce pieces and show them.  Travel and color have been the constant theme in this current body of work.  I live in the high desert of Bend, Oregon now, where the sun and snow nourish my soul. 

Harriet Kaufman Levi

After 21 years of teaching at Clark College, where I established and taught in the Women's Studies Dept., I finally have time to be an artist. I took my first art class in 2001, and began showing my work about 4 years later.  I am very active in the Oregon Women's Caucus for Art, and am co-chair of the Art Wall at the First Unitarian Church. I am also the art editor for the online Oregon Literary Journal. My work has been shown in Portland, Korea, and Tacoma.  I love exploring different kinds of art, and I have incorporated my early theatre experience as a designer by making shadow boxes, which "stage" my paintings, and include three dimensional elements. My current passion is exploring what it means to be an abstract artist.

Suzan Mayer

Suzan Mayer has been an artist from childhood. She was born in and lived
in Portland all her life. She received her B.A. from Reed College/Portland Art Museum’s Joint Program and an M.S.W. from Portland State University’s School of Social
Work. Recently she has been able to work intensively in various and new directions of art and craft.  She is especially appreciative of the help received by belonging to the Oregon Women's Caucus for Art. We live to make art and to share with all people who love art.

Sienna Morris

www.SiennaMorris.com

Sienna is a self taught artist and has been working as a professional artist and designer since 2004. She has worked with the FrogFaith Media Group in Chicago, Los Angeles, Arizona, China and now Portland, on 2D design, advertising, film, illustration, web development and fine art.  Her exhibit will include work from “Perpetual Motion” a Numberism Series.  These drawings, created with only the numbers of the clock, 1 – 12, signify time in a fleeting moment, focusing on moments when we are most involved in the present. These passing moments are intended to remind us to appreciate the immediate world around us and to do as much with it as we can while we are still able.

SWAN DAY PDX ORGANIZER - ANA AMMANN

Ana Ammann is a Portland-based business consultant, published music journalist and advocate of women in the arts.  A founding director of the Rock & Roll Camp for Girls in 2001 and facilitator for the ROCKRGRL Music Conference, she is currently member of several non-profit arts boards and organizer of community events through her company Fifteen Minute Productions.