This FIRST THURSDAY, September 1st from 6-9 P.M. you can come into PRESENTspace I located at 939 NW 10th Ave in Portland and meet the artists from our August/September exhibit ‘FUSED’, Jill Torberson (Mixed Media/Welded Steel) and Jeff Schnabel (Encaustic Paintings). They will be in to answer any questions that...

Our current exhibit includes encaustic paintings by local artist Jeff Schnabel (work featured)From Wikipedia: Encaustic painting, also known as hot wax painting, involves using heated beeswax to which colored pigments are added. The liquid/paste is then applied to a surface—usually prepared wood, though canvas and other materials are often used....

Hi everyone, I just wanted to thank our sponsor: the 937 Condominiums and all the people that made it out to our preview party Wednesday night and also our 1st Thursday event at PRESENTspace.org. It was so much fun! We also had our best consecutive sales nights ever at the...

Yulia Arakelyan is not your conventional dancer. She performs from her remote operated wheelchair. The Arminian performance artist performed a ten minuet piece from her three-part sieres entitled Boud-A-Getchere, Arminian for; ‘this too, will pass’. The name encompasses the human experience of letting-things-go; like anger and a return to sanity....

Select artists from the upcoming July exhibit at PRESENTspace ‘A Somewhat Secret Place: Art and Disability’ Arwen Bird will read her literary work Love In Community, or Lovin’ Community (the title is up for personal interpretation).  In this work, she shares her passion about the power of people helping people...

To put it simply, it’s a project to raise awareness about the correlation between disability, art and the community. Creating a compelling conversation through the observation of works by artists with or without disability, the project encompasses the reaction to these works as an art form in itself. This forum,...