“Linked”
Artists: 3614 Group
March 2008
Art Wall Gallery
First Unitarian Church of Portland
1011 SW 12th Ave.
Portland, OR 97205
Church: 503.228.6389
“Linked” — an exhibition including four 2007 Portland Open Studios artists: drawings, paintings and prints from the 3614 Group
We thought fellow Portland Open Studios artists might enjoy hearing the story behind this exhibition. We are eight women (four in 2007 Portland Open Studios) who have provided support to one another’s ceaseless passion for art through the thick and thin of commitments to family and children, work responsibilities, education, illness, health, and life.
We found one another through the Drawing Studio on SE Division. Gradually, over the span of several years of classes, each of us became individually influenced by the Studio’s unique form of instruction that fosters courageous experimentation in finding one’s own voice. Because each was seeking a way to continue working independently, we formed the 3614 Group in mid-2002 to provide support for one another’s separate pursuits. We have taken different paths but all of us have found the 3614 Group a uniquely supportive arrangement.
In the six years of our affiliation, we have committed to regular drawing sessions together and celebrated our milestones. Several have achieved gallery representation, been included in juried and invitational exhibitions, four applied for and were juried into the 2007 Portland Open Studios tour, one undertook and completed a post-bac Fine Arts degree, another returned to graduate school in Montessori education, several have been included in Local 14 and other notable events. Paintings by two of us sold immediately in the Portland Art Center’s “2007 PDX Panels” fundraiser where the work of 300 local artists was represented.
We are different ages, different nationalities, of different means, and in different stages of life: married, single, committed partners, single parents; with and without children, or with kids in college & beyond; working, teaching, studying, running our own or family businesses; wives, mothers, aunts, sisters, daughters; and increasingly friends. All are practicing artists and through our commitment to shared time for art, we have become “Linked” to one another and celebrate our seventh exhibition together.
New works on display in the ART WALL of the First Unitarian Church of Portland during March 2008 will include paintings on canvas, paper and panel along with monotypes, monoprints and woodcuts.
Artists of 3614 Group: Cindy Bilotti, Mollie Clarke, Shelley Hershberger (Portland Open Studios ’07), Cibyl Kavan (Portland Open Studios ’07), Penny Kavan (Portland Open Studios ’07), Linda Luce, Jeanne Rogers (Portland Open Studios ’07) and Judith Quinn. Selected works from “Linked” exhibition below.
Cibyl Kavan (Left)
“Nothing”
Acrylic on paper
14 x 20 in.
feverfew@micromelody.net
Cindy Bilotti (Right)
“Green Planet”
Mixed media collage of painted and found papers
8 x 10 in.
cin.d@comcast.net
Jeanne Rogers (Left)
“Embolden”
Oil on panel
22 x 14 in.
jeannerogers@spiritone.com
Mollie Clarke (Right)
“Edward”
Acrylic on Arches paper
22 x 30 in.
mollieclarkelpc@yahoo.com
Judith Quinn (Left)
“Aduwa”woodblock print
9 x 12 in. image area
judith@atomicdirect.com
Shelley Hershberger (Right)
“Shoreline 3”
Monoprint (combination woodcut, stencil & monotype)
12 x 16 in. image area
s.hershberger@comcast.net
Penny Kavan (Left)
“Home”
Monotype/mixed media
22 x 15 in. image area
pk78@easystreet.com
Linda Luce (Right)
“Through the Window”
Monotype
9.5 x 9.5 in. image area
lucel@verizon.net
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