A summer exhibit at the Olympic Mills Gallery from July 13-August 30 focuses on the issues of labor, reinvention and the rich creative opportunities that have emerged in our country during economic hard times.

Visiting this show curated by Lora R. Fisher, you’ll see work by three of this year’s Portland Open Studios artists—Christopher B. Mooney’s beautiful, photo-realist paintings depicting ship captains, dock workers and other hard laborers; Allen Schmertzler’s provocative and satirical watercolors and pen and ink illustrations; and Susan Gallacher-Turner’s mixed media sculptural boxes depicting three women from Niger, India and Japan.

For more information about the show visit PortlandCityArt.org .

Art & Labor and The Labor of Art

The Olympic Mills Gallery
107 S.E. Washington Street
Monday-Friday 8am-6pm

July 13-August 30, 2009
Monday-Friday 8am-6pm

Below, from top to bottom, Susan Gallacher-Tuner’s mixed media boxes, Allen Schmertzler and his work, and Christopher Mooney and his painting.