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Past Event Archives

1/1/2005
NEWS: January at PICA

1/9/2005
NEWS: Old Kid on the Block
The Oregonian

1/20/2005
NEWS: PICA founder Edmunds will leave after fall festival

1/21/2005
NEWS: PICA, pitbulls and pictures.

1/26/2005
NEWS: Kristy Edmunds Portland's globe-trotting arts headliner, sounds off before her exit.

1/27/2005
Lecture: Marc Joseph
PICA - 224 NW 13th Ave
$8 PICA Members / $10 General

1/28/2005
CHAT: A Conversation with Mike Slack
PICA - 224 NW 13th Ave.
FREE to PICA Members / $2 General

2/1/2005
PICA Artistic Director Job Description

2/17/2005
Lecture: Todd James
PICA - 224 NW 13th Ave.
7 pm
$8 PICA Members / $10 General

2/18/2005
SLIDE JAM: Nan Curtis
PICA Resource Room
12 pm
FREE

3/3/2005
James Buckhouse - Poolside @ PICA
PICA - 224 NW 13th Ave.

3/4/2005
Lecture: Carlos + Jason Sanchez
PICA - 224 NW 13th Ave.
7 pm
$8 PICA Members / $10 General

3/17/2005
NEWS: Portland grants $125,000 to art festival
The Oregonian

4/7/2005
Lecture: Raymond Pettibon + Hans Weigand
PICA - 224 NW 13th Ave.
7 PM
$10 PICA Members / $12 General

4/8/2005
ROCK SHOW: Crinkum Crankum
Holocene : 1001 SE Morrison
$5 PICA Members / $7 General

5/4/2005
Lecture: Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan present: de Kooning An American Master
PICA - 224 NW 13th Ave.
7 pm
$8 PICA Members / $10 General

5/6/2005
Lecture: Justine Kurland + Jon Raymond
PICA - 224 NW 13th Ave.
7 pm
$8 PICA Members / $10 General

6/10/2005
LANDMARK: PICA'S 10th Anniversary Visual Exhibition
PICA Annex : NW 13th & Flanders : Open Wed - Sat, 12-6 pm

6/10/2005
GALA + Exhibition Preview : Decadent Dinner and Auction
PICA Annex : NW 13th & Flanders
$150 ($100 tax-deductible)

6/11/2005
10th BIRTHDAY Party + Exhibition Opening
PICA Annex : NW 13th & Flanders
$5 PICA Members / $10 General

6/16/2005
Lecture: Erika Blumenfeld
PICA Annex : NW 13th & Flanders
FREE to PICA Members / $2 Suggested General Admission

8/17/2005
Film Screening / Membership Drive
PICA - 224 NW 13th Ave

9/9/2005
TBA:05 TV Commercial
Welcome to the Spectacle

9/9/2005
TBA:05

10/4/2005
TBA:05 Thank You!

10/27/2005
Ryan McGinness
Wieden+Kennedy Atrium
7 pm
$8 PICA Members / $10 General

11/3/2005
A Conversation with Collage Dance Theater
PICA - 224 NW 13th Ave
5:30 pm
FREE

12/5/2005
PINTS for PICA
Low Brow Lounge : 1036 NW Hoyt

12/17/2005
Prints for PICA 2005
Studio 333 : 333 NE Hancock (@MLK)

1/16/2004
Lecture
Jerry Saltz, "The Good, The Bad, and the Very Bad: Ten Years in the Life of a New York Art Critic"
PNCA, 1241 NW Johnson
7 pm
$8 PICA Members / $10 General Admission

2/1/2004
NEWS: Artistic Minimalism
Fast Company

2/5/2004
NEWS: Kristy Edmunds curates at home and abroad
PICA Press Release

2/10/2004
NEWS: Edmunds exports her arts expertise
The Tribune

3/11/2004
NEWS: Allen Foundation Case Study

3/13/2004
TBA 2003 Rewind
PICA Resource Room
FREE to PICA Members
$2 General Admission

3/15/2004
Jeffry Mitchell
PICA Resource Room
6:30 pm
FREE to PICA Members, $2 General Admission

3/17/2004
VIA LOS ANGELES/CHARM BRACELET
PICA Resource Room
6 pm
FREE to PICA Members
$2 General Admission

3/20/2004
Resource Room Open House

3/22/2004
Dance/USA Reception
PICA

3/24/2004
Show & Tell - Chas Bowie
PICA Resource Room
6 pm
FREE to PICA Members, $2 General Admission

4/8/2004
League of Crafty Guitarists
PICA Resource Room

4/13/2004
Jerry Saltz Rewind
PICA Resource Room
6:30 pm

4/20/2004
PICA eNews - Spring 2004

4/28/2004
Film Screening: Matt McCormick
PICA Resource Room
6:30 pm
FREE to PICA Members, $2 Suggested Donation General Admission

5/1/2004
NEWS: PICA's TBA lures talent
The Oregonian

5/1/2004
TBA TADA 2004
Park Place Condominiums, 922 NW 11th Avenue

5/4/2004
TBA 2004 Artist Preview
PICA Resource Room
6:30 pm

5/5/2004
NEWS: MURMURS
Willamette Week

5/12/2004
Show & Tell
PICA Resource Room
6:30 pm
FREE to PICA Members / $2 General Admission

5/21/2004
PICA turns 9
219 NW 12th Ave
$5 PICA Members / $10 General Admission

5/28/2004
NEWS: Quiet PICA Partiers - DK Row

8/1/2004
TBA:04 TriMet Campaign

8/1/2004
TBA:04 TV Commercials

8/12/2004
ARTS AS A GLOBAL CITIZEN: A Casual Conversation with Kristy Edmunds
Wieden+Kennedy Atrium, 224 NW 13th Ave
6 pm
FREE to PICA Members, $3 General Admission

9/9/2004
TBA:04 Changes/Additions

9/10/2004
TBA On the Road Schedule

9/10/2004
MACHINEWORKS DJs & Special Projects

9/10/2004
TBA Daily EMAILS

9/10/2004
2004 Time-Based Art Festival

9/10/2004
TBA:04 John Jasperse Company

9/10/2004
TBA:04 Diamanda Galas: Defixiones: Will & Testament

9/10/2004
TBA:04 Diamanda Galas: La Serpenta Canta

9/10/2004
TBA:04 Dr. Jayanthi Raman

9/10/2004
TBA:04 Helen Herbertson and Ben Cobham

9/10/2004
TBA:04 Andrew Dickson

9/10/2004
TBA:04 Monster Squad/ Marty Schnapf

9/10/2004
TBA:04 Heather Woodbury

9/10/2004
TBA:04 Chameckilerner

9/10/2004
TBA:04 Ethel

9/10/2004
TBA:04 Joey Baron/ Robyn Schulkowsky

9/10/2004
TBA:04 Deborah Hay

9/10/2004
TBA:04 33 Fainting Spells

9/10/2004
Headlong Dance Theater

9/10/2004
TBA:04 Sekou Sundiata

9/10/2004
TBA:04 Khaela Maricich Aka the Blow

9/10/2004
TBA:04 Akira Kasai

9/10/2004
TBA:04 NWNW: PDX Program 1

9/10/2004
TBA:04 NWNW: PDX Program 2

9/10/2004
TBA:04 Zoe Beloff

9/10/2004
TBA:04 Joanie 4 Jackie

9/10/2004
TBA:04 Guy Maddin

9/10/2004
TBA:04 Janie Geiser

9/10/2004
TBA:04 Lewis Klahr

9/10/2004
TBA:04 MK Guth

9/10/2004
TBA:04 Amos Latteier

9/10/2004
TBA:04 David Eckard

9/10/2004
TBA:04 Lone Twin

9/10/2004
TBA:04 Institute

9/10/2004
TBA:04 Machineworks Cafe

9/10/2004
TBA:04 10 Tiny Dances

9/10/2004
TBA:04 Family Supper First Night

9/10/2004
TBA:04 Martha @ Machineworks

9/10/2004
TBA:04 The Blow

9/10/2004
TBA:04 Sarah Rudinoff & Pulseprogramming DJs

9/10/2004
TBA:04 Ethel and Clogs

9/10/2004
TBA:04 States Rights Records Night

9/10/2004
TBA:04 Meow Meow

9/10/2004
TBA:04 Closing Night Party

9/10/2004
TBA:04 Breakfast of Champions

9/18/2004
>Win a Berlin Art Adventure!

10/11/2004
Booklyn
PICA, 219 NW 12th Ave.
6 pm

10/25/2004
TBA:04 Thank You

11/1/2004
PICA moves "across the hall"

12/1/2004
Demystifying the Oregon Cultural Trust

12/9/2004
Give the Gift of PICA

12/18/2004
Prints for PICA
333 Studios / 333 NE Hancock

2/1/2003
General Event
Secreto y Malibu
Winningstad Theatre

2/2/2003
General Event
Charles Goldman: E-Z Maze
A Lot: SW 3rd & Taylor

3/2/2003
General Event
bid: a contemporary art auction and bash

3/2/2003
General Event
Performance: Lucy Guerin: The Ends of Things and Melt

5/1/2003
General Event
Performance: Living Dance Theater: Report on Body
Wieden+Kennedy Atrium

9/12/2003
2003 TBA Festival

9/12/2003
General Event
TBA:03 Eiko and Koma

9/12/2003
General Event
TBA:03 Lawrence Goldhuber

9/12/2003
General Event
TBA:03 Shelley Hirsch

9/12/2003
General Event
TBA:03 NWNW: PDX

9/12/2003
General Event
TBA:03 David Greenberger

9/12/2003
General Event
TBA:03 Donna Uchizono

9/12/2003
General Event
TBA:03 Susan J. Vitucci

9/12/2003
General Event
TBA:03 Peripheral Produce

9/12/2003
General Event
TBA:03 Tere O'Connor Dance

9/12/2003
General Event
TBA:03 Silt

9/12/2003
General Event
TBA: 03 Vijay Iyer and Mike Ladd

9/12/2003
General Event
TBA:03 Ros Warby

9/12/2003
General Event
TBA:03 Dariush Dolat- Shahi

9/12/2003
General Event
TBA:03 Cie Felix Ruckert

9/12/2003
General Event
TBA:03 Manuel Pelmus

9/12/2003
General Event
TBA:03 Bill Shannon aka CrutchMaster

9/12/2003
General Event
TBA:03 Daniel Bernard Roumain

9/12/2003
General Event
TBA:03 Coco Fusco

9/12/2003
General Event
TBA:03 Hinterland Theater Association

9/12/2003
General Event
TBA:03 Quasar

9/12/2003
General Event
TBA:03 Akram Khan

9/12/2003
General Event
TBA:03 Compania Nacional de Teatro de Mexico

9/12/2003
General Event
TBA:03 Compagnie Salia ni Seydou

9/12/2003
General Event
TBA:03 Tracie Morris

9/12/2003
General Event
TBA:03 The Badger King

9/12/2003
General Event
TBA:03 Owl vs. Lemming

9/12/2003
General Event
TBA:03 10 Tiny Dances

9/12/2003
General Event
TBA:03 Sarah Dougher

9/12/2003
General Event
TBA:03 Talent Show

9/12/2003
General Event
TBA:03 House of Cunt

9/12/2003
General Event
TBA:03 Opening Gala

9/12/2003
General Event
TBA:03 Closing Party with DJ Le Spam

9/12/2003
General Event
TBA:03 Institute

9/12/2003
General Event
TBA: 03 Miranda July

9/12/2003
General Event
TBA:03 Yasuko Yokoshi

10/18/2003
Salon
From Here to There
PNCA Commons, 1241 NW Johnson
4 pm
FREE to PICA Members / $5 General Admission

11/4/2003
PICA Event
Heather Woodbury : WHAT EVER
Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison
$10 PICA Members / $13 General Admission

11/10/2003
Salon
Ida Bocian
PICA Resource Room, 219 NW 12th
6 pm
FREE, please RSVP to erin@pica.org

11/12/2003
Lecture
Vito Acconci
First Congregational United Church of Christ, 1137 SW Broadway
7 pm
$8 PICA Members / $10 General

12/3/2003
UNFORESEEN : FOUR PAINTED PREDICTIONS
PICA Gallery

12/6/2003
General Event
Prints for PICA
Studio 333: 333 NE Hancock

12/12/2003
Lecture
Walid Ra'ad
City Council Chambers, Portland City Hall: 1221 SW 4th Ave.
7 pm
FREE to PICA Members / $5 General Admission

01.2002
Performance
Tracie Morris: In Concert
Best known as a hip-hop poet, Morris, along with musical guests, creates soundscapes as words melt together with the rhythms of blues, jazz, ambient and hip-hop. Hollywood Theatre.

02.2002
Benefit
An auction of chandeliers designed by local architects, commissioned and fabricated by Bullseye Glass.

02.2002
Performance
Bang on a Can All-Stars
Six adventurous, dynamic, and intense performers equally at home within the diverse classical, rock and jazz styles that exist within music today. Wieden+Kennedy Atrium.

02.2002
Performance
Rinde Eckert: And God Created Great Whales
A haunting and darkly comic journey into the psyche of an artist. A gifted composer on the quest to complete his final masterpiece: an opera based on Moby Dick. Co-presented with Portland Center Stage at the Newmark Theatre.

03.2002
Visual Exhibition
Melanie Manchot: Love is a Stranger
Photography and video projects examine kissing fantasies in Los Angeles, the pain and pleasure of skin-pulling gestures, and the ongoing portraits of her 70 year-old mother Margret, posed naked against arcadian landscapes or clinical interiors.

03.2002
Performance
dumb type: Memorandum
Japanese ensemble explores memory and technology through their signature brand of audiovisual architectonics, creating a visually, aurally and physically arresting environment for performers and viewers alike. Co-presented with Portland Center Stage at the Newmark Theatre.

04.2002
Performance
Spalding Gray: Morning, Noon and Night
Gray focuses the idiosyncratic workings of his mind on fatherhood in his account of one day in the tiny village of Sag Harbor shortly after the birth of his son, Theo. Co-presented with Portland Center Stage at the Tiffany Center.

04.2002
Lecture
Janine Antoni
A New York-based artist well known for using her body as the primary tool in her work presents a slide lecture of past projects in the Wieden+Kennedy Atrium.

05.2002
Visual Exhibition
Words in Deeds
A group show with Mira Schor, Nina Katchadourian, Joe Sola, Jonathan Monk, T.S. Thomas, and David Humphrey/Jennifer Coates, all artists who use language to generate video, paintings, drawings, installation, and photography.

05.2002
Performance
Ros Warby: Solos
Melbourne-based dancer and choreographer presents work developed through PICA's residency program at the Imago Theatre.

06.2002
Origins: Institute for Creativity in Arts Education
PICA Alums Tracie Morris, David Greenberger and Black Cat Orchestra lead workshops in viewing student work and create new performances with students and educattaors at the Vancouver School for Arts and Academics.

06.2002
Performance
Laurie Anderson: Happiness
Legendary performance artist examines contemporary culture through various filters in a solo concert presented in conjunction with the Vancouver School of Arts and Academics. Commissioned in part by PICA through the Durst Fund for New Work.

06.2002
Visual Exhibition
Jim Hodges & Shelly Hirsch: All The Way With Jim & Shel
Sculptor Hodges and composer Hirsch collaborate on a site-specific installation with sound, video and objects based on their observations of the people and landscape in and around Portland.

09.2002
A Lot
Daniel Duford: Golems Waiting
Drawing inspiration from the story of the golem from Yiddish folklore and the comic book exploits of The Incredible Hulk and The Thing, the artist created four larger than life-sized clay figuresto be installed at the vacant lot on the corner of SW Third & Taylor. Collaboration between PICA, RACC and PDC.

A Wall
Duford creates a wall drawing in the first installment in a series of temporary projects for the PICA lobby.

09.2002
Lecture
Lawrence Rinder: Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art
Discusses his current project, an exhibition which examines what he calls "the American Effect" seen in the tremendous influence that American politics, business and culture has on art works being made all over the world. PSU, Lincoln Hall.

10.2002
Lecture
Dave Hickey: Critic, Curator
A provocative talk about the necessary ingredients for a healthy arts community. Hickey, whose writings on art and beauty have delighted or disturbed readers for years, speaks about the need for extensive travel and awareness as the antidote to a comfortable regionalism that can make artists and educators complacent. First Congregational Church.

09.2002
Visual Exhibition
Walk Ways
A 30-year survey of walking-related art dealing with surveillance, commuting, recreation, communing with nature, romantic walks, and pilgrimage, including painting, drawing, video, sculpture, and installation selected from emerging and established artists. Independent Curators International commissioned Stuart Horodner to develop the show, which tours through Canada and the US during 2003.

11.2002
Visual Exhibition
Luca Buvoli: Flying - Practical Training for Intermediates
An ongoing investigation into the aerodynamic possibilities of human flight, featuring an animated film, new drawings, sculptures, and a special artist book with pop-up element.

12.2002
A Wall
Laura Vandenburgh: Drift
The second in a series of wall drawings created in PICA's lobby.

01.2001
Performance
Pat Graney: Tattoo
Seattle-based choreographer and her all-female company explore the depths of personal memory and generations of human history that are instinctively 'tattooed' on our minds. PSU Lincoln Hall.

01.2001
Performance
Gobsquad: Safe
Part theatre, part plane crash, part rock concert, this German/British ensemble portrays six hopefuls who hold on to the belief that they could have been the greatest rock band of all time...if only they'd learned to play their instruments. Aladdin Theatre.

02.2001
Visual Exhibition
Kate Shepard: Paintings
A body of new spare geometric oil paintings and screenprints with graphite tracings created during the Lannan Foundation's artist- in-residence program in Santa Fe.

02.2001
Performance
Muna Tseng, Ambiguous Ambassador: Slut for Art
Celebrated dancer and choreographer pays homage to her late brother, Tseng Kwong Chi, utilizing his images of his work which exemplify his short but brilliant career. PCC Sylvania.

03.2001
Performance
Miranda July: The Swan Tool
Portland-based multi-media artist unveils her second "live movie" with original live score by Zac Love and video elements created in collaboration with Mitsu Hadeishi. Commissioned in part by PICA through the Durst Fund for New Work.

04.2001
Performance
Jane Comfort and Company: Asphalt
Recounts the story of Racine, an aspiring young DJ who uses his artistic talent to transcend his dismal surrounding and enter a world made right by music. Directed by Comfort with collaborators DJ Spooky, Carl Hancock Rux and Toshi Reagon. Performed at PCC Sylvania.

03.2001
Visual Exhibition
Erika Blumenfeld: Moments of Light
Using a handmade camera, Blumenfeld exposes Polaroid film each minute over the course of a day, recording changes in light quality without recording an image. She then arranges the prints into grids creating large, striking and minimal abstractions of light visually representing the longest day of the year.

05.2001
Performance
Wally Cardona Quartet: Trance Territory
Developed in part during a two-week residency with PICA, this piece explores the phenomenon of trance from its ancient roots in a variety of different cultures to the techno-tribal rituals found in underground clubs today. Newmark Theatre.


05.2001
Jennifer Monson: Bird Brain

06.2001
Residency/Performance
Bernadette Speech & Thulani Davis: Passages and Outtakes
Composer and poet create an evening of new performance work with students from the Vancouver School of Arts and Academics.

05.2001
Visual Exhibition
BEhold
Stuart Horodner's first exhibition for PICA, BEhold brings together four American artists, Lynn Cazabon, Lisa Hoke, Richard Klein, and Al Souza, who each use aspects of accumulation to create photographs, paintings, and installation based sculpture that force viewers to get lost in looking.

08.2001
Visual Exhibition
Harrell Fletcher: Everyday Sunshine
Following a residency in Portland, Fletcher creates a multi-voiced installation featuring large photographic prints of sun glints on cars, recreations of lawn sculptures owned by a local family, and drawings made with White-Out on real estate ads. This work reflects his thoughts on establishing home, friendships, and ways to honor the small epiphanies of the everyday.

09.2001
Performance
The Tiger Lillies
Musicians combine opera, gypsy song, English music hall, Bavarian folk and Berlin cabaret music at the Crystal Ballroom in a special event celebrating PICA Director Kristy Edmunds' birthday.

09.2001
Benefit: Dada Ball
PICA's final ball, held in a Port of Portland warehouse scheduled for demolition, raises over $15,000 for the Red Cross and other disaster relief organizations.

10.2001
Performance
John Jasperse: Giant Empty
Centers around ideas of architecture and its effect on the physical and emotional body. Co-commissioned by PICA and the American Dance Festival. PCC Sylvania.

10.200110.2001
Performance
Philip Glass: Philip on Film
Glass and his ensemble perform five of his evening-length works for music and film. Co-commissioned by Leslie B. Durst and the Barbican Center.

11.2001
Performance
Wendy Houstoun: Happy Hour
A site-specific performance consisting of satirical monologue and wacky dance solo. Complete with poignant clichés, bad jokes and Houstoun's particular brand of bar-room philosophy. Ohm nightclub.

11.2001
Performance
Carl Hancock Rux: No Black Male Show
Investigates social stereotypes and racist sociological studies through Rux's revolutionary mix of fearless text and ferocious performance. Hollywood Theatre.

11.2001
Visual Exhibition
NorthWest Narrative: Portland
This show asks the question, "Why is this region such a lively subject for the artists who live and work here?" Featuring twenty Portland-based artists who use a variety of conceptual and stylistic approaches to explore conditions of interiority, eccentricity, and identity.

01.2000
Performance
Wally Cardona Quartet: Open House 01
A suite of four dances exposing the physical workings of the human body by examining four distinct dance vocabularies, with live music by DJ Small Change. PSU Lincoln Hall.

02.2000
Performance
Elevator Repair Service: Total Fictional Lie
Experimental theatre ensemble tackles the phenomenon of hype by dissecting and restaging situations and characters from four documentary films, with hilarious results. Scottish Rite.

03.2000
Performance
Oslund & Company: New Work
Portland-based choreographer explores the parallels between physical and technological forms of communication. Commissioned by PICA through The Durst Fund for New York. PCC Sylvania.

04.2000
Performance
Josh Kornbluth: Ben Franklin Unplugged
Performer and writer recounts his obsessive quest to connect with the spirit of Ben Franklin in a humorous, appealing and touching work that is both personal and historical. Hollywood Theatre. www.joshkornbluth.com

04.2000
Performance
Joey Baron: Solo Concert
New music pioneer treats audiences to a rare solo acoustic percussion performance at the Northwest Cultural Center.

04.2000
Visual Exhibition
Fictional Cities
PICA's debut exhibition in the permanent facility, Fictional Cities features the work of French artists Marie Sester (L'Architecture du Paradis) and Alain Bublex (Glooscap and The Ryder Truck Project.) Both artists utilize the concept of place to examine relationship between the tangible and the elements that define a city or region.

05.2000
Performance
Goldhuber & Latsky: I Hate Modern Dance
Collaborators Larry Goldhuber and Heidi Latsky perform work in four sections, each based on a word in the title. Winningstad Theatre.

06. 2000
Visual Exhibition
Open Walls
A non-juried exhibition of work by local artists hung salon-style on a first-come,first-served basis, including over 400 works of art by both emerging and established artists from the greater Portland area.

12.2000
Visual Exhibition
Malia Jensen: Animalia
Solo exhibition by Portland-based artist known for her creative use of materials and attention to detail. Animalia explores the psychological and cultural effects of the inter-relationship between humanity and nature. Commissioned in part by PICA.

09.2000
Fifth annual Dada Ball returns to the Cronin Building at NW 14th and Marshall.

09.2000
Performance
33 Fainting Spells: September September
Seattle-based choreographers Dayna Hanson and Gaelen Hanson (no relation) take a moody, imagistic journey into the realm of memory, driven by the company's signature combination of passion, athleticism and detail. PCC Sylvania.

10.2000
Performance
Black Cat Orchestra: Spies
Seattle-based ensemble performs its original score for Fritz Lang's stylish, futuristic thriller, played in the historic Hollywood Theatre.

10.2000
Residency
John Malpede
Director, performer, and writer spent the month of October as PICA artist-in-residence, developing material and scripts for a new performance, GET.

11.2000
Visual Exhibtion
Counter Canvas
A group show of work by artists who utilize forms of mass communication rather than traditional media. Specially commissioned new works include posters, billboards, pamphlets, murals and street art, as a means of examining access, public address, restriction and permission within our urban landscape.

11.2000
Performance
Lisa Kron: 2.5 Minute Ride
Obie-award-winning monologuist takes us on a roller coaster ride through her past, demonstrating with disarming simplicity that humor and horror can inhabit the same moment in time. Aladdin Theatre.

11.2000
Performance
The Bebe Miller Company: Verge, Rhythm Studies and Three
An evening featuring three dance works by Bebe Miller; Verge, a quartet developed in part through a residency at PICA, Rhythm Studies, a solo by Miller, and Three, a film made in collaboration with Issac Julien and Ralph Lemon.

12.2000
Performance
Elizabeth Streb: Actionheroes
A daredevil choreographer in her own right pays homage to uncelebrated and often disdained daredevils (Evil Knevil, Cannonball Joe) who are such a part of our popular culture. Audiences brave a snowstorm to attend the show at University of Portland Chiles Center.

01.1999
Performance
Anne Bogart: BOB
A theatrical portrait of legendary avant-garde director Robert Wilson by one of the foremost dramatic theorists of our time. Northwest Cultural Center.

01.1999
Performance
Improbable Theatre: 70 Hill Lane
The first major undertaking of this London-based ensemble who create puppets out of found objects. Hollywood Theatre.

02.1999
Lecture
Frank Gehry
Acclaimed architect speaks about his work in an evening co-presented with Literary Arts Inc. at the First Congregational Church.

02.1999
Performance
3 Leg Torso/The Tiger Lillies: In Concert
Musical pairing of one of Portland's most innovative and eclectic trios with the underground London band known for their "blasphemous ballads, tragic tales, and debauched ditties." www.3legtorso.comwww.tigerlillies.com

03.1999
Workshop
Mark Keppinger "Electronics for Artists"

03.1999
Performance
Ann Carlson: Grass, Bird, Rodeo
Leading choreographer and performance artist performs a triptych of pieces, appearing first in an Astroturf suit, second as half bird, half Vegas showgirl, and last as a prophetic rodeo announcer. Echo Theatre.

04.1999
Performance
Philip Glass & Robert Wilson: Monsters of Grace
Two of America's most important artists and innovators collaborate on a 3-D animated opera based on the texts of Rumi. Co-commissioned by PICA and Leslie B. Durst. Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.

05.1999
Performance
Lucy Guerin: Heavy
Acclaimed Australian choreographer uses studies of sleep to examine our fascination with our own bodily processes and our limited ability to comprehend them. Echo Theatre. www.lucyguerin.com"

06.1999
Performance
The Bebe Miller Company: Going to the Wall
A kinetic examination of cultural and personal identity at PSU Lincoln Hall.

Residency
Three-week residency to further develop new work, Verge, including workshops with a cross-section of the local community, and a performance of work in progress.

09.1999
Residency
Jean-Michel Othoniel
French artist works with Bullseye Glass to create models for installation commissioned by the Paris Metro. Exhibited at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.

09.1999
Benefit
Fourth annual Dada Ball infiltrates the Pearl District with dinner at Machine Works and ball at Cronin Co. Warehouse #2 (NW 14th and Marshall.)

09.1999
Performance
Jon Rose: The Chaotic Violin
A solo concert of interactive contrapuntal pieces for violin, using amplified bows and accelerometers to push the violin to new heights. Hollywood Theatre.

09.1999
Exhibition
Kenny Scharf: New Sculpture
Pop artist displays his new bronze sculptures in an empty storefront space on 11th and Johnson.

10.1999
Performance
Virginia Rodrigues: Sol Negro
Gentle blend of samba, sacred music, opera and spirituals which resonate with the rich cultural and natural heritage of her country, Brazil. Maranatha Church.

11.1999
Performance
Liat Dror and Nir Ben Gal: Dance of Nothing
Echoing the current situation in the Middle East, original dance and music by Israeli and Palestinian performers, set against a steadily thickening curtain of violence while maintaining the story of forbidden love. Tiffany Center.

11.1999
Performance
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Based in Kyoto, Japan, this multifaceted ensemble investigates the passage between life and death with their signature brand of techno-theatrical experimentation. Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.

12.1999
Performance
Tom Verlaine and Jimmy Rip: Music for Film
Live performance of original scores for a collection of avant-garde films from the early 20th century by filmmakers such as Man Ray, Fernand Leger, Carl Theodor Dreyer and others. Hollywood Theatre.

12.1999
Residency
Marie Sester: L'Architecture du Paradis
In a three-month residency, the French artist works with animators and editors at Downstream to create a DVD for her installation, consisting of five computer-animated video sequences.

12.1999
Ryder Truck Project
French Artist Alain Bublex and three assistants drive three 20- foot Ryder trucks cross-country from Allentown, PA to Portland, OR, following as closely as possible the original route of the Oregon Trail. Bublex records the journey on digital still and video cameras, keeps a daily written journal of his impressions of people and landscapes, posted daily on PICA's website, and creates a video and photo installation in PICA's resource room.

01.1998
Performance
Drew Pisarra: Singularly Grotesque
Portland-based experimental theatre artist blends ventriloquism, movement and theatrics. Eastside Performance Center.

02.1998
Performance
Hasidic New Wave: Jews and the Abstract Truth
A raucous meeting of the secular and the sacred at the Aladdin Theatre.

02.1998
Residency
Frédéric Robert Bouché
French-born artist builds site-specific installation using 360-degree photographs of the Portland skyline and the horizon of the Oregon coast.

03.1998
Performance
Rinde Eckert: Romeo Sierra Tango
Vocalist, performer and writer offers his one-man interpretation of "Romeo and Juliet," set in the no-man's land of WW I. Aladdin Theatre. Also sings in a special appearance with the Third Angle New Music Ensemble, featuring his original compositions at Portland State University, Lincoln Hall.

04.1998
Performance
David Greenberger, Duplex Planet: 1001 Real Apes
Author of the Duplex Planet performs monologues based on interviews with nursing home residents, backed by live soundscapes played by Boston-based ensemble Birdsongs of the Mesozoic.

04.1998
Performance
Valeska Soares: Vanity
Brazilian-born artist designs large-scale installation of wood, mirrors and foam built by local volunteer artists and architects in the former Lutz Tire Building #2.

05.1998
Performance
John Kelly & Co.: Find My Way Home
Composer, dancer and vocalist and his ensemble present a new opera based on the Orpheus myth, set in the roaring '20s. Newmark Theatre.

05.1998
Benefit
John Kelly & Co. enchant audiences in a special cabaret performance at Conduit, with special appearances by "Joni Mitchell" and "Dagmar Onassis."

05.1998
Visual Exhibition
Brian Elliot: Minor Appliances
Solo exhibit of Portland-based artist's robots, games, machines and hybrid sculptural portraits.

06.1998
Special Event
"Under the Freeway" concert by Fred Frith, Miya Masaoka and Larry Ochs at the Lutz Tire Building #2.

07.1998
Residency
Ann Carlson
Choreographer developed new work (Grass, Bird, Rodeo) and shares her work-in-progress with the local dance community.

08.1998
Visual Exhibition
Francis Alÿs: Le Temps du Sommeil
Paintings, photographs, drawings and video by one of the most important artists working in Mexico today, curated by Kitty Scott in cooperation with the Contemporary Art Gallery of Vancouver, BC.

Performance
Alÿs walks through the Pearl District holding a dripping can of paint leaving evidence of his journey on streets and sidewalks.

09.1998
Dada Ball: PICA Benefit
Third-annual ball, with a patron dinner at the Jean Vollum Natural Capital Center (Ecotrust) and party at the former Trailways building (now The Gregory).

10.1998
Performance
Danny Hoch: Jails, Hospitals and Hip Hop
Emotionally charged character studies of youth living on the edges of our societies, in a solo performance by hip-hop theatre artist. Aladdin Theatre.

11.1998
Benefit
Diamanda Galás: CD Release Party
A special solo vocal and piano concert to benefit PICA. Galás performs selections from her new CD, Malediction and Prayer, at Portland's legendary rock club, La Luna.

11.1998
Performance
John Zorn: Masada
Avant-garde jazz legend and his ensemble infuse traditional Jewish music with contemporary jazz vocabulary. Northwest Cultural Center.

11.1998
Performance
David Sedaris: Direct from Paris
Author and commentator known for his incisive wit and wry observations reads from his current works in a special event co-presented by Literary Arts Inc. Northwest Cultural Center.

12.1998
Grand opening of the PICA Annex (a temporary box office/resource room) at 422 SW Broadway.

12.1998
Performance
Miranda July: Love Diamond
First full-length "live movie" performance by Portland-based artist who makes films, videos, performances, and recordings that explore the world of women. Hollywood Theatre.

01.1997
Performance
Coco Fusco & Nao Bustamante: Stuff
Two performance artists collaborate on multi-disciplinary work about Latina culture and food at the Clinton St. Theatre.

02.1997
Visual Exhibition
Traversing Territory
Three-part exhibition by guest curators Beth Sellars, Judith Mastai, and Lois Allan, focused on art created in the Pacific Northwest. Presented in collaboration with the Art Gym at Marylhurst.

02.1997
Performance
Goat Island: How Dear to Me the Hour when Daylight Dies
Chicago-based collaborative ensemble explores the notion of pilgrimage through text, movement and music at the Scottish Rite. www.goatislandperformance.org

03.1997
Rennie Harris: Fallen Crumbs from the Cake

03.1997
Performance
Hip-hop pioneer and his company defy boundaries between street and stage. Aladdin Theatre.


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Performance
33 Fainting Spells: The Uninvited
Haunting and elegant contemporary dance theatre by Seattle-based artists Dayna Hanson and Gaelen Hanson (no relation). Scottish Rite.

04.1997
Performance
Spalding Gray: It's a Slippery Slope
Celebrated monologuist shares his autobiographical story of learning how to ski at age 53. Tiffany Center.

05.1997
Performance
Bill Frisell Quartet: In Performance
One of the most original and versatile voices in contemporary jazz guitar wows audiences in his first-ever Portland performance. Aladdin Theatre.

05.1997
Performance
Karen Finley: The American Chestnut
Award-winning performance artist takes aim at American culture in a solo performance. Aladdin Theatre.

06.1997
Visual Exhibition
The Garden Show
PICA's second "anti-auction" exhibition, including more than 50 local and national artists whose work features highly unusual interpretations of the planted world. Guest curated by Victoria Beal, and housed in the former Lutz Tire Building #2.

08.1997
Visual Exhibition
Roland Brener: Discoveries in Digital Design
Victoria, B.C.-based artist installs a neighborhood of "monster houses" designed by a computer program and built by local architects, artists, students and PICA members, all in the new gallery at Lewis & Clark College.

09.1997
Benefit: Dada Ball
PICA's second annual bacchanal, held at the rain-drenched Oaks Park.

09.1997
Performance
Guy Klucevsek: In Concert
Modern master of the accordion whose repertoire ranges from Burt Bacharach to John Zorn, serenades fans at the Clinton St. Theatre.

10.1997
Performance
Chamecki/Lerner: Antônio Caído
Brazilian-born choreographers Rosane Chamecki and Andrea Lerner use bold physicality and precison to recount the story of Antônio, who fell in a puddle and drowned. Portland State University. Lincoln Hall.

11.1997
Performance
Richard Foreman: Pearls for Pigs
Renowned playwright, director and designer expounds upon the contradictions of human consciousness. Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.

12.1997
Performance
Wendy Westerwelle Soph: A Visit with the Last of the Red Hot Mamas
Portland-based actor, singer and writer presents a burlesque review based on Sophie Tucker. Aladdin Theatre.

01.1996
Performance
Purgatorio Ink: "Something Recklessly Gay" or Cirque de Ca Ca
Experimental theatre work created by Iranian theatre artist Assurbanipal Babilla. Clinton St. Theatre.

01.1996
Performance
Diamanda Galás: Shrei X
Avant-garde vocalist performs her soul-wrenching composition in the pitch-black Clinton St. Theatre. www.diamandagalas.com

02.1996
Lecture
Peter Sellars: In Your Space
One of the world's leading directors of opera, theatre, television and film speaks about his work in a lecture co-sponsored by the Portland chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

02.1996
Performance
Charles Gayle: In Concert
Free-jazz pioneer whose work has been heard everywhere from the New York City Subway to the Knitting Factory blows his horn at the Clinton St. Theatre.

02.1996
Performance
Rinde Eckert: The Idiot Variations
Vocalist of extraordinary range explores the thin line between idiocy and genius in his one-man show. Echo Theatre. www.songtone.com/artists/eckert_link.htm

04.1996
Performance
Elizabeth Streb/Ringside: popACTION
MacArthur "Genius" award-winner brings her sports-inspired, acrobatic dance work to enthusiastic audiences at the University of Portland Chiles Center.

04.1996
Performance
PS122: Field Trips
An evening of short works by four veterans of the legendary East Village performance space, featuring hip-hop theater by Danny Hoch, cabaret by John Kelly, abstract dance by Molissa Fenley and a comic monolgue by Reno. Catlin Gabel Auditorium. www.ps122.org

05.1996
Performance
Donna Uchizono: The Ivy Project
NY-based Japanese-American choreographer performs inventive, abstract work based on observations of the natural world. Echo Theatre. www.ladonnadance.org

05.1996
Visual Exhibition
The Tool Show
PICA's first "anti-auction," an exhibition of 48 works about tools, with sales to benefit the visual exhibition program. Held in an empty warehouse space at 231 NW 11th (now the site of In Good Taste.) Organized by guest curator Paul Arensmeyer.

06.1996
Residency
Marta María Pérez-Bravo
Cuban photographer creates a new body of work for PICA's first exhibition, "Pushing Image Paradigms."

06.1996
Visual Exhibition
Pushing Image Paradigms
Survey of 11 international photographers who create visual fictions or manipulate images in their work. PICA's inaugural exhibition, housed in the former Lutz Tire "Triangle" Building on NW Savier.

08.1996
Benefit
The new and improved Saucebox bar reopens with a benefit party for PICA.

08.1996
Special Event
A special screening of "Basquiat"
A joint benefit for PICA and the NW Film Center

08.1996
Residency
Carol Hepper
NY-based sculptor develops new works using materials specific to the Northwest, including salmon skins salvaged from a cannery in Astoria.

09.1996
Benefit: Dada Ball
PICA's first annual evening of mayhem and merriment, staged on the east bank of the Willamette River.

11.1996
Diamanda Galás: Malediction and Prayer
Composer and chanteuse treats fans at the Northwest Service Center to an evening of solo piano and song.

12.1996
Performance
Rhodessa Jones, The Blue Stories: Black Erotica about Letting Go
Masterful storyteller brings a soulful work to the University of Portland.

09.1995
Performance
Holly Hughes: My One Man Show
Performance art legend opens PICA's first annual performance series with her autobiographical monologue. Echo Theatre.

10.1995
Performance
Bloolips: Island of Lost Shoes
Gender-bending London-based theatre company puts a new twist on the English music hall tradition, performed in the renovated vaudeville hall turned porn theatre turned music venue, the Aladdin Theatre.

11.1995
Performance
Philip Glass: Solo Piano
Master composer of modern music performs rare solo piano concert. Catlin Gabel Auditorium.

12.1995
Performance
Stephanie Skura/Cranky Destroyers: Exposed