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The Art Beat goes on as PCC celebrates 19th year
Photos and story by James Hill
PORTLAND, Ore. – There is something for everyone at Portland Community College’s 19th annual Art Beat festival. 
Art Beat 2006 will spread across all three PCC campuses and the Southeast Center from May 8-12, offering students and the community access to local, regional and national artists, as well as an extensive collection of visual art, dance, music, theater and literary events to help expose them to art. The best part of Art Beat is that it is free and open to the public.
“Each campus will feature a variety of performances, artists slide presentations, interactive demonstrations and workshops,” said Charles Washburn, ceramics instructor and PCC Art Beat committee member. “I hope that Art Beat exposes our students and community members to different ways of seeing, hearing, speaking and moving. It is always entertaining and fun.”
For a complete schedule, please visit the Art Beat Web site at artbeat.pcc.edu
Featured Artist
This year’s featured artist is local painter George Johanson. He will host several presentations of his work around the PCC district. Johanson will discuss his art in relation to Renaissance and modern art, diptychs, murals, home movies and prestidigitation. He will present from noon to 1 p.m. on Monday, May 8 at Mt. Tabor Great Hall of the Southeast Center; 11 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, May 9 in the Performing Arts Center at the Sylvania Campus; 1 to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, May 10 in Room 122C of Building 9 at the Rock Creek Campus. See a copy of his featured work, “Three Kayakers” (Oil on canvas)
Art Beat Kickoff Reception
On Monday, May 8, Art Beat will kickoff with a reception featuring music and buffet from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in the Performing Arts Center Foyer at the Sylvania Campus. Hosted by the Sylvania Traditions, Ritual, and Fun Committee, the Art Beat Reception includes music, welcoming remarks from District President Preston Pulliams and student art and music awards.
Art Beat 2006 Highlights
Deborah Horrell Glass Casting Demonstration
Horrell demonstrates, from idea to image, the amazing process of Pate de Verre glass casting. Her work centers around the vessel form, which she uses as a metaphor for human beings and their relationships.
2-5 p.m., Monday, May 8 *CT 133, Sylvania Campus.
Boka Marimba Music Performance
A ten-member dance band, Boka Marimba will play exhilarating, energetic music from Zimbabwe and other areas of southeastern Africa. The group uses Shona style of melodic themes and variations layered in polyrhythmic and cyclic patterns.
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 9 *Student Center Cafeteria, Cascade Campus.
Student & Faculty Literary Reading
The campus literary magazine, The Rock Creek Review, will host an open-mic reading in conjunction with the ever-popular annual student and faculty poetry and prose reading.
10-11:30 a.m., Wednesday, May 10, Room 102 of Building 3, Rock Creek Campus.
Parking and Contacts
Parking at all three campuses, plus the Southeast Center, is free during Art Beat 2006. The events will be held at the Cascade Campus (705 N. Killingsworth), Rock Creek Campus (17705 N.W. Springville Road), Southeast Center (2305 S.E. 82nd and Division) and the Sylvania Campus (12000 S.W. 49th Ave.). For more information, call 503-977-4117. Those needing interpreting or other accommodations, call the Office for Students with Disabilities, 503-977-4341 voice, 503-246-4072 TTY.
About James Hill
James G. Hill, an award-winning journalist and public relations writer, is the Director of Public Relations at Portland Community College. A graduate of Portland State University, James has worked as a section editor for the Newberg Graphic... more »