2011 at year end - Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
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Photo: andrew billing<br />
<strong>2011</strong><br />
support pica<br />
<strong>at</strong> <strong>year</strong> <strong>end</strong><br />
An under-construction look inside PICA’s new home, with<br />
blueprints <strong>for</strong> the build-out, opening in early 2012.
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a letter from the executive director<br />
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pica is a g<strong>at</strong>eway to the most daring visions of today. the artists we support each <strong>year</strong> become the fe<strong>at</strong>ure stories<br />
in next <strong>year</strong>’s sunday Times, and the dialogue we initi<strong>at</strong>e shapes the course of contemporary art regionally, n<strong>at</strong>ionally,<br />
and intern<strong>at</strong>ionally. the present is always exciting <strong>for</strong> pica. right now, th<strong>at</strong> means a new artistic director,<br />
a new home, and planning <strong>for</strong> our next <strong>year</strong>, the tenth <strong>year</strong> of the tBa festival. To seize this moment, I ask you<br />
<strong>for</strong> your support. Your don<strong>at</strong>ion directly supports PICA as we continue to present the defining artistic voices of<br />
our time. �������<br />
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While we bid farewell to Guest artistic director c<strong>at</strong>hy edwards and thank her <strong>for</strong> three fantastic festivals, we<br />
now welcome angela m<strong>at</strong>tox as our resident artistic director. angela moved to portland after eight <strong>year</strong>s <strong>at</strong> yerba<br />
Buena center <strong>for</strong> the arts in san francisco, where she revitalized their presenting program as per<strong>for</strong>ming arts<br />
cur<strong>at</strong>or. there she worked with an eye focused on experimental practice, cross-cultural exchange, and interdisciplinary<br />
work. her strong cur<strong>at</strong>orial vision, passion <strong>for</strong> the explor<strong>at</strong>ions of artists, and her commitment to<br />
bridging new communities make angela a gre<strong>at</strong> fit <strong>for</strong> portland and pica.<br />
after nearly a decade in Wieden+Kennedy’s headquarters, pica will make our new home in the iconic orange and<br />
turquoise building <strong>at</strong> 415 sW 10th. neither a black box per<strong>for</strong>mance space nor a white box gallery, pica’s new<br />
office will be an incub<strong>at</strong>or <strong>for</strong> those who cre<strong>at</strong>e and a pl<strong>at</strong><strong>for</strong>m <strong>for</strong> those who discuss the art th<strong>at</strong> defines our time.<br />
this space will provide a focal point to our shifting activities, but still support our itinerant programming, as we<br />
reach out into the community to build new audiences and find the right <strong>for</strong>um <strong>for</strong> each project.<br />
pica is the home of true believers: a staff and Board th<strong>at</strong> routinely accomplishes the impossible, artists who<br />
refuse to be defined by tradition or custom, and supporters who know th<strong>at</strong> their commitment can change the<br />
world. pica is your voice, insisting th<strong>at</strong> art is not just relevant, but vital to understanding who we are, where we<br />
come from, and where we are heading. your support funds artist residencies and commissions, it allows us to<br />
host student groups and subsidize free programs, and it enables us to reach into communities where art is not<br />
merely decor<strong>at</strong>ive, but trans<strong>for</strong>m<strong>at</strong>ional. in supporting pica you affirm your commitment to wh<strong>at</strong> you believe<br />
today and ensure th<strong>at</strong> the promise of tomorrow is fulfilled.<br />
Please consider making a gift today. there is no more important time <strong>for</strong> pica than now!<br />
victoria frey, executive director<br />
thanK you <strong>for</strong> your support.<br />
You can also don<strong>at</strong>e online <strong>at</strong> www.pica.org or by phone <strong>at</strong> 503.242.1419.<br />
More ways to support PiCa:<br />
-Give a gift of stock or securities.<br />
-Don<strong>at</strong>e your old vehicle.<br />
-Give a PICA membership to a loved one.<br />
-Check with your employer to see if they will m<strong>at</strong>ch your gift.<br />
For more details, contact Andrew Billing <strong>at</strong> 503.242.1419 x221.<br />
don<strong>at</strong>e. M<strong>at</strong>ch. get the whole m<strong>at</strong>ch back. Make a don<strong>at</strong>ion to PICA today,<br />
make a m<strong>at</strong>ching gift to the Oregon Cultural Trust by December 31st, and<br />
claim 100% of your m<strong>at</strong>ch as a credit on your Oregon St<strong>at</strong>e income tax.<br />
Visit www.culturaltrust.org <strong>for</strong> details.<br />
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an invit<strong>at</strong>ion from the artistic director<br />
i write this note during a time of discovery and new beginnings—from establishing a<br />
new home in portland and getting to know the extraordinary pica family, to envisioning<br />
a bold new future <strong>for</strong> the organiz<strong>at</strong>ion. the tBa festival was the perfect introduction to<br />
pica in its most robust, frenetic, and celebr<strong>at</strong>ory manifest<strong>at</strong>ion. i was deeply inspired by<br />
the fierce commitment and passion of the staff and by the generosity of the people who<br />
volunteered to cre<strong>at</strong>e an extraordinary convergence of potent ideas and human expression.<br />
from this experience, i’m filled with new ideas and a pervasive sense of optimism<br />
<strong>for</strong> our work.<br />
next <strong>year</strong>, tBa:12 marks the 10th anniversary of this unique pl<strong>at</strong><strong>for</strong>m and i’ve been reflecting<br />
on its history and impact. i’m interested in the accumul<strong>at</strong>ion of memories and<br />
legacies, the experiences th<strong>at</strong> stick with us, and the artistic moments th<strong>at</strong> we just can’t shake after all these <strong>year</strong>s. to<br />
build long-term rel<strong>at</strong>ionships between artists and audiences, i’d like to invite back some past tBa artists who are<br />
developing compelling new work. yet, even while this process of reflection honors memory and the past, i will firmly<br />
position next <strong>year</strong>’s programs to shed light on the world we live in and push us to anticip<strong>at</strong>e the future.<br />
i believe strongly in pica’s mand<strong>at</strong>e to be on the leading edge in supporting a new gener<strong>at</strong>ion of artists who are taking<br />
risks in their work, and reflecting our present moment onto new futures. there are already a few projects th<strong>at</strong> we’re<br />
working to bring to tBa:12. the artists are extraordinary and the concepts they’re exploring mirror epic themes in<br />
society today: democracy, freedom of speech, and activism, as well as more intim<strong>at</strong>e concerns surrounding the home<br />
and the poetics of the everyday. these are broad, global themes, and i’m passion<strong>at</strong>e about bridging our local community<br />
to an intern<strong>at</strong>ional convers<strong>at</strong>ion, situ<strong>at</strong>ing pica in a crucial cultural dialogue.<br />
But like this convers<strong>at</strong>ion, pica expands far beyond the festival pl<strong>at</strong><strong>for</strong>m. pica is an organiz<strong>at</strong>ion driven by a belief<br />
in the vital <strong>for</strong>ce of experiment<strong>at</strong>ion and imagin<strong>at</strong>ion to make change and reflect wh<strong>at</strong> it means to be a human in today’s<br />
times. it’s a concept th<strong>at</strong> connects cre<strong>at</strong>ivity and community. our intention is to develop programs th<strong>at</strong> will exist<br />
beyond their culmin<strong>at</strong>ion in tBa. how can pica be a gener<strong>at</strong>ive <strong>for</strong>ce throughout the <strong>year</strong>, a fulcrum <strong>for</strong> art and ideas<br />
outside of the festival framework? i’m excited to explore programs th<strong>at</strong> prioritize the cre<strong>at</strong>ive process, one-on-one<br />
interactions with artists, and delve deeper into their ideas and practices.<br />
the work isn’t complete without your response to it, without your engagement. as i think of artists to invite to portland,<br />
i consider how this work will reson<strong>at</strong>e here and now in this community. Will it be meaningful? Will it provoke us<br />
to think or act? Will it linger with us? i’m thinking about how we can cre<strong>at</strong>e intim<strong>at</strong>e and meaningful opportunities to<br />
bring you closer to the work and the artists behind it.<br />
throughout the coming months, i encourage you to talk to me about your experiences with pica and the last decade<br />
of the festival, to sp<strong>end</strong> time in our space and help to shape our new home, and to meet artists who are developing<br />
new work th<strong>at</strong> we will present. come and join artists, thinkers, provoc<strong>at</strong>eurs, and fellow audience members to engage<br />
with art, ideas, food, and drink. i look <strong>for</strong>ward to getting to know you and this extraordinary community as together<br />
we welcome in a new moment <strong>for</strong> pica.<br />
angela m<strong>at</strong>tox, artistic director<br />
It is so important to have institutions like PICA th<strong>at</strong> are flexible, nimble, and<br />
responsive to the needs of both artist and audience, and who are willing to take<br />
chances, and put the work of emerging, local artists in the context of n<strong>at</strong>ional and<br />
intern<strong>at</strong>ional, visual and per<strong>for</strong>ming arts convers<strong>at</strong>ions. To us, PICA is people.<br />
–anna Gray & ryan Wilson paulsen, tBa:11 on siGht artists
Photo: gia goodriCh<br />
Yukio Suzuki per<strong>for</strong>ms in Offsite Dance Project’s<br />
edges <strong>at</strong> the <strong>2011</strong> Time-Based <strong>Art</strong> Festival.
superhero presentinG major<br />
LESLIE B. DURST<br />
THE ANDY WARHOL<br />
FOUNDATION FOR<br />
THE VISUAL ARTS<br />
superhero Leslie B. Durst; <strong>Art</strong>place, a collabor<strong>at</strong>ion of top n<strong>at</strong>ional found<strong>at</strong>ions, the<br />
N<strong>at</strong>ional Endowment <strong>for</strong> the <strong>Art</strong>s and various federal agencies to acceler<strong>at</strong>e cre<strong>at</strong>ive placemaking<br />
across the U.S.<br />
presentinG Paul G. Allen Family Found<strong>at</strong>ion; The Collins Found<strong>at</strong>ion; N<strong>at</strong>ional Endowment<br />
<strong>for</strong> the <strong>Art</strong>s; The Andy Warhol Found<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>for</strong> the Visual <strong>Art</strong>s<br />
major Japan Found<strong>at</strong>ion; Meyer Memorial Trust; The N<strong>at</strong>ional Per<strong>for</strong>mance Network;<br />
New England Found<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>for</strong> the <strong>Art</strong>s; Nike; Oregon <strong>Art</strong>s Commission; Regional <strong>Art</strong>s & Culture<br />
Council; including support from the City of <strong>Portland</strong> and Multnomah County; Showdrape;<br />
Dan Wieden; Work <strong>for</strong> <strong>Art</strong>; including contributions from more than 60 companies and 1600<br />
employees in the region<br />
major media Bridgetown Printing; Comcast; OPB; OregonLive.com; The <strong>Portland</strong><br />
Mercury; <strong>Portland</strong> Monthly<br />
underWriter John Baker & Jana Bauman; K<strong>at</strong>harine & Russell Bellman Found<strong>at</strong>ion;<br />
The Boeing Company; Cre<strong>at</strong>ive Capital; Eco Productions; LLC; Kirk Kelley; Kinsman Found<strong>at</strong>ion;<br />
Oregon Cultural Tourism Grants; OTAK; Inc.; Parrilli Renison LLC; Wieden + Kennedy<br />
champion <strong>Art</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> of <strong>Portland</strong>; Bank of America; Colin & Rosine Evans; Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
<strong>for</strong> <strong>Contemporary</strong> <strong>Art</strong>; Robert Goman & Stephan Marc Beaudoin; Pink Martini/Heinz Records;<br />
Tim & Julianne Hershey; Linda Hutchins & John Montague; Philip J. Iosca; LAIKA/house;<br />
McGraw Family Found<strong>at</strong>ion; Annie K. Millis Fund of the Oregon Community Found<strong>at</strong>ion; Howard<br />
Shapiro; Manya Shapiro; Jane Schiffhauer; Joan & John Shipley; Al Solheim; Charlie & Darci<br />
Swindells; Michael Tingley & Ellen Fortin; Twenty•Four Seven; Dorie & Larry Vollum<br />
p<strong>at</strong>ron Bruce Carey Restaurants; Comcast; Étant Donnés: The French-American Fund<br />
<strong>for</strong> <strong>Contemporary</strong> <strong>Art</strong>; Victoria Frey & Peter Leitner; Deborah Horrell & Kit Gillem; Philip Iosca<br />
& Thomas Lauderdale; Stephanie Kjar & Adam Roth; Peter Koehler; Jr. & Noël Hanlon; leftbank<br />
project; M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust; Justin Oswald; Bonnie Serkin & Will Emery; Michael<br />
Shea & Kelly Tweeden; K<strong>at</strong>hleen & Leigh Stephenson-Kuhn; Rebecca & Alexander Stewart;<br />
Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust; Western St<strong>at</strong>es <strong>Art</strong>s Feder<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
supportinG Luisa Adrianzen Guyer & Leigh Guyer; Terry Bean; Jason Bell & Christopher<br />
Israel; Jon & Julie Bennett; BOORA Architects; Louisa Brown; Marianne Buchwalter;<br />
Steven Cantor & Jessie Jonas; Hugh d’Autremont; Nora Diver & Clif<strong>for</strong>d P. Diver; Jr.; Ann & Mark<br />
Edlen; Enterprise Holdings; M<strong>at</strong> & Krystal Fleeger; Danny & Shirley Goman; MK Guth & Greg<br />
Landry; David Hidalgo & John Bischof; Twink Hinds & Graeme Harrison; Susan Hoffman &<br />
Fred Trullinger; David Hopkins & Rick Younge; Robert & Terri Hopkins; Beth Hutchins & Pete<br />
Skeggs; Stephen Lanning & Stephanie Lawson; Sally & John Lawrence; Howard Lichter & Bec<br />
Frieberg; Lori Livingston; Robin Magowan; Julie Mancini & Dennis Bromka; C<strong>at</strong>e Millar & Robert<br />
Sweeney; Betsy Miller; Casey Mills & Carmen Calzacorta; Steven C. Neighorn; NIKE Employee<br />
M<strong>at</strong>ching Gift Program; Eric Philps & Laura Van Houten; Evan & Jennifer Reynolds; Paul Schneider<br />
& Lauren Eulau; Jaymi & Francis Sladen; Stephanie & Jon<strong>at</strong>han Snyder; Jeff Stuhr & Peter<br />
Kalen; Vista Holdings Corp.; Robin Wright; Kris Young<br />
advoc<strong>at</strong>e Cynthia & Steven Addams; Alaska Tanker Company M<strong>at</strong>ching Gift Program;<br />
Paula Am<strong>at</strong>o & Eve Golden; Elena Azuola; Jane & Spencer Beebe; Big Sky Fund of the<br />
Equity Found<strong>at</strong>ion; Sid Bos; Cargo; Philip Cole; Kelly Dunlap; Jennifer & K<strong>at</strong>hie Dunn; Ivan Gold;<br />
SHOWDRAPE; INC.<br />
major media underWriter<br />
KATHERINE & RUSSELL<br />
BELLMAN FOUNDATION<br />
pica thanKs all of our sponsors & supporters<br />
Gary Golla & Jeanie Lai; Lourri Hammack; P<strong>at</strong> & Kelley Harrington; Joan Hoffman; Dave Holt &<br />
Karen Babbett; Brooke Hunter; Ronda Haas-Huntze ; John & Janet Jay; Dennis Johnson; Michael<br />
& Kristen Kern; K<strong>at</strong>hleen Lewis; Tom Maher & Kacey Baxter; Byron & Kerstin Merritt; Sara &<br />
Chris Merten; Meyer Memorial Trust: M<strong>at</strong>ching Gift Program; Craig Miller & M<strong>at</strong>thew Myrick;<br />
Christy Eugenis & Stan Amy and the North Star Found<strong>at</strong>ion; N<strong>at</strong>e Overmeyer & Sarah Dougher;<br />
PDX <strong>Contemporary</strong> <strong>Art</strong>; Barry Pelzner & Deborah Pollack; Steve & Susan Rupert; Robert & Ann<br />
Sacks; Ron Saxton & Lynne Hume Saxton; Ethan Seltzer & Melanie Plaut; Lori & Dick Singer; The<br />
Standard Insurance M<strong>at</strong>ching Gift Program; Susan Sterne & Peter Kellers; Roberto Tagliabue;<br />
Ken & Mary Unkeles; Gus Van Sant; Lisa W<strong>at</strong>son; John & Ashley Weil; Kricken & James Yaker;<br />
Zilpha Yost & Lance Limbocker<br />
enthusiast Anonymous; Annie Bellman & Michael Woods; Susan Bennett; Martha<br />
Bergman; David & Roberta Billing; Claudia & Harry Bray; Lucinda Carmichael; Kirsten Collins;<br />
C<strong>at</strong>hy Edwards; Gregory Flick & Kim Morrison; Dick & Vickie Frey; Kyle & Charles Fuchs; Lorraine<br />
Guthrie & Erik Kiaer; Gary & Kirsten Hartill; Kelly & Gretchen Hibler; IBM Intern<strong>at</strong>ional Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
M<strong>at</strong>ching Gift; Caroline & Aaron Kahn; Kristin & Jeremy Kaye; Michael & Kristen Kern; Paul<br />
King & Walter Jaffe; Le Happy; Pamela Lloyd & Renny Gleeson; Sarah Miller Meigs & Andrew<br />
Meigs; Jeffrey Morgan; Melanie Myers & Jose Cabaco; Eric Olson; Steven Pinger & K<strong>at</strong>harine<br />
Sammons; Michael Pullen & Saundra Stevens; Jason Saunders & Stephanie Kelly; Floyd Sklaver<br />
& Marc Acito; Richard Solomon & Alyce Flitcraft; Dr. Elton & Carol Storment; William Tennant;<br />
Kim Thomas & John Morrison; Annette Thurston; M<strong>at</strong>t & Diane Tomseth; Sharon Urry & J. Scott<br />
Soutter; Brian Wannamaker; M. Howard Weinstein; W<strong>end</strong>y Wells Jackson; Claire Wheeler<br />
hotel partners Ace Hotel <strong>Portland</strong>; The He<strong>at</strong>hman Hotel; The Jupiter Hotel;<br />
The Mark Spencer Hotel<br />
With additional support from ADX; Aloha Juice; Joel Barber;<br />
Bodyvox; Buffalo Trace ; Building Specialties; Cacao Drink Chocol<strong>at</strong>e; Christopher Michael<br />
Wines; LLC; Clear; Columbia Distributing; Countryside Nursery; Dalla Terra Wine; Dennis<br />
Uni<strong>for</strong>m; Denton Plastics; Inc.; DRY Soda; Elephants Delic<strong>at</strong>essen; Elk Cove Vineyard; Emma;<br />
Eugene Weekly; Five Spice Seafood & Wine Bar; Full Sail Brewing Co; The Georgia Straight;<br />
Grochau Cellars; Half/Drop Repe<strong>at</strong>s; Helix Wines; Ryan H<strong>end</strong>ricks; Hollywood Lighting; House<br />
Spirits; LLC; Howard S. Wright Construction; Indigo Design; LLC; InFocus; Jesuit High School;<br />
K<strong>at</strong>ayama Framing; Jon Kellogg; Commercial Realty Advisors; KINK.fm/Alpha Broadcasting;<br />
Knez Building M<strong>at</strong>erials; Inc.; Christie Lites; The Mac Store; Makelike; Mitchell Wines; Montavilla<br />
Farmer’s Market; Nau; Neighborhood Notes; New Deal Distillery; New Seasons Market;<br />
New System; Noetic Design; Inc.; Nostrana; North Country Productions (Alan T. Jones); NW<br />
Paper Box; Oregon Children’s The<strong>at</strong>re; Our United Villages & The ReBuilding Center; Pacific<br />
Grip & Lighting; Pacific Seafood; PDX Distribution; Pop <strong>Art</strong>; Inc.; ¿Por Qué No?; <strong>Portland</strong> Center<br />
Stage; David Premysler; PVS In-Store Graphics; Ramsden Fine <strong>Art</strong>s; Random Order Coffee; Really<br />
Big Video; Inc.; Redbull; Saint Cupcake; The Source Weekly; Stumptown Coffee; Sweetpea<br />
Baking Co.; Tequila Avión; urbanhonking.com; Utrecht <strong>Art</strong> Supplies; Vancouver Magazine;<br />
Verso Books; Via Tribunali; Viso Beverage Company; Voodoo Doughnuts; Walsh Construction;<br />
Westview High School; Willamette Valley Vineyards; Woodstock Farmer’s Market; WS<br />
Contracting; Yoga Pearl<br />
tBa puBlic partners Mayor Sam Adams; City of <strong>Portland</strong>; Commissioner<br />
Nick Fish; City of <strong>Portland</strong>; Chris D’Arcy; Oregon <strong>Art</strong>s Commission/Oregon Cultural Trust; Eloise<br />
Damrosch; Regional <strong>Art</strong>s & Culture Council; Todd Davidson; Oregon Tourism Commission;<br />
Karen Goddin; Oregon Economic & Community Development Department; Anne Mangan;<br />
<strong>Portland</strong> Development Commission; Jeff Miller; Travel <strong>Portland</strong>; Virginia Willard; Business <strong>for</strong><br />
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