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"If there is a line labeled "too far" in the Willamette Valley art community, the Emerge art show would like to pour bleach on it.
Maybe set it on fire."
- Eric Howald, Salem Monthly
Presenting the Emerge Oregon Art Series, a once a month one night art show.
Emerge Oregon Art Series was founded in March 2009 in Keizer by a group of artists from the mid valley that felt there was a need for a consistant place for emerging artists in the Willamette Valley to show their artwork in a non threatening environment with the idea that anyone could show three pieces for $5.00. They decided not to take commission on art that sells to encourage more artists in the community to come show and sell. We moved to the Coffee House Cafe Warehouse in September 2009.
The true success story of Emerge is the response of the artists and as well as the community each month.
We are seeking artists who have not shown their work in a gallery; artists who have shown only a couple times; or artists who do not feel there is a place for their artwork in the Willamette Valley.
Two great places to see if your art is right for this show are:
The Pacific Art Collective Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine
Important Artist Information
Art Drop Off / Pick Up: We only take delivery of artwork from 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM the day of Emerge. Your art must be picked up between the hours of 9:00 and 10:00 PM that night.
The Fee: Artists pay $5.00 to enter 3 pieces of artwork. Your $5.00 goes to cover the cost of promotional flyers. In many galleries artists are charged 15 to 20 dollars for the same thing, only non profit galleries use that money for fund raising and commercial galleries tack it to the bottom line. As an art community gallery our goal is not to make money, but to at least break even. We really feel having a fun and professional event is the best way to promote the arts in the Mid Willamette Valley!
Stay There: As an artist you need to be on location for the entire event. The only way to be able to sell your work and answer questions about it is to be present. Four hours may seem like a long time, but keep in mind you are also networking and will potentially get more work (make sales) from networking.
Pick up: You must be available to pick up your work between 9:30PM and 10:00PM. Coffee House Cafe closes at 10:00PM so you need to be on time to get your work.
Invitations: This show is where you are showing your work, so invite your friends and family. If you need invitation cards contact us and we will arrange for you to get some!
Caution: This is an event where kids can come, but keep an open mind that the kiddos WILL see more liberal art than is the norm for this area. So If you are concerned about what your kids should see, then you may want to stick to the Art Association shows in Keizer, Salem and Silverton.
We have done away with ENTRY forms to be more efficient and waste less resources! Now you just bring in your three pieces of art, your $5.00 and you will be signed in electronically. Be prepared to sign our insurance waver form every time you show with us. You cannot show if you do not sign it. Click the PDF to read over it.
Emerge Insurance Waiver
Coffee House Cafe Warehouse
Every 1st Friday Each Month
04.02.10 7 - 10 PM - Music by DJ Timmy & DJ DirtyClean
05.07.10 7 - 10 PM - Music by Paper Canyons
"Sound Bound" Installation by Anonymous
06.04.10 7 - 10 PM - Music by DJ Getdown & DJ Broken
07.02.10 7 - 10 PM - Deklun and Pace
Live Installation - "The Mad Bomber: Up In Smoke"
08.06.10 7 - 10 PM - Music by DJ Broken
Live installation "Sidewalk Chalk"
by Danielle Baca
09.03.10 7 - 10 PM - Music by DJ Broken
Live installation "Silhouettes of Salem"
by Mark Bethell and Laura Fidler
10.01.10 7 - 10 PM - Music TBA
11.05.10 6 - 11 PM - Music TBA
12.03.10 6 - 11 PM - Music TBA
Art Installation
February 5, 2010: Pull Over I Have To Go by Annonymous
(Click here for a review by the Willamette Collegian)
Live Art Installation
March 5, 2010: Sticker Nerds! by SKAM, Nasty Nate & Mr Say
(Sponsored by Sticky Rick's and Hit&Run from SoCal)
May 7, 2010: Sound Bound by Annonymous
Performance Art
July 2, 2010: The Mad Bomber: Up In Smoke
by Bomber and Jonathan Boys
(Click here for a short video of it)
August 6, 2010: Sidewalk Chalk by Danielle Bacca
(Click here for a set of pics and here for a second set)
September 3, 2010: Silhouettes of Salem by Mark Bethell and Laura Fidler
TBA
October 1, 2010
November 5, 2010
Ventriloquial Figures vs Automatonophobia
This Friday Sept 3rd, in CHC's warehouse the Emerge Oregon Art Series will host an interactive art installation called, "The Silouhettes of Salem" by Mark Bethell and Laura Fidler. The display will feature spotlight created silouhettes to demostrate the art concepts of light, shadow and dimension. Come create fun shapes on our walls using markers and chalk.
How and Why It Is Important to Collect Local Art
First and formost you are making an investment in the local economy. Most people do not think of art in these simple terms. Every artist is a business owner.
Second the best way to increase the value of locally purchased art is by continuing to purchase from local artists. An artist who is highly collected on the local, then regional, then national level will normally be able to sell original works for top dollar. Local artists on the other hand who are just getting a start do not have that same name recognition and cannot charge top dollar. Locally, this is your best chance to invest in the art market. If you are in a coffee shop or restaurant and see a piece of art that you like for under $100, act on your gut instinct to buy it. Don't just buy the work though, get as much information on the artist including an email address and phone number. Find out if the artist has a social networking page, a blog or website and keep tabs on them. Further continue to buy pieces from that artist, but also begin to keep your eyes peeled for other local art that speaks to you and buy it too. Soon you will have an apartment/condo/house full of local original art.
Local artists become regionally or nationally collected because they are highly collected on the local level. So in part it is you, as a local art collector, that is responsible for an artist gaining fame. But also as that artist progresses, those initial small investements you made with increase in value. For centuries art has actually been the commodity that wealthy families have invested in. Because the economy is in a recession there is more reason than ever to invest in art.
If you say, but I don't have extra money. Think of it like this. What extra do you do during the month? Find ways to cut those extras out. Commonly smoking and drinking are the two biggest extras in the US. What if you stopped smoking? You could definitely afford to buy at least one piece of art a month. Or if you can't give up your vices, stop going to commercial movies (this does not include Salem Cinema who shows independent art films). If you stopped paying $10 to $12.00 a ticket to see a commercial movie you would see that you have enough to buy local art. Many times you can buy great local art for between $10 and $60. That's a night at the movies.
The Wall Street Journal recently published a story on the art market. Please read the following excerpt which reinforces this idea:
"The art market has bucked the prevailing economic gloom before. Art boomed for 33 years in London in the late Victorian years when the British, who paid the highest prices for pictures in the world, saw their agricultural economy fall into the Great Depression of 1872 to 1895.
In New York, art prices climbed steadily from 1885 to 1935 when U.S. banks repeatedly failed because of the loans they issued to railway builders that subsequently went bust and the U.S. narrowly avoided national bankruptcy in 1895 and 1907. Gold reserves dwindled and dollar devaluations were regular. When Pierpont Morgan, the richest man in the U.S. at the time, died in 1913, most of his estate was invested in art and books. An exhibition of his art at the Frick Art Museum in Pittsburgh in 2008 estimated his collection at $60 million 86% of his net worth.
Mr. Morgan knew better than most people how unstable the public and corporate finances were at the time and how close the U.S. Treasury was skirting the abyss. While U.S. companies were going bust by the day, Mr. Morgans paintings by the likes of Gainsborough and Raphael remained enduring stores of value.
The correlation between stock collapses and art booms carried on throughout the 20th century. During the 1920s while the Weimar Republic became more threatening, the UK endured a general strike and the Wall Street crash, art prices enjoyed one of their biggest booms of the 20th century. In 1931 the US Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon paid a world record price for a painting: £240,800 for Raphaels Alba Madonna , the most expensive of his 21 purchases from the Hermitage museum in the then Soviet Union. Art prices were also resilient in the late 1980s after U.S. stocks fell 24% on Black Monday in October 1987."
When you attend the Emerge Oregon Art Series you will see many pieces of art for under $100. Typically between 1 and 10 pieces sell at each show. We do not take a commission so your money goes directly to the artist. Our role is not only to educate artists on how to show their work, but to educate you as local art collectors on how and why you need to make this investment.
If you have any questions at all about how to start your own art collection please feel free to contact us via our contact page!
Thanks,
Jonathan Boys
Founder of the Emerge Oregon Art Series
Local Art Dealer
Mac McGowan is a steampunk artist specializing in wearable art such as goggles, helmets, leather accessories and clothing. He has had several careers, most notably in radio and public affairs / communications.
"In addition to being a professional portrait photographer, I have a passion for fine art photography. I love to capture the beauty of the human body, as well as find beauty in ordinary things. I love objects that are rusty, grungy, and dirty."
Born in Salem, Oregon, in 1964 and one of eleven children, Lee Ann Meithof is a self-taught artist who always dreamed of painting. Lee Ann currently resides in Stayton, Oregon, with her husband, Don.
My work is an ongoing and ever-changing examination of the human condition referenced in our hopes and fears we display via our technology and religion. I choose to merge the two aspects into an updated shamanistic vision using mixed media and ceramics.
I was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. I attended Occidental College in Los Angeles and graduated with my BA in 2009. I am an emerging artist and pursuing art as a career. Read more on my website...
I am an Artist, A Listener, A Friend, A Companion, A Protector & A Lover. I like to spend time with my friends listening to good music, watching movies, I smoke and drink and talking about anything and everything. I simply enjoy life one day at a time, you never know when it may be your last.
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NOTICE: Emerge Oregon Art Series does not conduct, promote, or endorse any acts of violence or destruction. Furthermore, Emerge Oregon Art Series feels that personal property should not be vandalized, disrespected, or otherwise abused. Such acts delude the public's already misunderstood view of street culture and art.
Emerge Oregon Art Series is a community art show organized and implemented by several members of the Mid Willamette Valley art community. Due to the nature of running this series, we do not make a profit and EOAS is funded soley by limited community sponsors, as listed on our 'Sponsors' page. Any donation is accepted and appreciated and will be put to good use. This is simply a service that our community needs that no one else has stepped to the plate to provide. If you have any questions please contact us.
WE DESPERATELY NEED VOLUNTEERS, IF YOU WANT TO SUPPORT THE ARTS IN THE MID WILLAMETTE VALLEY, JOIN THE RANKS OF OUR SWEAT EQUITY SPONSORS TODAY. WE NEED PEOPLE WILLING TO HELP CHECK IN ARTISTS, TO HELP HANG THE ART, AND THE HELP HAND OUT FLYERS IN THE COMMUNITY AND ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES.
The Emerge Oregon Art Series does not have a board of directors. We do rely on a committee of consultants from around the state though. They are:
Jonathan Boys, Keizer (founder); Lari DeLapp, Salem; River Hawkins, Eugene; Kel Ward, Salem (founding member); Jonan Donaldson, Salem; Charles Rieter, Salem (founding member); Carla Moberg, Salem; Ryan Stoller, Portland; Forrest Fidler, Salem (founding member); Andrea Ikeda, Salem (founding member); Terry Pimm, Salem; Heather Hunter, Salem (founding member), and Timothy Wiener, Phoenix (founding member)
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