Meta Gala: Things Take Shape
April 6, 2019 5:30 PM
PICA - 15 NE Hancock St. Portland, OR
Join us for a party with a purpose featuring performances, a silent and live auction, raffle, dinner by Field Day Feasts and Gatherings and more!
Art and fashion collide at this legendary fundraiser for PICA. See you there!
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unearth, performance still, 2019
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Meta Gala 2019 | Tickets on Sale!
What is the Meta Gala exactly?
It is an evening of extravagance where guests dress to the nines dawning fiercely thematic attire and raising paddles for a critical cause. A fête with a flare, the Meta Gala is PICA’s annual fundraiser where artists, arts supporters, and people of all shapes and sizes come to revel in the spectacle!
PICA’s 2019 Meta Gala: Things Take Shape will feature installations by Bora Architects and Portland Garment Factory, with live performances, a portrait lounge by Gia Goodrich, cocktails by Merit Badge, and delicious family-style meal from Field Day Feasts and Gatherings. At the live auction guests can win a whirlwind trip to Japan, custom styling, and a wide array of unique prizes. Stay tuned for live and silent auction updates, as well as costume inspiration.
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When: April 6, 2019 | 5:30 PM –12 AM / Where: 15 NE Hancock St, Portland, OR 97212
Cost: $250 Individual Tickets / $2,500, $5,000, and $10,000 Sponsorship Opportunities Available (21+ Only)
After Hours Affair, sliding scale / Tickets on Sale Now! Click here to learn more.
Please contact Kim Crosby, Development Manager at kim@pica.org with questions for additional sponsorship information.
Meta Gala: Things Take Shape is sponsored by Gerding Edlen, Boeing, Nike, Allie Furlotti, Beam Development, Bora Architects, Industry, Lease Crutcher Lewis, Luisa Adrianzen Guyer and Leigh Guyer, Peter and Kimberly Gronquist, Portland Garment Factory, Red & Co., Stoel Rives, Susan Hoffman, Tonkon Torp, Travel Portland, and Wieden + Kennedy
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Narcissister Organ Player
Hollywood Theater | Monday, March 18, 2019
In partnership with the Hollywood Theatre’s Feminist March programming, PICA co-presents the new documentary NARCISSISTER ORGAN PLAYER, showcasing one of the world’s most acclaimed mixed-media and performance artists and her rich and multi-layered explorations of gender, racial identity, and sexuality.
Directed by the masked and merkin-clad artist herself, NARCISSISTER ORGAN PLAYER deconstructs her celebrated stage shows combining dance, elaborate costumes, pop music hits, unabashed eroticism, and heavy doses of humor. This film goes behind her iconic mask, revealing her experience growing up ostracized in blonde-haired, blue-eyed Southern California as the child of a Sephardic Jewish mother and an African-American father. As Narcissister pushes the boundaries of contemporary art, she must also contend with the waning health of her biggest champion: her eccentric and loving mother. With as much to say about self-love as self-loathing in women’s lives, NARCISSISTER ORGAN PLAYER is a thrilling, profound, and utterly moving experience.
Cost:
$9 General Admission / $7 Senior & Student / $7 Under 12 (All Ages)
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Image courtesy of Foundation Teatro a Mil
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Manuela Infante
Estado Vegetal (Vegetal State)
April 26 and 27, 2019 / doors at 7:30 PM / PICA Annex - 15 NE Hancock St. Portland, OR
$25 general, $20 PICA members / In Spanish with English subtitles
Estado Vegetal (Vegetative State) is a riveting solo performance by Chilean theatre artist Manuela Infante, exploring how new concepts such as plant intelligence, vegetative soul, or plant communication can change human perspectives. Inspired by the revolutionary thinking of philosopher Michael Marder and neurobiologist Stefano Mancuso, the work examines the impossibility of dialogue between humans and plants.
Manuela Infante's engagement is made possible through Southern Exposure: Performing Arts of Latin America, a program of the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, the Multnomah County Cultural Coalition and Oregon Cultural Trust.
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Image courtesy of Paper Monument
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Read, PICA Artistic Director & Curator of Visual Art, Kristan Kennedy's essay in new Paper Monumnet publication!
As Radical, As Mother, As Salad, As Shelter: What Should Art Institutions Do Now?
With contributions by: Regine Basha, Chloë Bass, Dena Beard, Zachary Cahill, Ken Chen, Lori Cole, Anne Ellegood, Anthony Elms, Deborah Fisher, Zanna Gilbert, Namita Gupta Wiggers, Larissa Harris, Pablo Helguera, Megan Heuer, Kemi Ilesanmi, Mary Jane Jacob, Alhena Katsof, Kristan Kennedy, Alex Klein, Jordan Martins, Amanda Parmer, Risa Puleo, Laura Raicovich, Sara Reisman, Chris Reitz, Nicolás Rodríguez Melo, Stephen Squibb, Elizabeth Thomas, Gilbert Vicario, and Anuradha Vikram
Available now at papermonument.com
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PICA Congratulates
- Lisa Jarrett, PICA Board Member, was awarded a Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grant
- Portland artist and educator Sharita Towne & activist scholar Lisa K. Bateswere awarded a Creative Capital Grant for their project BLERG: The Black Life Experiential Research Group, an interdisciplinary collaborative for inquiry and activism at the intersection of art, urban planning, and radical geography. In shifting through historical and contemporary Black geographies, the work provides clues to understanding how Black possibilities live, breathe, and reclaim space.
- Kaneza Schaal, Creative Exchange Lab and TBA Festival alum, was awarded a 2019 United States Artists Fellowship
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No matter the time of year, you can always support PICA! Become a member for less than $5 a month and receive a year of benefits for you and one other person, including a 20% discount on year-round performances and events as well as TBA Festival passes and tickets!
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