Performance Works NorthWest || Linda Austin Dance

08/22/2024

07/27/2024

July 29 at 7:30 || noise night || Wilson Shook, Rebecca Novak, stephanie lavon trotter, and dana jnnfrsn
soak in the sounds of noise makers and improvisers Wilson Shook (Oakland), Rebecca Novak (Houston), stephanie lavon trotter and dana jnnfrsn.

July 29 | 7:30pm
PWNW | 4625 SE 67th Ave
$10-15 sliding scale

07/24/2024

July 26-27 || Kodi Crone || Metīs
Metîs reflects the harmonic series in bone, bark and the bardo. Concluding a triptych built on her sisters PALLAS and Medusa, Metìs is an interactive, immersive installation offering intermittent performances. Riding the waves, Metìs explores sound and vision in the active art of deep listening, and invites bodily transmissions in a sea of dreams.
sliding scale $8-$25 ~ no one turned away for lack of funds.
Tickets are required, so please RSVP.
Donations greatly appreciated.
July 26-27
Friday-Saturday 8-10pm
Performance Works NW
4625 SE 67th Ave. || Portland 97206
Installation & performances from 8-10pm.
Short performances will be offered throughout the installation.
Stay for an hour or more and you’ll likely catch one.

07/15/2024

This is going to be so good!

soak in the sounds of noise makers and improvisers Wilson Shook (Oakland), Rebecca Novak (Houston), stephanie lavon trotter and dana jnnfrsn.

06/18/2024

The Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) is now accepting applications for Cultural Sustainability: A WESTAF Grants and Peer Cohort Program for Arts Organizations of Color.

Part one applications must be submitted by Monday, July 1.

With support from The Wallace Foundation and in partnership with the five other U.S. Regional Arts Organizations, WESTAF expects to grant a total of $1.1 million in the region, with approximately two grants per state or jurisdiction.

This new grant opportunity targets organizations with annual operating budgets under $500,000 with a minimum of three years of programming history that meet at least two of three criteria related to leadership or community service in communities of color.

For more information and to apply: https://tinytg.com/jEZwP

Graphic: WESTAF



Subashini Ganesan-Forbes

04/27/2024

June 1 at PWNW: “18,250” questions by Aaron Finbloom.
A durational performance in which the artist reads aloud 18,250 questions written over the course of one year during 2016-2017. The performance starts at 6 AM on June 1 and will finish approximately 21 hours late. Audiences can come and go. Free or by donation.

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04/19/2024

04/17/2024

Wednesday and Thursday 6-9pm at PWNW.

An installation project inspired by academic and poet Refaat Al-Areer’s poem, “If I must Die,” which pays tribute to the many journalists and media workers who have put their live…

03/18/2024

Tickets going fast for the upcoming Almebic Artist Performance weekendnd! Friday 8pm and Sunday 2pm are your best bets!

Celebrating the creative efforts of our tenth Alembic Resident Artist cohort with a sharing of new work! Since June 2023, these...

03/06/2024

The Creative Capital Open Call runs from March 4 to April 4, 2024! This year, Creative Capital welcomes innovative and original new project proposals in visual arts, performing arts, film/moving image, technology, literature, multidisciplinary, and socially engaged forms.

The Creative Capital Award provides unrestricted project grants, bespoke professional development services, and community-building opportunities. Grants are awarded via a democratic, national, open call, external review process. Creative Capital’s goal is to fund individual artists creating conceptually, aesthetically, and formally challenging, risk-taking, and never-before-seen projects.

Applications open on March 4 and the deadline for submitting is April 4, 2024 at 4PM ET.



More info here:
https://creative-capital.org/about-the-creative-capital-award

02/16/2024

Targeted / 100+ Kites is an installation project inspired by academic and poet Refaat Al-Areer’s poem, If I must Die, which pays tribute to the many journalists and media workers who have put their lives on the line to report on the horrors unfolding in Gaza and prevent the suppression of news in the strip.
Their hard work, courage and humanity is an inspiration to us. Please join us as we honor and celebrate the lives of all fallen journalists.
April 17-18, 2024
6-8pm
Performance Works NW
$10 suggested donation / All proceeds will be donated to a charity dedicated to healing the trauma of this conflict.

02/10/2024

The Playwrights Realm

Applications for the 2024-25 Native American Artist Lab are now open and will close on March 11th.

More info here:
https://playwrightsrealm.org/submit

01/10/2024

Applications Open for 2024 Risk/Reward Festival!
https://risk-reward.org/event/risk-reward-festival-2024/

Big news from Risk/Reward: After 10 glorious years, Katie Watkins is stepping away from the festival and passing the baton to veteran lighting designer, production manager, and festival artist James Mapes!

01/05/2024

Join co-curators and at
Imposter/switch #5
Sat Jan 13 8pm
Link in bio

Hannah Krafcik - vocal music
Sarah Eaton - contemporary dance
Stephanie Leet -stand up comedy
The Bone Goddess - narrative short film
Yaara Valey - photography
Devin Devine - painting

Imposter/switch celebrates the imposter syndrome living in each of us by poking a little fun at the idea that mastery is necessary for creative viability and inviting artists to courageously switch disciplines with another artist.

Performance Works Northwest
4625 SE 67th Ave, Portland, OR 97206
Tickets on sale now at Performance Works Northwest website $5-$20 Support Local Experimental Art!

12/31/2023

The state's innovative tax credit system allows you to double the impact of your donations to nonprofit cultural groups – but you must act by Dec. 31.

12/30/2023

BOMB Magazine has been publishing conversations between artists of all disciplines since 1981.

12/30/2023

SUPPORT PWNW..."a treasure in the city."
2 more days.....to help us start out 2024 with all we need to support artists and audiences hungry for what we offer.
https://pwnw-pdx.org/support/
"PWNW is a pillar of welcoming and affirming experimental art. A unique and fantastic place."
"Appreciate PWNW as an ongoing, consistent hub for experimentation in what it means to support inclusion and expression. SO absolutely essential to realize a new world! Deep thanks and gratitude for this rock of possibility in PDX!!"
"PWNW is a treasure in this city"
"Thank you, always inspired by PWNW."
"What a lovely and welcoming space! The folks who run it clearly care for the artists they work with as well as the audience they share with."
"It is always wonderful to be in PWNW, and to witness work by you two and other artists in an intimate, affirming environment. Feels like a true community space."
"Enjoyed in all its special weirdness."

12/22/2023

We are getting excited for the January 6-7 visit to PWNW by Lori Goldston, Katiana Gonçales Rangel, and Jim Fletcher for their performance of "Ama, the Diver." Here is a link to an interview between Lori and Katiana for BOMB Magazine discussing their work together, and the relationship between Katiana's performance practice and Buddhism.

LINK TO TIX TO AMA, THE DIVER IN COMMENTS

BOMB Magazine has been publishing conversations between artists of all disciplines since 1981.

12/14/2023

ATTENTION PARENT DANCE ARTISTS!
Performance Works NW, in Portland, Oregon is now accepting proposals for our 2024 Alembic Parent Residencies, supporting one local artist and one visiting artist. The two dance-based parent artists receive studio time, a cash stipend, plus housing for the visiting artist.
Deadline January 15.
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