Store For a Month Opening + First Friday Party | June 3 & 5
June 1, 2009 — PDXPIPELINEStore for a Month is John Brodie's new project. He's a well known figure in town as the ex-Manager of the Loved & defunct LaLuna, former longtime manager of Pink Martini, former manager of Muu-Muus* and current owner of Le Happy creperie.
That is a pretty good resume/CV. Forget about all that and focus on the project he is unleashing on Portland this week named 'Store For A Month':
Loosely based on Claes Oldenburg's "Store" from 1961, Store for a Month will be a temporary art object and "product" store that includes a working studio for the Proprietor and Store artists to make works on-site, although many works will be made in advance.
They have over 60 artists, a First Friday opening party, and of course–a twitter account.
Read more about this at Neighborhood Notes, where we swiped this picture from.
Update from the twitter: “I'll be on KBOO 90.7FM tomorrow (Tuesday) at 11:30am on Eva Lake's Art Focus program to talk about The Store”
From Press Release:
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