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SLL: Art Night with Mark Colman

Sometimes we like to branch out a little bit and give you tech types a bit of culture. A little something to think about. Gaze at. Feel.
That’s just we we did with last week’s episode of Strange Love Live. We invited photographer and artist Mark Colman on to give us a [...]

10.05.2009 See the rest →

The South Park Blocks

by Radio Gretchen

On sunny days, I spend a lot of my lunch hours out in the South Park Blocks. The South Park Blocks will always be special to me because of the years I spent at PNCA, which at the time was housed within the walls of the Portland Art Museum. Those tree-lined blocks [...]

07.01.2009 See the rest → 1 comment

Missing Monster

by Dieselboi

Monster

Last week, there was an intriguing post on Craigslist regarding the Monster, a sculpture created by art student Tuna Fish. Tuna needed someone to adopt the Monster and give it a good home. I emailed Tuna hoping I could give this cute guy a home and was informed that someone had taken the [...]

03.13.2009 See the rest →

Found art on N. Interstate

by Dieselboi

I was heading up North Interstate yesterday afternoon to pick up some groceries at my favorite New Seasons when I eyed this great little piece of art by one of the MAX crosswalks. This is directly opposite where the old Crown Motel use to be which is now a new 5 story apartment building.
I [...]

02.09.2009 See the rest →

Going St. overpass art projects

by Dieselboi

Bridge

Originally uploaded by dieselboi

If you wanted to go visit Portland’s Swan Island, you have to drive down Going St. As you head down towards the river, you end up driving under a covered pedestrian bridge just west of N. Interstate blvd. A few years ago, we discovered that people had been leaving locks [...]

10.20.2008 See the rest →

I liked the Soaring Stones better

by Dieselboi

Picture 282.jpg
Originally uploaded by dieselboi

You may remember a couple of years ago when Buses used to tear down SW 5th and 6th, dodging between cars, pedestrians and bicycles. Ahh, the heady days of the former bus mall with the rampant drug dealing and the 1970’s era shelters. Most of that is gone or [...]

09.28.2008 See the rest → 2 comments