September at Blue Sky
September Exhibitions and Programs at Blue Sky
Blue Sky is pleased to announce September Exhibitions and Programs. Please join us on Sep 5 from 5 - 9 PM for First Thursday Opening!
Xavi Bou
Ornithographies
Image © Xavi Bou
Sep 5 - 28, 2024
First Thursday Opening: Sep 5, 5 - 9 PM
In-Person Artist Talk: Sat, Sep 7, 2 PM
Spanish photographer Xavi Bou’s series Orinthographies is a balance between art and science: a nature-based dissemination project and a visual poetry exercise. Bou focuses on birds, his great passion, in order to capture in a single time frame, the shapes they generate when flying, making visible the invisible. The photographer’s admiration for nature, especially for birds, arose during his childhood thanks to unforgettable long walks with his grandfather. Although Ornithographies is a current project, it has a somewhat distant origin, since it is born from the innocent and restless gaze of the child, who once was Xavi Bou. Thus his works are an invitation to perceive the world with the same curious and innocent look of the child we once were.
Zach Oren
Ides of Gender
Image © Zach Oren
Sep 5 - 28, 2024
First Thursday: Sep 5, 5 - 9 PM
In-Person Artist Talk: Sat, Sep 7, 3:30 PM
Zach Oren’s Ides of Gender is a photo series celebrating everyone under the trans umbrella – binary and non-binary. Since 2017, Oren set out to document the rich diversity within the trans community and has photographed over 650 trans folx in all 49 continental US states, as well as Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Washington D.C. There’s an obsession with trans bodies that society often feels entitled to – objectified and scrutinized to the point of physical harm. Being cisgender, Oren felt he had a responsibility to photograph each person honestly and with utmost integrity. From the very beginning, the series was a collaborative exercise in trust – trusting that a complete stranger will show up and share their authentic self. Oren says, “Extracting their own truth and facing my camera intimately, I never had to take anyone’s photograph. It was generously given to me.” Each portrait in this space represents trans visibility in a different state. Representation matters. Visibility matters.
Community Wall Feature
Full Frame
Work from PNCA Photo Department
Image © Rachel Wolf
Sep 5 - 28, 2024
First Thursday Opening: Sep 5, 5 - 9 PM
Full Frame is a show of work by Faculty and staff in the PNCA Photography Department, showcasing their diverse range of creative practices. From digital capture to large format film and cameraless darkroom processes, together these artists push photography through a broad scope of expressive potential. Surprisingly and serendipitously, the work here is unified by use of organic forms - created by the artist's hand in the darkroom or studio, or embedded in the subject matter itself. As a Department, these practices embody much of what we hope to instill in our students: a curiosity and playfulness in the approach to photographic image making.
10-10-10: 2024 Pacific Northwest Drawers Mini Talks
Sat, Sep 21, 2024
3 - 5 PM
10 artists will each have 10 minutes to show and tell their 10 artworks in the 2024 Pacific Northwest Drawers