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Pacific Northwest Sculptors was founded Joseph Highfill in June of 2000. He had been
working with and learning from Micheal Dente', (the bronze Martin Luther King at the Portland Convention Center is his work),
and in the process had discovered how satisfying talking to a like minded individual about sculpture could be.
Feeling a need to build upon this he garnered a list of about 10 sculptors and invited them to dinner. A couple of
them, Marty Eichinger and Devin Lawrence Field suggested other names and in the end 21 sculptors attended. The invitation
read as follows: Though it was originally suggested the group meet again in six months or a year
in the end it was decided the meetings would take place once a month. Pacific Northwest Sculptors was chosen as
the name and the first officers were elected with Joseph Highfill as president, Manuel Izquerdo as
Treasurer and Patrick Gracewood as Secretary. We publish a bi-monthly newletter and maintain a website, (www.pnwsculptors.org). Both feature artist's works, resources and opportunities. We now replace some of the monthly studio meetings with educational meetings where a lecture is given or a specific technique is demonstrated. These have included photographing sculpture on a small budget, techniques for enlarging small works or maquettes into large pieces and other topics. We also hold occasional seminars separate from our meetings. These may last an entire day and have included, marketing, mold-making techniques, metal working techniques and formatting images for the computer and the web. These events as well as the educational meetings are open to the public. Members works have been displayed in the lobby of the Portland Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Portland, at the Salem Art Festival in July in Salem, Or., and at the Art in the Pearl in the Northwest Park blocks of Portland on Labor Day Weekend. At our events not only is work displayed but our members demonstrate their various techniques from forging steel and welding to clay modeling. Please see our calendar and exhibitions pages on this site for a current listing of activities and meetings. Though we have grown since that original dinner the root of our organization remains the opportunity to interact with like minded individuals. From these interactions has come our efforts to better educate not only ourselves but the general public as well and to share with them our enthusiasm for and love of sculpture. |
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Structure
June 6, 2000 - Organization founded, officers elected; Joseph Highfill president, Manuel Izquerdo;
treasurer, Patrick Gracewood; secretary |
Education
July 11, 2000 - First studio tour - Studio of Manuel Izquerdo |
Exhibitions
September 1-3, 2001 - First exhibition and demonstration. Art in the Pearl, Park Blocks, Portland, Or. |
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Pacific Northwest Sculptors 4110 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd. #302, Portland, Or. 97214 |
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