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First Weekend Picks August 2011  Worksound presents Identity Paintings, "a new generation of painters in Portland who promise to impact the next decade." This is Worksound's last show before it begins a new residency program, which invites four artists in different media to engage in conversation with critics and audiences before culminating in a final exhibit. Works by Katie Allred, Jeremy Okai Davis, Gavin Eveland, Luke Fuller, Dorothy Goode, Ruth Lantz, Chelsea Linehan, Elizabeth Malaska, Devon Maldanado and Alexis Sarah Rittenhouse. Opening reception • 7pm • August 5 Worksound • 820 SE Alder • mojomodou@gmail.com  Megan Scheminske Half/Dozen presents Ellen Jane Michael and Megan Scheminske in Harmless Environments. Michael "prods the political, social and economic position of romance novels" while Scheminske "looks into the backrooms of art makers all around us, focusing on quiet moments that are so often tucked away and never seen." Opening reception • 6-9pm • August 5 Half/Dozen • 722 E Burnside basement • info@halfdozengallery.com  FalseFront presents Vacation Culture, a "curated conversation" between Rebecca Steele and Modou Dieng. Using interdisciplinary means, Steele takes on questions of "packaging territories, the aesthetics of the ephemeral, dislocation, entanglement, power struggling, and white washing and bleaching as process." Opening reception • 7-10pm • August 8 FalseFront • 4518 NE 32nd Ave • 503.781.4609  Gallery Homeland presents Reading.Writing, curated by Lisa Radon. This exhibition marks Research Club's second installment of the Body of Knowledge series and features 18 artists from Portland, San Francisco, Calgary, Belgrade, and Montreal working in video, print, paint, sculpture, embroidery, photography, and publication. Opening reception • 6-9pm • August 5 Gallery Homeland • 2505 SE 11th • info@galleryHOMELAND.org  Jamila Clark Newspace Center for Photography presents its 7th Annual Juried Exhibition. Portland photographer Raymond Meeks curates, culling 25 photographers from over 200 national and international entries. Opening reception • 6-9pm • August 5 Newspace • 1632 SE 10th Ave • 503.963.1935 Posted by Kelly Kutchko on August 04, 2011 at 18:04 | Comments (0) Comments Post a comment Thanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out)
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