Latest Content for Art Focus

James Lavadour

Airs at: Tue, 11/14/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday, Nov. 14, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews gallerist Jane Beebe about painter James Lavadour’s new show Planet Waves which is on now at PDX Contemporary Art through Nov. 28. Beebe talks about Lavadour’s use of color, the role of landscape in his abstra... Read more

Heather Watkins

Airs at: Tue, 11/07/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday, Nov. 7, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews artist Heather Watkins about her show Elemental Things which is on now at PDX Contemporary Art through Nov. 28. Watkins talks about turning line drawings into sculptures, her method of pouring ink on paper then... Read more

Philip Krohn High Water

Airs at: Tue, 10/31/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
photo credit, courtesy of AUXART   On Tuesday, Oct. 31, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews artist Philip Krohn about the installation called High Water which is in Building 5, 2516 NW 29th Ave, Portland, on weekends through November 12. High Water is made from sa... Read more

We Are The Revolution

Airs at: Tue, 10/03/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday, Oct. 3, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews art collector Jordan Schnitzer about the show We Are The Revolution, which is on now through December 1, at The Schnitzer Collection at 3033 N.W. Yeon Ave. Schnitzer talks about works from big names such as Keh... Read more

Comic Con 2023

Airs at: Tue, 09/26/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday, Sept. 26, at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews three comic book artists at Rose City Comic Con. He talks to Nicola Scott from Australia who does Wonder Woman and other comics for DC; Jack Kent who draws interesting-looking people on the street in Portland fo... Read more

Hung Liu

Airs at: Tue, 09/19/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews Derek Franklin about “A Question of Hu: The Narrative Art of Hung Liu” [PRONOUNCED LEE-oo]. The show is on now through December 2, 2023.  Franklin talks about Liu’s textural paintings, her use of symbol... Read more

Naomi Shigeta

Airs at: Tue, 09/12/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, at 11.30 a.m. Joseph Gallivan interviews painter Naomi Shigeta [PRONOUNCED SHIG-ett-AR] about her new show “Correlate” at Augen Gallery which is on now through Sept 30. Shigeta talks about her oil painting technique when it comes to backgrounds... Read more

Land Art Terra Incognita

Airs at: Tue, 08/22/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
[NEW LAPTOP, PIX GONE SIDEWAYS, SORRY. LOOK AT LIFE DIFFERENTLY] On Tuesday, August 22, 2023, at 11.30 am Joseph Gallivan interviews multiple artists about Terra Incognita, a land art show at the Verdency Project in Troutdale through Sunday, August 27. On a preview tour ... Read more

Converge 45

Airs at: Tue, 08/15/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday, Aug 15, 2023, at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews curator Christian Viveros-Fauné and artistic director Portland artist Derek Franklin about Converge 45, a city wide arts festival staring August 24. Will art save Portland? The pair talk about the idea of a ... Read more

Biomass

Airs at: Tue, 08/08/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Art Focus
On Tuesday, Aug 8, 2023, at 11.30am Joseph Gallivan interviews Jeff Jahn [PRONOUNCED YAHN] about Biomass, a group show he curated in the Pearl District. Jahn talks about the state of artists in Portland, the return from COVID hibernation, and how animals can rekindle emp... Read more