Passionlab

Passionlab is dedicated to providing resources for visual artists of all types and in all genres.

Passionlab Gallery Committee conducts gallery related activities such as planning, marketing and curating shows. These activities are conducted monthly and are either in-house or in the community. These activities further the exempt purposes of The Creativity Collective by ensuring resources are available for visual artists, exposing them to the community and providing sale and networking opportunities. The committee works 90 percent of the time on these activities. The remaining 10 percent is providing content for the Artisans Almanac artist resource magazine. The gallery funds itself through gallery sales, monetary contributions, in-kind contributions, the artist magazine, yearly conference and additional organization programming.

The Passionlab Committee focuses primarily on modern or contemporary artwork and offers support and networking for visual artists of all ages. The gallery committee welcomes anyone who would like to exhibit art and encourages submissions from anyone who would like to be featured. The gallery is located at The Klamath County Library 123 S. 3rd St. Klamath Falls, OR 97601 in collaboration with the library. The gallery is booked by local non-profit art group, The Creativity Collective and overseen by committee head and visual artist, Terra Whitlock.

Typical shows include oil paintings, watercolors, photography, sculpture and abstract metalwork. The last show, The Faces of War exhibit consisted of over 15 action photographs taken by the 168 Field Artillery Unit, Battery B. during World War II.

The fee is $50 for four weeks, $25 for members. All shows get one month of showing time. Pricing for art is decided by the artist, and 25% of all sales go to the Creativity Collective for promotion, printing, and future shows

Artists can submit a portfolio sample and description for gallery consideration. Committee heads are given one free show a year. Gallery openings the third Friday of every month. Contact Terra Whitlock at 541-281-4716

Below are some of our accomplishments

• Visual artists from Portland to Klamath Falls contributed to the first issue of Artisan's Almanac
• Ten visual artists have been featured at events in collaboration between TCC and the Klamath County Library and in TCC's original CAK locations
• The art of the members and committee heads was featured in a Creativity Collective show at The Ross Ragland with an opening night where the artists were present

What you have to look forward to:

• THIS MONTH: Featured artist, Anita Savio at the Klamath County Library

June 17th - July 14th: ANITA SAVIO

July 15th - August 18th: BENTE

August 19th - September 15th, 2011: GINA VANDERKOOI

 

September 16th- October 20th: KIDS IN FLIGHT EXHIBIT

October 21st- November 17th: THESE ARE THE ROOMS TO MY MOTHERS HOUSE chapbook release with book signing

November 18th - December 15th: IMPRESSIONS OF A DREAM & INVENTORY: BODY PARTS - Terra Whitlock

These paintings are an exploration of internal spaces, imagined landscapes -- the scenes behind eyelids. They are distinguishable by exhaustive layers of tinted glazes that are built up to suggest light and space. Influences for these paintings include the mid-20th century abstract expressionists for their nonrepresentational approach and use of color. This tradition extends to the Inventory series, with disembodied internal organs introduced like delicately drawn puns. Terra studied painting, photography, illustration, and sculpture at New York's School of Visual Arts and went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California at Santa Cruz. Since then she has published and exhibited fine art photography, paintings, and drawings. In 2009 she earned a Master of Arts in Teaching degree, and now her elementary school students enjoy art lessons throughout the year. “It's exciting to live and work in the downtown arts district of Klamath Falls.” Says Terra.

December 16th - January 1st Snowflake Family Night and Contest Winner Exhibit

• Continued education and exhibit opportunites offered at our conference and yearly retreat
• Classes in the visual arts offered throughout the year
• A yearly art bazaar will be developed to provide exhibit opportunities for our member and the public
• Faces of War Exhibit:

The exhibit consists of nearly 20 action photographs taken by the 168 Field Artillery Unit, Battery B. during World War II. Lieutenant, Harold Bohm of the 168 Field Artillery Unit was one of the first participants in A Legacy of Bravery. "It is important what they [The Creativity Collective] are doing," remarked Harold Bohm, "or else people forget."

The exhibit is free. Due to mature content, the exhibit is 13 and older unless accompanied by an adult. "These are action photos, and most are quite graphic. But we cannot expect to grasp the military experience of our returning veterans without understanding what they have seen," says Christy Soto, founding president of The Creativity Collective.

The Faces of War exhibit stems from The Legacy of Bravery project. The Creativity Collective developed A Legacy of Bravery (www.legacyofbravery.com), an on-line archive of stories, photos and video pertaining to the military experiences of Oregonians. Veterans get their own page telling their unique story. It is from these stories that The Legacy of Bravery Memorial Tours was created.