"People really show up for the arts here. Our event is run by artists in the building. It's been growing so much over the past few years. This year has been very very busy, it's crazy."
"I have a habitat series that depicts animals in human settings-that show animals who have been displaced from their own environments, and then they show up in human environments, like swimming pools. And the people are just oblivious to the fact that they are there and to the plight that brought them there."
"I make all my own glazes. It's a lot of trial and error-you make a lot of really ugly glazes. I got into food this year, so I'm making all this ceramic food. I started making these eggs, and it's"
Northwest Marine Art Works occupies two acres in Portland's industrial Northwest District within buildings constructed in 1911 as a prune processing plant and later converted to a nautical ironworks during World War II. The site produced parts for boats, dams, and bridges, was abandoned in the 1980s, and in the early 1990s began renting raw warehouse spaces to local artists under owner Ken Unkeles. The complex expanded into more than a hundred artist studios and hosts a biannual Open Studios + Holiday Market that draws over 10,000 visitors for studio tours, artwork sales, food, and wine. Artists manage the event and present a wide range of work, from mixed-media habitat-themed sculpture to experimental ceramics and handmade glazes.
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