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Geek The Halls 2016 in Portland Oregon at the Doubletree Hotel

Panda With Cookie returns to Geek the Halls this year! The event is held at the Doubletree Hotel and Event Center located at 1000 NE Multnomah St. in Portland, Oregon on December 17 and 18 from 10 to 5 each day.

This will be my last craft show of the season, so be sure to stop by if you’ve been waiting to get your Beholder. I’ll have a bunch of my Dr. Who ornaments ready, as well as piles of plush and baby onesies.

The PDX Browncoats host Geek the Halls and will have a table set up as well. Stop by to see if they have Jayne hat ornaments this year!

Madeleine Marketplace Bazaar on Thursday December 8th in Portland

Panda With Cookie will be at the Madeleine school this Thursday, December 8th for their Madeleine Marketplace and Bazaar. They will have their annual tree lighting ceremony outside and a cafe with snacks, baked goods, handmade vendors, and kid’s crafts inside. The Madeleine Marketplace is located at the Parish Hall, 3123 NE 24th Avenue in Portland, Oregon.

Come see my collection of cat ornaments for sale, along with old friends like pirate stegosaurus and new plush including my shark and kangaroo.

My card collaborator Carrot Condo will also be there, along with old craft friend House of Six Cats. We can’t wait to see you at the Madeleine Marketplace!

Crafty Wonderland Winter Holiday Market December 10th and 11th in Portland Oregon

It’s back! The Crafty Wonderland Winter Holiday Market returns to the Oregon Convention Center again this year. Panda With Cookie is so happy to be back. The market takes place on Saturday and Sunday, December 10th and 11th, from 11 am to 6 pm. There is a special ticket only event on Friday night from 5 to 9 pm so you can come in and shop without the crowds. Tickets are on sale now!

Get there early to get in line and hope to get one of their great crafty swag bags that go to the first 150 people on both Saturday and Sunday. Look for the Panda With Cookie ornaments! Stop by and say hello! I’ll have my new plush kangaroos and sharks as well as old favorites such as my cat ornaments. New this year will be a small selection of dog ornaments as well! It’s the biggest holiday market in town so don’t miss it!

Laurelhurst Winter Bazaar December 4, 2016 in Portland Oregon

The Laurelhurst Winter Bazaar is being held this year on Sunday, December 4th from 9am to 4pm. Panda With Cookie is super excited to be back for our second year. The bazaar takes place at the Laurelhurst School located at 840 NE 41st Avenue in Portland, Oregon.

There will be a school full of handmade vendors, tables with student vendors, and more. I’ll have my old favorites like taco pirate as well as my new plush toys including the springy kangaroo and shark.

The Laurelhurst Winter Bazaar has a new instagram account this year that you can follow to see vendor photos. This is a great show in the Portland area and I look forward to seeing you there!

Lewis Holiday Bazaar and Tree Sale December 3rd in Portland Oregon

The Lewis holiday bazaar and tree sale is coming up on December 3rd! Panda With Cookie is so excited to be back this year. The sale will run from 10 am to 4 pm and features a wide variety of handmade crafters. They will have Christmas trees for sale outside and there will be a cafe inside for lunch. It’s a great event to bring the family to and help support the Lewis elementary PTA.

I’ll have new items such as my plush kangaroos and old friends including the wily taco pirate. Stop by the Panda With Cookie booth and say hello! I look forward to seeing you there!

Llewellyn Holiday Market November 19th in Portland

Llewellyn Elementary School is holding its holiday market on Saturday, November 19th, in Portland, Oregon. Panda With Cookie is happy to announce our attendance for the third year in a row. The market will run from 10 am to 5 pm. In addition to the handmade vendors, there will also be student tables, a raffle, and baked goods for sale.

Llewellyn is located at 6301 SE 14th Avenue in Portland, Oregon. Stop by and say hello! I’ll have a big selection of my cat and dog ornaments this year, as well as my new cat smores catnip toys.

All Saints Holiday Bazaar November 12th in Portland Oregon

Panda With Cookie is happy to announce that we will be selling at the 61st annual All Saints Holiday Bazaar again this year! The event takes place from 9-4 on Saturday, November 12th. All Saints is located at 3847 NE Glisan Street in Portland, Oregon.

In addition to over 40 handmade crafters, they have a kid’s shopping area, cafe, and bakery booth. They will also be selling $1 raffle tickets all day with the chance to win some great prizes, including an ipad air 2!

This is a great community event, so stop by and say hello! I’ll be debuting a new card and ornament set I did in collaboration with Carrot Condo this year.

Christmas Card and Holiday Ornament Collaboration with Carrot Condo

I am so thrilled to be collaborating with Carrot Condo on a Christmas card and ornament gift set this season! Trista has drawn a set of three unique dinosaur cards that you can color yourself. I’ve provided a brontosaurus ornament with a fetching scarf.

I met Trista last year at the Madeleine School show here in Portland and we’ve stayed in touch since then. This is my first time working on a set with another artist and it’s been a great process. Starting a new full time job and doing a full schedule of shows this holiday season has been an overwhelming task and it’s been great to meet up with Trista and work on this together to keep up my motivation and excitement.

Each set of 3 cards and 3 envelopes is packaged in a poly bag and a brontosaurus ornament is tied on with bright ribbon. These are perfect for gift giving. Kids will love the chance to get creative and make their own Christmas card to send out to their friends and family. Buy sets to stuff in anyone’s stocking. I am so excited and proud that these came together. Buy online in our shops at Panda With Cookie or Carrot Condo, in stores at all three Tender Loving Empire locations and at each craft show we’ll be at in the Portland, Oregon area including Crafty Wonderland.

Alyson Provax at Wolff Gallery

Wolff Gallery is featuring the print work of Alyson Provax through the month of June. This is a show you need to see in person because photographs of the prints don’t do them justice.

The show is “a meditation upon the expansiveness of the universe and eerie encounters with the unknown.” There are a number of marbled prints that have a planetary vibe interspersed with some text prints with found phrases such as “I felt the sound more than heard it”. Sounds a bit odd, but when you’re in the gallery it all just works together.

The two highlights were Diagram 50 and Diagram 51, both hanging in the front room. Both are silkscreen monotypes, one on Khadi, the other on St. Armand. Instead of being framed or mounted on birch, these free hang slightly away from the wall with the use of magnets. The papers have a wonderful texture and with the cut outs and layering of the marbled print underneath it creates a floating effect.

The show is wonderfully cohesive without ever seeming too saturated. The variety in the papers and mounting techniques holds your interest as you move through the space and there are just enough of the small text works to shake it up.

Wolff Gallery is located at 618 NW Glisan Street in Portland, Oregon. They are open Friday and Saturday from 1-5 pm. The ALyson Provax show runs through July 3.

Martha Rosler at the Seattle Art Museum

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Red Stripe Kitchen, 1967-72, Martha Rosler

Go check out the Martha Rosler exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum. It’s always a delight to see a fabulous feminist artist who is not only still making relevant work but also completely ahead of her time when looking back on older works.

The exhibition focuses on 2 major works, House Beautiful: Bringing the War Home executed between 1967-1972 and House Beautiful: Bringing the War Home, New Series from 2004-2008. View them on Rosler’s website because they’re quite devastating to see from a country that has erased war images so thoroughly from our news coverage.

There are also a few videos set on low screens with headphones and couches for viewing. The absolute highlight of the show for me was A Budding Gourmet from 1974, which could have come straight out of a foodie magazine today with such great quotes as “will enhance me as a human being”, “make eating into an experience”, “Delicious and exotic (on food in South America)”, and “The Indians are very spiritual”.

It’s almost as if Rosler foresaw the explosion of both eating as morality in 21st century America and the fetishization of “other” cultures which white guys then “elevate”. How many times have you heard that phrase on the ol’ Top Chef Master Chef Pok Pok circuit when referring to the food that women of color typically cook?

Martha Rosler: Below the Surface runs through July 4 at the Seattle Art Museum.