PRELUDE Sculptural Installation by Kate Fenker Exhibition in MP5 Cubed Plus: OPEN HALLWAYS Residents of Milepost 5 exhibit work outside each of their units throughout the building Opening Reception: 6-9pm, Saturday, January 23, 2010 Food by din din Wine courtesy Milepost 5 Exhibitions continue until February 26

We'll be culling from the images in these contact sheets to create The Museum. Let us know if you want HR photos (for artists, event producers, press) and we will accomodate you if possible. room119@milepostfive.com.

These thumbnails are a walk-through during the 8.14.09 Manor of Art opening event. Click the pix to get started.

We were moved by TJ's sensitive formal installation to do a photo series of his room as a formal study of our own. Mr Norris has a keen sense of composition and a thoughtful approach to materials. We look forward to his upcoming curatorial work in Milepost 5, The Lofts where he will be curating and meta-curating the building's extensive exhibit space.

http://milepostfive.com/curatorial

Creative Director of Milepost 5, Gavin Shettler will introduce the founding Directors of the new non profit Portland City Art. They will speak about The Manor of Art and their new organization. Brad Malsin and Ted Gilbert, developers and owners of Milepost 5, will talk about the Milepost 5 project. Finally, Mayor of Portland Sam Adams will close with a few comments about support for the Arts in our community.

The Grid

Curated by TJ Norris

This group exhibition including 27 international artists in various media conceptualizing 'the grid'. Selections were made from nearly 60 entries. All works are small-scale (under 12" in all dimensions) to be placed within a wall-based grid. Seen as a way to organize, divide and separate, many artists have forever used a grid system of their choosing to define both ideas and formalities.

Phase 1, The Lofts is home to a growing community of creatives. A owners are artists and creatives from a wide range of disciplines. The new residents have brought with them a shared passion for creative pursuits, lifestyle, employment, and ambitions.

Milepost 5 sits on a two acre campus located in the Montavilla neighborhood of Portland, Oregon on the site of the former Baptist Manor Retirement Home. The first phase of the project, The Lofts, is a newly renovated 1969 modernist building of live/work condominiums (completed 04.08).

A short feature about Milepost 5. This project biography tells the story of this ambitious arts project in a tapestry of voices from community, arts organizations, civic leaders, and the development team.

Featuring Sam Adams, Eloise Damrosch, Ted Gilbert, Chris Haberman, and Gavin Shettler.

The Still Life Show Two Simultaneous, Collaborative Exhibitions in Los Angeles and Portland, Or. Curated by Anna Fidler

Five Thirty Three 533 Los Angeles St. Los Angeles, CA March 21-April 18, 2009

Milepost 5 900 NE 81st Ave. Portland, OR April 4-26, 2009

Come check out the lifestyle here at Milepost 5!

Each month, we will be hosting networking parties providing local businesses and artists with opportunities to meet each other and build meaningful and profitable connections. The gatherings will also provide a great opportunity to get an up-close and personal look at what it is like to own/rent a space at Milepost 5, meet other creatives who are living there, and have a great time.

The first Lifestyle Party is scheduled for November 19th from 6:30-9:30 in unit 402.

The parties will be catered with food and drinks, live music, and local art. Tables will be available for all to share whatever networking materials they may have.