Eric Coppinger

I met Eric through his Instagram @knitsbyed. The day I found his work he also discovered mine which lead to an active Insta-friendship. Over the next several months we would comment and like what the other was up to. Then one day, we both messaged each other through different online platforms about doing an art…

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Come On, We Know We’re Part of This, Right?

“Those rich motherfuckering landlords couldn’t wait to get us out so they could build their precious condo.” My studio neighbor conspiratorially leans into me as we chat in the hallway of our new artist work building. After being booted from our former artist warehouse in Glassell Park, many of us moved together into a new…

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Danielle Schlunegger-Warner at The Red Fox

Join Verge PDX this Sunday for the opening reception of Danielle Schlunegger-Warner’s solo exhibition at the Red Fox in North Portland on Sunday February 12th, 7-9pm. This solo exhibition will be on display at Red Fox during regular business hours for the month of February. If you aren’t able to make the opening, be sure to stop…

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Opening | Aliens with Extraordinary Abilities

Aliens with Extraordinary Ablities ​Curated by Artist, Camella DaEun Kim ​​ Opening Reception | Saturday, May 20th, 5 – 7pm Exhibition dates | May 20th – July 21st, 2017 ​Mon – Fri, 10am – 5pm ​Immigrant Potluck | Saturday, June 10th Fellows of Contemporary Art ​970 North Broadway #208 Los Angeles, CA 90012   The title of this group…

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Goo Goo Guide – November

​The Goo Goo guide is a year long series released monthly written by Jennifer Chen-Su Huang. The Goo Goo Guide follows Jennifer during a year long artist residency in Taiwan through a Fulbright Scholarship. Join us as we follow Jennifer on her journey! The series is released through our Quarterly issues from Autumn 2017-2018, subscribe below for…

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How to Give a Shit No 8

Back when I first had the idea for this series, I had only been in Los Angeles for about a year, and I was having trouble finding art with what I call “spirit”. Because I didn’t know much about the scene, I didn’t really know where to look for work that felt as if it could…

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Holiday Spotlight: Jennifer Huang and Danielle Schlunegger

Jennifer Chen-Su Huang ​​As many of you may know, Venison Magazine was established by an art collective known as Weeknight Rodeo, which was comprised of UC Berkeley graduates which Jennifer was invited to be part of. The collective evolved into Venison Magazine, allowing her to continue contributing to conversations on contemporary art, but this time…

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Weekly Listens

Listen Type: Podcast Episode: “The Source of Creativity” Show: TED Radio Hour We’ve got a new blog topic: what to listen to while you work in the studio. We’ve got some suggestions if you’re looking and we welcome you, our loyal reader, to offer up suggestions of your own in the comments. Be it music, podcasts,…

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How to Give a Shit No 6

SUBJECT: Corporate Art Opportunity ​Dear Idiot Artist, Would you like to put a whole bunch of your art in a corporate lobby for the people who work there to admire/ignore for a full year? If so, we’ll pay you 1,000 to 2,000 dollars per year–that’s PER YEAR–depending on the size of the lobby. But wait,…

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Q&A; with Vieno James

Vieno James‘s body of work, Glory, opened at Offsite Gallery inside the World Trade Center in Norfolk, VA last week. His work is a mixed media study of history that compels me to dive deeper into those history books, and ask, what kind of history are we creating ​right now? I was so happy to be able to talk to Vieno…

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