Art and Events

Closing reception is 4-6pm Sunday, March 24th
Reading by Paul Maziar

“The impetus for this body of work is extremely dark but like most of my paintings I’ve attempted to approach the subject with a lighter hand. The unfortunate situation that led to this work was the murder of a young lady in Pendleton, Oregon. It happened while I stayed in the room below her. It got me thinking about the value of self defense for everyone but most importantly women. A subsequent trip I took to a Seaside, Oregon yard sale yielded a few books on the subject and I went from there. I’ve addressed the victim, attacker as well as self defense champions in these paintings while maintaining the pop feel and color sensibilities that have commanded my work for the last few years.”

- Jeremy Okai Davis

In the work of Jeremy Okai Davis, color use and fidelity to his subjects makes them feel alive, without being too literal. The work feels really light at first glance, but on closer examination of text and posture, the work is full of conflict, an exploration of the contrast between the shiny, smiling exterior that is frequently presented on the surface and the inner, self-conscious, status obsessed mind state that so many of us endure beneath it all.

How do you get ready for a Timbers match? Find your favorite scarf? Warm up with a cup of coffee? Hit the pub? Create a two-stick sign? All of the above? We want to see it.

Stumptown Coffee Roasters, along with our pals at The Portland Timbers have a special contest that will run throughout the year that includes a great Timbers and Stumptown prize pack. To enter, all you have to do is on the morning of the first home game of every month, you Instagram a shot of your morning pre-game ritual with the hashtag #SCRTimbers.

A random fan from each match will be selected to win what is a pretty sweet prize pack:

• One (1) Signed Timbers Jersey
• One (1) 12oz bag of Kenya Gaturiri Coffee
• Two (2) Stumptown Coffee Roaster Mugs
• One (1) Stumptown Branded Red Rooster Hand Mill Grinder

So mark your calendars and show us how you get ready.

• 3/3 vs. New York
• 4/6 vs. Houston
• 5/2 vs. New England
• 6/15 vs. FC Dallas
• 7/13 vs. LA Galaxy
• 8/3 vs. Vancouver
• 9/7 vs. Toronto FC
• 10/13 vs. Seattle

For full contest rules, click here.

We are stoked to be a sponsor of this amazing event. Do yourself a favor and go check it out. Feb. 8-10 @ Sandbox Studios 420 NE 9th Ave. PDX.

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On view at the Downtown café February 1st – March 3rd, 2013

For her third solo exhibition at Stumptown Coffee Roasters, Violet Aveline has created an eerie world filled with tales of American folklore and horror stories. Inspired by the chilling words of Mark Twain and John Steinbeck among others, (more…)

On view at Belmont January 30th – March 5th, 2013

‘For my work in graphite and charcoal on paper, I approach drawing as both experiential and objective. The profound way drawing can open an idea – be blown up in scale, redrawn, placed in a computer program and become something else – is the foundation for my art process. My reference points stem from personal photographs and images found in books, magazines and online. Each piece, whether drawing, sculpture, or painting, transcends the polarity between figuration and abstraction, placing micro and macro side by side.’
-Jill Raymundo

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Between writing and recording his own solo records, touring intercontinentally playing keyboards with The Shins, and producing records with musicians like songwriter Damien Jurado and Portland’s dreamy up-and-comers Pure Bathing Culture at his studio National Freedom, Richard Swift is a busy human.  (more…)