Fall Fashion Week February 2012

Perhaps you have dreamed of ordering a bespoke suit from the master tailors at MARTIN GREENFIELD CLOTHIERS, but have not yet visited Mr. Greenfield’s East Williamsburg atelier. You are in luck, because Friday through Sunday, in honor of Fashion Week, they will set up shop at the Ace Hotel at 20 West 29th Street and hold fittings by appointment. Free whiskey, coffee and snacks from the Breslin and Stumptown will go only so far to ease the sticker shock; it is, after all, costly to be fitted by President Clinton’s tailor. Suits are $2,499 to $2,899; shirts, $225 to $595. R.S.V.P. at ACE Hotel. Read more…

You can find out more about the event here.
Above images are from the ACE Hotel.

Jeremy Okai Davis was born in Charlotte, North Carolina on June 14th 1979. He moved to Portland, Oregon in January 2007 in hopes of new inspiration. He attended The University of North Carolina in Charlotte and received a BFA in Painting and a BA in Graphic Design. His work is a reflection of his life and concerns, sometimes taking a pop spin in a direct response to the media he is fed, albeit willingly, and at other times, a more intimate portrait based approach.

In his work, color use and fidelity to his subjects make them feel alive, but 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.

Opening reception is 6pm-8pm Sunday, February 12th.

Stumptown Coffee Roasters
3356 SE Belmont Street
Portland, OR
M-F: 6AM-9PM / S-S: 7AM-9PM
TEL: 503-232-8889

Curator Contact Info:
Wendy Swartz
503-729-0822

To make these images, I observed and drew particular events, people, animals, plants, and surrounding environments as they are, imposing no fixed stillness on them, to map levels of movement within the predetermined frame of paper, wood, or canvas. Images that move beyond the frame are not drawn, and the form is created by the accumulated loose marks based on the movement of the subject, as well as the slight changes of my own physical position. This method evolved from an attempt to draw my father, a man too restless to be a traditional model. The result of the drawing session was a much more pleasant experience, and an image that felt far more honest and interesting.

The subsequent layers on vellum or paint act as intuitive color and emotion based on the memory of the time spent observing and drawing. The final images combine the perceived with the imagined and remembered. –

Opening reception is 4pm-6pm Sunday, February 19th.

Stumptown Coffee Roasters
4525 SE Division Street
Portland, OR
M-F: 6AM-7PM / S-S: 7AM-7PM
TEL: 503-230-7702

Curator Contact Info:
Wendy Swartz
503-729-0822

On view February 1st – February 28th, 2012
Opening reception First Thursday February 2nd, 6pm-8pm

In her paintings, Ruth Lantz explores the indeterminacy of visual encounters. Commingling abstraction and representation, she uses combinations of improvisational techniques and process driven decisions to distill the act of looking through a veiled understanding. The body of work for Shifting Meridian sources a collection of pinhole photographs to investigate the continual translation and fracture of a viewing experience – leaving the paintings hovering in the ether of an undetermined state.

Ruth Lantz, originally from Chicago, received her Masters in Visual Studies from the Pacific Northwest College of Art and currently lives and practices in Portland, OR.  She is an adjunct professor at the University of Washington, Vancouver and employed by the Pacific Northwest College of Art.

Image: Fenestra (detail), 2011, acrylic on canvas over panel, 72″ x 72″

The Portlandia-perpetuated clichés about Oregon’s most populous city are, in fact, mostly spot-on: Grey skies blanket earnest, crafty, foodie types obsessed with coffee. But perhaps it’s the lack of distracting sun that inspires residents to such industrious creativity. Though the indie scene of Portland is legendary, this artisanal vibe extends to food, drink, clothes, and housewares. And nowhere are they more florid than in the downtown Portland district. Spend a leisurely afternoon shuttling between old-school institutions and the new kids on the block and you’ll leave exquisitely fed, nattily dressed , and above all, highly caffeinated.

STUMPTOWN COFFEE ROASTERS
The most scenic of this local fave is in the lobby of the Ace Hotel, where you can beautiful-people-watch and get your joe fix. 1026 SW Stark

- Matthew Hranek

Surfaces collide and reflect in the newest work from print studio, Pattern People. Inspired by parquetry, natural textures and fibers are inlaid within geometric compositions creating intricate, layered imagery. Opposites attract as soft knits gain structure, while marble and wood take on a quilt-like effect.

Pattern People is a Portland, Oregon based surface design studio founded by Claudia Brown and Jessie Whipple Vickery who came together with a shared love of pattern and adornment. Bringing a modern touch to the rich history of surface design, the studio creates prints and illustrations for fashion, beauty and interiors clients. Projects range from hand painted murals to beauty packaging for companies such as Estée Lauder, Stussy and Nike.

Their work has been featured in publications including Simply Pattern by Viction:ary, Monocle Magazine, and Print & Pattern by Laurence King.

Opening reception is 6pm-8pm Sunday, January 8th.

You can visit their website here: Pattern People
Check out what Marjorie Skinner wrote about the show on the Portland Mercury’s Blog, Mercury on Design.

Stumptown Coffee Roasters
3356 SE Belmont Street
Portland, OR
M-F: 6AM-9PM / S-S: 7AM-9PM
TEL: 503-232-8889

Curator Contact Info:
Wendy Swartz
503-729-0822

Responsibilities and Duties

• Manage the monthly and year-end financial close and audit process.  Coordinate closing tasks with key internal contributors and provide supporting documentation and reconciliations to outside accountants/auditors as needed.
• Develop financial reports for financial analysis, forecasting, trending and results analysis.
• Interpret financial transactions and events for users who make financial or operational decisions.
• Work with CFO to analyze revenue and expenditure trends and recommend appropriate budget levels.
• Manage the general accounting team made up of Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and Payroll.
• Play a critical role in tax related issues, specifically filing monthly, quarterly and annual state and local tax returns.
• Responsible for day-to-day general ledger accounting and journal entries such as bank reconciliations, payroll, purchase order system, inventory accounting.

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Accounting or Finance
• 5+ years of general ledger experience and financial management
• Been responsible for month/year end close, along with financial planning and analysis
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Advanced Excel Skills)
• Excellent computer skills, including experience with QuickBooks
• State and Local Tax return experience a plus

Desired Characteristics

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines in a non-traditional work environment
• Detail oriented
• Flexible

Send résumé and cover letter to jobs@stumptowncoffee.com.
Please reference job title in subject line of email.

On view January 5th – January 31st, 2012
Opening reception First Thursday January 5th, 6pm-8pm

For his first solo exhibition at our Downtown cafe, Kuzmickas shows photographs from his latest project, Camera Obscura: Outside In(n). Here, hotel rooms and apartments were converted into Camera Obscuras (literally translated as “dark, vaulted chambers”), each becoming a pinhole camera of its own. Capturing the loneliness of an inhabited space flooded with the accouterments of the outside world, Camera Obscura is an interpretation of our visual perception and of how we assimilate information from our urban cityscape. The exhibition also includes his work Ocean Pinholes: Sunset, which offers a new and evocative interpretation of the sunset picture cliché.

Pinhole photography (or the camera obscura) is a heavily intuitive process concerned more with creating a mood than delivering an image wrapped in the trappings of reality. Simple in theory, the process, predating modern photography, is quite tricky. What isn’t left to luck is owed to plenty of practice, precision, and experimentation.

Originally from Lithuania, Darius Kuzmickas currently lives in Portland, OR. He often shoots with medium & large format pinhole film cameras thus allowing his viewers’ imagination more room to impart its own story.

You can see more of his work on his website: www.kudaphoto.com.

Stumptown Coffee Roasters
128 SW Third Avenue
Portland, OR
M-F: 6am-7pm / S-S: 7am-7pm
TEL: 503-295-6144

http://stumptowncoffee.com

“I look at my work as a reflection of my life. In the past couple of years while creating the drawings for this show, I found myself uprooted from my hometown of Vancouver, Canada and dividing my time between Manila, Philippines and Portland, Oregon. The title for this exhibit reflects just that…a sense of being displaced, of not feeling an affinity to any one place and instead being an artist, a student, an immigrant, a tourist, ‘La Turista’ of the world.”                                             – Jill A. Raymundo

Using strictly graphite and charcoal, the work depicts the artist’s space while in travel: a view from an airplane window, moiré patterns from a computer screen, and crumpled paper of abandoned sketches are just some of the subject matter presented.

Born in Manila, Philippines, Raymundo received her BFA in drawing and painting from the Columbus College of Art and Design, and Art History at the University of British Columbia. She has been the recipient for the NY Studio Program held at Parson’s School of Design. Her work has been exhibited in galleries in NYC, Vancouver Canada, the Smithsonian in DC, and internationally as well.

Stumptown Coffee Roasters
4525 SE Division Street
Portland, OR
M-F: 6AM-7PM / S-S: 7AM-7PM
TEL: 503-230-7702

Curator Contact Info:
Wendy Swartz
503-729-0822

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