Random gifts for that random person

The perfect gifts for the black thumb of the family
This adorable succulent is made of felt and can out live the deadliest of gardeners


And for the vegans and vegaterians on your list these wall mounted horns are hand-made with man-made materials.  By Nancy Ocegueda

Fetaured Artist of the day: Anna Magruder

Anna Magruder, an amazing up and coming Portland artist, with a flare for surreal portraiture art. "It is almost like Anna is painting the personality not the person". We have a few small original paintings, adorable little plaques, and a great selection of her reasonably priced prints. These make great gifts for everyone. My personal favorite is 1970's years book photo Anna's inspiration came from a collection of year books from the 60's and 70's this painting is unique because of it's texture. Anna painted small individual canvases with single portraits then sewed them together for a quilt like look. Each portrait is unique and the overall effect is gorgeous. Come to Downtown Artistry and get a chance to meet Anna Magruder's characters in person.

We love our neighbors!!!

The lovely people over at Bush Garden Japanese Restaurant http://www.bush-garden.com/ are so sweet, they brought us lunch on opening day, and Peterson's next door put up a great write up of the shop on their website http://petersonsportland.com/2010/11/14/downtown-artistry/ and the folks at Brooks Brothers are very supportive! Thanks everyone.

Grand Opening Today!

Grand Opening 12-5

With Live Jazz by Gentle Rain 2-5
Stop by and say hello
940 SW Morrison
See you then.

Press link for the day

The Mercury, always the place to go for the pulse of Portland
http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/sold-out/Content?oid=3029099

Mayor Sam Adams Supporting Pop-up shops

Sam Adams, Bridget Larrabee and a special Art From The Heart doll

Downtown Artistry Opening Today!!!

Yesterday we had a press conference with Mayor Sam Adams. Channel 8 did a little clip about it News Clip

The the shop is open!
The hours are
Thurs-Sat 10-7
Sun 12-5

Nov 13th Open House 12-5 with Jazz Pop Trio, Gentle Rain playing 2-5, and refreshments
Dec 2nd Art Demo: Encaustic 5-7
Dec 4th Greasy Kids Stuff Dance Party 3-5
Dec 9th Art Demo: Prints 5-7
Dec 16th Art Demo 5-7
Dec 23rd Holiday Party with music by Autonomics 5-7
Dec 30th Farewell Party 5-7

Installation by:
Alex Rauch
Barrier Given

Mural by:
Krista Eddy

Window Display by:
Nancy Ocegueda

Jewelery by:
Loren Nosan
Julia Gardner
Brian Echerer

Photography by:
Andrew Ferguson
Justin Dupre

Paintings by:
Anna Magruder
Lisa Mundroff
Brin Levinson
Annie Meyers
Shawn Demarest

Prints by:
Jen Feeney
Nancy Prior
Micheal Kelley

Pottery by:
Melanie Gage

Encaustics by:
Kelly Williams

Frames by:
Jen Bodendorfer

And Gifts by:
Art From The Heart Artists

I want this to be a interactive art community meeting place, so come bring your easel, knitting needs and friends.

While you are downtown check out the other Pop up shops
Crafty Wonder802 SW 10th Ave
Flurry 750 SW Yamhill
we all have fun Holiday events planned so check out the link below and plan your holidays
http://www.travelportland.com/calendar_of_events/

SmartPark is even getting into the action:
Holidate with downtown
Free parking when you enter an SmartPark garage between 4-6pm on Thursdays in December