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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (May 2, 2003)
~1 ------ M » l rj eating out eating out eating out eating out “Grannylicious.” Just as often, he begins a new work without knowing what it will depict, as happened with Granny’s sister piece, a seduc tive pineapple named “Pinalicious.” “Sometimes I don’t have a game plan,” he admits. After painting a gradient background, for instance, a canvas sat around for weeks. “I wasn’t sure if it would turn into a seascape or a moun tain scene or a sunset. 1 put it aside and worked on some other pieces before deciding that after painting the apples I’d paint a pineapple.” One of the works depicting a bird of par adise flower will he sold, with the proceeds benefiting the Sweethearts o f Portland Schol arship Fund, which provides resources for queer artists to pursue secondary education. Even before the paint was dry on this exhibit, Kennedy began planning unusual shows of several other new collections. Six- foot paintings of showgirls, for example, will he accompanied by a live performance on opening night. A t another location, Kennedy plans to display paintings of flowers alongside the silk arrangements that inspired them. And with an air of mischief normally found in Misha, he hints at a special exhibit for later this year that undresses the connec tion among model, photograph and painting. The idea, he suggests, is to “not just leave ’em wanting more, hut to give ’em a little something extra. An experience that (suggests! life is wonderful and to celebrate life. ”jn M ichael “M isha " K ennedy ’ s Spring Folly A fair trade Cascade AIDS Project returns the annual Art for Life benefit by L isa B radshaw rink fine wine, meet chic peeps, buy beauti ful art and mb elbows with James Canfield at the Cascade AIDS Project Art for Life auction fund raiser May 10 at Wieden+ Kennedy, 224 N.W. 13th Ave. Thjs annual event will raise between $300,000 and $400,000 for the nonprofit organization, which pro vides HIV prevention, sup port, housing and advocacy programs in Oregon and Southwest Washington. On the block are 350 pieces of Artist Charles Sikes created “ Valley of Peace” specifically for original art— mostly paint Cascade A ID S Project’s Art for Life ings and photography hut also small sculptures and some pottery— donat Although it’s his first C A P auction, Sikes ed hy artists largely from the Portland area. has been donating his art to A ID S fund-raisers Charles Sikes was one of them. Having for years, explaining that he and his partner moved to Portland right before last year’s auction, “were right in the middle of the epidemic he missed the deadline to donate. But he left his when it first started, and we were watching information, and CAP contacted him this year. our buddies drop left and right.” Sikes and his partner were looking to get He’s glad he has something obvious to offer out of Las Vegas and chose Portland because to agencies like CAP. “It’s just what good peo of its “atmosphere,” he says. “We liked the lib ple do,” he states. “I’m just really blessed that I eral, Birkenstock kind of attitude and the fact have this gift or whatever you want to call it, that the gay community seemed to he pretty and I have no problem sharing that. It’s a karma well integrated into the community.” thing; I’ve found the more I throw out there, the more good things come back into my life.” The fund-raiser officially starts at 5:30 p.m. with a silent auction, which leads to a 7:30 p.m. live auction, then a 9 p.m. performance by Ore gon Ballet Theatre. Throughout, attendees enjoy the cuisine of 17 area restaurants and complimentary beer and wine. Tickets are $50, but those who want to con tribute $250 for a special Patron ticket indulge in Patron Preview and Bidding from noon to 4 p.m., which includes a buyout of any items one might particularly be enamored of. And then there’s the after-performance Patron Supper Club only for Patron ticket holders, which, according to C A P events man ager Jeff Pellissier, is set up “like this martini, New York kind of lounge bar...very hip." The Patron ticket overall, he notes, is “a very good deal...for the serious art collector.” (A t press time, nearly no Patron tickets were left.) JH Fab photography is among the eclectic array of art pieces at the May 11 event S ìj U mj M c continues through M ay 31 at the Scandals Other Side G allery, 1038 S.W . Stark St. To purchase tickets to A rt FOR L ife cal! 5 0 3 -2 2 3 -5 9 0 7 , and don't forget to ask them to m ail you an auction catalog for early perusal. fill l^n fill Kinda hungry but not starving? 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