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“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.
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M ichael “M isha " K ennedy ’ s Spring Folly
A fair trade
Cascade AIDS Project returns
the annual Art for Life benefit
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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
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