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Page 4 The Skanner March 29, 2017 News Events & Announcements Community Calendar 2017 brought to you by Portland Metro SATURDAY, APRIL 1 CLIMATE JUSTICE SUMMIT & NATIVE AMERICAN MARKETPLACE: With special guest speakers, panel Q&A conversations. Summit is 1 p.m. – 6 p.m. Marketplace in gym with native vendors, native jewelry, native arts & Crafts, raffle and much more is 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. Friendly House, NW 26th & Thurman. THE GREAT ELECTRIFYING EVENT: Bonneville Dam hosts a full day of hands-on activities and videos. Come and check out all the fun things to do at the Bonneville Dam. Free and fun activi- ties for the whole family. 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Bonneville Locks and Dam, Washington Shore Visitor Complex, Mile Post 38.5 State Road 14, North Bonneville. SATURDAY & SUNDAY, APRIL 1 & 2 RHODODENDRON & DAFFODIL SHOW AND SALE: Annual show and sale of rhodies and daffodils at the Crystal Springs Rhodo- dendron Garden, 5801 SE 28th Ave. Portland, OR. 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday, noon – 5 p.m. Sunday. TUESDAY, APRIL 4 THE URBAN LEAGUE OF PORTLAND’S CAREER JOB FAIR: The ca- reer fair is a wonderful opportunity for job seekers and career changes. More than 70 employers participated last year and organizers are expecting a similar turnout this year. Recruiters from federal, state, county and city government will be there. There will also be many other employers too! 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Double tree Lloyd Center, 1000 NE Multnomah St. HELP US PLAN LIBRARY SPACE: As our community grows and changes, the library should change, too. Multnomah County Library has been hard at work gathering information, listening See Community Calendar on page 5 PHOTO COURTESY OF PORTLAND PARKS & RECREATION Visit us at a store near you Athletic Fields Close Until Friday Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) has closed all city-owned athletic and ballfields until at least March 31, due to safety concerns and saturated conditions related to continued rain. This closure impacts grass fields at Portland Parks & Recreation sites, and events which PP&R had permitted at Portland Public Schools facilities. On Friday, PP&R will re-evaluate the grass fields and make a determination on if they can be reopened, or if the closures need to be extended - with user safety in mind. The citywide closure does NOT impact synthetic turf fields, which are designed for all-weather play. All people who have been granted permits for events on PP&R athletic and ball fields will have their money refunded. Fields will also be closed for drop-in use. Portland News Briefs Portland ‘Dreamer’ Released From ICE Detention Francisco J. Rodriguez Dominguez, the 25-year-old DACA recipient who was picked up by ICE agents at his Portland home Sunday, was released from ICE custody on bond following a public outcry over his detention. Advocacy groups Causa Oregon, the Latino Network, and the American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon (ACLU of Oregon) credited the massive public response to his story for the quick turn of events. The advocates stressed that despite this week’s victory, immigrant com- munities are still under increased ICE enforce- ment. They said families should call the Portland Immigrant Rights Coali- tion hotline at (888) 622- 1510 or the ACLU immi- gration hotline at (971) 412-2258 if they encoun- ter ICE agents. Early Sunday morning Immigration and Cus- toms Enforcement (ICE) agents picked up Rodri- guez Dominguez without a warrant at his home in southeast Portland. Ro- driguez Dominguez, 25, has been part of the De- ferred Action for Child- hood Arrivals (DACA) program since 2013. Rodriguez Dominguez arrived in the United States at the age of five from Morelia Michoac- an, Mexico. He has lived in the Portland metro area since then and at- tended Glenfair Elemen- tary School, H.B. Lee Middle School, Reynolds High School, and Mt. Hood Community Col- lege to study information technology. In December 2016, Rodriguez Domin- guez entered into a DUI diversion program. He quickly completed near- ly all of the requirements of this program, attended all his court dates and re- quired meetings. Disjecta Names Blake Shell New Executive Director Disjecta Contemporary Art Center has named Blake Shell as its new Executive Director. Recognized for her acclaimed exhibitions, publications, and work championing artists, Shell is currently the Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Director and Curator of the Art Gym and Belluschi Pavilion at Marylhurst Uni- versity in Oregon. In making the announcement, Disjecta’s board of di- rectors stated, “Blake Shell’s passion for supporting artists at every stage of their career, her knowledge of the challenges presented by risk-taking program- ming, and her ability to increase resources will com- plement Disjecta’s innovative Curator-in-Residence and Biennial exhibition programs. She brings energy and experience to us at a time when contemporary art centers need passionate, dedicated and articulate leaders to advance their work.” Shell is a contemporary art administrator, curator, and artist with over fifteen years of experience in di- recting nonprofit galleries. As its Eichholz Director and Curator, Shell provided the artistic direction and leadership of the Art Gym, working on strategy and development to increase funding through contribut- ed income and grants to double the operating budget, establish a brand identity, increase art programming and publications, and certify the organization to pay W.A.G.E. (Working Artists and the Greater Economy) level honorariums and provide art production sup- port for artists. She began her career as Gallery Manager of the Oglethorpe Row Gallery, a fine art non-profit cooper- ative gallery in Savannah, Georgia. From 2004-2008 in Tucson, Arizona, Shell served as Executive Direc- tor of Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, a non-profit gallery, and then Gallery Curator and Director of the University of Arizona’s Joseph Gross and Lionel Rom- bach Galleries, where she also served as an Adjunct Professor of Art and Public Art Coordinator. After her move to the Northwest in 2008, Shell served as Director of the Archer Gallery at Clark Col- lege in Vancouver, Washington, curating exhibitions while also an Adjunct Instructor at Clark College and at Washington State University’s Vancouver campus. At the Art Gym at Marylhurst University, Shell cu- rated exhibitions including a retrospective of the late Kartz Ucci, national group exhibitions, and solo ex- hibitions and projects by Heidi Schwegler, Michelle Ross, Ben Buswell, Jen Delos Reyes, and Jack Ryan. Shell’s current professional activities include the Marketing Committee of the Association of Art Mu- seum Curators; membership in the Northwest Art Council of the Portland Art Museum; and Visual Chronicle Panelist for the Regional Arts and Culture Council Public Art Collections Committee. Most re- See Briefs on page 5