Dates & Location

Activities for Kids

Food & Entertainment

History of the Show

2010 Exhibiting Artists

2009 Exhibiting Artists

Buckman Art Show & Sell Dates
Friday, March 12th from 5:00pm – 9:00pm
General Public: $5
 Children 4 and Under: Free!

Saturday, March 13th from 10:00am – 5:00pm
General Public: $2 (suggested donation)
Children 4 and Under: Free!

Location and Directions
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Kids' Art Activities!
Family-friendly fun is offered throughout the Buckman Art Show & Sell weekend.
Sayuri Hemann - Felted Tofu


At the Buckman Art Show & Sell, kids age five and older can create their own masterpieces in our free, hands-on Kids' Art Activity Area, while parents go shopping! The Kids' Art Activity Area is open Friday 5 to 9 pm and Saturday 10 am to 5 pm and is sponsored by Framing Resource. Children age four and younger are welcome, but they must be supervised by a parent.
Johanna Wright - Ukelele

Buckman students can create artwork to sell at the Buckman Art Show & Sell, either through classroom projects or at home. Parents can help by encouraging their children to create sellable art for the show, and support them by purchasing their treasures at the Buckman Art Show & Sell!
Food & Entertainment
Stephanie Weber
Entertainment Schedule
 
Friday, March 12
5:00 - 8:30pm Ed Bennett & Tony Pacini, jazz
 
Saturday, March 13
10:15 am Buckman Marimba Ensemble
11:00 am Buckman Chorus (in the gym)
12:00 pm Buckman Level 3 Dancers
12:30 pm Buckman Boys Dance Group
1:00 pm    Maldon Meehan's Sean-nos Irish Dancers, with Betsy Branch (fiddle)
2:00pm    Wildberry Wine, folk pop with harmonies
3:00pm    Jim Bryan, gypsy jazz
4:00pm    Mark Douglass, piano jazz

Food
 
Friday, March 12 (times TBA)
The wildly popular KOi fusion Food Cart (www.koifusionpdx.com) will join us Friday! Stop by and sample their signature "K-tacos" and other Mexican-Korean street food.
 
Saturday, March 13 (times TBA)
The Burgerville NOMAD (http://burgerville.com) will be on hand on Saturday, serving burgers, fries, milkshakes and more!
 
Both days:
Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream [http://www.benjerry.com/hawthorne/]
CoolCity KettleCorn & Co. [www.coolcitykettlecorn.com]


Plus coffee, water & treats

 
History of the Buckman Art Show & Sell
 

Jane Aukshunas - Restful Place
In 1989, Buckman Elementary School was re-established as Buckman Arts Magnet Elementary School, with principal Candace Beck at the helm of this exciting new educational program. With a focus on the arts, Beck and her staff set to work integrating art forms of all kinds into the academic curriculum in ways that would inspire deeper, more meaningful learning among students. In addition to this innovative interweaving of the arts into academic lessons, specialized classes in dance, drama, music, and visual art students were offered each week. The programs that Beck and her colleagues began nearly twenty years ago are still in active, dynamic use today at Buckman.
 
Chris Giffen - Mixed Media
The initial program was covered by a two-year grant, a fact that inspired creative fundraising on the part of leaders at the school. Knowing that the funding for the program would soon disappear, Angela Pozzi and Connie Cheifetz, the school's art teacher and a parent volunteer, respectively, began brainstorming ways to raise money for the next year's art supply budget. Pozzi and Cheifetz wanted their fundraising endeavors to relate to the arts, but they wanted to avoid asking artists to simply give away their work, as so many other charities were doing. Out of this desire to respect artists' financial needs and provide funding for art at Buckman came the idea of an art sale-one where the proceeds would be shared by the artist and the school. Expanding on an example that Ms. Pozzi had seen in Idaho, the two set to work recruiting top-flight artists to participate in the first Art Show & Sell (a play on the familiar classroom phrase "show-and-tell").

Chris Bibby - Jackson Tower
In selling artists on the idea, Pozzi and Cheifetz proposed that the school would take a lower-than-usual commission, and that older work was welcome. This would allow the artists to "clean house" and price their work fairly low, as they would at an artists' studio sale. They approached Jack McLarty, a well-known local artist who had painted the mural in the school's front hallway and taught for years at the Museum Art School (now known as PNCA). Jack readily agreed, and his name and reputation encouraged a dozen other high-quality artists to join him in participating. The tag line was "Great Art at Great Prices."

Francine Staczek - 3343
Parent volunteers handled all aspects of promoting and running the sale. In addition to the artwork, there was a hands-on art area for kids, a snack bar, and even some art supplies for sale. The entire sale was held in the Buckman cafeteria. That first year the Art Show & Sell raised about $400, and a new tradition was born.

Kurimi Conley - Sam 0148
A solid core group of parents came together and used their contacts in the arts community to build on the initial group of participating artists, always with an emphasis on high-quality art and craft. Within a few years the show's reputation was such that artists were clamoring to be included, and patrons were forming lines down the block to get first pick of the work being sold.

Renee Hartig - Train Path
Over the Buckman Art Show & Sell's 20 years, some things have changed, while others have remained the same. The biggest change is the size — now, approximately 120 artists participate each year. The show now extends throughout the first floor of Buckman — into the gym, the dance studio, and the hallways. In the past few years we've added a silent auction, artist demonstrations, live music by numerous local professional performers, a student art gallery, gourmet meals, espresso cart, and a Saturday lineup of student performances.
 


Rachel Austin - Entry 3
In 2008 we were very pleased to have added the Buckman Bash at the beautiful Jupiter Hotel — featuring an art auction and solo performances by the incredible James Mercer, lead singer with Portland favorite The Shins, and one of indie-rock's most influential musicians, Stephen Malkmus, of Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks!

As the children of that initial core parent group grew up and out of elementary school, new parents come on board each year to add their ideas, leadership, and hard work. We are proud of this community event, and we take great pride in the way it supports our local artists and Buckman Elementary School. We hope you will enjoy participating, as an artist, shopper, parent, student, community member, or supporter of arts education.
 
The 2010 Exhibiting Artists
Below is a list of the artists participating in the 2010 Buckman Art Show & Sell. We extend our thanks to each and every one of these creative and generous artists and craftspersons.

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The 2009 Exhibiting Artists
Below is a list of the artists who participated in the 2009 Buckman Art Show & Sell. We extend our thanks to each and every one of these creative and generous artists and craftspersons.

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