The Everett Station Lofts is a building in Portland

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

, Oregon

Oregon

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, United States

United States

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. In 1989, three adjacent buildings in Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

's Old Town Chinatown

Old Town Chinatown, Portland, Oregon

Old Town Chinatown is a neighborhood in the Northwest section of Portland, Oregon. The Willamette River forms its eastern boundary, separating it from the Lloyd District and the Kerns and Buckman neighborhoods...

 neighborhood (bordering the Pearl District

Pearl District, Portland, Oregon

The Pearl District is an area of Portland, Oregon, formerly occupied by warehouses, light industry and railroad classification yards and now noted for its art galleries, upscale businesses and residences. The area has been undergoing significant urban renewal since the late 1990s, including the...

) were renovated and converted into the lofts, a 62000 square feet (5,760 m²) cluster of 47 live/work units combining studio

Studio

A studio is an artist's or worker's workroom, or the catchall term for an artist and his or her employees who work within that studio. This can be for the purpose of architecture, painting, pottery , sculpture, scrapbooking, photography, graphic design, filmmaking, animation, radio or television...

s and loft apartments. Everett Station's spaces feature high ceilings, hardwood floors, third-floor balconies and a second-floor courtyard shared by all residents.

Everett Station Lofts supports the local art scene by reserving sixteen storefront units for artist

Artist

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s who agree to open their studios to the public during regular business hours and during at least nine "First Thursday" evenings each year.

The lofts offer somewhat affordable exhibition space on the edge of the increasingly gentrified Pearl District and have been a key player in the art scene's surge in activity.

Current Galleries

As of January 2011, the list of active galleries at Everett Station Lofts is as follows:

• 101: Galerie Salome - Laura Das Liebe & Aaron Montaigne
• 102: Tracey Gallery - Devin Gallagher, curator
• 103: Right Side Art - Paul Loverme www.rightsideart.com
• 104: Eyeful - group gallery
• 105: Pony Club - David Youngblood, curator
• 106: Closed
• 107: The Life Gallery - Damon Ayers & Tessie Word, co-curators
• 108: Sugar Gallery - Michael J. Demeo, curator
• 109: doppler pdx- Stephanie Marinone & Derek Faust, co-curators
• 110: SEA Change - Alec Neal and Katherine Ball, co-curators
• 111: Alkaline Studios- Maria Bianchi, Benjamin Ross Lyerly
• 113: Sequential Art Gallery & Studio - Kaebel JK Hashitani, curator
• 114: tractor - Charles Marshall Olson, curator
• 115: Errata - Kendra Binney, director and curator
• 116: Tyson Gallery - Hanna Sourbeer, curator
• 117: Nisus Gallery - Brad Nelson, curator
• 231: Show and Tell Gallery - Melissa Sillitoe, hostess

Noted past galleries

• 101 SHIFT, A Contemporary Arts Gallery (Winner: Best Gallery 2004 - Willamette Week Readers Poll)
• 103 --- it's where modest gallery started
• 104 & 107 Fleck Gallery, curator Matt Fleck
• 111 Nil Contemporary Art, curator Muriel Bartol
• 111 Field, curator Michael Oman-Reagan
• 107 Soundvision, curator TJ Norris
  TJ Norris
  TJ Norris is an American interdisciplinary artist, independent curator, and writer based in the Pacific Northwest.-Biography:Norris was born in the heart of Irish Catholic Boston to longshoreman Kenneth C. Whiting and chef Phyllis M. Whiting...
  
  
• 106 Tilt Gallery & Project Space - Josh Smith & Jenene Nagy
  Jenene Nagy
  Jenene Nagy, a native of New York is a Portland, Oregon, based installation artist and curator. She received her masters of fine arts from the University of Oregon in 2004 and has co-curated the noted Tilt Gallery and Project Space in the Everett Station Lofts since January 2006.Known for her...
  
  , co-curators
• 106 Gavin Shettler Gallery, curator Gavin Shettler
• 109 Zeitgeist, curator Paul Fujita
• 110 Genuine Imitation, curator Vincent Clervi
• 110 PiP Gallery - Ryan Dobrowski, Director (drummer for Blind Pilot)
• 113 7th of May, artist Nic Walker
• 113 Pepper Gallery & Studio, curator Daniyel Hicks
• 108 Xel Gallery, curator Heather S. Huston
• 117 Vorpal Space Gallery, (2006-2009)
• 230 Core Gallery with Anna Todaro

External links

• Everett Station Lofts