Cover by Cover Art Auction

You’re invited to a silent art auction May 24th curated by The Brigade & Deweywood to raise funds to bring interactive learning to James John Elementry. We asked our favorite artists to pay homage to their favorite album covers and will have over 20 works up for auction.

LIVE PERFORMANCES BY:

Eric D. Johnson (Fruit Bats)
Pall Jenkins (Black Heart Procession)
Nate Lacy (Mimicking Birds)

RSVP

Suggested cover donation: $10-$20

Location:

The Cleaners at Ace Hotel
403 Southwest 10th Avenue
Portland, OR 97205

Drinks brought to you by Union Wine Co. & Widmer Brothers

Contact [email protected] for art inquires prior to the show

Check out the full list of artists and work below:

• Alan Hurley: Mulatu of Ethiopia / Astatke. alanhurley.com
• Andrew Terrell: Let’s Get Small / Steve Martin. andrewterrellart.com
• Annalise Lundeen: Blues Run the Game / Jackson C Frank. scumdeen.tumblr.com
• Annie Beedy: Journey in Satchisananda / Alice Contrane. Annie Beedy is a natural and available light photographer and filmmaker living in Portland, OR. anniebeedyphoto.com
• Ben Fogarty: Licensed to Ill / Beastie Boys. Founding Partner / Design Director at The Brigade, an artist, musician, husband, and proud parent of a James John Elementary student.
• Ben Krogh: Fleet Foxes / Fleet Foxes. “I’m a designer and musician originally hailing from Wisconsin. The arts in the public school system are a part of why I am a designer today… happy to help the students of James John Elementary.
• Beth Aubry: The Beatles (Not So) White Album. Beth is a visual artist based in San Francisco. A constant learner who is moved by colors and layers, her work ranges from abstract and portrait paintings to pencil drawings and photography. She is inspired by the diversity of the world and makes a point to color outside the lines.
• Casey Burns: Surfer Rosa / Pixies. Casey Burns is an illustrator and graphic designer living in Brooklyn after many years in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and Portland, Oregon. His work has appeared in The New York Times, on record covers and posters for Sonic Youth, on beer labels for Deschutes Brewery, and on the east wall of Bunk Bar. By day he is a digital producer for Victoria’s Secret.
• Craig Demeter: Everybody Knows This is Nowhere / Neil Young. Father and artist.
• Dan Ness: Their Second Album / Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs. Dan Ness is an artist from Portland, OR working in painting, mixed media, printmaking, and video. www.nessdan.com
• David Hobbs: Ghost / Radical Face. My work uses as much color as I can find, offset with bold black outlines. I want to create work that holds images we can’t see with our eyes, just things spotted in my imagination. www.hobbsart.com
• Evan B Harris: Red Headed Stranger / Willie Nelson. “Jack of all trades, master of none.”
• Gus Waneka: Honky Tonkin’ / Hank Williams. “I am a student at Colorado State University majoring in Fine Art & Biology. I live in the moment and love creating music, painting, hiking and running.
• Jason Leisge: Passion: The Music for The Last Temptation of Christ / Peter Gabriel. “I am the the father of a James John student and a tattoo artist.
• Jason Scribner: Chocolate & Cheese / Ween. “I’m not afraid to get excited”.
• Jeremiah Green: Tago Mago / Can.
• Lurtis K: KISS (1974) / KISS. Born in Motor City. Raised in Tennessee. Distilled in California.
• Matt Barber: Pinkerton / Weezer. Matt Barber is a sometimes artist hiding out in Northern California. When he’s not making coffee for people, you can find him looking at things on the internet or sleeping
• Matt Radosevich: Remain the Light / Talking Heads. “I’m a student/musician from Michigan, now living in Portland.
• Michael Pendergast: Closing Time / Tom Waits. Piece of Mind / Iron Maiden. “If I exorcise my devils, well my angels may leave too… when they leave they’re so hard to find” - Tom Waits
• Nate Lacy: Stealing Fire / Bruce Cockburn. “My name’s Nathan Lacy”
• Pall Jenkins: I Against I / Bad Brains. Musician, Artist, Producer.
• Paul Skelly: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea / Neutral Milk Hotel. Paul Skelly is active as a freelance design collaborator and co-founder of “Jigsaw”, a network of creatives in SE PDX Or. www.jigsawpdx.com
• Ryan Iverson: Skool ‘Em All / Metallica. Ryan Iverson is a “poor-ass mother*$%#@r” living his art in Portland, OR. Some say he is the 3rd and hottest Beavis & Butthead. You may be right.
• Sam Jayne: Darklands / The Jesus and Mary Chain. Sam Jayne lives in New York City, where he plays with his band Love As Laughter, tends some bars, and attempts to re-learn to read.
• Sarah Collins: Arrow / Heartless Bastards. Sarah is a Colorado grown / Portland transplanted graphic designer and photographer who prefers the analog over the digital.
• Scarecrowoven: Nevermind / Nirvana. Mysterious New York-based illustrator SCARECROWOVEN is a fan of gore, guts, and oozing appendages. His gnarled creatures take a cue from comic books, sci-fi and horror movies and all the illustration that came out of the skateboard world in the 80’s. He describes himself as an alien emissary sent to our planet 12 million seven hundred thousand years ago, but in more earthly terms he is a graduate of the graphic design program at New York’s School of the Visual Arts.
• Spencer Moody: Love Songs / Neil Diamond. Musician / artist / coffee roaster
• Trent Waneka: Dark Side of the Moon / Pink Floyd. Trent is Deweywood. Deweywood is Trent. www.deweywood.com
• Vince Skelly: Another Green World / Brian Eno. Vince Skelly is a visual communicator here in Portland, and he looooooooves San Dimas.
• Zeke Howard: All Things Must Pass / George Harrison.