I’ll be exhibiting three new prints of my photography as well as a selection of original drawings on paper. I’m also in the film exhibition!
come check it out Wed - Sunday 17th - 21st Portland OR
Eliot Hall, Chapel
3203 Southeast Woodstock Boulevard, Portland, Oregon 97202-8199
RAW: Peripheral Forms is proud to present one of this year’s guest artists, Portland-based Pepper Pepper. A stalwart in Portland’s drag and performance scene, Pepper Pepper will be performing “Drag Animism and the Cyborg Sissy” in Eliot Hall Chapel.
“Drag Animism and the Cyborg Sissy” explores Pepper’s personal and artistic explorations into cyborg consciousness and dirt-witch-glamor. Part artist talk - part live performance it’s a visual and performative meditation on digital and physical bodies, the enchantment of nature, and the slippery potential of activating “persona power.” It explores the historical and conceptual relationships between medieval witch-hunts and recent attacks on trans bodies, drag entertainers, and gender complexity.
About the artist:
“So spice, they named her twice—Pepper Pepper is a multimedia performance artist and writer. Their work explores the comedy and vulnerability of life through a surreal filter of magic, history, and technology. Their 15+ year participation in Portland’s drag nightlife parallels collaborations with Portland theater and dance companies Hand2Mouth Theater, Risk/Reward, and Linda Austin Dance. A 2020 Visual Arts Fellow from Oregon Arts Commission, Pepper actively hybridizes visual and performance practices through projects like Diva Practice and, more recently, Pink Moment—a series of self-portraits about gender, magic, and digital identity in ink, video, and dance. Alongside celebrated writer/performer Anthony Hudson/Carla Rossi - Peppertours internationally with their “psychedelic-assisted satire” GLOOP coming to a theater near you.”
Photos by Pepper Pepper. Free and open to the public.
https://events.reed.edu/event/reed_arts_week_pepper_peppers_drag_animism_and_the_cyborg_sissy?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=widget&utm_source=Events+Calendar
GLOOP is a lifestyle. GLOOP is a brand. GLOOP is a modality. GLOOP is Glamorous Ladies of Opulent Persuasion. GLOOP is Carla Rossi and Pepper Pepper—Portland, Oregon’s premier avant-garde drag duo—bringing you a 90-minute, partially improvised drag explosion sending up whiteness and wellness culture.
In GLOOP, Carla and Pepper are slated to lead a psychedelic wellness seminar in Sedona until their party bus runs out of gas at Intrepid Theatre, where they're left with no choice but to teach homodalities and hole-istic healing practices—and all before the mushrooms kick in. Tackling art therapy, micro-dosing, land acknowledgments, and demonstrating what it looks like when a drag queen has a meltdown while lipsyncing on an actively-inflating airbed, GLOOP will teach you how to overcome (and monetize) your limiting beliefs through a gauntlet of spectacularly unhinged drag from two of Portland's most beloved grifters.
Ticketing information to come soon. Find out more about Intrepid’s OUTstages Festival here: https://intrepidtheatre.com/festivals/outstages/
NIGHT SCHOOL: Drag Animism and the Cyborg Sissy
“Drag Animism” explores Pepper’s personal and artistic explorations into cyborg consciousness and dirt-witch-glamour. It’s a visual and performative meditation on digital and physical bodies, the enchantment of nature, and the slippery potential of activating “persona power.”
So spice, they named her twice—Pepper Pepper is a multimedia performance artist and writer. Their work explores the comedy and vulnerability of life through a surreal filter of magic, history, and technology. Their 15+ year participation in Portland’s drag nightlife parallels collaborations with Portland theater and dance companies Hand2Mouth Theater, Risk/Reward, and Linda Austin Dance. A 2020 Visual Arts Fellow from Oregon Arts Commission, Pepper actively hybridizes visual and performance practices through projects like Diva Practice and, more recently, Pink Moment—a series of self-portraits about gender, magic, and digital identity in ink, video, and dance.
Portland's own Carla Rossi and Pepper Pepper bring you a brand new, evening-length drag explosion in GLOOP, the first live and local performance from this avant-garde drag duo since 2019!
In GLOOP, Carla and Pepper are slated to lead a psychedelic wellness seminar in Sedona until their party bus runs out of gas at Portland Center Stage, where they're left with no choice but to teach homodalities and hole-istic healing practices — and all before the mushrooms kick in.
Tackling art therapy, micro-dosing, land acknowledgments, and demonstrating what it looks like when a drag queen has a meltdown while lipsyncing on an actively-inflating airbed, GLOOP will teach you how to overcome (and monetize) your limiting beliefs through a gauntlet of spectacularly unhinged drag from two of Portland's most beloved grifters.
Our time together begins with a cocktail demo followed by a toast. Then artists Allie & Pepper present their work, we talk about it together, and all finish up with a chance to win a PWNW T-shirt!
Sliding Scale: $0-$30
RSVP—you must register by 3pm day of show to get the Zoom link!
https://pwnw-happyhour-nov-19.eventbrite.com
Drawing on recent shifts of focus, interruptions, and experimentations, Allie Hankins will guide you through her musings on the words ‘trace’, transparency’, and ‘control, the writings of Beatriz Colomina, the houses of Eileen Gray, and faces: a house’s face, Allie’s own face, your face, your face as her face, and facing it.
Allie Hankins is an artist based in Portland who recently performed in a dream wherein she announced “Today I am Truit” before jumping into a pool. The next day she learned that ‘truit’ is a word used by the lucid dreaming community to mean ‘trout’.
alliehankins.com | Instagram: @alliehankins
For his Happy Hour presentation, Pepper Pepper experiments with digital image manipulation and mytho-poetics in non-linear essay form.
Pepper Pepper makes art because life is short and dreams can be fickle. ThePepperPepper.com
SAVE THE DATES FOR THE REST OF OUR FALL HAPPY HOURS
DEC 17 Jaleesa Johnston & Sophia Wright Emigh
JAN 21 Fern Wiley & Leah Wilmoth || Ayako Kataoka
http://www.hand2mouththeatre.org/blog/2020/10/20/a-ritual-for-your-ballot
October 20, 2020
The first event, A Ritual for your Ballot, will be Wednesday, October 21st from 7:30pm-8:30pm. This event will be hosted by the team of creators: Liz Hayden, Erin Leddy, Maesie Speer, Jen Mitas & Lucille Dawson; with special presenters: Michael Cavazos, Pepper Pepper, and special musical guest, Amenta Abioto.
To join the zoom video call, follow this link: https://zoom.us/j/96712316323.
The Zoom room will be open until the ritual begins around 7:45, so please be on time.
This ritual will support an atmosphere for filling in your ballot. We will not discuss politcal issues. We will hold space to honor what we need and our duty to exercise our rights to those needs. There will be presentations followed by music to fill your ballot to.
the evening's events:
An acknowledgement - Michael Cavazos (h2m company member)
A ritual for filling in your ballot - Pepper Pepper (h2m collaborating artist and organizer with Circle Voting)
Music to vote to - Amenta Abioto (singer, songwriter, producer, performance artist)
ingredients you will need:
orange candle
rock with painted with wheel symbol
pen
ballot
For Immediate Release
April 28, 2020
Contact: Carrie Kikel, 503-480-5360, carrie.kikel@oregon.gov
sidony o’neal honored with Joan Shipley Award; 2020 Individual Artist Fellowships Announced
Salem, Oregon – sidony o’neal, a writer and artist living in Portland, is the 2020 recipient of the Oregon Arts Commission’s honorary Joan Shipley Award. o’neal is one of a group of nine Oregon artists selected for the Arts Commission’s 2020 Individual Artist Fellowships. The 2020 fellowships support artists working in the visual arts; performing artists are awarded in alternating years.
The Joan Shipley Award is named for Oregon arts leader Joan Shipley, who passed away in 2011. Shipley was a collector, philanthropist and supporter of many arts and humanities organizations. In 2005, she and her husband John received an Oregon Governor’s Arts Award. Many in the arts community also counted her as a mentor and friend.
The Arts Commission’s Fellowship program is available to more than 20,000 artists who call Oregon home. Fellows are recommended by a panel of Oregon arts professionals who consider artists of outstanding talent, demonstrated ability and commitment to the creation of new work(s). The Arts Commission reviews and acts on the panel’s recommendations.
The following visual artists were awarded 2020 fellowships: Julia Bradshaw, Corvallis; Melanie Flood, Portland; Erik Geschke, Portland; Colin Ives, Eugene; ruben garcia marrufo, Portland; sidony o'neal (Shipley Fellow), Portland; Kaj-anne Pepper, Portland; Maya Vivas, Portland; and Sarah Wertzberger, Portland.
The review panel for the 2020 Fellowships was Avantika Bawa, chair, Arts Commissioner; Yaelle Amir, Independent Curator, Portland; Judith Bauman Master Printer, Crow’s Shadow Institute for the Arts, Pendleton; and Jovencio de la Paz, Textile artist, Assistant Professor, UofO, Eugene.
In celebration of Hedwig and the Angry Inch at Portland Center Stage at The Armory, Portland's premier drag clown Carla Rossi (Anthony Hudson) and friends pay tribute to Hedwig and the legendary rock divas that young Hansel grew up listening to in East Berlin: “Here’s to Patti, and Tina, and Yoko, Aretha, and Nona, and Nico, and me!”
Featuring Portland drag all-stars:
PEPPER PEPPER
VERA MYSTERIA
CLARE APPARENTLY & MARS
RITA LYNN
KOURTNI CAPREE
LIBERACE & LIZA
& MORE
$5 + tipping is highly encouraged!
This event is all ages, but does contain some language and adult themes. Parental discretion advised.
Pepper Pepper Artist in Residence at Monson Arts Center Maine
https://monsonarts.org
Pepper Pepper is honored to be an in the Summer/Fall Cohort of Playa Summer Lake Artists in Residence August 19th - Sept 6th 2019.
For more information visit Playasummerlake.org
Pepper Pepper Presents:
Saltine and Pepper, an evening of queer video and theatre.
Thursday July 18th
7:30 Doors
8pm Show
$10-$20
TICKETS: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4278767
Pink Moment: V3 (Short Film)
Pink Moment V3 follows a dancer in the autumnal woods of Peterborough NH on a very special day.
Saltine Impressions
Cody Sullivan presents Saltine’s Impressions. A parody of an art history lecture, Saltine tells the origin stories behind some of the most iconic works of art and literature in the Western cannon. Is Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf a masterpiece of stream of consciousness writing or a by product of a coke addiction? Is The Thinker by Rodin a depiction of man contemplating the human condition? Or is it a representation of a morning poop? Through a slide show and impressions of the artists discussed we see the history of art through Saltine's distorted vision.
Saltine's creator Cody Sullivan is a graduate of Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Since moving to Chicago four years ago he has become a house performer at the iO Theater; currently performing with Dreamboat, an all queer identifying Harold Team and began a weekly show at the Juicebox Theater creating fully improvised plays. Sullivan's work as Saltine includes performance art and theater and has been written about in such publications as The Windy City Times and The Pultizer Center. A writer as well as a performer, his radio play World Series and the live recordings of his monthly radio show Saltine's Newsletter, which was included in the 2019 Chicago Podcast Festival, can be found at www.saltinesnewsletter.com.
Pepper Pepper Presents serves to promote performance, theatre, dance and art which inspires and engages the queer human spirit.
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ACCESSIBILITY:
The Headwaters Theatre has ADA compliant bathrooms and entryways. There is also ADA accessible parking. For performances, the theatre can accommodate 2-3 power chairs or 3-4 manual chairs
The entrance to the theatre is unpaved.
The Headwaters is a non-smoking venue.
We encourage folks to avoid wearing scents, but cannot promise a scent free environment.
Currently this show is NOT ASL interpreted (this might change)
Drag Queen Queen Tag Team TURNS 1 YEAR OLD!
For our PRIDE/ANNIVERSARY we are throwing an epic DQTT Benefit for SF Drag Legend Phatima Rude, with special guest drags and electronic musicians AVOLA and Golden Donna.
Come celebrate 1 FULL year of monthly lip-synch endurance drag improv!
Phatima Rude aka Leigh Pankonin has been experiencing houselessness as a genderqueer artist and now is the critical time to help support her towards a more stable home!
Join Pepper Pepper as she hosts the wildly inventive lip-synch improv endurance test with DJ/VJ Mickey Spinzzz and special guests immediately followed by a special collaborative Electronic set by Vern/Avola followed by Golden Donna.
Don't drag your heels on this one all our profits from door this night go towards Phatima! Come celebrate live art with wickedly fierce queens.
$5-$20 Sliding Scale
Harpy Hour 5:30-7pm
DQTT 7pm-9pm
Music 9pm -11pm
Bring your tips and your joy!
Happy Pride!
ALL AGES (til 9pm)
Avola: https://verns.world
https://avola.bandcamp.com
Golden Donna: https://goldendonna.bandcamp.com
Accessibility Info:
Alberta Street Pub is:
Wheelchair accessible with gated entrances from the patio on 10th and one on Alberta.
The main door on Alberta (just East of the 1st patio entrance which is gated) has 1 small step leading up to its door.
Bathrooms are single stall with railings.
Venue room has space for wheelchairs and I'm happy to move around seats to make accommodations.
We do not use fog machines.
There are projected visuals that might have flashing lights or images.
There is currently NOT ASL interpretation available.
General Seating does not have arm rests.
We ask our guests to refrain from wearing cologne/perfume or other scented products, and to smoke at least 10 feet from the front door to avoid making fellow attendees sick
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DQTT is hosted at Alberta Street Pub which shares its venue space with our production as well as the public. We are not able to guarantee a scent free environment.
Please keep aisles clear and be mindful of the space you take up. Do not touch or grab mobility devices, or engage service animals.
Please Join Us!
Organized by: Signal Fire and hosted by c3:initiative
When: June 8th, 6–9 pm
Where: c3:initiative, 7326 N. Chicago Ave, Portland, OR 97203
$25 admission, open to the public
Tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/signal-fire-10th-anniversary-tickets-61429771099
Signal Fire was founded 10 years ago on three beliefs: first, that artists offer creative approaches to our world’s most daunting challenges; second, that activists foster drive and resources to strengthen communities; and third, we knew y’all had to be friends. Signal Fire could have really grown to become anything, and you have made this thing so much more dynamic, rigorous, and playful than we ever initially dreamed.
At the outset, we imagined small groups traveling together into threatened wildlands, discussing ways to shift the dominant views of land in the American West. You invited us to take on more. Thanks to your belief, support, and labor Signal Fire has hosted several original exhibitions, taken over 400 artists into the backcountry, developed and published seven issues of our original journal Leaf Litter, fostered a guide collective of 12 incredible leaders, and helped countless first-time campers ignite their passion for wilderness advocacy.
This event will also serve as a final soiree for c3:initiative in their St.Johns location. For six years, c3 has supported creative inquiry for 80+ artists in the region. c3:initiative is honored to host Signal Fire’s 10 Year Anniversary celebration, continuing to share resources with their creative community, a core value which will continue to inform their mission in their new downtown location opening later this year.
Please join us! Our 10th Anniversary event will celebrate and raise funds to support our growing community through an experiential silent auction, raffle, food and fare! Piping hot Kaj-anne Pepper will emcee. Enjoy live music by Colectivo Altepee, Colectivo Son Jarocho de Portland, and Marisa Anderson music. See you out there!
Anniversary graphics by Kat Black.
FAQs
Where do I get tickets?
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/signal-fire-10th-anniversary-tickets-61429771099
Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event?
All ages welcome. ID is required at the bar.
What are my transportation/parking options for getting to and from the event?
By Public Transit:
Bus 4, 11, 16, 44, or 75 to St. Johns
By Car:
From Downtown Portland:
Take US Hwy 30 W toward St. Helens | Cross the St. Johns Bridge | Continue onto N. Philadelphia Ave. | Turn left on N. Lombard St. | Take 3rd Left onto N Chicago Ave.
To avoid rush hour traffic:
Consider taking Interstate north | Take left exit for N. Greeley | Turn left on Rosa Parks, which turns into N. Willamette Blvd | Turn right on N. Richmond Ave. | Left on N. Ivanhoe St. | Right on N. Chicago Ave.
From North or Northeast Portland:
Take N Lombard west to St. Johns | Turn left on N Chicago Ave.
What can I bring into the event?
This fundraiser includes a silent auction, an opportunity to donate, and raffle tickets. In order to participate in any of these events, please bring either a debit card, credit card, check, or cash.
How can I contact the organizer with any questions?
For further questions, please contact eden@signalfirearts.org
What’s the refund policy?
We will refund tickets up to seven days before the event.
Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?
Please do if you can, but we can also check tickets virtually at the door.
About c3:initiative
c3:initiative is a platform for critical inquiry. We provide a place-based support structure to nurture personal and social introspection to individuals and communities interested in engaging in thoughtful conversations. Through adaptive residencies, exhibitions, and public programs, c3 offers forward-thinking models for collaboration and resource sharing. Learn more at www.c3iniative.org
Join PNCA students and faculty for a fantastic evening of celebration “Under The Sea….”
Pepper is honored to be part of Signal Fire’s Apr 14-20 El Saguaro y La Paloma: SW Border Campout
DRAG QUEEN TAG TEAM IS BACK!
And she's ready to slay-n-play in this beloved non-stop drag-lipsynch improv experiment.
So Join Pepper Pepper and DJ. Mickey Spinz for #DQTT Feb 12th
Show 7pm -9pm with optional bonus round!
Followed by dancing and drinks! til 10
ALL AGES AND FREE (Minors leave at 9pm sharp)
This Month we have a Valentines Love is WEIRD Theme! Romance, Anti-Romance, Pop DRAMA and more!
So please come shine her on with your tips, your cheers, and your improvisational implications!
♥ Pepper
In celebration of Buyer & Cellar at Portland Center Stage at The Armory, Portland's premier drag clown Carla Rossi (Anthony Hudson) and special guests perform classics from Bab's fabulous repertoire in Funny Girls: A Barbra Streisand Drag Show — featuring Carla and Portland drag & cabaret all-stars:
(Pepper Pepper ) Kaj-anne Pepper
Alexis Campbell Starr
Jillian Snow Harris
Loretta Good Lordchild
Rita Lynn
Vera Mysteria
Mars
and more.
Admission is FREE at the door, but be sure to bring your dollars for those FUNNY GIRLS!
This event is FREE and open to the public.
This event is all ages, but does contain some language and adult themes. Parental discretion advised.
CAMP KINK! Cakes Edition
Jan 12th
9pm Doors til Late
Tonic Lounge
A very adult very cake and fetish oriented dance party with a very special performance (you're not gonna wanna miss) by ME! This is geared to the queer adults in my life who wanna prance in a special nightlife kinda way!
Drag Queen Tag Team Pepper Edition
Jan 8th
6pm Doors,
7pm - 9pm Show
Drinks and Dancing til 10ish
This is a family friendly all ages til 9pm FREE Drag Endurance Improv Game starring ME! So please come and play!
SPACE is pleased to present Pink Moment: Improvisations of place, persona and perception, an installation in the window gallery by Kaj-anne Pepper
Oregon-based artist, Kaj-anne Pepper aka "Pepper Pepper" creates an installation for our window gallery that incorporates their newest video works. Enacting a series of movement improvisations, Pepper presents a meditation on nature, presence, and personae while wearing a beautiful pink dress.
The second CLAP TRAP is coming at you with a loving vengeance, now in a bigger venue!
FEATURING: Mr. E! Pepper Pepper! Ariella and the En Pointe Femmes! Aurora Diane Owen! Alayna Becker! Katie Piatt! Ben Parisot! ...and MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED!?!?
House Band: The one and only COCKEYE (Blake Martinez & Joel Lopez)!!!
Hosted by Danni "Steak Fingers" Cannon & Mel Heywood
SPECIAL BONUS: come meet the WORLD'S BIGGEST COCKTAIL SHRIMP, only at CLAPTRAP!
Tickets on sale now! https://www.merctickets.com/events/57987562/claptrap-2-the-clappening-wcockeye
Accessibility info: Siren Theater has a ground-floor ADA restroom, and a 6-foot wide entry way up a small concrete incline. Chairs are padded hotel banquet-style. The show will include flashing lights.
Erika Stanley Kaj-anne Pepper Ariella SB Ben Parisot Aurora Diane OwenAlayna Becker Blake Martinez Joel Lopez COCKEYE
