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I will be spending my rebate at the non- profit Print Arts Northwest!! For Twenty-six years PAN has been providing Portland with some of the best resources for Printmaking and the appreciation of prints. Originally known as the Northwest Print Council, it continues to grow and develop, offering more and more to the community. We now provide ongoing exhibitions for our Artist Members, we offer the best value of any Portland gallery for original art, and we provide a wide range of educational programs for printmakers and art enthusiasts at all skill levels.

PAN has created a network of artists and collectors offering an information exchange about printmaking. We currently represent 140 artists from seven states and four continents. Our goal remains to support this wonderful art form through the promotion, practice, appreciation, education and collection of original prints.

I am on the board, and I am an artist member, meaning that I show my artwork there. I believe the arts are woefully underfunded in Oregon. We keep applying for grants and don't often get funding due to the limited funding and intense non-profit competition. As a result, we were unable to get funding for a workshop facility, so I decided to start one anyway, using private funds! Atelier Meridian, a collaborative membership press, was born in May of 2007. We provide presses and all the tools and equipment necessary for producing etchings, monotypes, lithographs, and woodcuts. It's a travesty that our state does not value culture enough to support organizations like PAN, and it's unfortunate that private individuals have to step forward to support the arts.

jane Pagliarulo
Master Printer, Atelier Meridian
665 N Tillamook, Portland OR 97227

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