Vote for Dooryard Bands!

Two Dooryard bands are up for awards in the Phoenix's Best Music Poll:

MARIE STELLA nominated for BEST INDIE ACT

DEAD MAN'S CLOTHES nominated for BEST NEW ACT

VOTE HERE

Plus, we just got a nice mention in the last Phoenix Best of Portland poll-- "DIY/Alternative Studio/Performance Spaces" won for Best Arts Scene Trend, with the Dooryard mentioned alongside our friends at the Apohadion and Mayo Street Arts.

Cheers to the seeds of a thriving DIY arts community!

Art Walk Photos- Les Salonniers

Les Salonniers, a performance troupe from Barcelona, invited our gallery visitors to become a part of their installation by kissing the wall after allowing themselves to be lipsticked. Each lip mark was signed & dated by the participant.

The troupe also invited us to

STRETCH in the gallery

with the aid of towels & bathing suits!

Arts Walk, April 2

In our First Friday opening this month:

Les Salonnieres (of Barcelona, see post below!), installation & performance

Chelsea Dowd & Julia Wood, Holga photography

Eric Spalding, hair drawing series

and as always, our open studios!

5-whenever pm, Friday, April 2.

The Door Yard is proud to announce the performance and opening of Barcelona's Les Salonnieres.  The feminine performance group will be organizing an exhibition of their most recent work "The Salonnieres Family."  

The show will contain a photographic series that explores a breaking of assumed behavior of people according to the space they are in.  At the same time, through a set of instructions written on the wall, the Salonnieres will transform the exhibition space into a new arena for processes of collective production with any (hopefully all) of the visitors to the opening.

come one, come all!  check out what is happening on the other side of the atlantic, without leaving the comforts of your own city!

for more information on the Salonnieres, visit www.salodete.org

muchos besos de Les Salonnieres!

a couple photos from the gallery opening

main gallery

paint-yr-own monster in the burning city

photos by aubin thomas