The name “Left Coast” brings up compelling images of sun-swept beaches,” tech start-ups, L.A. glamour, left-leaning politics and… Portlandia?! Is it a place or a state of mind? Artists will illustrate left coast themes with artwork that conveys openness, beauty, diversity, election-year issues, resistance, and respect for nature and all living things. 2D and 3D work accepted in all media.

JUROR: Ken Harman Hashimoto. Ken Harman Hashimoto is a curator, gallerist and arts writer based in New York City. His eponymous gallery space, Hashimoto Contemporary, was founded in San Francisco’s Lower Nob Hill neighborhood in 2013. Six years later he expanded with a second location in New York City’s Lower East Side. Both galleries present rotating monthly exhibitions featuring solo or group shows with a focus on emerging contemporary artists. As an arts writer, Ken has been published extensively in Hi-Fructose Magazine, where he served as online editor from 2010 to 2012. He has authored two compendiums for Abrams Books, “The Wes Anderson Collection, Volume Three: Bad Dads” in 2016 and “My Neighbor Hayao: Art Inspired by the Films of Miyazaki” in 2020.