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July– The Rooftop of

Hotel deLuxe Take a look!

What's in-store:

  • Fantastic, rotating, monthly hosts from the arts community
  • @6pm our hosts has the floor
  • Discover what is going on in        the creative community of Portland
  • Freewheeling conversation
  • Great community connections; you never know who you will meet!

When: Every 3rd Thursday, 5- 7pm

Where: Rotating Venues            

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Next Event:

July 16th:

NW Film Center on the

rooftop of Hotel deLuxe,

729 SW 15th, 97205.

Event: Andy Blubaugh, filmmaker & instructor will set-up and film a scene.

Crew - Art Sparkers, Cast - Art Sparkers!

Come find your creative voice through film. Jessica Lyness PR/Marketing Manager will tell us how. And check out Andy's new feature film at this link.

ALSO!  All Art Spark attendees are invited to stay for "Top Down" festivities at 7pm  for FREE!  

It is the begining of NW Film Center's

"Top Down" summer outdoor film series. 

To see what's playing visit www.nwfilm.org/screenings/20/203/

Another great time is sure to be had!

 

August 20th: Live Wire

September 17th: Art on Alberta

October 15th: Portland's Murals

Defense group

 

Previous hosts:

June 18th: Nowhere

Presented:"Ice-Breaker,"

an easy way to meet new people involved with Portland arts!

@ Rontoms, 600 E Burnside

>Nowhere is a small collaborating group of 3 local artists<

May 21st: Portland Saturday Market
@ XV, 15 SW 2nd Ave
Reid Decker, Promotion Coordinator for PSM, and Erin Albin of Appetite d
iscussed the Market in its new Waterfront Park home and the sucess of the Market as an incubator for starting you own small business in the arts and crafts arena.

April 16th: MetroArts, Inc. @ the Armory Café at Portland Center Stage.

A performance from MetroArts, Inc.

(Adria Ye, age 11 on piano and Natalie Yu, age 16 on violin), and Niel DePonte spoke about arts integration and the creative process for kids.

March 19th: PCPA @ ArtBar
Portland Center for the Performing Arts Executive Director Robyn Williams presented using PCPA as a great alternative space for Music, Dance, Theater and the Visual Arts.

Open House May 19th!

February 19th: PYP @ Jimmy Mak's

America's first youth orchestra, the Portland Youth Philharmonic introduced their new conductor David Hattner and there was a special solo performance.

 

January 15th: Oregon College of Art and Craft @ The Gilt Club
OCAC president, Bonnie Laing-Malcolmson, presented the exciting new future of OCAC and their impact on our arts community

December 18th: Oregon Cultural Trust
What a pleasure—2 for 1! Cynthia Kirk discussed the Oregon Cultural Trust, Oregon's unique and progressive do-it-yourself program to create funding for the culture we all love! A.R.T. spoke about their newly re-furbished space and their excellent season of performances.

Novermber 20th: Laika
screened some new spots and filled us in on their upcoming release Coraline.

October 16th: Portland Open Studios talked about their ninth year of offering an insiders' view of some of Portland's premier working studios!

September 18th: Arts Partners
discussed how artists can support arts education in our regional schools.

August 21st: Third Angle Ensemble presented their upcoming project: Frozen Music II: The City of Lawrence and

Anna Halprin

July 17: Milepost 5 Gavin Shettler spoke about the completion of Phase I and

plans for Phase II

June 19: Musicians Union President Bruce Fife talked about the new all-local community radio station 91.1!

May 15: Art Beat's Jeff Douglas and KC Cowan premiered an OPB produced film about the arts in the Portland region

April 17: PNCA President Tom Manley talked about the future of the local

arts college

March 20: Arts & Culture Commissioner Sam Adams presented an update

on Creative Capacity