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Join Marissa and friends for an hour of drawing together! This week we’ll be doing still lifes. We’ll start with a check in drawing activity and do several short times drawings and a longer drawing. Set up your own scene to share or draw one that’s provided! Leave Marissa an artist tip via Paypal: marissabperez@gmail.com Register here to receive a reminder email with Zoom link Zoom meeting link here
Welcome to our Risograph Basics course: a printing, collage, experimentation, and mark making extravaganza! Get to know Outlet and our RISO sisters (Barbara, Janet, Corita, and Tina) and learn the basics of this fun and unique print method with Kate Bingaman-Burt! IMPORTANT: Due to social distancing this class will be taught virtually via Zoom—more info on that below! About the Workshop: Want to learn what Risograph printing is? Want to meet others who do too? Join us to learn all about the basics of the Risograph in our two-color introduction workshop. The workshop will kick off with a Show & Tell of exactly what a Risograph can do with a printing demo, print and zine samples and a general exploration of how we can get the best results from this…
Join Outlet for our first annual 5x5 print show! This virtual riso print show will showcase work by local BIPOC artists and will be raising funds for 5 incredible organizations. Buy a beautiful riso print and support 5 great and important causes in the areas of BIPOC representation, equity, community support, youth activism, anti-incarceration, and police- and prison-abolition. This show will run virtually for all of Design Week (August 3-9) via Outlet’s website and until prints sell out. All prints are priced between $10-$50 (higher donations always accepted). All artists are being compensated for their submissions and 100% of the remaining funds will be donated to the following 5 local organizations working in the fields of BIPOC representation, equity, community support, youth activism, anti-incarceration, and…
Outlet is a proud sponsor of Murmur Creative’s Agencies of Change Poster Show, happening this year to benefit Raphael House of Portland. Agencies of Change by Murmur Creative is bringing together local agencies and designers to host a poster show in support of Raphael House of Portland. Raphael House of Portland provides life-saving shelter and wraparound support for survivors of domestic violence, helping them to achieve safety, hope, and independence. Show your support, learn more about Raphael House, and check out some truly incredible posters. Learn more here!
Learn the basics of touching up photos, scans and preparing artwork for digital as well as printmaking purposes. PIXLR is a free web-based photo editing program. No downloads required, this workshop will take place via zoom. $15-50 sliding scale* Register here *No one turned away for lack of funds. Reach out to hquinn@iprc.org with inquiries about discounted workshop rates or scholarship availabilities.
From its start, the zine has been an easy & accessible printed form of spreading information and political & personal stories outside of commercial publishing pathways. It continues to be a powerful medium for amplifying and spreading narratives of grassroots movements that might face censorship or misinformation otherwise. Person to page to person (and now shared on virtual bookshelves), zines create an intimate and impactful experience of learning what’s happening on the ground sometimes even in other times and seemingly far away places. The Independent Publishing Resource Center (IPRC) is partnering with ZineCOOP in Hong Kong and Rabbits Road Press in London, plus Portland-based artists and organizations like Anna Vo and Don’t Shoot Portland, to share a sampling of vital (and often, beautifully-designed) zines about…
Welcome to our Risograph Basics course: a printing, collage, experimentation, and mark making extravaganza! Get to know Outlet and our RISO sisters (Barbara, Janet, Corita, and Tina) and learn the basics of this fun and unique print method with Kate Bingaman-Burt! IMPORTANT: Due to social distancing this class will be taught virtually via Zoom—more info on that below! About the Workshop: Want to learn what Risograph printing is? Want to meet others who do too? Join us to learn all about the basics of the Risograph in our two-color introduction workshop. The workshop will kick off with a Show & Tell of exactly what a Risograph can do with a printing demo, print and zine samples and a general exploration of how we can get the best results from this…
WHAT: A three-week online workshop for young mammals ages 13+ (TEENAGERS). WITH: Katie Collins-Guinn WHEN: August 11th- August 25th—we will meet on Tuesdays and Fridays at 1:30pm WHERE: ZOOM! (But of course.) Meeting ID will be provided each morning of meet days. HOW MUCH: $100, with a capacity of twelve writers/artists. Payment plans are available, contact Daniel Elder at registration@corporealwriting.com SCHOLARSHIPS: Click here to apply. One seat available to a mammal whose financial situation has been directly impacted by the Covid-19 crisis. Making art is a vital way to survive. Sometimes we need a little help accessing our inspirations and motivations—working collectively has a powerful way of conjuring that. Memory is a prominent part of our present lives. As we move through time our memories…
Come and fold with an IPRC member/volunteer & origami instructor/author, Yuki Martin on Zoom! You will need either origami paper*, or regular copy paper cut down to the dimensions of a square. Yuki will show you a few book-related models. All ages & skill levels are welcome. The materials needed would be a few sheets of standard size (6″x6″) origami paper* or copy paper cut into a square. You can cut copy paper into a square, using one of the methods explained in this link: https://www.origami-resource-center.com/cut-a-square.html RSVP here $5-15 suggested donation directly to facilitator; Venmo: @yukiorigami *Origami paper can be picked up at the IPRC. Coordinate with hquinn@iprc.org to pick origami paper up.
Join Marissa and friends for an hour of still life drawing! We’ll start with a check in drawing activity and do several short timed drawings and a longer drawing. Set up your own scene to share or draw one that’s provided! Register through Eventbrite here. Suggested donation of $5-$15 go to paying the artist and supporting community programming. No one turned away for lack of funds. Zoom meeting link sent out via email after registration.