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DWP 2019: Designing your Story in AR/VR for Maximum Impact and Engagement with Frank Spillers

The Evergreen 618 SE Alder St, Portland, OR, United States

A strong narrative is a fundamental aspect of any meaningful experience with immersive virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). Storytelling is quickly emerging as a key UX design skill for designing immersive experiences. While VR storytelling is typically equated with 3D filmmaking, it actually has a place in both AR and VR. In this presentation we will learn how AR and VR can benefit from good storytelling UX design. We will cover 7 essential VR storytelling techniques that anyone designing for VR UX can benefit from! In this session, we will explore the power and importance of storytelling in collaborative virtual environments with social VR/AR especially when critical decision-making is on the line: in healthcare, training, sustainability and in both B2C and B2B experiences.…

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Free

Tuesday Memoir Writing with Christopher Luna

Clark College Memoir Writing 500 Broadway Street, Suite 200, Vancouver, WA, United States

Clark College Memoir Writing 500 Broadway Street Suite 200 Vancouver, WA 98660 Metered Parking: $ 0.50 / hr Everyone has a story to tell. Each person’s life is filled with adventure, mystery, trouble, and triumph. Memoir is a powerful way to demonstrate the interconnectedness of all human beings. See yourself as a part of history, documenting the story of your life. TUESDAY CLASS Register for Tuesdays: https://ecd.clark.edu/classes/class.php?SKU=9411 Downtown Campus 9411 Tuesdays 4/9/2019- 6/11/2019 1:00PM- 3:20PM $259 CCE 208 This class also takes place on Thursdays: THURSDAY CLASS Register for Thursdays: https://ecd.clark.edu/classes/class.php?SKU=9412 Downtown Campus 9412 Thursdays 4/11/2019- 6/13/2019 1:00PM- 3:20PM $259 CCE 208 Follow your bliss this Spring. Take a writing workshop with Christopher Luna. Christopher has an MFA in Writing and Poetics from the Jack…

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$259

Poetry Workshop w/ Zachary Schomburg

Outlet 2500 Northeast Sandy Boulevard, Portland, OR, United States

Come join Zachary Schomburg this spring at Outlet for a six week Poetry workshop. This will be a generative poetry workshop for poets at all levels. The main focus will be to sustain a poetry writing practice for six weeks with access to a small group of focused readers. After each workshop, Zachary will give the group a prompt/assignment to complete for the week, one that addresses some aspect of poetry writing brought up in your group conversations. The participants will spend the beginning of the following week's workshop discussing your experiences with the assignment. The workshop will be capped at 6 people, so everyone will get about 20 minutes of focused group discussion of their own new work at each meeting. The class will meet once per…

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$200

DWP 2019: Create for a Cause

WE Communications 1125 NW Couch Street Suite 500, Portland, OR, United States

Do you envision a world where cause-driven brands share the same space in people’s hearts as big consumer brands? Want to experience how communications, design, and marketing can work in harmony to drive purpose and positive change? Join WE Communications and fellow members of the Portland design community for a rollicking, creative challenge – a group exercise that draws on your skills to design a campaign for one of Portland’s most beloved causes: Children’s Book Bank. Participants will be split into groups of five and given an hour to develop a campaign concept and assets to help raise awareness for Children’s Book Bank. WE staff will provide a brief and roving guidance throughout the session. Participation in the challenge is optional, attendees are invited to…

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Free

Intro to Letterpress: Two Day Workshop

IPRC (Independent Publishing Resource Center) 318 SE Main Street #175, Portland, OR, United States

Day 1: Typesetting Essentials Day 2: Printing Essentials Learn to set moveable type and print on table top and poster presses in the IPRC print shop. You’ll learn the vocabulary of printing and typesetting while getting a feel for this beautiful and historic process. Gain access to IPRCs collection of over 150 fonts of lead and wood type. Leave the class with a printed card and the satisfaction that comes with using 100 year old equipment! Successful completion of this 1 day class grants IPRC Studio Members access to open studio print hours so you can keep on printing. Nonmembers and Basic Members receive one trial month of Studio Membership after completion of the course. 2 Day Workshop Saturday & Sunday 10 am – 2…

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$150 – $250

The Work Poetry Workshop: Saturday Edition

Niche Wine Bar 1013 Main St, Vancouver, WA, United States

“Well, while I’m here I’ll do the work — and what’s the work? To ease the pain of living. Everything else, drunken dumbshow.” ― Allen Ginsberg, “Memory Gardens” (Fall of America, City Lights) Join us on Saturday, April 13 for The Work, a monthly poetry writing workshop at Niche Wine Bar led by Christopher Luna. Poetry encourages empathy and compassion, and sparks the shifts in consciousness which can lead to healing, personal growth, and an interest in fighting for progressive social change. I look forward to sharing my passion for poetry with you. The Work is a drop-in poetry writing workshop for beginners as well as more experienced writers. We will read and discuss poetry, and write several new poems together from 12-2:30. Doors open…

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Free

Corporeal Writing Workshop – Memory Space with Janice Lee: April 13-14

The Corporeal Writing Center 510 SW 3rd Ave #101, Portland, OR, United States

Memory Space: On Inherited Trauma & the Failure of Language Workshop Leader: Janice Lee When:  4/13/19: 1:00 - 4:00 4/14/19: 1:00 - 4:00 Where: The Corporeal Center; 510 SW 3rd Ave, Portland, OR 97210 Cost: $225 Click here to Apply for Scholarship “What really exists is not things made but things in the making.” - William James How are the frames of reference and relationships between and of living beings activated? That is, how do different bodies and worlds articulate each other, or, how do we learn to be affected? How do we reconcile personal experience with historical fact? How do we reconcile history with memory? How do we reconcile truths with other truths? How does writing open up space while processing trauma or grief? We will explore…

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$225

Intro to Letterpress: Two Day Workshop

IPRC (Independent Publishing Resource Center) 318 SE Main Street #175, Portland, OR, United States

Day 1: Typesetting Essentials Day 2: Printing Essentials Learn to set moveable type and print on table top and poster presses in the IPRC print shop. You’ll learn the vocabulary of printing and typesetting while getting a feel for this beautiful and historic process. Gain access to IPRCs collection of over 150 fonts of lead and wood type. Leave the class with a printed card and the satisfaction that comes with using 100 year old equipment! Successful completion of this 1 day class grants IPRC Studio Members access to open studio print hours so you can keep on printing. Nonmembers and Basic Members receive one trial month of Studio Membership after completion of the course. 2 Day Workshop Saturday & Sunday 10 am – 2…

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$150 – $250

The Poet’s Toolkit Part 1: Sound – Kate Gray

Another Read Through 3932 N Mississippi Ave, Portland, OR, United States

During poetry month, honor your tender and fierce heart. Add tools to your poetry toolkit. You’ll start with sound, how your words can change your reader’s body. No experience necessary. You’ll write and share in a tremendously safe environment, using the Gateless Method. This workshop will give you practical ways to distinguish this writing form from others, practice in applying the tool, and the light to show you how brilliantly you shine. Part 1 of 3: Sound Part 2 of 3: Shape (Tuesday, April 23, 6-8pm) Part 3 of 3: Sense (Wednesday, May 1, 6-8pm) All sessions will be held in the loft at Another Read Through. Register for each part a la carte on a sliding scale ($60-80), or for all three at a…

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$60 – $150

The Work Poetry Workshop: Monday Night Edition

Angst Gallery 1015 Main St, Vancouver, WA, United States

Join us on Monday, April 15 and 29 for The Work, a poetry writing workshop at Angst Gallery led by Christopher Luna. “Well, while I’m here I’ll do the work — and what’s the work? To ease the pain of living. Everything else, drunken dumbshow.” ― Allen Ginsberg, “Memory Gardens” (Fall of America, City Lights) The Work is a drop-in poetry writing workshop for beginners as well as more experienced writers. Poetry encourages empathy and compassion, and sparks the shifts in consciousness which can lead to healing, personal growth, and an interest in fighting for progressive social change. The Monday Night Edition of The Work takes place at Angst Gallery (1015 Main Street, Vancouver) from 6-8:30 pm on the second and fourth Monday of each…

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Free – $20
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