Portland, Oregon always has something cool and crafty going on, but this weekend has been a particularly spectacular craft community event-a-thon. Last night, Handmade Nation screened to its first of four sold out crowds and kicked off a series of craft events planned for the weekend. Last night’s screening at the Museum of Contemporary Craft […]
A fourth screening of the documentary film, Handmade Nation, has been added to the premiere weekend at the Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland, Oregon. The extra screening will be on Sunday, April 5 at 3PM. Unlike the other three screenings this weekend, though, it will not have the Q&A portion after the screening. Demand […]
Another Make: City group has formed, in Portland, OR. They’ll be holding their first “official” meeting on April 5th, 3pm, at the local TechShop in Beaverton. The last speaker is YOU. Bring your projects and show them off! Please RSVP on Upcoming.org or Facebook The MakePDX website has additional information including instructions to RSVP.
From now until September 7th, you can catch the Fashioning Felt exhibit at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in NYC. From the site: This exhibition will explore the varied new uses of felt—an ancient material, believed to be one of the earliest techniques for making textiles. Made by matting together wool fibers with humidity and […]
The 2009 Bent Fest will go down on April 16-18 at The Tank in NYC featuring performances by – Dr. Bleep Lesley Flanigan Tristan Perich NO CARRIER / Don Miller Operation Playmate Todd Michael Bailey and many more In addition to performances, there’ll be a launch party for the new edition of Nic Collins Handmade […]
Handmade Nation, the documentary film by Faythe Levine celebrating the handmade movement in America, will make its premiere in Portland, Oregon, this weekend. Hosted by the Museum of Contemporary Craft, there will be three screenings of the film and fantastic craft events throughout the weekend. I’ll be reporting from Portland throughout the weekend, and would […]
Douglas Repetto writes: The 1,618,033rd dorkbot-nyc meeting will take place at 7pm on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 at Location One in SoHo. Featuring the divine and proportionate: Erik Sanner: Paintings that Move, Spring Planting, and How to Enjoy Traffic Cones Why make art when every day we encounter strikingly beautiful, impenetrable objects of infinite interpretation? […]
