2017 — WeMake

EXPERIMENTS

volume 5, issue 4

EXPERIMENTS: Before there is ever success or failure, there are experiments.

FALL 2017

Featured

Nov 15, 2017

Elli Lume— Klume House Workshop

Nov 15, 2017

Nov 15, 2017

Nov 15, 2017

Nick Misani Art Deco Workshop

Nov 15, 2017

Nov 15, 2017

Nov 15, 2017

Asa Bree Sieracki Nail Workshop

Nov 15, 2017

Nov 15, 2017

Nov 12, 2017

Recap: 2017 WeMake Celebrates: A Design Conference About The Process of Making

Nov 12, 2017

Nov 12, 2017

Oct 5, 2017

Adam J Kurtz: Honesty, Humor and a Little Darkness

Oct 5, 2017

Oct 5, 2017

Oct 2, 2017

From the Greenwood of Louisiana to Michigan Ave, The Ural Thomas Story

Oct 2, 2017

Oct 2, 2017

Sep 18, 2017

Student Spotlight—Meet Jodie Beechem

Sep 18, 2017

Sep 18, 2017

Sep 18, 2017

An Interview with Luke Choice—Experimenting with Abandon

Sep 18, 2017

Sep 18, 2017

Sep 17, 2017

Alice in Wonderland

Sep 17, 2017

Sep 17, 2017

Sep 11, 2017

An Interview with Nick Misani—Type, Style, and Freelancing

Sep 11, 2017

Sep 11, 2017

WELCOMING

volume 5, issue 3

WELCOMING: Summer is the season of welcoming in growth and seeing the fruits of your labor.

SUMMER 2017

Featured

Aug 25, 2017

RECAP: sXc with Zach Yarrington

Aug 25, 2017

Aug 25, 2017

Aug 9, 2017

Student Spotlight - Meet Elana Gabrielle

Aug 9, 2017

Aug 9, 2017

Jul 24, 2017

Meet Zach Yarrington

Jul 24, 2017

Jul 24, 2017

Jul 5, 2017

RECAP: sXc with Erik Marinovich

Jul 5, 2017

Jul 5, 2017

Jun 14, 2017

Student Spotlight - Meet Clara Dudley

Jun 14, 2017

Jun 14, 2017

May 20, 2017

Woodworking Workshop with Annie Beedy

May 20, 2017

May 20, 2017

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LIGHTHEARTED

volume 5, issue 2

LIGHTHEARTED: cheerfull and carefree

SPRING2017

Featured

May 10, 2017

RECAP: Design Week Portland 2017

May 10, 2017

May 10, 2017

May 10, 2017

Student Spotlight - Meet Dana Parker

May 10, 2017

May 10, 2017

Apr 9, 2017

The Tenacity of Tuesday Bassen

Apr 9, 2017

Apr 9, 2017

Apr 1, 2017

Annie Beedy: West Coast All-Natural

Apr 1, 2017

Apr 1, 2017

Mar 17, 2017

Pin That Shit!— With Makers From Around The World

Mar 17, 2017

Mar 17, 2017

Mar 15, 2017

Student Spotlight – Meet Subin Yang

Mar 15, 2017

Mar 15, 2017

Mar 9, 2017

RECAP-sXc with BRETT STENSON

Mar 9, 2017

Mar 9, 2017

Mar 7, 2017

Pin That Shit! A Creative Affair to Show Off Your Flair

Mar 7, 2017

Mar 7, 2017

Mar 6, 2017

RECAP—A DDC LOGO WORKSHOP

Mar 6, 2017

Mar 6, 2017

PERSEVERANCE

volume 5, issue 1

PERSEVERANCE: Steadfastness in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success.

WINTER 2017

Featured

Feb 16, 2017

A Special Design Week Portland sketchXchange with Tuesday Bassen

Feb 16, 2017

Feb 16, 2017

Feb 13, 2017

Meet Brett Stenson

Feb 13, 2017

Feb 13, 2017

Jan 30, 2017

Pin That Shit—A Creative Affair to Show Off Your Flair

Jan 30, 2017

Jan 30, 2017

Jan 18, 2017

STUDENTS SUBMIT YOUR WORK!

Jan 18, 2017

Jan 18, 2017

Jan 9, 2017

LOGO WORKSHOP WITH AARON DRAPLIN

Jan 9, 2017

Jan 9, 2017

WeMake is a non-profit 501(c)(3) that helps to foster art and design in Portland's creative community through hands-on experiences, creative dialogue, and design in action initiatives. Come make it happen.

TOMORROW- HOLIDAY POP UP on Industrial Row and at our headquarters at @MakeandMary Join us from 10-4pm and 7 othe… https://t.co/XVFvl0t054
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about a week ago

TOMORROW- HOLIDAY POP UP on Industrial Row and at our headquarters at @tillamookst
Join us from 10-4pm and 7 other makers! Walk the neighborhood and visit and shop the studios of our amazing neighbors.
We are blowing out our inventory! Prints, books, bags, pins, patches and more, FOR CHEAP! Proceeds benefit arts education.
Swipe 👈🏽 for tags and the map!

#wemakepdx #pdxart #pdxdesign #shoplocal #madeinpdx #portlandpopup #portlandmade #artseducation

THIS SATURDAY! A Holiday Pop Up in our headquarters at @tillamookst
Join us, and 7 other makers along with a neighborhood walking tour with handmade holiday shopping, food, sips, and festive happenings on 12/15 from 10-4

At Tillamook Station you’ll also find these makers:

@highsocietycollection
@combedthunder
@parkersimonnedesigns
@themakeandmary
@apotspot
@red_desert_rose_pdx and
@mtn_top_living
Also visit our awesome neighbors in their studios!

@lrdesignco
@lisacongdon
@paperepiphanies
@modernmacrame
@rendered.co
@pigeon_toe
SWIPE 👈🏽 for the map!
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#pdxmakers #wemakepdx #pdxdesign #portlandmade #madeinpdx #youcaninportland
#happeninginpdx
#pdxevents
#pdxdesign
#industrialrow
#portlandshopping #shoplocal

THIS SATURDAY! A Holiday Pop Up in our headquarters at @tillamookst
Join us, and 7 other makers along with a neighborhood walking tour with handmade holiday shopping, food, sips, and festive happenings on 12/15 from 10-4

At Tillamook Station you’ll also find these makers:
@red_desert_rose_pdx
@apotspot
@combedthunder
@highsocietycollection
@mtn_top_living
@themakeandmary and
@parkersimonnedesigns
Also visit our awesome neighbors in their studios!

@lrdesignco
@lisacongdon
@paperepiphanies
@modernmacrame
@rendered.co
@pigeon_toe .
.

#pdxmakers #wemakepdx #pdxdesign #portlandmade #madeinpdx #youcaninportland
#happeninginpdx
#pdxevents
#pdxdesign
#industrialrow
#portlandshopping #shoplocal

WEMAKE FOR THE HOLIDAYS! We are so honored to be at Crafty Wonderland this year! Come check us out at booth #257 ( we’re sharing it with @themakeandmary ) and will be bringing limited edition books, prints, notebooks, bags, and pins from some of your favorite makers including: @jean_jullien @kellianderson @draplin @joshwhiggins @marykatemcdevitt @martinaflor and @nickmisani
Your purchase helps to support our cause of giving back to the community through design in action and arts education!
@craftywonderland has been a Portland icon supporting makers for so many years and we love them! Plus, so many of our friends will be there too including: @outletpdx @bigtimelivermore @dansyiles @morgaine_faye @queenbeecreations @annajoycedesign and @33booksco to name a few!! #shoplocal #wemakepdx #craftywonderland #madeinpdx #portlandmade #pingamestrong #portlandmaker #pdxmaker #pdxdesign #fieldnotes #limitededitionprint

INSPIRED BY: Mixed media artist, Deborah Roberts.

Looking at the work of @rdeborah191 you must look through multiple layers, double meanings and symbols. Her process combines found and manipulated images with hand drawn and painted details to create hybrid figures. These figures often take the form of young girls. “ I’m interested in the way young girls symbolize vulnerability but also a naïve strength. The girls who populate my work, while subject to societal pressures and projected images, are still unfixed in their identity. Each girl has character and agency to find their own way amidst the complicated narratives of American, African American and art history. “

Roberts’ artist statement really gives insight on the notion of beauty.– “My art practice takes on social commentary, critiquing perceptions of ideal beauty. Stereotypes and myths are challenged in my work; I create a dialogue between the ideas of inclusion, dignity, consumption, and subjectivity by addressing beauty in the form of the ideal woman, the Venus. By challenging Venus, my work challenges the notion of universal beauty—making room for women of color who are not included in this definition.” #africanamericanart
#mixedmedia #collageartist
#beauty #blackbeauty

INSPIRED BY: French artist Koralie creates vibrant, absorbing wall art and works on canvas that combine influences from both traditional and contemporary Japanese art, African and English history.

It is said that @____koralie____ uses a character in her work that is fully integrated into her backgrounds.

Koralie began in the field of architecture. In the early 2000s, she embarked on her career in art. She discovered graffiti in Toulouse, France which inspired her to start painting on walls throughout the city. She has since painted murals in Tokyo, New York, Berlin, Barcelona, Rome, Copenhagen, Paris, Philadelphia, Hô Chi Minh, Los Angeles, Amsterdam, Bangkok, London, Cape Town.
She draws additional inspiration from her travels around the world and is particularly interested in folk customs, emblematic monuments and animist rituals, which offer an aesthetic richness full of a variety of symbols.
#inspiredby #grafittiart #muralist #folkart #womenartists

INSPIRED BY: Malika Favre is a French artist.

@malikafavre has a bold, minimal style – often described as Pop Art meets OpArt – it is a striking lesson in the use of positive/negative space and colour.

Her unmistakable style has established her as one of the UK’s most sought after graphic artists. Malika’s clients include The New Yorker, Vogue, BAFTA, Sephora and Penguin Books, and more.

Check out her feed to all the goodness.🧡💚🖤 ❤️💙

It’s Giving Tuesday and we want to give a shout out to a few of the programs in Portland that give back to under-served youth. As a non-profit ourselves we rely on the community to support the efforts of these amazing organizations. If you’re thinking of giving back, take a look at what they are doing. 💕 .
.

@pearmentor
@marrowpdx
@schoolhousesupplies
@calderaarts
#wemakepdx
#givebacktuesday #community #artsed #pdxart

Holiday Pop-up in our headquarters at @tillamookst
Dec. 15th from 10am-4pm
Featuring locally made goods from some of Portland’s favorite makers. Walk our neighborhood, visit studios and get handmade gifts by :
Lisa Congdon / @lisacongdon
Modern Macramé / @modernmacrame
Pigeon Toe / @pigeon_toe
Paper Epiphanies / @paperepiphanies
Combed Thunder / @combedthunder
Make & Mary™ / @themakeandmary
apotspot / @apotspot
LR Design Co / @lrdesignco
MTN TOP BAKERY / @mtn_top_living
Rendered Co / @rendered.co
Red Desert Rose / @red_desert_rose_pdx
Parker Simonne Designs / @parkersimonnedesigns and
High Society Collection / @highsocietycollection
Industrial Row is in the Old Triangle Mill district just off N Interstate & N Tillamook. Swipe right for the walking map. Hope to see you there!

#industrialrow #madeinpdx #portlandmade #youcaninportland #pdxdesign #pdxmakers #wemakepdx

Take a rest on Friday and go shop local on Saturday instead. Portland has sooo many small business crafting amazing work by hand! If local check out @littleboxespdx @madeherepdx @craftywonderland or @tenderlovingempirerecords to name a few.

Know of a great maker selling on Saturday? Post their name below!! Don’t live in Portland? Seek out local artists, designers, and makers in your town! .
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#shoplocal #supportsmallbusiness #smallbusinesssaturday #wemakepdx

Repost from @therightbraininitiative - Our friends over at The Regional Arts & Culture Council are looking to hire an Arts Education Coordinator to help coordinate services to school district funded by the Arts Tax and assist in communicating a vision for equitable education through the arts. Apply by December 7th 👉🏽https://bit.ly/2z3iEPS
#ArtsEd #RACC

It’s that time of the year again! We’ll be at @craftywonderland sharing a booth with @themakeandmary come see us and get some sweet goods for the maker in your life! .
#wemakepdx #makersgonnamake #pdxmakers #pdxdesign #getcrafty

Our hearts go out to the people and animals who have been affected by the tragic fires in California. These images are from folks expressing their love and doing what they can to support the victims. Art heals and makes a difference. 🧡

Hugging Bear by @3fishstudios
Skateboard Pin by @maplexo
Love you CA by @bethanyng
California Flower Print by @crystallynncollins
#californiafires #californiaart #artmakesadifference #artheals

Visiting the @lrdesignco shop for the @portland_made meet up. These ladies are amazing woodcrafters and welders who make custom work here in Portland. Check them out!

#wemakepdx #pdxmakers #portlandmade

Join us in our headquarters at @tillamookst for the @iprc_pdx 20/20/20 show! Letterpress prints by 20 artists to benefit IPRC!
#wemakepdx #community #letterpress

Be the change you want to see. The midterms are around the corner and everyone should vote like their rights matter. In Oregon there are a lot of human rights issues on the ballot. Find out more by visiting OregonMustVote.comPlease vote.
Artwork by @lettiejanemakes

Did you know that 10 out of the eleven speakers at DISRUPT were women? Check out a few of the stories on our blog today!
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#wemakepdx #wemakedisrupts #madeinpdx #pdxdesign #pdxart #youcaninpdx #womenempowerment

ON THE BLOG: Disrupt captured our state of mind and an important stage of the process of making. This year we shook it up with a different format and a different venue. That did not take away from the evenings message, or the work we have done to support arts education for under-served youth. Thank you to everyone who came out, and thank you to everyone who shared their story!
.
,
#wemakepdx #wemakedisrupts #pdxdesign #pdxart #madeinpdx #forartssake

STUDIO SPACE AVAILABLE! There is a private 160sq ft studio space available in our headquarters @tillamookst Enjoy a chill environment of professional creatives. All utilities, WiFi, security, shower, conference room, and open gallery space included. To find out more send an email to info@tillamookstation.com Tillamook Station is located in NE on Industrial Row and is surrounded by many artists and makers, it’s a great place to work, be inspired, and a part of a wonderful maker community. We are close in too!
.
.
#wemakepdx #portlandmade #madeinpdx #makerspace #youcaninportland #portlandmakers #pdxdesign #pdxart #pdxphotography #wemakepdx #portlanddesign

TOMORROW- HOLIDAY POP UP on Industrial Row and at our headquarters at @tillamookst
Join us from 10-4pm and 7 other makers! Walk the neighborhood and visit and shop the studios of our amazing neighbors.
We are blowing out our inventory! Prints, books, bags, pins, patches and more, FOR CHEAP! Proceeds benefit arts education.
Swipe 👈🏽 for tags and the map!

#wemakepdx #pdxart #pdxdesign #shoplocal #madeinpdx #portlandpopup #portlandmade #artseducation

THIS SATURDAY! A Holiday Pop Up in our headquarters at @tillamookst
Join us, and 7 other makers along with a neighborhood walking tour with handmade holiday shopping, food, sips, and festive happenings on 12/15 from 10-4

At Tillamook Station you’ll also find these makers:

@highsocietycollection
@combedthunder
@parkersimonnedesigns
@themakeandmary
@apotspot
@red_desert_rose_pdx and
@mtn_top_living
Also visit our awesome neighbors in their studios!

@lrdesignco
@lisacongdon
@paperepiphanies
@modernmacrame
@rendered.co
@pigeon_toe
SWIPE 👈🏽 for the map!
.
.

#pdxmakers #wemakepdx #pdxdesign #portlandmade #madeinpdx #youcaninportland
#happeninginpdx
#pdxevents
#pdxdesign
#industrialrow
#portlandshopping #shoplocal

THIS SATURDAY! A Holiday Pop Up in our headquarters at @tillamookst
Join us, and 7 other makers along with a neighborhood walking tour with handmade holiday shopping, food, sips, and festive happenings on 12/15 from 10-4

At Tillamook Station you’ll also find these makers:
@red_desert_rose_pdx
@apotspot
@combedthunder
@highsocietycollection
@mtn_top_living
@themakeandmary and
@parkersimonnedesigns
Also visit our awesome neighbors in their studios!

@lrdesignco
@lisacongdon
@paperepiphanies
@modernmacrame
@rendered.co
@pigeon_toe .
.

#pdxmakers #wemakepdx #pdxdesign #portlandmade #madeinpdx #youcaninportland
#happeninginpdx
#pdxevents
#pdxdesign
#industrialrow
#portlandshopping #shoplocal

WEMAKE FOR THE HOLIDAYS! We are so honored to be at Crafty Wonderland this year! Come check us out at booth #257 ( we’re sharing it with @themakeandmary ) and will be bringing limited edition books, prints, notebooks, bags, and pins from some of your favorite makers including: @jean_jullien @kellianderson @draplin @joshwhiggins @marykatemcdevitt @martinaflor and @nickmisani
Your purchase helps to support our cause of giving back to the community through design in action and arts education!
@craftywonderland has been a Portland icon supporting makers for so many years and we love them! Plus, so many of our friends will be there too including: @outletpdx @bigtimelivermore @dansyiles @morgaine_faye @queenbeecreations @annajoycedesign and @33booksco to name a few!! #shoplocal #wemakepdx #craftywonderland #madeinpdx #portlandmade #pingamestrong #portlandmaker #pdxmaker #pdxdesign #fieldnotes #limitededitionprint

INSPIRED BY: Mixed media artist, Deborah Roberts.

Looking at the work of @rdeborah191 you must look through multiple layers, double meanings and symbols. Her process combines found and manipulated images with hand drawn and painted details to create hybrid figures. These figures often take the form of young girls. “ I’m interested in the way young girls symbolize vulnerability but also a naïve strength. The girls who populate my work, while subject to societal pressures and projected images, are still unfixed in their identity. Each girl has character and agency to find their own way amidst the complicated narratives of American, African American and art history. “

Roberts’ artist statement really gives insight on the notion of beauty.– “My art practice takes on social commentary, critiquing perceptions of ideal beauty. Stereotypes and myths are challenged in my work; I create a dialogue between the ideas of inclusion, dignity, consumption, and subjectivity by addressing beauty in the form of the ideal woman, the Venus. By challenging Venus, my work challenges the notion of universal beauty—making room for women of color who are not included in this definition.” #africanamericanart
#mixedmedia #collageartist
#beauty #blackbeauty

INSPIRED BY: French artist Koralie creates vibrant, absorbing wall art and works on canvas that combine influences from both traditional and contemporary Japanese art, African and English history.

It is said that @____koralie____ uses a character in her work that is fully integrated into her backgrounds.

Koralie began in the field of architecture. In the early 2000s, she embarked on her career in art. She discovered graffiti in Toulouse, France which inspired her to start painting on walls throughout the city. She has since painted murals in Tokyo, New York, Berlin, Barcelona, Rome, Copenhagen, Paris, Philadelphia, Hô Chi Minh, Los Angeles, Amsterdam, Bangkok, London, Cape Town.
She draws additional inspiration from her travels around the world and is particularly interested in folk customs, emblematic monuments and animist rituals, which offer an aesthetic richness full of a variety of symbols.
#inspiredby #grafittiart #muralist #folkart #womenartists

INSPIRED BY: Malika Favre is a French artist.

@malikafavre has a bold, minimal style – often described as Pop Art meets OpArt – it is a striking lesson in the use of positive/negative space and colour.

Her unmistakable style has established her as one of the UK’s most sought after graphic artists. Malika’s clients include The New Yorker, Vogue, BAFTA, Sephora and Penguin Books, and more.

Check out her feed to all the goodness.🧡💚🖤 ❤️💙

It’s Giving Tuesday and we want to give a shout out to a few of the programs in Portland that give back to under-served youth. As a non-profit ourselves we rely on the community to support the efforts of these amazing organizations. If you’re thinking of giving back, take a look at what they are doing. 💕 .
.

@pearmentor
@marrowpdx
@schoolhousesupplies
@calderaarts
#wemakepdx
#givebacktuesday #community #artsed #pdxart

Holiday Pop-up in our headquarters at @tillamookst
Dec. 15th from 10am-4pm
Featuring locally made goods from some of Portland’s favorite makers. Walk our neighborhood, visit studios and get handmade gifts by :
Lisa Congdon / @lisacongdon
Modern Macramé / @modernmacrame
Pigeon Toe / @pigeon_toe
Paper Epiphanies / @paperepiphanies
Combed Thunder / @combedthunder
Make & Mary™ / @themakeandmary
apotspot / @apotspot
LR Design Co / @lrdesignco
MTN TOP BAKERY / @mtn_top_living
Rendered Co / @rendered.co
Red Desert Rose / @red_desert_rose_pdx
Parker Simonne Designs / @parkersimonnedesigns and
High Society Collection / @highsocietycollection
Industrial Row is in the Old Triangle Mill district just off N Interstate & N Tillamook. Swipe right for the walking map. Hope to see you there!

#industrialrow #madeinpdx #portlandmade #youcaninportland #pdxdesign #pdxmakers #wemakepdx

Take a rest on Friday and go shop local on Saturday instead. Portland has sooo many small business crafting amazing work by hand! If local check out @littleboxespdx @madeherepdx @craftywonderland or @tenderlovingempirerecords to name a few.

Know of a great maker selling on Saturday? Post their name below!! Don’t live in Portland? Seek out local artists, designers, and makers in your town! .
.
#shoplocal #supportsmallbusiness #smallbusinesssaturday #wemakepdx

Repost from @therightbraininitiative - Our friends over at The Regional Arts & Culture Council are looking to hire an Arts Education Coordinator to help coordinate services to school district funded by the Arts Tax and assist in communicating a vision for equitable education through the arts. Apply by December 7th 👉🏽https://bit.ly/2z3iEPS
#ArtsEd #RACC

It’s that time of the year again! We’ll be at @craftywonderland sharing a booth with @themakeandmary come see us and get some sweet goods for the maker in your life! .
#wemakepdx #makersgonnamake #pdxmakers #pdxdesign #getcrafty

Our hearts go out to the people and animals who have been affected by the tragic fires in California. These images are from folks expressing their love and doing what they can to support the victims. Art heals and makes a difference. 🧡

Hugging Bear by @3fishstudios
Skateboard Pin by @maplexo
Love you CA by @bethanyng
California Flower Print by @crystallynncollins
#californiafires #californiaart #artmakesadifference #artheals

Visiting the @lrdesignco shop for the @portland_made meet up. These ladies are amazing woodcrafters and welders who make custom work here in Portland. Check them out!

#wemakepdx #pdxmakers #portlandmade

Join us in our headquarters at @tillamookst for the @iprc_pdx 20/20/20 show! Letterpress prints by 20 artists to benefit IPRC!
#wemakepdx #community #letterpress

Be the change you want to see. The midterms are around the corner and everyone should vote like their rights matter. In Oregon there are a lot of human rights issues on the ballot. Find out more by visiting OregonMustVote.comPlease vote.
Artwork by @lettiejanemakes

Did you know that 10 out of the eleven speakers at DISRUPT were women? Check out a few of the stories on our blog today!
.
.
#wemakepdx #wemakedisrupts #madeinpdx #pdxdesign #pdxart #youcaninpdx #womenempowerment

ON THE BLOG: Disrupt captured our state of mind and an important stage of the process of making. This year we shook it up with a different format and a different venue. That did not take away from the evenings message, or the work we have done to support arts education for under-served youth. Thank you to everyone who came out, and thank you to everyone who shared their story!
.
,
#wemakepdx #wemakedisrupts #pdxdesign #pdxart #madeinpdx #forartssake

STUDIO SPACE AVAILABLE! There is a private 160sq ft studio space available in our headquarters @tillamookst Enjoy a chill environment of professional creatives. All utilities, WiFi, security, shower, conference room, and open gallery space included. To find out more send an email to info@tillamookstation.com Tillamook Station is located in NE on Industrial Row and is surrounded by many artists and makers, it’s a great place to work, be inspired, and a part of a wonderful maker community. We are close in too!
.
.
#wemakepdx #portlandmade #madeinpdx #makerspace #youcaninportland #portlandmakers #pdxdesign #pdxart #pdxphotography #wemakepdx #portlanddesign

How cute are these prints @marisol.ortega made in the DISRUPT Risograph Workshop this morning with @outletpdx .
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#wemakepdx
#wemakedisrupts

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