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.

How cute are these prints @_Marisol_Ortega made in the DISRUPT Risograph Workshop this morning with @outletpdx .… https://t.co/i69xl4YGYr
about 16 hours ago
You got to have the right sign painting hand set up to make them letters clean :) #wemakepdx #wemakedisrupts… https://t.co/4Ze4s1bV5u
about 16 hours ago

Kicking off our Papercraft/Animation Workshop with Tommy Perez! .
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#wemakepdx #wemakecelebtates #wemakedisrupts

WeMakes Celebrates with our 4th annual design conference on the process of making. Tomorrow night is more than that, it’s a celebration of the Portland design community and our 7th Anniversary!! We are beyond thankful to have a tribe that supports our efforts for design-in-action and our goal to be a platform to give back to arts education. Thank you, thank you for taking this journey with us!! This years conference theme is reminder to be a disruptor, to bend the rules, or make a few new ones. Please join us as we get a little radical in the @portlandartmuseum and DISRUPT the place, just a bit.

#wemakcelebrates #wemakepdx #wemakedisrupts #forartsake #portland #pdxdesign #pdxart #pdxmakers #madeinpdx

Sign Painting Workshop! Local artist and sign painter Travis Wheeler will be teaching a workshop as part of the DISRUPT Conference. There are a few spots left! Grab your ticket via our site or the link above, and check out Travis’s feed for more goodness. @borrowed_times_pdx .
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#wemakepdx #wemakedisrupts #madeinpdx #pdxdesign #pdxart #handlettering #lettering #youcaninportland

Christins Lonsdale is Radiant Human. She takes pictures of your aura. ✨ See her glowing as she shares a bit about her process on the Main Stage of DISRUPT, Friday night 10/19. ✨
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#wemakepdx #wemakedisrupts #pdxart #pdxphotographer #auraglow #pdxdesign

What is Future Fonts and how do they disrupt? Find out next Friday night when Creative Director Lizy Gershenzon of @futurefonts and @scribbletone takes the stage at DISRUPT-A design conference exploring disruption in art & design, and how it affects process and the work. DISRUPT, DISRUPT, DISRUPT! .
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#wemakepdx #wemakedisrupts #typography #typedesign #designthinking #youcaninportland #pdxdesign

As part of the DISRUPT design conference we have a 5x5 presentation featuring 5 entrepreneurs rocking Portland’s creative scene. This year Anja Charbonneau the founder and creative director of @broccoli_mag will be joining us. We hope you can too! Find out more and grab your tickets (via our site) to the main stage in the Grand Ballroom at The Portland Art Museum on 10/19! .
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#wemakepdx #wemakedisrupts #madeinpdx #pdxmakers #pdxdesign #cannabisculture

GIVEAWAY! We’re giving away 2 tickets to Friday Nights Main Stage at DISRUPT–A Design Conference on 10/19 in the Grand Ballroom at @portlandartmuseum
To win, via Instagram or Facebook:
1. Tell us whose work you find disruptive in a good way. It could be your own or another’s. Why does it appeal to you?
2. Tag a friend

Winners announced this Friday! .
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#wemakepdx #wemakedisrupts #pdxdesign #pdxart #designconference #disruptor

Kicking off our Papercraft/Animation Workshop with Tommy Perez! .
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#wemakepdx #wemakecelebtates #wemakedisrupts

WeMakes Celebrates with our 4th annual design conference on the process of making. Tomorrow night is more than that, it’s a celebration of the Portland design community and our 7th Anniversary!! We are beyond thankful to have a tribe that supports our efforts for design-in-action and our goal to be a platform to give back to arts education. Thank you, thank you for taking this journey with us!! This years conference theme is reminder to be a disruptor, to bend the rules, or make a few new ones. Please join us as we get a little radical in the @portlandartmuseum and DISRUPT the place, just a bit.

#wemakcelebrates #wemakepdx #wemakedisrupts #forartsake #portland #pdxdesign #pdxart #pdxmakers #madeinpdx

Tomorrow night hear from Katy Ann Gilmore a visual artist who’s work multiples through intersecting lines and consist planar geometries, creating spatial impressions far larger than the sum of their minimal parts. She is a disruptor, are you? .
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#wemakedisrupts
#forartssake #wemakepdx #designthinking #pdxmaker #pdxdesign #pdxart #madeinpdx

Tomorrow night hear from keynote Loveis Wise as shares her journey into the world of illustration, believing in her inner strength and finding her unique voice in cosmic somethings. She is a disruptor, are you?
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#wemakedisrupts
#forartssake #wemakepdx #designthinking #pdxmaker #pdxdesign #pdxart #madeinpdx

Tomorrow night hear from Soleil Hall aka Bella as she shares her righteous words with thoughtful power and strength. She is a disruptor, are you?
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#wemakedisrupts
#forartssake #wemakepdx #designthinking #pdxmaker #pdxdesign #pdxart #madeinpdx

Tomorrow night hear from Anja Charbonneau of Broccoli Magazine and how it has lit up the cannabis world in a highly Inspired way. She is a disruptor, are you? .
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#wemakedisrupts
#forartssake #wemakepdx #designthinking #pdxmaker #pdxdesign #pdxart #madeinpdx

Tomorrow night hear from Lizy Gershenzon of Future Fonts and how they are approaching type design in bold, and never regular ways. She is a disruptor, are you?
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#wemakedisrupts
#forartssake #wemakepdx #designthinking #pdxmaker #pdxdesign #pdxart #madeinpdx

Tomorrow night hear from keynote Tommy Perez as he shares his cutting edge process of manipulating paper to take on new form. He is a disruptor, are you?
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#wemakedisrupts
#forartssake #wemakepdx #designthinking #pdxmaker #pdxdesign #pdxart #madeinpdx

Tomorrow night hear from Amy Dragon, she brings the sonic goals of musicians to life. She is a disruptor, are you?
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#wemakedisrupts
#forartssake #wemakepdx #designthinking #pdxmaker #pdxdesign #pdxart #madeinpdx

Tomorrow night hear from Brianna Grigsby, a young woman who shares stories through words spoken in poetic verse. She is a disruptor, are you?
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#wemakedisrupts
#forartssake #wemakepdx #designthinking #pdxmaker #pdxdesign #pdxart #madeinpdx

Tomorrow night, hear from Christina Lonsdale of Radiant Human, and her journey into developing stories through capturing peoples auras. She is a disruptor, are you?
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#wemakedisrupts
#forartssake #wemakepdx #designthinking #pdxmaker #pdxdesign #pdxart #madeinpdx

Tomorrow night, hear from Luz Elena Mendoza of Y La Bamba. She’ll talk about themes of searching and metamorphosis, and of her exploration and identity as a Mexican woman. She’ll sing for us with a voice that is like a musical instrument–melodic and otherworldly.
She is a disruptor, are you? .
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#wemakedisrupts
#forartssake #wemakepdx #designthinking #pdxmaker #pdxdesign #pdxart #madeinpdx

Sign Painting Workshop! Local artist and sign painter Travis Wheeler will be teaching a workshop as part of the DISRUPT Conference. There are a few spots left! Grab your ticket via our site or the link above, and check out Travis’s feed for more goodness. @borrowed_times_pdx .
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#wemakepdx #wemakedisrupts #madeinpdx #pdxdesign #pdxart #handlettering #lettering #youcaninportland

WeMake Celebrates with our community sponsors, and their dedication to support arts education for under-served youth. As a volunteer run non-profit we could not do without their generous contributions to bring this years DISRUPT conference to light . THANK YOU, THANK YOU 🙏🏾🙏🏽🙏🏼
@portlandartmuseum @wkstudiopdx @enterthestudy @swiftcollective @adobe @shop_serra @widmerbrothers @wcp_solutions @mohawkpaper @scoutbooks @artfulvenues
#wemakepdx #wemakedisrupts #wemakecelebrates #community #pdxmakers #pdxdesign #pdxart #pdxnow #madeinpdx

ON THE BLOG TODAY- an interview with keynote speaker Tommy Perez. @t_rez will be teaching a Papercraft/ Stopmotion animation workshop as part of the DISRUPT conference on 10/20. Sign up and register via our link above or on our site. Only a few spots left! “ I think you get so much from making the physical piece, the imperfections, the charm. All that character and love that gets transferred from your hands to the paper piece is something that’s extremely difficult to translate in a rendering.” #wemakepdx #wemakedisrupts #papercraft #donuts #happeninginpdx #youcaninportland #stopmotion

Christins Lonsdale is Radiant Human. She takes pictures of your aura. ✨ See her glowing as she shares a bit about her process on the Main Stage of DISRUPT, Friday night 10/19. ✨
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#wemakepdx #wemakedisrupts #pdxart #pdxphotographer #auraglow #pdxdesign

What is Future Fonts and how do they disrupt? Find out next Friday night when Creative Director Lizy Gershenzon of @futurefonts and @scribbletone takes the stage at DISRUPT-A design conference exploring disruption in art & design, and how it affects process and the work. DISRUPT, DISRUPT, DISRUPT! .
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#wemakepdx #wemakedisrupts #typography #typedesign #designthinking #youcaninportland #pdxdesign

As part of the DISRUPT design conference we have a 5x5 presentation featuring 5 entrepreneurs rocking Portland’s creative scene. This year Anja Charbonneau the founder and creative director of @broccoli_mag will be joining us. We hope you can too! Find out more and grab your tickets (via our site) to the main stage in the Grand Ballroom at The Portland Art Museum on 10/19! .
.
#wemakepdx #wemakedisrupts #madeinpdx #pdxmakers #pdxdesign #cannabisculture

GIVEAWAY! We’re giving away 2 tickets to Friday Nights Main Stage at DISRUPT–A Design Conference on 10/19 in the Grand Ballroom at @portlandartmuseum
To win, via Instagram or Facebook:
1. Tell us whose work you find disruptive in a good way. It could be your own or another’s. Why does it appeal to you?
2. Tag a friend

Winners announced this Friday! .
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#wemakepdx #wemakedisrupts #pdxdesign #pdxart #designconference #disruptor

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