Our Next Event!
Whole Foods Hollywood Hootenanny!
Location:
Whole Foods Hollywood
4301 NE Sandy Blvd.
Portland, OR 97213
September 18th, 2010 - 12pm-4pm
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Upcoming 2010 Event Schedule:
We are working on our 2010 holiday events and will start posting information soon. Please, check back! Do mark your calendars for our 2010 Formal – Sunday, December 19th!
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About Handmade NW
Our focus is grounded in Cooperative* concepts.
Locally founded! Locally organized! Local Artisans!
For the ARTISTS, by the ARTISTS! We are a community of local crafters, artisans and artists who focus on promoting unique handcrafted items which you can purchase directly from their creators.
* A cooperative is defined by the International Co-operative Alliance's Statement on the Co-operative Identity as an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically-controlled enterprise. A cooperative may also be defined as a business owned and controlled equally by the people who use its services or who work at it. Cooperatives are based on the values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy and equality. In the tradition of their founders, cooperative members believe in the ethical values of honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others. Such legal entities have a range of unique social characteristics. Membership is open, meaning that anyone who satisfies certain non-discriminatory conditions may join. Economic benefits are distributed proportionally according to each member's level of economic interest in the cooperative, for instance by a dividend on sales or purchases.~From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Are you looking for membership information and/or have questions?
Please check our FAQ's page and Terms, Conditions and Guidelines page. Please read these pages thoroughly BEFORE sending us an email.Are you looking for a Handmade NW artisan that you saw at a previous event?
Please check our Vendors page and click on the "Choose Event" drop down box. Choose your category in the drop down box of "Choose Category" and click on "Search". If you do not know the artisan's category, just choose "Search" once you have chosen the event. This allows for a full list of participating vendors for the specific event.
What is the Handmade Craft Movement?
Director Faythe Levine traveled to 15 cities (including Portland), interviewing 80 crafters. Handmade Nation, the first documentary film about the indie craft movement, premiered in Portland on April 4 - 5, 2009 at the Museum of Contemporary Craft.
You can see a little preview of the film over here and buy the DVD staring November 3rd, 2009 on the fabulous Buy Olympia website.
DIY Alert - Portland's Best Crafty Calendar
Want to stay up to date on what's going on around Portland? DIY Alert has the best calendar of local classes and events available. They also have a once-a-week email which you can sign up for and receive updates on ONLY what you are interested in.
Rose Festival 2009
Check out our quick interview on Fox's KPTV, our event photos on the Handmade NW Flickr account and enjoy photos of opening night's fireworks taken by Emily Horton of M-Horton.