Upcoming Events!
First Thursday - July 2009
Locations:
ActivSpace at NW Lovejoy
1720 NW Lovejoy
Portland, OR 97209
Lovejoy Car Company
1015 NW 17th Avenue
Portland, OR 97209
July 2nd, 2009 - 5pm-10pm
more info
Summer Arts on Main - 8 Week Series
Location:
Portland Center for the Performing Arts (PCPA)
1111 SW Broadway
Portland, OR 97205
Wednesdays, July 8th through August 26th, 2009 - 10am - 2pm
more info
First Thursday - August 2009
Locations:
ActivSpace at NW Lovejoy
1720 NW Lovejoy
Portland, OR 97209
Lovejoy Car Company
1015 NW 17th Avenue
Portland, OR 97209
August 6th, 2009 - 5pm-10pm
more info
We are gearing up for 2009 events! HMNW has many new and exciting projects for this year! Please check back regularly for event updates.
2009 Calendar thus far:
- Friday May 22nd - June 7th, 2009~Portland Rose Festival at Waterfront Park!
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.
- Thursday June 4th 2009~First Thursday at ActivSpace and Lovejoy Car Company on NW Lovejoy!
- Saturday, June 27th~Joining KPSU to celebrate their 15th year on the air at Pioneer Courthouse Square.
- Thursday July 2nd 2009~First Thursday at ActivSpace and Lovejoy Car Company on NW Lovejoy!
- Thursday August 6th 2009~First Thursday at ActivSpace and Lovejoy Car Company on NW Lovejoy!
- Saturday August 22nd, 2009~South Waterfront Day/Riverfest!
- Thursday August 29th 2009~SoEaPo Festival at SE Main and 8th!
- Thursday September 3rd 2009~First Thursday at ActivSpace and Lovejoy Car Company on NW Lovejoy!
- Thursday October 1st 2009~First Thursday at ActivSpace and Lovejoy Car Company on NW Lovejoy!
- Thursday November 5th 2009~First Thursday at ActivSpace and Lovejoy Car Company on NW Lovejoy!
- Sunday December 6th, 2009~A Formal Holiday Artisans Fair At The Chelsea Ballroom!
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, is premiering in Portland on April 4 - 5, 2009. The Museum of Contemporary Craft will be hosting several screenings of the film, along with other fun events. Keep an eye to the Museum website for developing news.
Meanwhile, you can see a little preview of the film over here.
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.
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