From the City of Portland:
A pool of money is available for community based projects initiated, designed and run by youth 21 and under. The Youth Action Grants Program will provide grants of up to $1,000 to any youth in Portland who want to take action that makes Our Bill of Rights: Children + Youth a reality!
CLICK HERE to view the grants guidelines & sample application.
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From Curious Comedy Productions:
Hello Curious Comedy Community!
This week is an exciting one for us here at Curious – above and beyond the prospect of snow!
Thursday, we have our first Fertile Ground show of the festival, Triskaidekaphilia (Just My Luck), a one man show featuring Jimmy Radosta. Using a strange brew of true-life stories mixed with twisted renditions of classic karaoke hits, Radosta recounts his rocky relationship with misfortune. Show at 8pm, Doors at 7:30pm. $10.
Friday, catch a sneak peek of Jean Louis in Communicatos, the duo’s newest sketch show featuring Curious founders, Bob Ladewig and Stacey Hallal. Bonus long-form improv show performed by the Curious Comedy Playas! Show at 8PM, Doors 7:30. $12 advance, $15 at the door.
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From City Repair:
Dear Portland community and beyond,
The City Repair Project is proud to announce that we are now accepting proposals for community building projects for the 11th annual 10-day Village Building Convergence (VBC) held from May 27th -June 5th 2011!
Every year City Repair helps many communities around the greater Portland area gather their community together to collectively transform the uncultivated spaces that surround them into rich vibrant gathering places that strengthen the community. City Repair facilitates this “place-making” activity of transforming “spaces” into “places” year-round, but it is during the annual Village Building Convergence that most of the place-making activity takes place. Whether it’s an intersection repair project, an outdoor classroom, or just a neighborhood bench, we welcome all ideas and would love to help turn your vision into reality.
Anyone interested in doing some form of community-oriented place-making project during the VBC is welcomed and encouraged to submit a Request For Proposal (RFP). Everyone that submits a RFP by the January 28th 2011 deadline will automatically be accepted to join our planning process in which the place-making team will provide in-depth, weekly training and support to help your project succeed with flying colors. Even if you have no idea what you’d like to see happen in your neighborhood or community, please feel free to peruse and fill out the RFP form and we will be more than happy to help you get the ball rolling, the sparks flying, and the under-utilized space transforming into a vibrant welcoming place!!!
http://vbc.cityrepair.org/assets/docs/VBC11RFP.pdf
Fill out and email the above linked form to us by January 28th, 2011! Please share this with anyone that you think might be interested! If you have any questions at all, ask away, we’re here for you!
Meet your neighbors, build your dreams!
Contact:
vbcplacemaking@cityrepair.org
Placemaking Coordinator:
Sebastian Collet – 707.548.7113
Photo by Ross William Hamilton/The Oregonian
Joe Ryckebosch: New Formations Over Old Horizons
January 10 – February 25th
Opening Reception at SCRAP, January 13th, 5-7pm
Re:Vision Gallery is pleased to present the mixed media collage work of Portland-based artist Joe Ryckebosch. Utilizing vintage design tape in bright colors, Ryckebosch superimposes geometric patterns over found images. The printed images that inspire Ryckebosch’s work result from myriad forays into thrift stores, scrap yards, re-use centers and back alleys. By reclaiming and re-forming, Ryckebosch has enlivened cultural ephemera on the verge of being forgotten, safely resurrecting them from the shadows back into the light of attention. The applied colored tape is the artist’s tool for re-interpreting the original subject of these once-discarded images. The color and patterns that emerge may have always been there, but have never been noticed until emphasized through the fresh perspective of these works. The juxtaposition of form and color provides a subtle and contemplative commentary on the ways humans see pattern in the natural world.
Re:Vision Gallery
SCRAP Creative Reuse Center
2915 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
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