The Portland singer-songwriter has received the Lowenstein Trust Award for his efforts to support musicians in need In early spring of 2020, the certainty of a profound global pandemic was beginning to sink in. Lives, livelihoods and presumptions of secur ...
10 Feb 2021 - Helen Hill
A new exhibit by the founder of Gather:Make:Shelter reflects a life of sharing her craft among those without Whirling strands of lace or DNA are painted onto large squares of muslin. The fragile filaments touch at tender points and eddy around a core. Del ...
14 Feb 2020 - Helen Hill
Kerry Skarbakka’s exhibit, ‘White Noise,’ depicts an alternative version of himself, had he become the white male he was raised to be “White Noise,” Kerry Skarbakka’s current exhibit at the North View Gallery at Portland Community College’s Sylvania campu ...
22 Nov 2019 - Helen Hill
Cartoonist Sarah Mirk is teaching the class as a way to connect with vendors Street Roots vendors are working with Portland social-justice writer and cartoon artist Sarah Mirk, learning to draw and create their own cartoons. Mirk is a contributing editor ...
8 Mar 2019 - Helen Hill
Years after he died homeless, a treasure trove of his work will finally be seen at Street Roots Sometime around 2012, an elderly homeless man sleeping on a bench in Portland’s downtown park blocks rolled off and hit his head. He was taken to Oregon Health ...
25 Jan 2019 - Helen Hill
Abigail DeVille’s installation at PICA features Street Roots papers, vendor artwork Portland’s Institute for Contemporary Art’s 16,000-square-foot exhibition space in Northeast Portland is the site of Bronx-based artist Abigail DeVille’s massive installat ...
16 Nov 2018 - Helen Hill
Jaison Kirk will launch a monthly KBOO program featuring his Street Roots cohorts "I love to network,” said Street Roots vendor Jaison Kirk. “I connect dots, and the dots are people. I bring them together.” Jaison is using his networking skills to pr ...
28 Sep 2018 - Helen Hill
'Songs from the Shadows,' featuring songs by people who have experienced sexual trauma, will bring awareness to human trafficking and exploitation The present is reaching back to heal the past deep in the subterranean passageways beneath Portlan ...
17 Aug 2018 - Helen Hill
The Maybelle Community Singers will lend their voice to a special appearance with the Oregon Symphony at Portland’s Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall Thank you. Thank you for your patience Trekking from office to office. Thank you.” Sixty voices si ...
11 May 2018 - Helen Hill
The Lullaby Project pairs new mothers with professional musicians to promote bond with infant For all the uncertainty in Kate Fraser Daley’s life right now, her devotion to her family has remained steadfast and strong. Her family members include her 6-mon ...
20 Apr 2018 - Helen Hill