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Accessibility and intimacy through comics

Christina Tran explores tender topics and the human experience of larger societal issues The Portland State University Collaborative Comics Project aims to change the narrative around homelessness through ethnographic cartooning based on the experienc ...

19 Jan 2022 - Sarah Hansell
Restorative justice as a framework for art

Marin Jurgens shares what motivates her work, creating an ethnographic comic and more The Portland State University Collaborative Comics Project aims to change the narrative around homelessness through ethnographic cartooning based on the experiences of ...

12 Jan 2022 - Sarah Hansell
Seeking change through Black cosplay

Tif von Batsy takes up space as a Black cosplayer, subverts cosplaying norms Standing in a blue striped leotard with large ethylene vinyl acetate foam wings protruding from her back and sharp pointy horns sticking up from her head is a female cosplayer wh ...

29 Dec 2021 - Adrian Michael
Kaia Sand | The Making of the Street Roots Holiday Zine

Dan Newth was holding up a bundle of the holiday zines, but I didn’t expect him to also be managing the leash of an extremely cute dog. He explained to me that he was watching the dog, named Dendi, for his customers while they shopped in New Seasons, some ...

1 Dec 2021 - Kaia Sand
Sloane Leong’s newest work explores horror and obsession

In conversation with Sloane Leong, she tells us about her forthcoming horror comic, ‘Graveneye’ and working with illustrator Anna Bowles Local comic creator and writer Sloane Leong, known for her graphic novel “A Map to the Sun” and her comic “ Prism Stal ...

13 Oct 2021 - Kanani Cortez
Art exhibit imagines what can replace Oregon’s toppled monuments

The "Prototypes" exhibit allows artists and community to question what is worthy of being memorialized in public spaces In the dead of night on Feb. 22, an anonymous artist (now known to be 60-year-old Todd McGrain) installed an unauthorized sta ...

29 Sep 2021 - Karly Quadros
Summer Reads 2021: Street Roots vendors’ book picks

We asked Street Roots vendors to recommend their favorite books SUMMER READS 2021 Street Roots’ picks Kids’ picks Advocacy leaders’ picks Vendors’ picks Bookseller’s picks We asked Street Roots staff, vendors, contributors, volunteers and their kids, as w ...

23 Jun 2021 - Street Roots
Summer Reads 2021: Street Roots’ book picks

Staff, correspondents and volunteers share recommendations for books with a social or environmental justice bent SUMMER READS 2021 Street Roots’ picks Kids’ picks Advocacy leaders’ picks Vendors’ picks Bookseller’s picks Summer is here, and with it comes ...

23 Jun 2021 - Street Roots
Summer Reads 2021: Kids’ book picks

Middle-grade fiction about racial justice dominates their recommendations for summer reading SUMMER READS 2021 Street Roots’ picks Kids’ picks Advocacy leaders’ picks Vendors’ picks Bookseller’s picks We asked Street Roots staff, vendors, contributors, vo ...

23 Jun 2021 - Street Roots
Summer Reads 2021: Advocacy leaders’ book picks

Leaders from Portland nonprofits share their recommendations for summer reading about social and environmental justice SUMMER READS 2021 Street Roots’ picks Kids’ picks Advocacy leaders’ picks Vendors’ picks Bookseller’s picks We asked Street Roots staff, ...

23 Jun 2021 - Street Roots