Events Listing
July
Workshop: Truth & Dare Volume 5: Experiments in Art & Writing with Laura Moulton (3 weeks)
July 12, 2021 @ 11:00 AMTruth & Dare is a creative workshop and community favorite that offers one truth (in the form of a writing prompt) and one dare (an art-inspired challenge to make/do) each week. Taking inspiration from contemporary artists and writers, we’ll generate our own work on the page and out in the…
Leader: Laura Moulton
June
Workshop: Possibilities: Songwriting with Lizzy Ellison and Chris Funk (4 weeks)
June 29, 2021 @ 2:00 PMThis songwriting class is for experienced songwriters looking to create a cohesive body of work. Participants will share songs and concepts for new material – either pre-recorded or performed in class- to workshop with their peers. Group critiques will help develop your songs and inspire new ideas. We will focus…
Leaders: Chris Funk and Lizzy Ellison
Workshop: Portfolio Development with Mark Smith (6 weeks)
June 29, 2021 @ 10:00 AMThis six-week workshop is for rising juniors and seniors who are beginning to think about college and career options in visual and graphic arts, product and packaging, or environments and experience design. Through weekly meetings – including hybrid get togethers in July – and a combination of group and individual…
Leader: Mark Smith
Workshop: Podcasting: Immersive Sound Walks with Chris Funk (4 weeks)
June 28, 2021 @ 11:00 AMIn this four-week hybrid workshop, students will collaborate to create an original audio sound walk that focuses on Portland’s vibrant street art scene. We will use digital recorders to capture in-the-field audio and original narration as we explore four different mural locations, selected in partnership with Portland Street Art Alliance…
Leader: Chris Funk
Workshop: Tell Your Story! Risograph Printing and Zine Making with Kate Bingaman-Burt & Leland Vaughan (3 weeks)
June 28, 2021 @ 11:00 AMThis workshop will focus on risograph printing and zine making, with an emphasis on using printmaking and books as vessels for your ideas and creative experiments. We’ll explore mark making, drawing, not-drawing, storytelling, collage, and more all through the lens of printing and zines! Zero drawing experience is needed—all are…
Leaders: Kate Bingaman-Burt & Leland Vaughan
May
Workshop: How I Got Over: Documenting Personal and Collective Transformation with Kalimah Abioto
May 10, 2021 @ 5:00 PMHow have you experienced change and transformation over the last year? In this workshop, we will explore ourselves thorough film, writing prompts, and other media forms that speak to personal and public change, transformation, and revolution. We will deep dive into our cultural artifacts in the form of documentary film,…
Leader: Kalimah Abioto
Workshop: Truth & Dare V4: Experiments in Art & Writing with Laura Moulton
May 10, 2021 @ 5:00 PMTruth & Dare is a creative workshop and youth community favorite that offers one truth (in the form of a writing prompt) and one dare (an art-inspired challenge to make/do) each week. Taking inspiration from contemporary artists and writers, we’ll generate our own work on the page and in the…
Leader: Laura Moulton
Workshop: Lyric Writing with Chris Funk
May 4, 2021 @ 5:00 PMWhy are some lyrics more evocative and memorable than others? What does the interplay between lyrics and melody sound like in the very best songs? In this workshop, we’ll unpack the secrets of great lyric writing using techniques like sense-bound writing and writing from multiple perspectives in order to develop…
Leader: Chris Funk
Workshop: Writing for Sketch Comedy with Dylan Reiff/Kickstand Comedy
May 4, 2021 @ 5:00 PMWhat makes something funny? How does a comedy writer turn a funny idea into a fully fleshed out sketch? In this workshop, you’ll learn the basics of writing sketch comedy including brainstorming, beats and structure, “heightening” what’s funny, and how to draw on your experience of the world around you…
Leader: Dylan Reiff
April
Workshop: Echolocations: A Continuum of Black Art with Spencer Garland / BRENDA ARTS
April 13, 2021 @ 5:00 PMBlack art isn’t made in a vacuum. References, aesthetics, and history echo through the works of Black artists as diverse as Jean Michel Basquiat and Kara Walker. In Echolocations we’ll explore these intersections to illuminate how you and your artistic voice mirror those of great Black artists from around the…
Leader: Spencer Garland
Workshop: Run Out to Sea: Songwriting with Lizzy Ellison
April 13, 2021 @ 5:00 PMThis songwriting workshop focuses on intention setting and organization of structural composition, while maintaining authenticity throughout the process. It is designed for those that are hoping to create a body of work that best represents who they are as an artist, but more importantly discover who they are as a…
Leader: Lizzy Ellison
Workshop: Vibrant Self, Vibrant World: Movement-Based Performance with Takahiro Yamamoto
April 12, 2021 @ 5:00 PMIn this workshop, we will move, dance, write, think, and play. Through various movement practices, writing prompts, and self-meditation, we’ll explore how abstract movements, dance moves, and physical actions can express ideas such as emotion, relationship, and identity, which language alone cannot describe. Wear comfortable outfits and come prepared to…
Leader: Takahiro Yamamoto
Workshop: Hold Your Doubt Like Gold: Slam Poetry for Uncertain Times with MOsely WOtta
April 12, 2021 @ 5:00 PMAward winning emcee, artist, poet and educator Jason Graham (MOsley WOtta) uses free-verse writing, conversation and the concept of uncertainty as kindling for the fire of inspiration. In this workshop we will explore what it means to tackle uncertainty, fear and vulnerability through self-knowledge and free-form self-expression. We will talk,…
Leader: Jason McNeal Graham (MOsley WOtta)
March
Workshop: Be the Creative Director: Advertising Intensive
March 22, 2021 @ 5:00 PMHave you ever wondered what it would be like to work for a company like Apple, Google, Nike, Louis Vuitton, Hulu or Beats creating content in all the most relevant and contemporary forms of media? In this 2 1/2 week workshop, you’ll learn about the career path of a Creative…
Workshop Leaders: Gary Goldsmith and Zohrab “Z” Gevorkian
Workshop: Audio Engineering: Mixing LIVE from Halfling Studio with Adam Lee
March 2, 2021 @ 6:00 PMJoin audio engineer Adam Lee as he demystifies the process of audio production and shows you how he mixes a song from start to finish. You’ll learn how to organize your tracks and gain a solid foundation in mixing basics – frequency, panning and compression, as well as EQ and…
Workshop Leader: Adam Lee
Workshop: Time Capsule: Found Art Archives with May Maylisa Cat
March 1, 2021 @ 4:00 PMOur material possessions can provide an incredible insight into our daily worlds. In this workshop, we will collect everyday objects to assemble our own found art time capsules. How can we make our own empowering personal history for the future? We’ll play with narratives, explore archives, and look at memes…
Workshop Leader: May Maylisa Cat
February
Workshop: Intermediate Songwriting with Chris Funk
February 22, 2021 @ 4:00 PMThis collaborative workshop is designed for students with some previous songwriting experience. Each week students will be given a new writing prompt and will work in small, rotating groups to co-write and record songs with a common theme. Students will also share their personal work, bringing songs-in-progress to class for…
Workshop Leader: Chris Funk
Workshop: Socially Engaged Art with Patricia Vázquez Gómez
February 9, 2021 @ 4:00 PMThis workshop will focus on creative exercises and conversations about the ideas and concepts that define Socially Engaged Art, an artistic practice that experiments with social situations, relationships, and contexts (ie. people) the same way a studio-based artist manipulates paint, clay, or video as their medium. We will delve into the…
Workshop Leader: Patricia Vázquez Gómez
Workshop: Truth and Dare: Back by Popular Demand with Laura Moulton
February 8, 2021 @ 4:00 PMIn this workshop, we’ll explore new work by contemporary artists and writers and generate our own projects both on the page and in the world. Each week students choose one truth (a writing prompt) and one dare (a creative challenge to make/do) and work toward a final project in the…
Workshop Leader: Laura Moulton
Workshop: Lyric Writing with Chris Funk
February 1, 2021 @ 4:00 PMWhy are some lyrics more evocative and memorable than others? What does the interplay between lyrics and melody sound like in the very best songs? In this workshop, we’ll unpack the secrets of great lyric writing using techniques like sense-bound writing and writing from multiple perspectives. We’ll also welcome professional…
Workshop Leader: Chris Funk
December
Workshop: Surviving Isolation: Zine Making in the Time of Remote Learning with Inés Paulina Ramírez
December 1, 2020 @ 4:00 PMIn an era of remote learning, how do we stay creatively connected to our friends, our school communities, and the experience of being a high schooler in 2020? This workshop offers students the opportunity to use multiple forms of creative expression to document and connect with each other at the…
Workshop Leader: Inés Paulina Ramírez
November
Workshop: HOMA with Spencer Garland / BRENDA ARTS
November 30, 2020 @ 4:00 PMIn this workshop, students will learn about museums and power structures within the art world through a survey of contemporary Black artists and exhibitions. We’ll create modern art collections in our homes by way of building original work and using digital video to curate and share our HOMA collections. Using…
Workshop Leader: Spencer Garland
Workshop: Customize @ Home with Sebo Walker
November 24, 2020 @ 11:00 AMLearn how to customize your sneakers in this 90-minute mini-workshop with artist and pro-skater, Sebo Walker. Sebo will share the different approaches he uses when customizing sneakers, like creating a simple pattern and repeating it, either across the entire shoe or as an accent on desired sections like a swoosh…
Workshop Leader: Sebo Walker
Workshop: Self Portraits with Carson Ellis
November 23, 2020 @ 11:00 AMJoin illustrator Carson Ellis for a self-portrait mini-workshop. During our 90-minute session, we’ll use a simple template as the foundation to explore our faces in detail. What makes them uniquely ours and how do we translate that to paper? This will be an opportunity for quiet and meditation, to slow…
Workshop Leader: Carson Ellis
Workshop: Truth & Dare Volume 2: Further Experiments in Art & Writing with Laura Moulton
November 3, 2020 @ 4:00 PMIn the newest iteration of this popular workshop, we’ll continue to explore work by contemporary artists and writers, generating our own projects both on the page and in the world. Each week you’ll choose one truth and one dare and work toward a final project that will be a culmination…
Workshop Leader: Laura Moulton
Workshop: Intro to Design Thinking & Careers with Mark Smith
November 3, 2020 @ 4:00 PMThis workshop is for students enrolled in CTE Design & Applied Arts Intermediate and Advanced level courses including Visual/Studio Arts, Ceramics, Sculpture, Digital Media, and Production Design who are beginning to think about college and career options in the worlds of art and design. Through weekly meetings, individual and group…
Workshop Leader: Mark Smith
October
Workshop: Beats, Rhymes and Changing Times with Mic Crenshaw
October 26, 2020 @ 4:00 PMJoin acclaimed Hip Hop artist and activist Mic Crenshaw for an exploration of the ever-changing nature of Hip Hop’s past, present, and future. We’ll look at the work of artists on the local, national and global stages and investigate the role of Hip Hop culture and activism in transforming reality.…
Workshop Leader: Mic Crenshaw
Workshop: The Ultimate Playlist: Music Supervision for Film, TV and Advertising with Chris Funk
October 26, 2020 @ 4:00 PM*Offered exclusively to Benson and Franklin High School students, this Virtual Academy connects with Digital Media & Video Production CTE courses and helps fulfill your Work Based Learning requirement. Open to ALL Benson and Franklin students with priority given to those currently enrolled in Digital Media and Video Production CTE…
Workshop Leader: Chris Funk