Category Archives: Community

TEDxConcordiaUPortland : Becoming Extraordinary

I Heart Art: Portland is proud to sponsor at this year’s TEDxConcordiaUPortland’s event on March 31st, 2012. TED (technology, entertainment, and design) talks were created to spread information worth sharing. The concept of sharing ideas with the community is something that is at the core of I Heart Art: Portland, making this sponsorship a perfect fit.

The event on March 31st, held at Concordia University will be filled with inspirational speakers, good food, and great conversation. Read more about the speakers or register for the event online. Reduced ticket prices for students and need based community members are also available.

TEDxConcordiaUPortland is an experience, music, art, laughter, ideas, innovations, solutions, a concert, a conversation, a chance to mingle with thinkers and doers, artistic expression, social spaces for exchanging ideas. Thought provoking and uplifting.

Not familiar with TED? We encourage you to check it out. With topics ranging from how to get unstuck,  to finding your truth, these talks are designed to inspire every ordinary person to be extraordinary.

TEDxConcordiaUPortland is a not-for-profit event organized by unpaid volunteers. All ticket and sponsorship assistance goes directly to paying for expenses such as venue, catering, advertising, other materials and costs that support the event. 

Calling All Artists!

We heart supporting local artists, and when there is a cash prize involved, why, we get even more excited!

Chinook Book is conducting its second annual cover contest and we want to help spread the word!  Hopefully you saw the 2012 book featuring the lovely oil painting by Portland’s very own Rachel Austin? Well 2013 could be your year. Chinook Book would like to see applicants from Portland or from those who have lived here once.

Each winner receives $500 and their art is featured on the cover of the 2013 Chinook Book in both print and mobile, released in September 2012. Chinook Book is sold at local retailers and by hundreds of local school and non-profit groups as a community-oriented fundraiser.

For more information, including submission guidelines and how to apply, visit Chinook Book online to get the details. Deadline is Friday, March 16, 2012.

Good luck!

Connecting to Your Community: Part Five

This is fifth and final part in a series on Connecting to Your Community, inspired by the Salon Discussion on the subject in March 2011. Below is an excerpt. For the full article, follow the link at the end.

Previously in this series: Learn to Share: A Primer | Part One: Setting the Stage | Part Two: Identifying Your Motives | Part Three: Becoming a Catalyst | Part Four: Developing Synergy

Making A Difference

Ripples by Sanath, on Flickr

HYPOTHESIS
The best way to balance our commodity-driven culture is to contribute to the community through the open exchange of knowledge, ideas and information.

Seeing the Forest for the Trees

It’s been two full years since that first meeting of the minds—that planted seed that grew and blossomed into the I Heart Art: Portland program. After two full years of hosting accessible professional development workshops, convening community salon discussions, and devising unique speed-networking events that reach into Portland’s vibrant community of makers, I look back and I smile to myself.

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Connecting to Your Community: Part Four

This is Part Four in a series on Connecting to Your Community, inspired by the Salon Discussion on the subject last March. Below is an excerpt. For the whole article, follow the link at the end.

Previously in this series: Learn to Share: A Primer | Part One: Setting the Stage | Part Two: Identifying Your Motives | Part Three: Becoming a Catalyst

Developing Synergy

HYPOTHESIS
The best way to balance our commodity-driven culture is to contribute to the community through the open exchange of knowledge, ideas and information.

Two or more people working well together become more valuable than each person individually. This state is a form of synergy, and is more commonplace than you might think. Musical ensembles bring works to harmonic life in a way that each instrument alone cannot achieve, politicians campaigning together can drum up more votes than either of them can individually gather, and a group of individuals rallying for a united cause can achieve more than one person spending an equivalent amount of time working toward that cause on their own.

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Creative Mornings: Kate Bingaman-Burt Kicks Off Monthly Breakfast Lecture series

Creative Mornings started up a couple years ago in New York by Tina Roth Eisenberg, aka SwissMiss, and quickly gained popularity among the creative community, expanding to cities across the globe.

Creative Mornings Portland logo

Now Creative Mornings is coming to Portland, organized by the fabulous Tsilli Pines!

Each month, Creative Mornings hosts a free breakfast with a 20 minute lecture from a local creative mind and 20 minutes of discussion afterward on the speaker’s subject. The whole thing starts at 8:30 in the morning and is done by 10:00, so if you need to run off to work, you can!

The first edition in Portland of this popular series is this Friday, October 28, featuring our beloved Kate Bingaman-Burt. The lecture is hosted by Ziba, in their cool auditorium, and breakfast is sponsored by Scout Books and Museum of Contemporary Craft.

Tickets are free, but seating is limited. From what I’ve heard, they’ll go “on sale” today, so keep your eyes peeled or follow @Portland_CM on Twitter for announcements of open registration. Prepare to be inspired!