WORK | PROGRESS
An art show, temporary bookshop & events series to benefit the Dill Pickle Club
December 3 – January 3
Eyeful Gallery | NW 6th & Everett
Participating Artists
Icky A | Brad Adkins | Moe Bowstern | Carye Bye | Bill Daniel | Dyslexxis | Harrell Fletcher | Sarah Gottesdiener | Sam Gould | Anna Gray | MK Guth | Tad Hirsch | Ariana Jacob | Kendra Larson | Ian Lynam | Eric Mast | Justin Scrappers Morrison | Michael Parich | Ryan Wilson Paulsen | Brittany Powell | Khris Soden | Bwana Spoons | Matthew Stadler | Nim Wunnan | Pete Yahnke
WORK | PROGRESS Opening
Thursday, December 3 | 6PM
Join us for the opening of the exhibition during the First Thursday art walk, with beer donated by Ninkasi and live music by Cape Perpetua and Niekrasz/ Jenkins Duet (of Why I Must Be Careful).
Red Tour of Portland
Sunday, December 13 | 1PM
Michael Munk (author of The Portland Red Guide: Sites & Stories of Our Radical Past) leads a two-hour walk highlighting the city’s tradition of progressive activism, class struggle and race politics — a history often taken for granted by Portlanders today.
New Economy Comedy Night
Friday, December 18 | 8PM
Jokes? In this economy?!? Distract yourself from your dwindling bank account with a dose of comedy featuring stand-up, videos and speeches all dealing with the new economy. We promise, we are not debt collectors. Programmed by Notorious M.I.K.
Dinner & Show Closing
Sunday, January 3 | 6PM
An intimate evening, with dinner prepared by Mrs. Lucy Rockwell and presentations by people who have helped the Dill Pickle, including: Vontundra, Eberhardt Press and Matthew Stadler.
WHERE DOES FOOD COME FROM?
Friday, October 16, 10AM-5PM
With nearly 40 farmers markets and over 30 local farms offering Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs, Portland has become internationally-recognized for its prodigious food production. Despite the region’s plentiful bounty, the public’s concern over food policy continues to rise — including food security, pesticide use, depleting honey bee population, inconsistent federal standards — and, most strikingly, hunger — which saw some sections of the city experience a 30% rise in demand for emergency relief this year.
On Friday, October 16, the Dill Pickle Club hosts our final field trip of the season, WHERE DOES FOOD COME FROM?, a bike tour to local food production sites. The tour will make stops at Bob’s Red Mill, Dave’s Killer Bread, Brentwood Community Gardens and Widmer Brewery. Steve Cohen, Chair of the Multnomah County Food Policy Council, will give a brief lecture on food policy in the region.
HOW ARE THINGS MADE?
Friday, August 28, 10AM-4PM
Located on the outskirts of town, Portland’s industrial manufacturing is often overlooked by its urban dwellers. Yet our industries provide the raw materials that make up our everyday urban experience and enable Portland’s “creative class” to exist. What things are made in Portland and how are they produced?
Board the bus and get ready to learn about numbers! While en route, Dr. Randall Bluffstone, Chair of the Department of Economics at Portland State University, will provide economic insights on the history of Portland’s development and discuss how the current recession is affecting Portland’s manufacturers. We’ll visit with several factories and associated industries, including the Port of Portland, home of the “Terminal 6″ container yard (the third largest port on the West Coast), a behind the scenes visit to Intel’s Hillsboro location (the state’s largest private employer), Pendleton Woolen Mills and even a quick stop at Oregon Soap Company.
ART FOR THE MILLIONS:
THE ENDURING LEGACY OF THE WPA
Sunday, June 28, 12-5 PM
During the height of the Great Depression, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) provided economic relief to millions of idle workers by employing them in the creation of public works projects and arts education programs. Although highly controversial in its time for its leftist political leanings, the WPA is cited as a major factor for the re-stabilization of the American economy leading up to WWII. Join the Dill Pickle Society for our grand opening event, Art for the Millions: The Enduring Legacy of the WPA, as we take a leisurely bicycle field trip/ tour of WPA-sponsored projects in Portland and hear from leading authorities on the subject.
Visit and learn about WPA public works such as the Paul Grellert’s mural at the Morrison Street post office, works at the Portland Art Museum and a spooky abandoned shack in Forest Park. Along the way the ride will stop at for lunch at Westmoreland Park (itself a WPA project), where attendees will participate in a discussion on the feasibility of implementing a federally-funded WPA arts program today. Other stops include Skidmore Fountain (where David Milholland will talk about C.E.S. Wood and the history of public art in Portland), Abernathy School (where Friends of Arts in the Schools will show us their WPA conservation efforts) and Woody Guthrie Circle.