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On Friday, August 28, the Dill Pickles host HOW ARE THINGS MADE?, a bus tour examining how local products are made and their economic impact on Portland. The field trip will make several stops to industrial facilities and associates sites, including the Port of Portland container yard, Pendleton Woolen Mills, a behind-the-scenes look at Intel [...]
Thanks everyone for participating in the Art for Millions bicycle tour. We’re busy compiling our findings into a print publication and audio program. So if you missed the ride, this information will be available and you can administer your own tour. The publication will be available in late August, both on our site, as well [...]
Carye Bye posted some nice photos from the Art for the Millions WPA bike ride. Check out the photostream here. More to be posted soon.
1. The ride for this Sunday, June 28 is full. We cannot accommodate any more people on this ride. Do not show up at the Eyeful Gallery; we will not be there.
2. A second WPA bike ride will be happening Sunday, July 12th from 12PM-5PM.
3. This second ride is almost full. There are about 10 [...]
In August we will be organizing our second field trip, “HOW ARE THINGS MADE?,” an excursion to Portland industry, both large and small.
What interesting places do you know of in Portland that manufacture things? A saran wrap factory? A hotrod shop? Or an artificial limb factory? Some ideas to get the ball rolling: Bob’s Red [...]
Looks good for ride on Sunday!
Still figuring out our route and if we will hit all of these sites, but a rough itinerary of the WPA bike trip.
In preparation for our inaugural bike tour, I’ve uploaded several of the more remarkable documents I’ve come across in my research on federally supported art and the WPA in Oregon.
Download the Portland Art Museum’s WPA brochure Back to Work: Oregon and the New Deal Art Projects.
Download Francis O’Connor’s recommendations from Federal Support for the Visual [...]
From Dean Rank.
