TEDxPortland

Thank You Portland!!

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 20:05:50 -0400

TEDxPortland’s second annual event has just wrapped up, and WHAT a year!!! THANK YOU to our ever-inspiring and passionate list of speakers, the performers who left us awe-struck… the sponsors who enabled it to happen, and each and every one of the 45 volunteers who pulled it all together.

We will be back again next year… and would love to hear from you before then! Help us make next year even GREATER.

Thank you!

TEDxPortland

Jason Sturgil for #TEDxPDX

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:29:15 -0400

Jason G. Sturgil
READ BETWEEN THE SIGNS (2012)

Jason Sturgill is a culture worker with a background in advertising, design and various curatorial practices. Having worked for Wieden+Kennedy, Dark Horse Comics, Laika, and Nike along with running his own online art gallery has heavily influenced his art practice which centers around the intersection of art and local business. Sturgill is currently participating in the MFA program in Art and Social Practice as well as teaching graphic design at Portland State University.
http://jasonsturgill.com/

Artwork made in partnership with Lee’s Better Letters, Moso Graphics, Schonman Sign, Sign Wizards and Em Space.

Complete creative control was given to four local sign shops to interpret the theme “Uncharted Territory” in an attempt at transparency in artistic production and to highlight local business.
- Lee Littlewood of Lee’s Better Letters: acrylic paint on board
- Collin Votrobeck of Moso Graphics: computer cut/scored wood veneer, ink, adhesive vinyl, graphite
- Benn Schonman of Schonman Sign: enamel paint on plastic - “rebirth of a letter”
- Lori Gilbert of Sign Wizards: edge print on vinyl on acrylic - exploration of empathy in the
judicial system
-Rory Sparks of Em Space: letterpress - footnotes

Conceived and executed by Jason G. Sturgill

Check this art piece out in person and place a bid for CHAP at One Grand Gallery (1000 E. Burnside, a block from Doug Fir)

Robb Harskamp for #TEDxPDX

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:32:33 -0400

Robb Harskamp
77 Burnside (2012)
Acrylic on Metal

“The steel door was battered and the building leaked, but the vision that was inside 77 Burnside Street was something that would change Portland’s business scene forever. Going back to that original battered steel door seemed like an authentic representation of what TEDxPORTLAND is all about.”

Check this art piece out in person and place a bid for CHAP at One Grand Gallery (1000 E. Burnside, a block from Doug Fir)

Ryan Bubnis for #TEDxPDX

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:29:16 -0400

Ryan Bubnis
Keep Doodlin’ & Dreamin’ (2012)
Limited Edition Giclee Print

Ryan Bubnis’ work has been described as “modern folk.” Through his paintings, installations, design and mural work, he comments on themes relating to the human condition.

Bubnis’ work has been featured in publications such as Vapors, Juxtapoz and IdN magazines. Some of his clients include Kidrobot, Nike, 20th Century Fox, Singha and Gertrude Inc. He resides in Portland, Oregon and is currently an instructor at P.N.CA.
http://www.ryanbubnis.com/

“Keep Doodlin’ & Dreamin’ is about discovery. One of my favorite parts of the art-making process is the brainstorming and ideation stage. It’s free, loose and liberating. You weed through all the bad ideas to get to the good ones. It reminds me of the times when I spent countless hours in class drawing on binder paper when I should have been taking math notes.”

Check this art piece out in person and place a bid for CHAP at One Grand Gallery (1000 E. Burnside, a block from Doug Fir)

Todd Lown for #TEDxPDX

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:22:15 -0400

Todd Lown
TIMBER, GREEN, GOLD, FELL (2012)
Enamel on Wood

Todd Lown was born in Seattle, Washington, later attending the University of Washington he earned a BFA in Printmaking. Todd has created works for skateboards, public art murals, and hand-painted signs. He has shown original art in Dusseldorf, Antwerp, Tokyo, New York, San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle. Over the past few years he has been working on paintings that are narrative vignettes composed of type, anthropomorphized type, form, pattern and color.
http://www.toddlown.blogspot.com/
www.siamesebirds.com

Check this art piece out in person and place a bid for CHAP at One Grand Gallery (1000 E. Burnside, a block from Doug Fir)

Jesse Brown for #TEDxPDX

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:52:38 -0400

Jesse Brown
Home Turf (2012)
Enamel on wood

Jesse Brown is a multidisciplinary Artist / Designer and Co-Creative Director of the brand Sausage Skateboards based in Seattle, Washington.

His work has been exhibited at galleries in Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, Chicago, New York, Barcelona, Tokyo, Berlin, London and Paris.

He is known for working in a variety of mediums including drawing, painting, design,
sculpture, limited edition artist books, installation, video and textile works.
http://papervspencil.com/

Check this art piece out in person and place a bid for CHAP at One Grand Gallery (1000 E. Burnside, a block from Doug Fir)

Klutch for #TEDxPDX

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:47:00 -0400

Klutch
Cascadiascope (2012)
Acrylic and Aerosol on Wood

Klutch has been creating visual mischief for over three decades. From his work with the early 1980’s hardcore punk scene and the legendary Skull Skates, to painting backgrounds for Vogue ads, his work has appeared around the world on t-shirts, skateboards, city walls, magazines, and galleries. In 2005 the suite he created at San Francisco’s Hotel Des Arts was featured in Time magazine’s annual “Best Of” issue. Since then he has accomplished very little.
Contact: klutch@me.com
http://www.cacakook.com/

Cascadiascope is a talisman composed of symbolic representations of the forces that combine to make the Northwest such a magical place for so many people and creatures.

Check this art piece out in person and place a bid for CHAP at One Grand Gallery (1000 E. Burnside, a block from Doug Fir)

Eugene Serebrennikov for #TEDxPDX

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 01:01:18 -0400

Eugene Serebrennikov
MAKE YOUR OWN PATH (2012)
birch wood

Hailing from New York, New York, Eugene Serebrennikov recently migrated to the left coast (for greener pastures and rainier skies). Before designing at Nike’s graphic studio, he got his start designing album covers and gig posters for bands such as Rage Against the Machine, Phish, and Citizen Cope.
http://HYP-INC.com/

“The concept behind my art piece is simple: make your own path. The greatest uncharted territory is within our own minds.”

Check this art piece out in person and place a bid for CHAP at One Grand Gallery (1000 E. Burnside, a block from Doug Fir)

Aithan Shapira for #TEDxPDX

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 12:25:15 -0400

Aithan Shapira, PhD
Impressions: Two Balloons Remain (2012)
5 Cement Panels

Shapira’s work challenges contemporaries to celebrate today’s cubist problem - the urgent need to know all you are not seeing, be simultaneously inside and outside, in history and the present. A first generation American, Shapira is a rising artist exhibited among international museums and private collections. He lived and drew with Aboriginal Australians over three years, lectured at Harvard, The Royal College of Art, University of Sydney, and received the Daler-Rowney Prize for Drawing and Blanche E. Colman Award for Painting.
http://aithanshapira.com/

Check this art piece out in person and place a bid for CHAP at One Grand Gallery (1000 E. Burnside, a block from Doug Fir)

Adam Garcia for #TEDxPDX

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 12:21:11 -0400

Adam Garcia
Movement/Moment
Printed booklet. Edition of 30

Adam R Garcia is a director, designer and illustrator at the Portland-based multidisciplinary studio, The Pressure. A native of Minneapolis, his work spans aesthetic in the fields of design, identities, illustration, events, gallery exhibits and packaging. His conceptual and process-driven approach creates emotive results, with a focus on collaboration, community and exploration.
http://thepressure.org/

“Movement/Moment” is a collaborative publication created with a group of 15 graphic design students from Portland State University. The book was created as a playful artifact of one day’s thinking during a workshop held at PSU, dealing with the theme, “Design for the Future.” A manifesto for making was generated and each of the students created a spread, which was included in the magazine. Leaving it unbound meant that every spread could become a potential poster.

Check this art piece out in person and place a bid for CHAP at One Grand Gallery (1000 E. Burnside, a block from Doug Fir)

Ah-Ha! for #TEDxPDX

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 17:15:02 -0400

Ah-Ha! (Hingyi Khong/Anne Cote)
Cascadia Effect (2012)
Acrylic on a platform

Ah-Ha! is a collaborative effort of Anne Cote and Hingyi Khong. Drawing from their own individual experiences and aesthetics, a combination has arisen that has led to new processes, interpretations and shared views of what’s next. Challenged with the task of collaboration, Ah-Ha! is becoming each designer’s loftiest and greatest endeavor. Obsessed with the effects of design and formulating new ideas in Portland, OR.
www.thefantastique.com

The Pacific Northwest is an ever changing landscape, the Cascade Volcanoes and its devastating effects have shaped the territory as we know it today-and will continue to dominate and shape the region as well as the population exceeding 10 million people. We live with this constant threat, existing uncertainly in uncharted times. 7 eruptions have occurred in the last 200 years, most notably Mt. St Helens in 1980. Mt. Rainer is North America’s only Decades Volcano (16 International Volcanoes studied due to large destructive activity and close proximity to large populations). Mt. Hood towers above Portland and has been labeled the Oregon volcano most likely to erupt in the next 30 years. Building upon this idea, we wanted to depict these volcanoes as animate, movable structures not static and immovable as they appear. The nature of change, creation and destruction will always leave the Pacific Northwest as uncharted territory.

Check this art piece out in person and place a bid for CHAP at One Grand Gallery (1000 E. Burnside, a block from Doug Fir)

Berto Legendary H for #TEDxPDX

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 16:44:49 -0400

Berto Legendary H
M.I.C. (Music Industry Conundrum)
Neon

Berto Legendary H is an independent designer and artist based in Portland, OR. He has been featured in Computer Arts Projects and numerous blogs for his typography. He spends his days studying typography, practicing calligraphy and always in search of the perfect ink & pen.
www.bertolegendaryh.com

“As the music industry slips with the quality of music artist and production of unoriginal ‘hits’ I played off the words people are really thinking and wanting to say to these executives. Instead of throwing millions of dollars at worthless artists because they have a great PR agent they should look at talent in this over produced age. I pose the question to the viewer when you hear music do you think ‘this hit’ or ‘this shit’?

Check this art piece out in person and place a bid for CHAP at One Grand Gallery (1000 E. Burnside, a block from Doug Fir)

Joel Colley for #TEDxPDX

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:43:48 -0400

Joel Colley
Tinker (2012)
Acrylic Paint on Canvas

Joel is a graduate of Parkrose High School, the University of Oregon and Wieden+Kennedy’s in-house advertising program. his art has improved exponentially since being prescribed glasses in 2010. Joel listens to Obsessive Sneaker Disorder every week and currently works in a sterile operating room core. You can view Joel’s portfolio at colleyconcepts.com or say hello via joel@colleyconcepts.com or @joelpdx

A tribute to the groundbreaking career of Tinker Hatfield, VP of Innovation Design and Special Projects for Nike.

Check this art piece out in person and place a bid for CHAP at One Grand Gallery (1000 E. Burnside, a block from Doug Fir)

Ryan Caruthers for #TEDxPDX

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:42:32 -0400

Ryan Caruthers
Bacon Maple Bar (2012)
Mixed Media on Canvas

Ryan Caruthers loves painting and drawing, but he also loves MS Paint, and has refused to change programs since his family purchased their first PC back in 1996. All of his graphics are outputted in the Windows 95 edition of MS Paint. His strength is the brush tool.
www.undertowdesign.com

“I moved to Portland 5 years ago from Texas and found out pretty quickly about Voodoo Doughnuts. At 3AM one night/morning a friend of mine handed me half of his Bacon Maple Bar, I closed my eyes and went for it. It was an ‘Uncharted Territory’ for me that I can never forget and will forever love.”

Check this art piece out in person and place a bid for CHAP at One Grand Gallery (1000 E. Burnside, a block from Doug Fir)

TEDxPortland Art Show

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:32:27 -0400

What does Uncharted Territory look like in art? The 2012 TEDxPortland event is showcasing art from 21 Portland area artists, with each piece capturing a unique perspective on what the 2012 TEDxPortland theme Unchartered Territory means to them.

All 21art pieces were unveiled at the 2012 TEDxPortland Launch Party back on March 20, and are currently on display at One Grand Gallery (1000 East Burnside) until April 20th. The pieces will all be moved to the Gerding Theatre and showcased at the 2012 TEDxPortland main event. All of the art pieces will be auctioned for charity with all proceeds going to the Children’s Healing Art Project (CHAP), a project bringing healing power to children through art. Check out the pieces and bid at One Grand Gallery in support for CHAP.

TEDxPortland Ticket Giveaway Contest

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:40:01 -0400

Didn’t get your ticket for TEDxPortland this year??

The TEDxPortland team is excited to announce that you STILL have a chance!! We are hosting a contest on Facebook where the public can submit a one-minute video showcasing what “Uncharted Territory” means to you. We’ll be taking video submissions until April 10^th. From there, the TEDxPortland organizing team will vote on the top ten videos, and on April 13^th we will post all ten to our Facebook page for the public to vote on their favorites. The top five videos will each win TWO tickets to the 2012 TEDxPortland event.

Details will all be available on the Facebook page and you can always holler with questions to TEDxPortland@gmail.com.

Good luck and we can’t wait to see all your creative videos!!!

The TEDxPortland team

TEDxPortland 2012 - SOLD OUT!

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:39:05 -0400

Thank you to everyone who came to our TEDxPortland launch party on Tuesday! It was so great to see so many old friends and meet so many new ones.

We are excited to announce that the event has officially SOLD OUT. For those who weren’t able to purchase tickets, we will be hosting an online ticket-giveaway contest. Details will be shared next week. Stay tuned to our Facebook and Twitter handle to learn more.

We will be raffling off these unique limited Nike Air Max 1s at...

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 16:41:43 -0400

We will be raffling off these unique limited Nike Air Max 1s at our launch event on Tuesday, March 20. Tickets available now at TEDxPortland.com. (Taken with instagram)

WE’RE BACK!!

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:24:00 -0400

The TEDxPortland team has been hard at work building a bigger, bolder, and even more exciting event than last year – and we’re just about there…

Stay tuned to our blog and Twitter feed (@TEDxPortland) to learn more about what’s coming down the pipeline, including the official launch of our website! From now until the event, this blog is where you’ll find your updates, hints and news on everything TEDxPortland. Read on as we gradually unveil the exciting platform of speakers and performers, and share news on new partnerships. We have LOTS to offer the community this year, and we’re excited to get started!!

In the meantime… we’d like to share with you the date and theme for the 2012 TEDxPortland event….

To reflect and inspire the pioneering spirit in ALL of us…

This year’s theme is: UNCHARTED TERRITORY

We are all ‘trailblazers’.

APRIL 21, 2012

See you there!!

The Uncharted Territory TEDxPortland Launch Event will be on...

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 20:58:38 -0500

The Uncharted Territory TEDxPortland Launch Event will be on March 20th at the University of Oregon White Stag building. Tickets are available now at TEDxPortland.com.