MelDel LLC Designer/Creative entrpreneurMelissa Delzio
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Papergirl Portland
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My partner and I recently helped Abe Ingle and a small group of Portland art supporters, bike enthusiasts and pedicabbies to pass out hundreds of pieces of free art via bike all over the city. The project was called Papergirl, and it has its origins in Berlin. The art [...]
Shine a Light
This September, Portland Art Museum hosted a unique event they called Shine a Light: A Night at the Museum, with the stated goal of blurring the boundary between art and life. A typical trip to any institution of art, PAM included, is typically a very structured experience. Visitors pay the admission cost, then quietly maneuver [...]
Stained Glass Graffiti
On the corner of SE 3rd and Clay, there is burned out and abandoned building. It is a shell of its former self, littered with broken glass, twisted metal and graffiti, remnants of recent uninvited guests. However, in one square of one window pane, visible through this barbed wire-surrounded industrial shell, sparkles a colorful display [...]
Favorite Things 2008
As this year comes to a white and snowy end, I reflect back on a year full of festivals, new friends, artistic inspiration, Netflix, weddings, traveling and optimism. Economy be damned, let’s raise a drink to you, 2008. Here is a list of 3 things that made 2008 most enjoyable for me.
1. First Thursdays
Every year [...]
Escape
At the end of July, my partner and I journeyed East, on a much needed vacation, seeking adventure, inspiration and a reconnection with family members far from my everyday stomping grounds. Our journey began in Vermont, ended in New York City and our experiences were as varied as those two extremes.
Vermont – Bread & [...]
Slideluck Potshow
Thursday, Oct 25th was the first ever Portland Slideluck Potshow, a traveling slideshow to promote local artists, and my work (an ensemble of photographs, art, design & illustration) was one of many chosen to be a part. The well-attended event took place at The Cleaners at the Ace Hotel. While the potluck was a bit [...]
Creative Storm
The crisp fall air is back, combined with the onset of Portland showers and with it a slew of creative events in October that don’t involve pumpkins.
Here are some thoughts from a few I attended:
10/18/07 – Art Chantry lecture- PNCA
Seattle-based design icon Art Chantry spoke to a packed house last Thursday at PNCA. He [...]
TBA
While I didnt attend as many TBA events as my dog-eared festival booklet may allude, I did make it to the Affair at the Jupiter. The Affair at the Jupiter is a yearly event for the Jupiter Hotel on Burnside, where they clear out one section of the hotel (top and bottom stories) and make [...]
Wallet stories
It’s rare that I attend gallery openings too far away from the standard, well-trodden, wine-stained First Thursday gallery paths, but 23 Sandy’s gallery exhibit for July was just curious enough to draw me out. It featured various artists all set to the same task, to create a handmade book based on the theme of sexuality. [...]
Varieties of artistic experience
I am expanding upon my normal weekend activities and trying out new sources of artistic and cultural absorption. Yes that was me in the back row at the one-man play on Hunter Thompson drinking a PBR. I admit I was waiting in line at 9:00 in the morning on a Saturday for the Seattle Art [...]
frida
I spotted this Frida Kahlo mural overlooking the crowded streets last Thursday on Alberta. While this Frida reproduction may have a bit more bemusement in her face than the original, even a slight “Mona Lisa” smile, I think Frida would approve given its context. Alberta street last Thursday is a parade of the abnormal, a [...]
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