MelDel Designer/Creative entrpreneurMelissa Delzio
melissa@meldel.com

Inspiration
Twilight Rummage Sale

In honor of my love for all things old, my Valentine and I ended our day of fun at the Twilight Rummage Sale (Jumble Sale if you are in the UK)  at Hawthorne’s Eagles Lodge. We stepped back in time to a place when toasters were treasures, comics were king, and flowers were power.
I discovered [...]

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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 [...]

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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 & [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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