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Vote with Your Palette
Robinson says that her dream is to
“I think gay people are more
For a growing number of people, food is political. The industry is
eventually have a storefront but that a
sensitive people being what they
closely connected to oil consumption, agricultural and business prac
home business is an ideal way to start.
have had to deal wit|i in society,”
T-shirts are made through an envi
said Robinson. “It’s not that far of
ronmentally sustainable heat pressing
a stretch to have compassion for
process as opposed to the harsh chemi
animals or the way the environ
cals used in silk screening. Morbal Eco
ment is treated.”
tices and an overall sense of community.
Many diners, restaurateurs and chefs have met these issues head
on by buying food locally or
supporting
sustainable
and
organic agriculture. In recent
years, there has been a rise in
the farm-to-table and slow food
movements.
“Portland is the land of
business
watch
opportunity, and food is driving
For
defenders Outlet plans to provide the
more
option of organic cotton as soon as it
visit
becomes financially feasible.
outlet.com.
information
www.morbalecodefenders
“We want our product to be good
Onda Makes 10
for your body, good for the environ
The last Thursday of every
ment,” said Robinson.
it,” said Bruce Carey, owner of 23 Hoyt, Saucebox, Bluehour and most
The company also plans to make
month brings hundreds of people
recently Clarklewis. Under his leadership, Clarklewis is pushing the
donations to various environmental
from all parts of Portland to
boundaries of the farm-to-table movement.
and humanitarian causes, including
Northeast Alberta Street. The
reforesting, sports, arts and music,
-monthly celebration of the art and
“Many items on our menu have only been touched by one person’s
hands between the farm and the chefs at Clarklewis,” said Carey.
A tall man with an easy smile, Carey is passionate about food and
giving his chefs the latitude to express themselves.
animal rescue and homelessness relief
organizations. Their goal is to donate
Onda Arte Latina owner Allan Oliver marks the
gallery 's 10th anniversary with Riding the 10th Wave.
although the intimate touches of the restaurant—its open kitchen,
St., has seen the street change from boarded-up storefronts 10 years
hats and tote bags for groceries.
Last month they launched a new product, the Defender Starter
rated the menu. There was even a tasting event to get acquainted
Kit, which consists of educational stickers, coasters and a checklist of
with the new, inventive flavors.
environmentally friendly assignments.
planning to further expand their family.
Allan Oliver, owner of Onda Arte Latina at 2215 N.E. Alberta
Robinson and Barringer plan to expand into designing logos for
wood hearth and rotisserie—remain intact, his chefs have reinvigo
Carey and his partner, Joe Rogers, recently adopted a son and are
musicians, performers and specta
tors well into the night.
a percentage of their profits quarterly.
He and his investors took control of Clarklewis on April 18, and
vibrant culture draws vendors,
ago to today’s thriving cultural destination.
“Two taquerias opened up a few blocks east, and at that time there
was nowhere to get real Mexican food. They started making Alberta
They choose to create wearable items over posters because of their
a destination,” said Oliver, who is gay.
Oliver is celebrating his gallery’s 10th anniversary with the exhibi
potential to education others.
Carey is also an active philanthropist through collaborating with the
Several women in Robinson’s family have been teachers.
tion Riding the 10th Wave through Oct. 22. The gallery is showing the
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art and Cascade AIDS Project and
Educating people about the environment is a way for her to pay trib
work of 12 artists who have helped define the style of art in the gallery.
generally using his restaurants to build a stronger community.
ute to those women.
Carey’s establishments provide a way to cast a vote with your palette.
F<xxJ surpasses its nutritional contribution to combine community,
culture and friends. Carey’s restaurants merge those priorities elegantly.
For details visit www.brucecareyrestaurants.com.
The early days of Onda began with Oliver and other gallery
“Even though I’m not teaching children in a classroom, this
owners working with the Urban Development Committee to help
is my way of expressing it,” she said.
revitalize the street. “We started the Arts Walk, which is in its 10th
Robinson and Barringer say rhe gay community has been support
year. We also did the Arts Hop, and that’s in its eighth year,” Oliver
ive of their products; they believe it has something to do with their
said with a smile.
life experiences.
Onda reveals a decade of growth and a culmination of Oliver’s
Style for the Environment
travels. As an Amherst College graduate in 1964, he had strong
Marney Robinson and Lynn Barringer have been forming a busi
connections to Latin America. In graduate school, Oliver traveled to
ness plan for four years but formally launched Morbal Eco-defenders
Chile and Peru, where his children were bom. When his oldest son
Outlet at Portland Pride 2007. The couple walked around wearing
was 12, they moved to Caracas, Venezuela.
their T-shirt designs and passing out business cards. They directed
In 1999, Oliver organized the first Cuban art show in the United
Pridegoers to their online business, which sells T-shirts with pointed
States in decades. A few years later, Onda hosted a show of
slogans and natural scenes.
Ecuadorian art and became a gallery of Latin American art.
Robinson and Barringer use photos from vacations they take in
Oliver greets every visitor at Last Thursday.
the mountains or on the coast and pair them with expressions about
In June, Onda featured a show of queer Latin-American art in con
defending the environment, practicing recycling or caring for
junction with Latino Gay Pride.
animals. They also have slogans that are queer-specific, such as
This year also brings a change in ownership. Oliver sold the con
“Similarities Attract,” “Happiness Is a Life Right” and “No One Can
trolling interest in Onda to Pablo Merco Flores, an Argentine living
Be Free When Hate Is Legal."
in Portland. Oliver will continue as manager and curator, but Flores’
“Our T-shirt company is an emotional outlet for people who have
connections in rhe art world will afford them the opportunity to
something to say about the environment," Robinson said.
introduce more art and keep the space a thriving gallery in one of
Children's T-shirts promoting messages about recycling are also
Portland’s most fertile artistic areas.
For more information visit www.ondagallery.com. ©
available.
Robinson designs all of the T-shirts, and she and Barringer think
of the slogans together.
Marney Robinson (left) and Lynn Barringer express themselves
though T-shirt designs.
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