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Page 6 Vendors Street Roots • June 8-14, 2018 Vendors lend artistic hand to pottery project o C E N T R A L C IT Y C O FFE E JOUnt uielL. Da- fto tl. Sourcing & roasting craft coffee to benefit programs at Central City Concern. IN STORES New Seasons Market, Whole Foods, Food Front Cooperative Grocery, Green Zebra, Chuck's Produce, Food Fight!, Cherry Sprout Produce, and Know Thy Food. AT YOUR OFFICE Interested in serving Central City Coffee at your office? Get in touch with us and we can help you Finished clay bowls will be auctioned off in the fall to help people experiencing homelessness make that happen. 503.226.7387 BY HELEN HILL ON OUR WEBSITE C O N T R IB U T IN G W R IT E R Buy Central City Coffee online and have it shipped directly to you or a friend. Get your espresso favorites at Old Town's newest spot (201 NW Davis Street), featuring Central City Coffee! Follow our Facebook page for updates and specials. centralcitycoffee.org facebook.com/CentralCityCoffee coffee@ccconcern.org Answers to Page 15 Puzzles 3 d 1 AA 3 d 0 1 T V 1 1 1 IAI V T V s a N 3 3 3 3 N "I 1 1 1 N 3 H O d 1 AA 3 N 1 1 V d 1 s 3 N 3 3 N 1 3 d N O a 3 V 9 N 1 n 0 V 1 3 d H 0 r 3 1 O 1 9 3 3 V 0 a Ì 1 n O 1 1 d IAI 0 s V o s N 1 y d 3 a d 0 d v N 0 V IAI H 1 V O V T 3 9 W ÿg O 1 3 N N 9 1 n V 9 3 “1 0 O V i V V d i s 1 1 1 3 3 V y 9 S O 1 1 S V N 1 d V T 9 a T n V 3 d 3 n O 3 IAI IAI s i 3 9 V 1 N V d d 3 1 1 1 O 1 L 8 Z 1 6 t7 9 9 6 9 9 8 Z L 8 I- 8 I- t7 8 9 9 6 L L t7 6 L 9 9 8 Z 9 9 8 6 8 Z L t7 9 6 z 8 L t7 8 9 L 8 z V 8 I- 9 everal afternoons this spring, Street Roots has been transformed into a bustling pop-up pottery studio thanks to artist Dana Lynn Louis and the Gather:Make:Shelter project. Coffee cups and backpacks were temporarily swept off tables and replaced by paintbrushes, bottles of glaze, drawing books and greenware clay bowls as vendors gathered to research creative designs and paint them on bowls together. “I want my rim to be salmon colored. I want it vibrant,” said vendor Mark Rodriguez. “It’s kind of hard to imagine, I know it will look different when it’s fired. This is my true love, my very true love; art, creating,” Aileen McPherson was working intently on a detailed rose in the inside center of her bowl. “Painting is what I’ve been able to do all my life,” she said. “ I t calms my mind. I don’t think. The only thing on my mind is what’s in front of me. It’s quiet, the mind is quiet.” Potters around the city have been working since February to throw, trim and P H O T O S BY STREET R O O TS green fire some 500 clay bowls, all to be A t top, Street Roots vendors work on decorated by people experiencing poverty painting potter fo r the Gather:Make:Shelter and homelessness. The finished bowls will project. Above, vendor Chris Van Dam shows be auctioned off at several events later o ff his bowl. Vendor Juliette Taliaferro (right) this fall, along with a community said, “I did an absolutely random, celebration with a feast to go into the impromptu, abstract painting. I ’m surprised. I love it. ” bowls prepared by local chefs. Funds raised will go to organizations supporting Portland families and individuals College of Arts and Crafts, Portland experiencing homelessness. Community Colleges, Pacific Northwest The sessions at Street Roots are among College Of Art, Mt. Hood Community more than 50 painting workshops for College, Lincoln and Grant High schools. individuals, youth and They’re joined by 40 families experiencing independent potters poverty and and collectives. " F a i n t in g Is w h a t F v e b e e n homelessness at Georgies Ceramic service centers a b le t o d o a l l m y l i f e . I t Supply, Grand Central throughout the metro c a lm s m y m in d . I d o n 't Baking, Sizzle Pie, area, including Central Blick Art Supply and th in k « T h e o n ly t h in g o n m y City Concern, Imani the Urban Gleaners m in d is w h a t 's i n f r o n t o f Center, p:ear, Janus also contributed m e . I t ' s < « l e t r t h e m i n d Is Youth, New Avenues supplies and food to q n ie t. " for Youth, Rose Haven support AILEEN MCPHERSON and Portland Homeless Gather:Make:Shelter. STR EET R O O T S V E N D O R Family Solutions. All workshop Street Roots was participants are paid a Louis’ choice for the $20 stipend when inaugural painting they paint a bowl. studio. “The most important thing to me is to “I love Street Roots,” she said. “I’m pay these stipends. I want to make sure inspired by the warm energy in the room.” the artists are honored for their The project is in full tilt now, with participation and talent,” Louis said. hundreds of people collaborating. And the vendors are loving it. The potters - who have contributed “This has been an eye-opener because I more than 500 bowls - came from Oregon didn’t think I could draw. I’m actually S AT KASBAH MOROCCAN CAFE V 1 3 3 V d 8 z 8 I- 9 6 t7 6 S 9 I- 8 Z 8 L 8 Z I- 9 L 6 t7 8 9 happy with the results. I was in the right place at the right time,” said vendor Chris Van Dam. “I did an absolutely random, impromptu, abstract painting. I’m surprised. I love it,” Juliette Taliaferro said. “I’m happy whenever I pick up a paintbrush,” said Mary Daniels. “It feels good to sit and get creative with everyone, with the added bonus of being able to help people get into homes. I’m always looking for ways to give back to all the organizations that helped me find housing and shelter,” said Lori Lematta. “I’ve been an artist since I was very little,” said Chris Drake. “It’s the only way I’ve ever been able to express myself. Doing this, I’m home, sweet home.” Gather:Make:Shelter is sponsored by the Charitable Partnership F und, a 501(c)(3), Publicly supported non-profit. To view pictures o f the bowls a n d learn more about the project, visit the Gather:Make:Shelter Facebook page.
