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Vendors
Street Roots • June 8-14, 2018
Vendors lend artistic hand to pottery project
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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.
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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
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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.