This can be a difficult time of year for many of us, for lots of reasons. If you need a dose of Rabbit Rejuvenation, please join us for tea and therapy bunnies at Bunnies in Baskets in North Portland. Bring your sketchbook and enjoy life drawing with bunny models! $10 per person includes tea, cocoa, wine, snacks, and all-you-can-pet BUNNIES. 100% of this fee helps @bunniesinbaskets share the magic of bunny love with the elderly, ill, disadvantaged, and lonely in the Portland community.
Details Location: Bunnies in Baskets, 201 N. Alberta St., Portland, OR Time: 4-5:30pm Cost: $10 per person There’s no need to buy tickets in advance, but if you could give us a heads-up if you plan to join us (comment on our Instagram post or send an email) it will help us plan for snacks. Bunnies in Baskets is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that gives people positive emotional/physical experiences through visits with highly socialized, “human curious,” and affectionate rabbits (see below).
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On November 9 in a post-election state of shock, I bought a teeny tiny geode and a zine and sat down with both of them in a favorite coffee shop, because I didn’t know what else to do. Together, they were a small but much-needed band-aid for a broken heart. And ever since, I’ve been carrying the zine - All of Them Brujas by Portland artist Rebecca Artemisa - as a talisman in my bag.
Rebecca has conjured Hope Spirits, a magical new painting especially for the south-facing side of our Little Free Library. This mini-mural will be a beacon for visitors, and serve as a spell for all to find strength and power in the stories contained within the Library’s books. You can find more of Rebecca’s work in her Etsy shop, on Instagram, or, if you’re lucky enough to be in Portland, her zines can sometimes be found in the magical Venderia machines around town. As a registered Little Free Library steward, I will nominate one member of the Creeping Museum community to be considered for the Impact Library Program to receive a ready-to-install Little Free Library to serve a neighborhood that needs better access to books. Once I select a nominee and submit the application it’ll be up to the Little Free Library organization to choose the final recipients. (Learn more about the organization at http://littlefreelibrary.org/.)
If you’d like to be considered for a nomination, please send an email to hello@creepingmuseum.com by Friday, November 10 with answers to the following questions:
On All Hallow’s Eve, intrepid visitors visited The Creeping Museum for bibliomancy readings with The Creeping Museum Oracle, channeled by Coleman Stevenson, creator of the Dark Exact Tarot, and Melissa Favara, curator of antique typewriters. Eerily relevant prophecies were summoned from the Beyond through random book passages, recorded on an antique typewriter, and placed in tiny manila envelopes for querents to bring home and contemplate. As with every other Creeping Museum endeavor, our Evening with the Oracle was an experiment (with more than a fair amount of anxiety and doubt on my part), and I am overflowing with gratitude for all the kindred spirits who are game for showing up (whether it be on Instagram or on my porch) and participating in our weird sh*t. The Creeping Museum loves you.
"Animating Life" at the Portland Art Museum
In case it wasn’t already evident from the fact that I operate an art gallery out of a birdhouse in my front yard, as a child I spent most of my time in an imaginary world of my own making. And I can say without a doubt that visiting an exhibition like Animating Life: The Art, Science, and Wonder of LAIKA - and seeing firsthand that there are grownups tasked with making imaginary worlds into reality - would have changed my life. I have worked behind-the-scenes with some incredible museums (including the Walt Disney Family Museum), I’ve seen LAIKA’s puppets and costumes up-close at various exhibitions and events over the years, and I have colleagues, friends, and neighbors who have worked at the LAIKA studio, yet I was still utterly unprepared for the absolute flat-out childlike wonder and awe I felt as I stepped into the gallery. These photos don’t do it justice...this show is a must-see for anyone who’s ever loved an imaginary world. Animating Life is on view at the Portland Art Museum through May 20, 2018. Our friends Wyrd War have brought a very special treat to Portland: The Fierce Ghost Eats Human Region is an exhibition of Ghanaian horror movie posters from the collection of @deadlypreygallery. The artists’ unique interpretations of American films (hand-painted on flour sacks) will delight you with their can-do spirit - check out the exhibition this week only! Visit @wyrdwar on Instagram for details.
Frederick Douglass - the most photographed American of the 19th century - was an advocate for photography as a means of establishing African American identity and countering the racist and stereotypical depictions (such as lynching postcards and minstrel imagery) that dominated the popular culture at that time. Representing: Photographs of, by, and for African Americans at the Portland Art Museum brings together vernacular portraits and snapshots from several different collections, including the family albums of a WWII Tuskegee Airman from the Albina neighborhood of Portland.
Representing is on view at the Portland Art Museum through December 3, 2017 Win a Jusscope “Evil Dead 2” art print signed by Bruce Campbell! Do you want to make a donation to directly help the victims of the Northern California wildfires, AND get a chance at winning a Jusscope Evil Dead 2 art print autographed by Bruce Campbell at the same time? My friend Marissa of Chick-a-boom Vintage has been working around the clock to gather and distribute the supplies most urgently needed for the thousands of fire evacuees in shelters in the Sonoma County area, and we’d like to raise at least $100 to help her continue to buy vital supplies for her community. To enter our fundraising raffle:
Movie Madness needs our help! The wonderful Hollywood Theatre is running a campaign to save this iconic video store and fold it into its own nonprofit organization, preserving the shop’s irreplaceable collection and using it to engage the community in new ways. I don't want to live in a city without an old-school video store that has 80,000 titles (twice as many as Amazon, Netflix, and Hulu combined!) and original movie costumes and a “Canadian Horror” section. If you don’t either, visit hollywoodtheatre.org/moviemadness.
Art to the rescue! So many of you have been in touch about donating art to help benefit disaster relief in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, who are suffering an incomprehensible humanitarian crisis in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Millions of our fellow Americans have been left in 90 degree heat without electricity, clean water, fuel, or communications, with no end in sight. The Creeping Museum is organizing a “Creeping Auction” for artists who'd like a way to donate their work to support the relief efforts. You can participate from wherever you are in the world, and you don’t need to send the art to us. We’ll all be connected via the hashtag #creepingauction, and The Creeping Museum will help you promote your auction.
Just follow the steps below: 1) CHOOSE one of these three vetted nonprofit organizations working to provide relief to the victims of Hurricane Maria. If there’s another organization you’re passionate about, please feel free to donate to them instead. Charity Navigator is a great resource for vetting nonprofits.
2) POST an auction on Instagram with a photo of your artwork. Hate writing posts? Not sure what to say? Here’s an easy template for you! (Feel free to write your own post, or customize this template to suit your needs - including a personal statement on why you're participating is always helpful.) I am auctioning my artwork [title of piece] as part of @thecreepingmuseum's #CreepingAuction to benefit disaster relief in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. 100% of proceeds from this sale (minus [reasonable shipping charge] to cover the cost of shipping and handling) will be donated to [name of the nonprofit you've chosen] to support their disaster relief efforts. [Brief description of the piece] Bidding starts at [set a price that’s not so low that you’d be sad if the piece sold for that amount!]. Please bid in the comments in increments of $5, and tag the person you outbid. The auction ends at [date and time, including time zone]. Payment is due within 24 hours of the close of the auction. Please be sure to tag @thecreepingmuseum and use the hashtag #creepingauction. If your account is private you're absolutely welcome to participate, but I won't be able to see or share your post. 4) COLLECT payment from the winning bidder and SHIP the artwork to them. Each artist will coordinate payment and shipping with the winning bidder directly; The Creeping Museum will not be a part of the payment or shipment process. 5) Once the buyer has paid and you have shipped the art to them, please DONATE the funds (minus your shipping cost) to one of the three nonprofits listed above, and send a screen capture of your donation receipt to hello@creepingmuseum.com. There is no deadline for participation in the Creeping Auction project; sadly, disaster relief funding will be needed in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands for years to come. Thank you for using your art to raise money for an important cause! I'm happy to help and answer your questions, but please keep in mind that I’m just one person who’s volunteering my time, so it may take a while for me to respond. |
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