an update!

really? rery!

i am a lucky girl. truly. after a few weeks of lingering at w+k, post-graduation (finishing up the w+k=make art show) i scored a freelance gig doing interactive production there. (^_^)

i guess that means i'm a working girl now - which is exciting and will help me to pay back my loans, but i'm going to be looking for something stable as well.

this time after 12 has been very confusing and a bit tumultuous, but i'm glad that i've been able to reconnect with my friends and have been taking some time to take in the beautiful place that portland becomes in the summertime. there has been some truly gorgeous weather and i spent the 4th under the morrison bridge (not all day!) watching the fireworks and watching so much america's best dance crew it was spilling out my ears.

i hope you're all enjoying your summer - it's so nice to not have to carry a jacket around. and corn! and watermelons! and the 5 freckles i may or may not get!

here are some lovely things i've come across lately that i wanted to share:

SOUR / 日々の音色 (Hibi no Neiro) MV from Magico Nakamura on Vimeo.

"let's hang" zipper pulls from aaron meshon & kidrobot!
ohmygosh these are the cutest things ever. i have an ice cream cone and a toothpaste hanging off my phone i'm so asian! (0__o)

bye for now. hearts.

w+k=make

two thursdays ago, the biggest art show i've curated so far, W+K=MAKE opened at the portland headquarters of wieden+kennedy. it's w+k's first global art show and i had artwork from all of the seven offices in the show: portland, new york, london, amsterdam, delhi, shanghai, & tokyo from people of all different job titles -- the mail room to creative directors. over 100 artists participated and all the sales proceeds went to room to read, a nonprofit that builds schools and libraries and provides girls' education in developing countries.

500 people came through opening night and our brand new website that we built for the show had thousands of hits the first weekend. (all purchases are made through the website www.wkmake.com)

i've been working on this show for a few months and it was so wonderful to see all the submissions come in from all over the world. we did it to really celebrate the creativity throughout the entire w+k network.

in addition to artwork, i had screenings of film & animation shorts, two live djs (from the portland office), and wk radio played music exclusively by employees the night of the event. house spirits' matt and his wife were there pouring great drinks and i couldn't be happier with the whole thing. <3

















see more artwork here.

this weekend...

go see coraline. you won't be sorry.

a lot of sweat, blood, and tears went into this project and i feel like it's one of the most visually stunning movies i've seen in a long time. see it in 3D if you can. it's the first 3D stereoscopic stop motion feature ever! and handmade in little ol' portland too. (^__^)

the promotion/advertising of the movie also focused on the handmade (done by w+k). just in case you haven't seen it, here are some pieces:

coraline boxes
coraline dunks & shoeboxes
the nitty gritty (strategy & recap of everything produced)

yay yay!

art in december

this month marked my return to the gallery circuit. i guess i really only missed last month's shows, but it seemed like forever since i was surrounded by art and my old art buddies. it's been really all work for me lately, but i was glad to go on a little art binge.


together gallery's december show was called "family quilt". all the artwork was squares and there were lots of colorful, gorgeous pieces in the show. they hung it salon style to look like a great big quilt. there were tons of people there hanging out, both inside and out. super glad to see them doing well - such great guys who run it.


this was one of my favorites. i couldn't get over all the mixing she must've done!




loved this tiny sculpture piece with the teeny little birds


together gallery's pinski, evan b. harris, and ayumi from APAK



at grass hut gallery they had a show with the gallery's founding artists: bwana spoons, scrappers, APAK, martin ontiveros, and le merde. i've always loved the fun work that they have over at grass hut and it was great to see all the grass huttians showing their artwork together.


papa scrappers with baby camper


gimongous "killer" vinyl!!!




love this bwana/APAK collab piece.


more vinyl!


scrappers made this crazy hamster wheel of wonder. i jumped into it and it quickly became the hamster wheel of terror.


it doesn't look like it, but i'm running and trying not to fall on my face.

my friend sohaila adela was having a show the same night down the street at rock n' rose. unfortunately, i didn't get many pictures. sohaila is originally from seattle and i've shown her work quite a bit. she moved to portland this past summer and we're lucky to have her.





huzzah! <3

laika art

this weekend i went to the opening of "after hours", an art show featuring the artwork of the creatives over at laika animation house. 12 went to laika to do an animation camp about a month ago and we've also been doing a little work for their new movie Coraline.

the show was really lovely and the variety of work was really refreshing. there were paintings, drawings, sculpture, installation, textile, film, and of course also some animation. they even had some live performances and it was a very well attended opening.

unfortunately i forgot my camera, so no eye candy (-__-)
- but the show is open until october 19, so go by the space in the goldsmith building (where portland art center used to be) and take a gander.

chester

today we had a real live cheetah visit us at the office. the cheetah conservation fund founder dr. laurie marker came and did a little talk about the danger that cheetahs are currently in in africa and about the programs they've been doing with african farmers to prevent the needless killing of the few cheetahs left (only about 10,000).

you can read more about the cheetah conservation fund here.

it was awesome to see the world's fastest animal (70mph) right in our atrium. he was purring into the mic and eating meat snacks and modeling for us on the table.

!!!

adventures

here are some recent capers with 12:
[american veterans' bingo hall in NE portland]



[hiking trip in the columbia gorge with 12]










[watching thousands of swifts at wallace park]