Assembly is an event and an invitation. It's organized by the social practice artists at Portland State University, one of the top programs for social practice art in the world. It is an open invitation for you and anyone you know to stop by and participate in anything you think interesting.
Here is the full schedule:
Friday, May 19 in collaboration with Oregon Food Bank & Columbia River Correctional Institution (CRCI)
5:00–6:00PM Mural Kick-Off and Garden Happy Hour
6:00–7:00PM Assembly Potluck (please RSVP to shoshana@shoshanagugenheim.com)
7:00-8:00 PM Presentation and Dialogue by Roz Crews, Oregon Food Bank, Anke Schüttler, Emma Colburn, and Eliot Feenstra
8:00–10:00PM After Food Comes Dance
Saturday, May 20 in collaboration with Creek College, NAYA & Columbia Slough Watershed Council
9:00AM–5:00PM Experimental Family Project Space with PLAT
9:00–9:30AM Opening Ceremony with NAYA
9:30–10:30AM Creek College Class 1: Whispering Soil with Anupam Singh
10:45–11:30AM Morning Barter with Yoko Silk
11:45AM–12:45PM Creek College Class 2: Writing Together and Alone In Public with Roz Crews
12:45–1:45PM Cafeteria Staff Exchange Program: Lunch at NAYA with Spencer Byrne-Seres, Xi Jie Ng (Salty) in collaboration with cafeteria staff at NAYA
and MLK Jr. School
1:45–2:45PM Creek College Class 3: Creek Stories with
Eliot Feenstra, Lauren Moran and collaborators
3:00–3:45PM Afternoon Barter with Yoko Silk
4:00–5:00PM Creek College Class 4: Canoe the Slough
5:15–6:15PM Panel Discussion: Placemaking, Community & Environment
8:00–11:00PM Karaoke at Chopsticks III on Columbia Blvd.
Sunday, May 21 in collaboration with
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary & Middle School
10:00AM–5:00PM Experimental Family Project Space with PLAT
10:00–11:00AM Place Based Knowing in a Branded World with Alissa Hartman & Shoshana Gugenheim
11:15AM–12:15PM Helen Reed and Hannah Jickling
12:30–1:30PM Cafeteria Staff Exchange Program: Lunch at MLK Jr. School with Spencer Byrne-Seres,
Xi Jie Ng (Salty) in collaboration with cafeteria staff at NAYA and MLK Jr. School
1:45–2:45PM KSMoCA Tour & All The Feelings (Sculpture Garden) with Anke Schüttler and collaborators
3:00–4:00PM What We Make Together with Eliot Feenstra
4:15–5:15PM Whispering Soil Story Circle Part 2 with Anupam Singh
5:30–6:30PM The New Jim Crow Experiential Research Workshop with Anke Schüttler, Emma Colburn, Lauren Moran, Lisa Jarrett and Renee Sills
7:00–9:00PM Closing Conversation with Ariana Jacob at the Bye and Bye
All free, many child friendly events, free child care, and as good as you make it Assembly 2017 www.psusocialpractice.org/assembly/ various locations in NE Portland. Free