Past Events
2011
Pass It On, Portland
On Aug. 13, crackedpots led a second curbside giveaway to promote neighbors’ sharing good-quality unwanted belongings and getting to know each other. This year’s event happened in the Northwest neighborhood. On the day, folks like Carolyn Vanderslice (left) put out reusable stuff and strolled the streets to chat and see what others had to share.
crackedpots would love to see this become a regular event in neighborhoods all over town. Get in touch if you’d like to work with us to make it happen.
2010
Reuse at YGP
Beginning in 2010, crackedpots has been invited to have a booth at Portland’s Yard, Garden and Patio Show (YGP), held at the Convention Center. This is a great opportunity to bring the artistic reuse message to the region’s largest and most popular yard and garden show, and great exposure for crackedpots artists.
2009–10
UnGarden Show
For two years in spring, crackedpots held a separate show of recycled art for the great indoors. Simply named the "UnGarden" show, the show took place in Forest Grove, Oregon, at McMenamins Grand Lodge. It brought wonderful reuse artists together with visitors from as far away as Astoria, Eugene and Seattle.
As of 2011, the spring and summer shows were combined into one mega show of all kinds of reuse art by more than 100 artists.
2008
Earth Day Giveaway in Overlook
City Repair Project’s Earth Day celebration was held in Overlook Park on April 19. It rained, it blew, it hailed like crazy, but did that stop Portlanders from prancing around on stilts and in dinosaur costumes? Heck no.
To coincide with the festivities, crackedpots organized a curbside giveaway project in the Overlook neighborhood. Fifty or so households participated by putting their usable unwanted items at the curb. Neighbors talked to neighbors and met nice folks from across town who stopped by to celebrate the Earth and found some cool free stuff too.
2005
Corporate Garbage Art!
In November 2005, crackedpots collaborated with Northwest Business and Culture for the Arts to match artists with local companies and their waste. Six artists were commissioned and allowed access to the dumpsters of Rejuvenation, Comcast, Portland General Electric, Hampton Affiliates, Oregon Ballet Theater, and Jordan Schrader Attorneys. The resulting artworks were displayed at the NWBCA annual Breakfast of Champions, which honors outstanding companies who support the arts.
This project is a great example of how business can support the environment AND the arts at the same time.
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RePot – a plastic pot recycling project
Between April and July 2005, our RePot project saved 50 tons of plastic from the landfill. Of course, this was back before you could recycle many garden pots right at your own curb, in Portland. Now that’s progress!
2004
Tossed, Then Found
Portland Tribune covers crackedpots at the local dump
"…the stench is overwhelming. Piles upon piles of discarded materials bake inside a metal building scorched by the sun…"
crackedpots has been priveleged to glean items with another life or two left
in them from the Metro transfer station and offer them for free at our summer art show to be taken and reused. The “dump pile” is a
popular feature at the show, and each year visitors are astonished
to see what wonderful, useful things get thrown away. We’re always encouraging
people to look creatively at garbage!
Read
the full Tribune article…
2003
Atkinson School Courtyard
crackedpots purchased a sculpture by artists Mark and Tamara Fountain and donated it to Atkinson Elementary School in Southeast Portland. Atkinson is one of the most ethnically diverse schools in the Portland metropolitan area, representing cultures from around the world. The sculpture, titled “One Big Family,” sits in a central courtyard where all the students can see.