November winners, Public Social University, to host workshop on oral histories

Here's a chance to check out a project put together by the winners of November Stock grant, Public Social University.

The event will feature the following workshops, discussions, and activities:

* The Meaning and Importance of Oral History and how the Internet and Digital Media are Transforming the Tradition. A community discussion with special guests from across the spectrum of human thought and involvement

* Oral History 101 with Jim Strassmaier: A Brief Introduction to Processes and Ethics of Collecting Oral Histories. Jim Strassmaier is a native Oregonian from Eugene. Among other things, he studied in Germany as a Fulbright Scholar, wrote his dissertation on 1840s German and French Socialism, earned his Ph.D. from Loyola University, and was Oral Historian at the Oregon Historical Society for 15 years. He is presently Oregon director for the labor oral history program of the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association.

* Live Presentations of Oral Histories facilitated by Felicia Williams. Felicia Williams will demonstrate an oral history interview process in front of a live audience, featuring local luminaries, such as Shane Schneider, who will impart great wisdom of times past! Felicia Williams is an instructor and historian with the Portland State University Black Studies Department, where she teaches a class on collecting oral histories about the Civil Rights Movement in Portland. Her research focus areas are, primarily, African American and Pacific Northwest Native American History. Shane Schneider is a lifelong artist and musician who has never read a word of Hemingway and may have written the world's shortest poem.

* The Opportunity to Become Involved in a Collaborative Oral Histories Documentary Project. Throughout December and January, we will invite and and encourage community members to collect oral histories to be used as part of a collaborative oral history documentary project. Public Social University will offer support and access to necessary documentary tools. Thanks to Portland Stock for financial assistance with this component of the event.

Please write to publicsocialuniversity at gmail.com with any questions, comments, concerns, creativity, et cetera.

November Dinner & Award

Stock continues to grow...

The November event was attended by 100 people.
We had 10 proposals to discuss.
The award went to Public Social University in the amount of $540!

Thanks to PNCA for the great location.

November Proposals

Public Social University won in Novembers with runners up Hannah Jickling and Lori Gilbert and Michael Reinsch.

November Call for Proposals

We are excited to announce a call for submissions to November's art granting dinner event.

Please see our Call for Proposals page for more information.

Nurturing Creativity: An Artist’s Practice

Here's a great example of Stock bringing together artists in the Portland area!

August's grantee The Portland Healing Project is facilitating a talk with artist Beth Lorio at
Sea Change Gallery
625 NW Everett Street Gallery, #110
Saturday, November 7
from 2-4 pm.

All of the involved, venue, presenter and sponsor met at a Stock event. Both Beth and Sea Change's co-founder, Katherine, are former Stock applicants, and Portland Healing Project was August's grant winner.

So mark your calendar for Nurturing Creativity. The workshop will center on how restoration is part of the creative process. Portland Healing Project has a great interview with Beth along with more details on the event on their website http://portlandhealingproject.com.

Stock gets some ink

Lisa Radon profiled us in this month's Portland Monthly Magazine.

We have a winner!

October Stock Results:

-6 Project proposals
-Over 80 people in attendance
-Our first presentation of a project funded by Stock thanks to The Portland Healing Project
-An award of $525 to our winning proposal for the Living Room Lecture Series by Anna Gray & Ryan Wilson Paulsen

October Proposals

RSVP for STOCK October 18th

The last artists to receive a grant from Stock, Mariah Maines and Jess Hirsch, took home $500 in cash at the end of the evening. They'll be presenting on what they did with the money this Sunday.

In addition to the presentation, we will have six proposals vying to win October's pot of gold from the following artists:

• Tesar Freeman & Claire LaMont


• Sandy Sampson


• Anna Gray and Ryan Wilson Paulsen


• Forrest Martin


• Jamie Marie Waelchli


• Abra Ancliffe

We'll also be unveiling our new two-round (aka runoff) voting system.

Will you vote to fund start-up costs for a magazine, help an artist purchase supplies for a large-scale installation, support a stay-at-home lecture series, buy books for a specially curated library, pay artist fees for a talented-yet-unrecognized artist or assist in a campaign to remove a plaque from the park blocks?

RSVP to portlandstock at gmail dot com

When and where?
Sunday, October 18, 6-8 PM (do rsvp. dinner is first come first serve)
Gallery Homeland, SE 11th and Division

October Call For Entries

Please see our Call for Proposals page for more information on how to apply for a Stock grant.

Next Dinner - October...

We're trying to finalize the details of the next Stock dinner for October. Turns out that it's difficult to coordinate a date when we will have both tables and chairs as well as a place to put them. We'll post here as soon as we have the date.

In the meantime, we've been discussing different voting models, such as the two-round voting system. Any input from Stock blog visitors regarding their experiences with different styles of voting systems (including two-round, consensus, first-past-the-post, and exhaustive ballot) is welcome in the comments!

August Dinner & Award

Mariah Maines and Jess Hirsch of The Portland Healing Project (pictured left, above) were recipients of the $500 artist grant for August, 2009.

We hosted approximately 70 diners at this month's dinner, doubling our attendance from last month.

We'd like to extend a hearty thanks to Gallery Homeland for hosting us a second month, as well as to the many volunteers and donors who helped us peel beets, chop tomatoes, schlep tables and chairs and beautify the space.

We hope to see everyone next month as we plan to host Stock as part of the Econvergence conference.

Here are some more pictures from August's event:

August Proposals

Here are the proposals we received in August!

August Call For Proposals

Please use the questions below to describe the art project you want funding for. Attendees at Stock's dinner on Sunday, August 30 will democratically award this grant by voting for their favorite proposal.
If funded, you will be obliged to make a presentation to the Stock community regarding your progress on this project at the next Stock dinner in approximately one month's time.
This grant funds Portland-based artists. If you have a question about whether or not you are Portland-based, please contact us to discuss.

Note: We will turn your answers into large scale (11X17) posters for people to look at during the Stock dinner event.

Proposal:
1. Project Summary: (100 words)



2. How will you use the funding toward the realization of your project? (50 words)



3. How will it manifest at the next Stock event? (100 words):



4. Why is this project important? (100 words)



Images:
Submit 4 digital images (3X5"max size) relating to your project or past projects in order to better illustrate your words above. (examples: sketches for project proposal, maps, diagrams, or other related imagery)
Each image should be numbered. Also attach a corresponding numbered list of one sentence descriptions for each image.


Deadline:
Submit your proposal before Aug 23rd to be considered for the this month's granting session. Each month the first 10 completed proposals will vie for Stock’s dinner grant. One proposal per artist per month please.

Submissions:
To learn more or submit a proposal email portlandstock {at} gmail dot com.

July Dinner & Award

STOCK organizer Katy Asher talks with winning artist Dafna Margalit.

The July Report:

10 Artist Proposals!
40 Diners!

$233 awarded to artist Dafna Margalit!

Come to the August STOCK Dinner to see a presentation on her winning project.

THANK YOU to everyone who submitted proposals, donated their time & goods and came out for our first event.

July Proposals

Here are images of the proposals we received in July!

July Dinner Details

Just a reminder: Our first dinner is Sunday, July 26 from 6-9 PM at

Gallery Homeland
2505 SE 11th Ave.
at the corner of Division

Parking lot just south of Division on SE 11th

Dinner preparations underway

Menu:
The dinner menu comes straight from lush local gardens and farms, all cool to beat the summer heat:

Roasted Summer Squash & Bean Caponata with Chard
Sweet Beet and Potato Salad - Pink!
Pesto Pasta
Massaged Kale Salad
Seasoned Fresh Cucumbers
Greens and Vinaigrette

+ Artisan Bread & Hibiscus Sun Tea

Our first dinner will take place at Gallery Homeland (SE 11th and Division) Sunday, July 26, from 6-9.
RSVP to portlandstock at gmail dot com, and arrive promptly at 6.

Call for Proposals/Proposal Guidelines

Please use the questions below to describe the art project you want to be funded. This grant will be awarded democratically by the diners who attend Stock's upcoming public dinner event on Sunday, July 26, 2009.

If funded, you will be obliged to make a presentation to the Stock community regarding your progress on this project at the next Stock dinner in approximately one month's time.

This grant funds Portland-based artists. If you have a question about whether or not you are Portland-based, please contact us to discuss.

Proposal:
1. Project Summary: (100 words)



2. How will you use the funding toward the realization of your project? (50 words)



3. How will it manifest at the next Stock event? (100 words):



4. Why is this project important? (100 words)



Images:
Submit 5 images relating to your project or past projects in order to better illustrate your words above. (examples: sketches for project proposal, maps, diagrams, or other related imagery)
Each image should be numbered. Also attach a corresponding numbered list of one sentence descriptions for each image.

We will compile all applicants' text and imagery in a unified format and post them at the dinner for diners to view and vote upon.

Deadline:
Submit your proposal before July 20th to be considered for the first granting session. Each month the first 15 completed proposals will vie for Stock’s dinner grant. One proposal per artist per month please.

Submissions:
To learn more or submit a proposal email portlandstock {at} gmail dot com.

Stock:

Clear soup broth, investment, estimation, faith,
gathering, accumulation, appraisal, cash, assets,
a stem, tree, or plant that furnishes slips or cuttings
Ancestry, lineage
Merchandise