About this project
Here we go again!
The Dill Pickle Club (http://dillpickleclub.com/) a Portland-based nonprofit that organizes educational projects about place is publishing a guidebook to African American public art and needs your help in making the project come to fruition.
Walls of Pride will feature full-color photos of over a dozen works of public art. Included is a detailed map, interviews with artists Isaka Shamsud-Din and Adriene Cruz, a transcribed conversation between curator Robin Dunitz and history professor Reiko Hillyer, mural descriptions and artist biographies, and a bibliography.
We feel this is important as many public artworks have not survived the city's development. We want to create a historical document of what public art still exists in Portland. Further, we want to bring attention to these critical works, and celebrate our city's African American cultural heritage.
We will be working with a team of editors and artists in putting together the publication, including design by Ian Lynam (http://www.ianlynam.com/), photos by Gabriel Graffe (http://www.gabrielgraff.com/) and printing by Eberhardt Press (http://eberhardtpress.org/).
All told, the book will cost $2000 (covers $200; guts $250; color supplement $500; honoraria $600; design $250; marketing & promotion $200). A donor has set a matching challenge of $1000. If we're able to raise the remainder, the cost of production will be fully covered.
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on December 21, 2010.
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Your name listed in the acknowledgements of publication.
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Receive a poster for Walls of Pride printed by Eberhardt Press in Portland, Oregon.
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Receive a copy of Walls of Pride mailed to your door as soon as it’s off the printer!
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Receive a copy of Walls of Pride + a copy of Convergence, a limited-edition flip book created by PNCA professor and artist MK Guth. First-come, first-served!
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Receive a copy of Walls of Pride + a limited-edition (ed. of 10) stenciled “What the Dill, Pickle?” T-shirt by Michael Powell Parich. Hand-painted on 50/50 American Apparel track shirt; one size fits all.
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Receive Walls of Pride + a copy of Portland Walls, signed by editor Robin Dunitz. Including 24 full-color reproductions of some of Portland's most beautiful and significant mural, in postcard form, each page is perforated so the postcards can be easily removed and mailed!
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Receive Walls of Pride + eat lunch at E'Njoni Cafe with contributing artist Adriene Cruz, a nationally-acclaimed artist residing in Portland, known for her vibrant meditation quilts and public art. Enjoy a homemade Ethiopian lunch spread and an opportunity to talk to Adriene about her work.
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Receive a copy of Walls of Pride + a limited-edition (ed. of 10) handmade comic book by Khris Soden, Khris Soden Destroys Perfectly Good Blank Sheets of Paper Without Remorse: Collected Comics 1999-2009 (Created for the Benefit of The Dill Pickle Club). Included in this anthology (for the first time ever) are Soden’s long out-of-print “City of Roses” comics, his “Rain Dogs” series, as well as new material created just for this collection!
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Receive Walls of Pride + Portland Walls + a copy of Convergence + a What the Dill Pickle T-shirt + a copy of Khris Soden Destroys Perfectly Good Blank Sheets of Paper Without Remorse: Collected Comics 1999-2009 (Created for the Benefit of The Dill Pickle Club) + lunch with Adriene Cruz. What a deal!
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Receive a 1/2 page ad for your business or project (ads are limited to just 3 pages of the total publication!)
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Know Your City is a project of the Dill Pickle Club (http://dillpickleclub.org/), a nonprofit organization whose mission is to broaden knowledge of Portland's past, present and future. Since 2009, DPC has organized tours, lectures, publications and educational programs that foster a deeper connection to community.
