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Update #4: walls of pride release party this sunday @ in other words
Hello Kickstarter backers! Just sending you an invite to our release party this Sunday at In Other Words Bookstore. Save us some postage and pick up your copy at the party! More info follows...
Walls of Pride Book Release Sunday, March 13, 4PM-6PM In Other Words Bookstore 14 Northeast Killingsworth Street
Celebrate the release of Walls of Pride: A Tour of African American Public Art, with brief talks and two short movies: a 16mm documentary on the Albina Mural Project and a piece on the history of In Other Words Bookstore. Refreshments will be provided by E’Njoni Ethiopian Cafe.
Walls of Pride provides a self-guided tour to 20 of the city’s African American public artworks through color photos, a detailed map, mural descriptions nd artist bios. The book gives context to these vital works through interviews with artists Isaka Shamsud-Din, Henry Frison and Adriene Cruz, and a transcribed conversation between curator Robin Dunitz and history professor Reiko Hillyer. Walls of Pride at once celebrates Portland’s African American art, while underscoring the need to preserve these oft-overlooked cultural contributions.
Stop on by to pick up your copy at the release party. We’d love to see you and it will save us a bundle at the post office.
Update #3: thanks for helping make walls of pride a reality
Thank you for helping making Walls of Pride possible. We're thrilled the campaign was a success and couldn't have done it without your help.
If you haven't already seen, there was a nice feature on the book project in today's Oregonian (http://www.oregonlive.com/art/index.ssf/2011/01/walls_years_vandals_take_toll.html).
We’re in the final editing stages and will be going to print in just a couple weeks. All orders will ship on or before January 31st. Please make sure we have your mailing address so we can mail it you as soon as it's off the press!
Thanks again,
The Dill Pickle Club
Update #2: update #2
hello all! we've reached our goal in less than half the time allotted to the project; amazing!
we wanted to post a quick video update. enjoy!
Update #1: off and running + new incentives!
Yesterday we officially launched our Kickstarter campaign to fund Walls of Pride. And we've already added a couple new incentives!
Check out the new levels, including a signed copy of Robin Dunitz's postcard book of Portland murals, Portland Walls, as well as lunch with contributing artist Adriene Cruz.
Thanks for your support. Please spread the word to your friends. We have our work cut out for us in the next two weeks and we can't reach our goal without your help!
- The Dill Pickle Club
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on December 21, 2010.
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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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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.
