Hi, my name is Monica. I take pictures, I draw pictures, and I’m excited to show you what we do at ProjectGrow. From now on, I will be updating this blog with my pictures and thoughts. Please come back often to look at our projects! Thank you.

We never fail to be absolutely amazed at how wonderful the community has been in welcoming us wherever we venture weekly. On April 2nd, we loaded into the van to embark on an outing unlike the others before. Upon arriving to Reed College, we were warmly greeted by two lovely ladies, Maggie Booth and Sandra Voss, both psychology majors and dancers. For the next hour, they inspired everyone to leap, twirl, listen to the effect of the music on our bodies, and to laugh. Whatever nervousness we might have felt about the prospect of dancing was quelled and in place of it, we were filled with awe for the kindness our beautiful hosts have shown us and a new appreciation for the potential that existed in our bodies and music.

Dan said, “I like the turn around most!”
Monica responded, “They should call it the washing machine!”
“How about the hopping one, that was a fun one!” replied Dan with a smile.

Every Tuesday the adventurers at ProjectGrow bravely embark on a whole new experience in art. We have soaked strings in paint and recklessly flung it against large pieces of eager paper and marveled at the unexpected shapes this created! We have carved gardens out of pictures from National Geographic magazines and planted them on a brown canvas with colorful yarn. We have even immersed apples in paint to see what it would inspire in us (Jamond’s example is above). These adventures have led to many opportunities to giggle, nervously laugh, and to grow. Tomorrow is a whole new chance to leap into another possibility!

We had a lovely turnout for Project Grow’s first gallery opening! Igloo was a fantastic host for all the visitors that came to witness Patsy, Jamond, David, and Kim’s art. With delicious beer in hand, the guests connected among Jamond’s playful paintings and Patsy’s wonderous words.

Thank you to everyone who was able to make it! Hope to see you at our next opening. We will announce it on our website when the date and location are solidified.
Happy creating.

This past Thursday we had an amazing trip to Zenger Farm, a sweet and thoughtful urban farm in SE Portland. Alice and two other welcoming volunteers led our excited group around the farm giving us an experience unlike anything our adventurers have every had. We tasted brave broccoli that survived the winter, experienced feisty garlic greens that were eager for the warming months, and befriended the worms that were busy composting. After a little waltz with the chickens, we went back to Port City glowing from all the beautiful knowledge that was entrusted to us. Portland is such a fortunate city to have a farm like Zenger to show us what a magical world an urban farm can be. Thank you, Zenger Farm for the fantastic experience!
Zenger Farm and all the folks

Hey Friends!
We are so excited about this first Thursday! John, Jamond, David, and Patsy have some beautiful pieces of art to share.

Igloo is located at 325 NW 6th, #102. We are going to be at the opening reception from 6 to 10 on Thursday.

Look forward to seeing everyone there!

Welcome visitor!

Come and knock on Project Grow’s digital door!

It is incredibly thrilling to carve out a lovely little dwelling for ourselves on the internet. Brandon Sorg was generous with his time and resources and built us a beautiful site just in time for our exhibit this Thursday, March 5th. Thanks, Brandon!

Thanks for dropping in on us for a while. This is our very first blog entry and though first impressions are very important indeed, we hope that you will stop by and see us often. Hopefully we’ll have a chance to get to know one another.