🎉 Meet the 2024 SB Cohort Students! 🎉 In this video, captured by the amazing @mattalberisme , our students share how SB Cohorts fostered a sense of belonging and collaboration. 💬 Their words truly inspire us! ✨ High school students—want to be part of something special? Learn more about this unique program by clicking the SB COHORTS link in our bio! ✨
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This one’s for the makers.
The Sandy Bodecker Project, in collaboration with The Bodecker Foundation, is pleased to announce our latest scholarship. The Studio Bound Scholarship supports graduating Oregon high school seniors heading to college to study studio-based fine arts. One recipient will receive $5,000 paid directly to their institution.
Submit up to five original, unpublished works and a short written statement. No AI. No digital-only work. Just your hands and your practice.
Applications close June 15, 2026. Link in bio.
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Take us back to spending an entire Saturday reading each others’ work 📝The WORDS cohort, part of our SKILL BUILDING COHORTS, focuses on creative writing and encourages students to explore short fiction, personal essay, and poetry. Most of all, we practice the writing workshop method: 1) read the work 2) offer a quick response on the work (gut reaction) 3) discuss the work as the writer stays silent 4) give the writer a chance to ask questions of the reader. It’s a simple process, but the results are deep. We recognize our specific voice and learn to respond to others’ writing from a place of authenticity. If this kind of program interests you, and you’re a Portlander between the ages of 14-18, consider applying! Applications close August 1 (link in bio).
Last Saturday, we celebrated our third year of Skill Building Cohorts. Over 30 students in VISUALS, WORDS, and SOUNDS shared their work with their friends and families. The space was alive with energy and art. Huge thanks to everyone who made it happen—the students, their families, their teachers. Let’s keep making art! Let’s keep collaborating! (In fact! Applications for next year’s cohorts are open NOW until Aug 1!!) Find the link in bio.
Yesterday, we celebrated our closing showcase, marking the culmination of eight months of creative expression and growth. We are incredibly proud of our cohort's tremendous talent and the dedication they have shown throughout the program.
Thank you to everyone who joined us in celebrating their achievements.
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We’re so excited! Applications for our 2026/2027 SB Cohorts are officially OPEN! This FREE program is designed for 14-18 year olds looking to elevate their creative practice. And for our 4th year, we’re leveling up: we’re partnering with the wonderful Mullowney Print Studio to offer a printmaking cohort we’re calling MULTIPLES. Students will get hands-on experience in traditional printmaking techniques in a beautiful studio with master printers ✨ VISUALS, SOUNDS, and WORDS are still going strong too so students can practice fine art, audio engineering, and creative writing. Applications are open until August 1. Find the link in bio.
📣ADULT MUSICIANS 📣Have you ever wanted to join a jam session but felt like you didn’t have the insider knowledge to participate? Partnering with the Dookie Jam and Tony Ozier, we’re hosting a 1 day workshop where YOU can learn the ins and outs of a jam on Saturday, June 6 from 12-4. Equipped with the unwritten rules, you’ll be ready to join any jam and you’ll be invited on stage at the next Dookie Jam in Portland. Sign up at the ADULT PROGRAMS link in bio. Open to musicians of all levels. Spots are limited so register today!
We are pumped to share a project we’ve been working on for some time: Halfling Records is a trailblazing non-profit record label, among the first of its kind, dedicated to amplifying the voices, ideas, and creativity of a new generation of problem solvers. Emerging musicians gain access to affordable recording studio time, workspace, and equipment, removing barriers so talent can take center stage. Redd from the Vanguard is the first artist on our roster, Learn more at 📻
A couple of shots from this weekend’s Skill Building Cohorts! Visuals students shared their work, Words students workshopped all day, and Sounds students passed the aux. Hard to believe we only have ONE month left! Applications for next year’s cohort will open on May 1 and we’ve got an exciting announcement in the pipeline!
Once again, we are so happy to be working with @mullowneyprinting to bring to high school students a FREE 5-day workshop, August 3-7. Students will work with Mullowney Printing master printers and assistants on self directed projects exploring traditional printmaking methods of relief, intaglio and letterpress printing, The workshop will explore the techniques of copper plate intaglio etching, a process employed by artists since the 15th century, known for its beautiful line quality and rich tonal range, as well as traditional relief printing processes of woodcut and linoleum cut. Also students will also be introduced to traditional letterpress printing with relief blocks and moveable type to create broadsides and posters. Space is limited. APPLY at the WORKSHOPS link in bio.
