Creative Portland

How do you break through in the comic book world and start your days with cereal and watching cartoons? Ask Terry Blas.

Terry shares his origin story in an interview with CMPDX team member Joan Stewar…

Your brand is your vibe. At least according to Leo duo Eden Dawn & Ashod Simonian. They embrace being yourself fully, so that your vibe really shines through.

Frequent collaborators with complementar…

If anyone is bringing SEXY back to poetry, it’s Eric Tran. He knows all about the Ins & Outs of poetry & sex and aims to fully take advantage of their multiple meanings.

In a talk that just needs to …

Elite athlete and artist Michael Namkung discovered that pushing his physical limits allowed him to open up and explore emotional pain too. Michael journeys through sports-inspired performance pieces…

Chelsea Bieker and Kimberly King Parsons will convince you to trust yourself and your creative vision.

Talented authors and friends Chelsea and Kimberly want you to crack open your creative process a…

What do you get when you mix a surrealist painter with an environmental obsession? Vibrant paintings of hermit crabs wearing soda caps as shells. A gorilla slurping a can of Reddi-whip. And two grizz…

Art can create space for survival. Artist and musician William Kendall—who has worked with youth experiencing homelessness since 1994—would know.

From a community of metal heads to becoming a musicia…

Explore the porous boundaries between a creative career, hobbies & self worth with writer and artist Vera Brosgol.

Vera walks through the heartfelt evolution of her creative calling: from a story-obse…