Saturday, January 28th / 10am-6pm
Pacific Northwest College of Art (Mediatheque) / 511 NW Broadway
Free Admission / Free on-site childcare available / Lunch + Snacks served to participants
Following up the on the initial weekend of in-depth workshops and preparations for inauguration protests, our third event in the series intends to connect artists and art students to existing activist platforms and galvanize long term creative resistance.
Please RSVP here.
The Pacific Northwest College of Art is ADA accessible and furniture setups will meet ADA standards and adjust to participant requests. The space includes all-gender bathrooms.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 28 // ORGANIZE
10-10:10am: WELCOME

10:10-11:15am: KEYNOTE - DR. LISA K. BATES
Urban Studies professor at Portland State University, Dr. Lisa K. Bates, will present on Re:gentrification, social justice issues in the Portland Plan, and connecting to artists.

11:15-12:15pm: KEYNOTE - ALEC DUNN
Radical historian and artist, Alec Dunn, will present on the history of artists fighting fascism.

12:15-12:45pm: ON-SITE LUNCH COURTESY OF PNCA

12:45-2pm: KALEIDOSCOPE CONVERSATIONS
Breaking into three groups, we’ll be discussing organizing and movement building in response to the morning’s speakers. Facilitators for the break out conversations will represent a cross-section of political and cultural organizers in the Portland area.

2-3pm: KEYNOTE - MELANIE CERVANTES
Melanie Cervantes from Dignidad Rebelde will speak on the history of radical graphics as tools for social change. Melanie will share methodologies she uses to work with communities to make art in support of Indigenous Sovereignty and protect Sacred Land and other radical projects.

3-3:30: CLOSING KEYNOTE - JUDITH ARCANA
Judith Arcana, writer and member of Chicago's pre-Roe underground abortion collective, JANE, will conclude our presentations for the day.

3:30-5:30pm: ART BUILD
We’ll have several stations for people to learn skills and participate in projects that will create art for future actions.
Anna Swanson and Christopher Melton from Sensory Organizing Project will facilitate a video-based dialogue on intersectional feminism based on their coverage of the recent Portland Women’s March on January 21. Several stations for screen printing will also be available.

5-6pm: HAPPY HOUR
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EDUCATE + AGITATE
January 14th + 15th / 10am-8pm
PICA / Portland Institute for Contemporary Art / 415 SW 10th Ave suite #300
Free Admission / Free on-site childcare available / Free food all day

The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art is ADA accessible via the elevator to the third floor from the
front entrance of the building. The space is ADA compliant, including all-gender bathrooms and PICA can
ensure that furniture setups also meet ADA needs.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 14 // EDUCATE

10-11am: WELCOME
KEYNOTE: Mic Crenshaw

11-11:40am: THE ART of PROTEST: LOGISTICS
10 minute presentations from each training cohort:
Making Media- Mic Crenshaw, Jenna Yokayama, Erin Yanke
Wellness In the Streets- Rosehip Medic Collective
Policing the Police- Rose City Copwatch
Graphics for Action- Roger Peet

11:40- 1pm: LOGISTICS BREAKOUT GROUPS
Work more in-depth with one of the four cohorts from The Art of Protest.
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1-2pm: ON-SITE LUNCH COURTESY OF PICA

2-3pm: PRIVILEGE and INTERVENTION: Karen Hixson

3-3:30: VISUAL INTERVENTION: Demian DinéYazhi’

3:30-8pm: ONGOING ARTMAKING
There will be several stations set up to support the creation of original art for upcoming protests:
banners, signs, and miscellaneous materials. We encourage participants to bring their own supplies to
add and share. Tamara Lynne Wallace (Living Stages) will host a Theater of the Oppressed Workshop.

5-6pm: HAPPY HOUR: DJ ALLAN WILSON + refreshments courtesy of PICA

6-8pm: SELF DEFENSE: Jodi Darby
(concurrent with art making)

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 15 // AGITATE

10:30-11:00am: WELCOME + REVIEW OF DAY ONE
11-1:00pm: RIGHT to KNOW: Civil Liberties Defense Center
1:00-2:00pm: ON-SITE LUNCH COURTESY OF PICA
2:00-8:00pm OPEN ART MAKING
2:00-4:00pm MAKE YOUR OWN GAS MASK
Riley King will have a station set up, and empty 2-liter bottles available, to show you how to make
a cheap and effective tool to keep safe on the streets.
2:00-4:00pm DISPATCHES: CULTURAL RESISTANCE
During open art making we will feature a series of 5-minute presentations by local artists and activists
about their work and thoughts on creative resistance.

Confirmed speakers include:
Ka'ila Farrell-Smith (visual artist, One Flaming Arrow)
Carlee Smith (One Flaming Arrow)
Martha Gies (writer)
Blanca Stacey Villalobos & Andrea Telles (Pochas Radicales)
Lu Yim & Takahiro Yamamoto (dance/performance, Physical Education)
Lauren Moran (Field of Vision)
André Middleton (Friends of Noise, Portland Community Media)
Roya Amirsoleymani (Portland Institute for Contemporary Art)
Donovan Smith (Ignorant/Reflections) ​
Namita Wiggers (Critical Craft Forum)
Courtney Rae (organizer, Bark, Eyes on Conservation podcast)
Kristin Hole (feminist film scholar, Portland State University)
​ Carla Bengston (visual artist)
​ Rebecca Gates (musician and curator)
Carissa Burkett (Public Annex)
Cooper Lee Bombardier (writer), and more to come!
First 100 Days organizers will also give a preview to the upcoming January 28th ORGANIZE event.
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4:00-5:00pm: GUIDED CONVERSATION + RESOURCE BRAINSTORM

5-6pm: HAPPY HOUR: POST-COLONIAL CONCEPTUAL KARAOKE with WEIRD ALLAN KAPROW
+ refreshments courtesy of PICA

6-8pm SELF-DEFENSE: Jodi Darby
(concurrent with art making)