We are in the next Stock Dinner! You should be there too.

Stock is amazing. A chance to directly support artists' visions. Join us. RSVP to portlandstock@gmail.com as soon as you can. Spaces fill up fast!

Our project:

1. Project Summary: (100 words)
ProjectGrow (www.growinginalldirections.org) is an arts and farming organization that is inspired by and celebrates everyone’s right to a meaningful life (regardless of intellectual category), the opportunity to connect with the world, the viability of art as a career choice, and the place of farming in an urban environment. We would like to start a canning project, where we seek fruit and other edible plants growing in our urban community, establish a relationship with our neighbors in order to acquire it, and together as a unified group, preserve it by canning it. This project creates community and celebrates nature.

2. How will you use the funding toward the realization of your project? (50 words)
The funding acquired from stock will allow us to gather the necessary supplies, some will be borrowed, some will be bought, and some can be rented. We’d also like to design an exhibit that will require certain materials (lighting, wood for shelves) to be shown at a gallery.

3. How will it manifest at the next Stock event? (100 words):
At the next stock event, ProjectGrow is prepared to share at least 10 jars, of jam and pickled vegetables. ProjectGrow artists will especially decorate each jar. Artists and farmers participating in the program as well as neighbors will jointly present the experience through photographs, recipes, and by sharing the ‘fruits’ of their efforts with everyone at the next Stock event.

4. Why is this project important? (100 words)
This project creates community, bringing together once institutionally segregated adults (with developmental disabilities), children of all ages who enjoy sweetness on their tongues, and neighbors isolated by our modern paradigm. We would like to celebrate the abundance of the season, shirk the excesses of our culture gathering fruit that grows in our urban neighborhood, and honor traditional preservation for the colder months, rather than shipping fruit in the winter from thousands of miles away. All this can be accomplished through a beautiful community event, of gathering fruit, coming together to jam/pickle, and through an aesthetically inspiring presentation in an exhibit.