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For the latest episode of Future Prairie Radio, we interviewed artist, illustrator, and GIF queen Courtney Brendle. Courtney discusses GIFs, the future of visual communication, using art to make tech more human, and of course, how to make a GIF. Check out the whole thing on iTunes and SoundCloud: Future Prairie Radio Season 1 Episode 9: A Thousand Words with Courtney Brendle. See more of Courtney’s work here.
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One of our poets, Nastashia Minto, had a piece published in SUSAN / The Journal. Check it out!
Another of our poets, Joni Renee Whitworth, had a piece published in Lambda Literary. You can read it here.  This past Wednesday, Future Prairie and Questions About Everything trivia hosted a benefit for the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization, and it was a packed house! Several Future Prairie artists donated their art to the raffle. The talented Maiah Wynne performed while everyone scoped out the amazing prizes and assembled their teams to see who knew the most about current events, history, and pop culture. It was a tough competition, but in the end, Pier’s team won by one point!
We raised over $800, all of which will go directly to help the important work that IRCO does to provide immigrants and refugees with the cultural and linguistic social services they need to become self-sufficient and empowered members of our community. If you missed out on this particular event but are interested in donating/helping a fantastic organization, click here to be whisked away to the IRCO’s site. Big shout out to Portland Mercado for being the perfect spot for such an event. La Arepa made delicious food and gave it out for free to all of our event attendees, which was so kind of them. Thank you to our sponsors: Risa Lichtman, Mali Fischer, Heart Roasters, Little Bird, Kathleen Boudwin, Best Friend Juice + Espresso, Airbnb, Never Coffee, B-Movie Bingo, Infinite Companion, Katie Mudd Mugs, Xocotl, and Mob Cycle. Thank you as well to our all-volunteer team: Jake Dockter, Rachael Elston, Rachel Reid, and Brittany Galvan. Hope to see you all at the next event. |