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︎ Upcoming Events ︎ Past Events
April 13 — 1-5pm
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Chess Club is a playground assembly of visual cultures, featuring avant-garde magazines, art objects, and mineral waters. Launching in Old Town this summer.
Join us on our showroom floor for duals of chess, classical soundscapes and magazine shopping.
Free — Public
Guest— Chess Club
Chess Club — Pop Up
Chess Club is a playground assembly of visual cultures, featuring avant-garde magazines, art objects, and mineral waters. Launching in Old Town this summer.
Join us on our showroom floor for duals of chess, classical soundscapes and magazine shopping.
Free — Public
Guest— Chess Club
April 27 — 12-4pm
Students will build one large arrangement utilizing in-season botanicals, special papers, repurposed materials, synthetics and natural fibers alongside the infamous flower guru Manu
Torres will guide you through his personal process- applying his design principals to create unconventional structures with playful material ingenuity. All tools and materials provided.
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SOLD OUT
Cost— $250
Guest— Manu Torres
Flower Making —Workshop
Students will build one large arrangement utilizing in-season botanicals, special papers, repurposed materials, synthetics and natural fibers alongside the infamous flower guru Manu
Torres will guide you through his personal process- applying his design principals to create unconventional structures with playful material ingenuity. All tools and materials provided.
SOLD OUT
Cost— $250
Guest— Manu Torres
May 5 — 12-4pm
Marbled Porcelain Vessels — Workshop
This workshop is in tandem with Portland based ceramicists, Peaches the Studio. Together, we will hand build, pigment and marble porcelain vessels and send it off for firing/glazing at Peaches studio.
SOLD OUT
Cost— $185
Guest— Peaches the Studio
Marbled Porcelain Vessels — Workshop
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This workshop is in tandem with Portland based ceramicists, Peaches the Studio. Together, we will hand build, pigment and marble porcelain vessels and send it off for firing/glazing at Peaches studio.
SOLD OUT
Cost— $185
Guest— Peaches the Studio
May 25 — 11-4pm
This workshop is taught by the Celeste Whitewolf of the Confederate Tribes of the Umatilla, a master basket weaver based in the PNW. Together we will work with cotton fiber, recycled paper and glass beads to form a patterned basket with lid.
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Get Tickets Here
Cost— $185
Guest— Ancient Arts Center
Cotton Basketry with Celete Whitewolf — Workshop
This workshop is taught by the Celeste Whitewolf of the Confederate Tribes of the Umatilla, a master basket weaver based in the PNW. Together we will work with cotton fiber, recycled paper and glass beads to form a patterned basket with lid.
Get Tickets Here
Cost— $185
Guest— Ancient Arts Center
March 8
Landdd —
Landdd unviels a new collection of rugs, textiles and objects. Join us for a shared viewing, sounds and mezcal in our showroom.
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Free — Public
Landdd —
A New Presentation
Landdd unviels a new collection of rugs, textiles and objects. Join us for a shared viewing, sounds and mezcal in our showroom.
Free — Public
March 21
Carnivál Headpiece —
Inspired by the scenes of Dominican carniváls and typical street festivities, these headpieces are meant to be worn for any celebration.
Using the excess of her collections, plastic bags from Dominican colmado purchases, Natalia Ortega Gamez guides you to design a crown of your own.
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Materials, tools, beads and a variety of found treasures will be provided.
Get Tickets Here
Cost— $115
Guest— Natalia Ortega Gámez
Carnivál Headpiece —
Workshop
Inspired by the scenes of Dominican carniváls and typical street festivities, these headpieces are meant to be worn for any celebration.
Using the excess of her collections, plastic bags from Dominican colmado purchases, Natalia Ortega Gamez guides you to design a crown of your own.
Materials, tools, beads and a variety of found treasures will be provided.
Get Tickets Here
Cost— $115
Guest— Natalia Ortega Gámez
March 16
For this hands-on workshop with Dominican artist, Natalia Ortega Gámez, we will learn how to work with reed fibers, beads and curated materials to create one of Natalia’s signature “banderas” on individual lap looms.
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Working with a Caribbean color palette, Natalia will share bits of her history collaborating with Dominican artisans, how to manipulate fibers and her personal weaving techniques to apply to your large scale piece.
Get Tickets Here
Cost— $185
Guest— Natalia Ortega Gámez
La Fibre — Workshop
For this hands-on workshop with Dominican artist, Natalia Ortega Gámez, we will learn how to work with reed fibers, beads and curated materials to create one of Natalia’s signature “banderas” on individual lap looms.
Working with a Caribbean color palette, Natalia will share bits of her history collaborating with Dominican artisans, how to manipulate fibers and her personal weaving techniques to apply to your large scale piece.
Get Tickets Here
Cost— $185
Guest— Natalia Ortega Gámez
March 13
Director Ricardo Ariel Toribio joins us at Landdd on 03.13.2024 from his homecountry of the Dominican Republic, after presenting at MoMA in New York City.
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Together we will watch two of his films, A Gavillero in the Sierra (2022) and Rebeca (2024). Post-screening, we will open the floor to Q+A’s and conversation, as translated by Monserrat Cota.
Free — Public
Guest— Ricardo Toribio
Night Series 06 — Screening + Q+A
Director Ricardo Ariel Toribio joins us at Landdd on 03.13.2024 from his homecountry of the Dominican Republic, after presenting at MoMA in New York City.
Together we will watch two of his films, A Gavillero in the Sierra (2022) and Rebeca (2024). Post-screening, we will open the floor to Q+A’s and conversation, as translated by Monserrat Cota.
Free — Public
Guest— Ricardo Toribio
December 16 /17
Printed is an annual art book fair hosted by Landdd on December 16th & 17th from 11 AM-4PM with public reading intervals in collaboration with @chessclub.art
Free and open to the public, Printed will feature art books, periodicals, poetry, and experimental printed matter from writers, publishers, and beloved bookshops in Portland, OR.
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Free—Public Event
Guest —Chess Club, Monograph Bookwerks, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Gnomic Book, Broccoli, Passages Bookshop, Hi Books, Peaches Studio, Wooden Spoon Herbs
Printed — Art Book Fair
Printed is an annual art book fair hosted by Landdd on December 16th & 17th from 11 AM-4PM with public reading intervals in collaboration with @chessclub.art
Free and open to the public, Printed will feature art books, periodicals, poetry, and experimental printed matter from writers, publishers, and beloved bookshops in Portland, OR.
Free—Public Event
Guest —Chess Club, Monograph Bookwerks, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Gnomic Book, Broccoli, Passages Bookshop, Hi Books, Peaches Studio, Wooden Spoon Herbs
October 19
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On a 15”x15” handmade Landdd Loom, we will learn the basics of weaving your own textile. We will cover the essentials of warping, using a shuttle, basic pattern planning, various weaving techniques, troubleshooting common mistakes, and finally, removing your textile from the loom. Whether you are a complete beginner or have some prior experience, this class is suitable for all skill levels, and no prior weaving knowledge is required. Our Landdd co-founder, Lillian Hardy, will lead the workshop, utilizing beginner-level weaving templates designed by Javier Reyes of rrres. All materials will be provided, including a selection of artisanal hand-dyed wool yarn directly from our studio in Oaxaca, Mexico.
See the full event.
Cost—Sold Out
Guest—Lillian Hardy
Intro to Lap Loom — Workshop
On a 15”x15” handmade Landdd Loom, we will learn the basics of weaving your own textile. We will cover the essentials of warping, using a shuttle, basic pattern planning, various weaving techniques, troubleshooting common mistakes, and finally, removing your textile from the loom. Whether you are a complete beginner or have some prior experience, this class is suitable for all skill levels, and no prior weaving knowledge is required. Our Landdd co-founder, Lillian Hardy, will lead the workshop, utilizing beginner-level weaving templates designed by Javier Reyes of rrres. All materials will be provided, including a selection of artisanal hand-dyed wool yarn directly from our studio in Oaxaca, Mexico.
See the full event.
Cost—Sold Out
Guest—Lillian Hardy
September 07
Night Series 05 — Amrita Screening
Landdd will be hosting a fundraiser/screening of Amrita to complete their final segment of filming in Yucatan, Mexico with indigenous mayan women.
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Amrita is a documentary following the stories of three groups of women beekeepers from Hawaii, Portugal, and Mexico, whose approach to beekeeping bridges spirituality and science. This film follows their unique journeys through the modern industrial landscape as they research wild honeybees and work towards creating habitats to conserve them.
Free/Donations—Public Event
Guest—Bee Oracle
Night Series 05 — Amrita Screening
Landdd will be hosting a fundraiser/screening of Amrita to complete their final segment of filming in Yucatan, Mexico with indigenous mayan women.
Amrita is a documentary following the stories of three groups of women beekeepers from Hawaii, Portugal, and Mexico, whose approach to beekeeping bridges spirituality and science. This film follows their unique journeys through the modern industrial landscape as they research wild honeybees and work towards creating habitats to conserve them.
Free/Donations—Public Event
Guest—Bee Oracle
August 30
Sarah Wertzberger brings completed works, material tests, color studies and works in progress that primarily focuses on her process. She’ll have plenty of samples and tools for people to ponder over and touch.
Alongside her works, Sarah shares her background which led her to this body of textile work today and the career that she’s created for herself through art and design.
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Sarah Wertzberger is an artist and designer with a multidisciplinary studio practice primarily based in weaving. Her weaving practices spans hand, industrial and digital weaving. The work takes on the intersections and thresholds between weaving, painting, printmaking, and technology and shifts perceptual values through the manipulation of material hierarchies and processes. Originating from an experimental and technical space, the work uses color and structure to convey a sense of perceptual disruption and the surreal. Wertzberger received her MFA at the Rhode Island School of Design and her BFA at the Maryland Institute College of Art.
Free—Public Event
Guest—Sarah Wertzberger
Night Series 04 — Sarah Wertzberger
Sarah Wertzberger brings completed works, material tests, color studies and works in progress that primarily focuses on her process. She’ll have plenty of samples and tools for people to ponder over and touch.
Alongside her works, Sarah shares her background which led her to this body of textile work today and the career that she’s created for herself through art and design.
Sarah Wertzberger is an artist and designer with a multidisciplinary studio practice primarily based in weaving. Her weaving practices spans hand, industrial and digital weaving. The work takes on the intersections and thresholds between weaving, painting, printmaking, and technology and shifts perceptual values through the manipulation of material hierarchies and processes. Originating from an experimental and technical space, the work uses color and structure to convey a sense of perceptual disruption and the surreal. Wertzberger received her MFA at the Rhode Island School of Design and her BFA at the Maryland Institute College of Art.
Free—Public Event
Guest—Sarah Wertzberger
August 25
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As part of our on-going night series Javier Reyes, founder of rrres and co-founder of Landdd, shares his personal history, the evolution of his design-practice and the process behind the genesis of rrres.
From the Caribbean island of the Dominican Republic to the central valley of Mexico, Javier navigates his trajectory through a curation of photographs, soundscapes and immersive projections.
rrres takes on a nearly symbiotic nature; between contemporary design and traditional techniques, regional materials and local communities. This project is in the pursuit of research and observation - delineating designs from Latin American everyday life and transmuting them into everyday objects.
Free—Public Event
Guest—Javier Reyes
Night Series 03 —Javier Reyes + rrres
As part of our on-going night series Javier Reyes, founder of rrres and co-founder of Landdd, shares his personal history, the evolution of his design-practice and the process behind the genesis of rrres.
From the Caribbean island of the Dominican Republic to the central valley of Mexico, Javier navigates his trajectory through a curation of photographs, soundscapes and immersive projections.
rrres takes on a nearly symbiotic nature; between contemporary design and traditional techniques, regional materials and local communities. This project is in the pursuit of research and observation - delineating designs from Latin American everyday life and transmuting them into everyday objects.
Free—Public Event
Guest—Javier Reyes
August 03
Flower Building
Over the course of three hours, participants will build one arrangement utilizing in-season botanicals, repurposed materials, synthetics and natural fibers.
Torres will guide you through his personal process- applying simple floral design principals to create unconventional structures with playful material ingenuity. While the necessary elements will be provided for the workshop, participants are also encouraged to bring any additional ingredients or media they wish to include in their arrangements.
See The Full Event
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Manu Torres (b. 1983) is an artist and floral sculptor from central Mexico and based in Portland, Oregon. He is the founder of Florescent, a floral design studio, building arrangements that dialogue between the artificial and the natural. Torres incorporates paper, fabric, paint, wigs, and feathers to imitate and exaggerate natural beauty in a hyperreal way. His work has been featured in Elle Decor, Domino, and Museum of Art and Design. His recent solo exhibition at Russo Lee Gallery was an ArtForum Critic's Pick.
Cost—Sold Out
Guest—Manu Torres
Flower Building
Workshop
Over the course of three hours, participants will build one arrangement utilizing in-season botanicals, repurposed materials, synthetics and natural fibers.
Torres will guide you through his personal process- applying simple floral design principals to create unconventional structures with playful material ingenuity. While the necessary elements will be provided for the workshop, participants are also encouraged to bring any additional ingredients or media they wish to include in their arrangements.
See The Full Event
Manu Torres (b. 1983) is an artist and floral sculptor from central Mexico and based in Portland, Oregon. He is the founder of Florescent, a floral design studio, building arrangements that dialogue between the artificial and the natural. Torres incorporates paper, fabric, paint, wigs, and feathers to imitate and exaggerate natural beauty in a hyperreal way. His work has been featured in Elle Decor, Domino, and Museum of Art and Design. His recent solo exhibition at Russo Lee Gallery was an ArtForum Critic's Pick.
Cost—Sold Out
Guest—Manu Torres
May 23
Night Series 02 —
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An inclusive coaching experience & workshop. Designed for voices shaping the future of creative culture with Big World NRG with Los Angeles creative coach, Kristel Brinshot. Attendees will be guided through a group coaching session that will teach you how to embrace your cultural power, decolonize your relationship to burnout, and cultivate a strong sense of belonging at any table you choose to sit at or create. Accompanied by Landdd sounds, bites by Xiao Ye & a mezcal tasting from region of Oaxaca.
Kristel is an Indigenous Latinx artist, creative director and founder of Hey Sis World; a community platform dedicated to growing the future of BIPOC creativepreneurship.
Her future-fwd POV has led her to collaborate with influential brands and artists worldwide like Nike, Snapchat, Nyjah Huston, Lil Yachty, and Bjork.
See the full event.
Cost— Sold Out
Guest—Kristel Brinshot
Night Series 02 —
Sit With Us
An inclusive coaching experience & workshop. Designed for voices shaping the future of creative culture with Big World NRG with Los Angeles creative coach, Kristel Brinshot. Attendees will be guided through a group coaching session that will teach you how to embrace your cultural power, decolonize your relationship to burnout, and cultivate a strong sense of belonging at any table you choose to sit at or create. Accompanied by Landdd sounds, bites by Xiao Ye & a mezcal tasting from region of Oaxaca.
Kristel is an Indigenous Latinx artist, creative director and founder of Hey Sis World; a community platform dedicated to growing the future of BIPOC creativepreneurship.
Her future-fwd POV has led her to collaborate with influential brands and artists worldwide like Nike, Snapchat, Nyjah Huston, Lil Yachty, and Bjork.
See the full event.
Cost— Sold Out
Guest—Kristel Brinshot
May 21
Night Series 01 —
“Soonest Mended” is a reading/performance by Andrew Simon. Excerpted from his forthcoming novel, the polyphonic work explores what happens after a Portland painter and social worker orchestrates the theft of his own work.
Andrew Simon is a writer and teacher based in Portland, where he was born and raised. His fiction examines intersections of art, politics, and identity in the Pacific Northwest.
See the full event.
Free—Public Event
Guest— Andrew Simon
Night Series 01 —
Andrew Reading
“Soonest Mended” is a reading/performance by Andrew Simon. Excerpted from his forthcoming novel, the polyphonic work explores what happens after a Portland painter and social worker orchestrates the theft of his own work.
Andrew Simon is a writer and teacher based in Portland, where he was born and raised. His fiction examines intersections of art, politics, and identity in the Pacific Northwest.
See the full event.
Free—Public Event
Guest— Andrew Simon
Dec 16—2022
Pieced together by PVC pipe, gardening wood and zip-ties, this structure as an homage to traditional decorative installations from his homeland of Mexico.
Manu Torres (b. 1983) is an artist and floral sculptor from central Mexico and based in Portland, Oregon. He is the founder of Florescent, a floral design studio, building arrangements that dialogue between the artificial and the natural. Torres incorporates paper, fabric, paint, wigs, and feathers to imitate and exaggerate natural beauty in a hyperreal way. His work has been featured in Elle Decor, Domino, and Museum of Art and Design. His recent solo exhibition at Russo Lee Gallery was an ArtForum Critic's Pick.
See the full event.
Materials: raffia, corn hust,
scrap wood, PVC piping &
a few landdd objects.
16 x 14ft
Free—Public Event
Guest—Manu Torres
Arch Install
Pieced together by PVC pipe, gardening wood and zip-ties, this structure as an homage to traditional decorative installations from his homeland of Mexico.
Manu Torres (b. 1983) is an artist and floral sculptor from central Mexico and based in Portland, Oregon. He is the founder of Florescent, a floral design studio, building arrangements that dialogue between the artificial and the natural. Torres incorporates paper, fabric, paint, wigs, and feathers to imitate and exaggerate natural beauty in a hyperreal way. His work has been featured in Elle Decor, Domino, and Museum of Art and Design. His recent solo exhibition at Russo Lee Gallery was an ArtForum Critic's Pick.
See the full event.
Materials: raffia, corn hust,
scrap wood, PVC piping &
a few landdd objects.
16 x 14ft
Free—Public Event
Guest—Manu Torres
Dec 18—2022
Printed Material is an art book fair, hosted by Landdd, free and open to the public featuring artist's books, zines, artist's catalogs, comics, creative writing and experimental printed matter from writers, designers and beloved bookshops in Portland, OR.
See the full event.
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Free—Public Event
Guest—Fisk, Container Corps, Passages Bookshop, Hi Books, Peaches Studio, Brad Atkins
Printed Material
Printed Material is an art book fair, hosted by Landdd, free and open to the public featuring artist's books, zines, artist's catalogs, comics, creative writing and experimental printed matter from writers, designers and beloved bookshops in Portland, OR.
See the full event.
Free—Public Event
Guest—Fisk, Container Corps, Passages Bookshop, Hi Books, Peaches Studio, Brad Atkins
Oct 22—2022
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In August 2022, we formed Landdd— a design and creative production studio in Portland, OR. We take on a research-based approach naturally shaped by the confluence of our own studio practices as artists in Oaxaca de Juárez and the Pacific Northwest. We offer private commissions for commercial clients and residential interiors, and produce seasonal collections of objects, textiles and campaigns centered around narratives of our respective cultures.
From working closely with master artisans across Mexico, leading creative teams with commercial agencies, organizing community events, and one-on-one projects with designers, our work is fundamentally rooted in a ︎︎︎collaborative ethos.
Free—Public Event
Made In
In August 2022, we formed Landdd— a design and creative production studio in Portland, OR. We take on a research-based approach naturally shaped by the confluence of our own studio practices as artists in Oaxaca de Juárez and the Pacific Northwest. We offer private commissions for commercial clients and residential interiors, and produce seasonal collections of objects, textiles and campaigns centered around narratives of our respective cultures.
From working closely with master artisans across Mexico, leading creative teams with commercial agencies, organizing community events, and one-on-one projects with designers, our work is fundamentally rooted in a ︎︎︎collaborative ethos.
Free—Public Event