Zoomtopia

Studio Space Available in Zoomtopia

admin — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 04:10:41 +0000

A 750 sqft studio with skylight & sink will be available starting December 1st in the Zoomtopia community of artists and dancers at 810 SE Belmont.

The building is zoned for creative use and art production; tenants are working together toward ownership of the building. $1000 a month plus NNN. Interested? Contact Carole 512.968.7810.

This is the studio that is available... all that stuff is gone.

Upcoming PICA Time Based Art Festival Performances by Teeth

admin — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:08:07 +0000

Upcoming Performances in the mOuth @ Zoomtopia:

Sat. Sept. 10 @ 6:30 PM
Sun. Sept. 11 @ 6:30 PM
Mon. Sept. 12 @ 8:30 PM
Tues. Sept. 13 @ 8:30 PM
Wed. Sept. 14 @ 8:30 PM

Buy Tickets

Home Made mounts a daring exploration of the awkwardness of human beauty and the struggles of intimate negotiation. On stage, a male and female duo is accompanied by male and female live vocalists, interweaving music and movement. With sharp, aggressive choreography and an original score, Home Made explores the delicate balance between tenderness and hostility, where playfulness becomes manipulation and exploration shades into aggression.

Choreographer Angelle Hebert and composer Phillip Kraft founded Portland-based dance company tEEth in 2006. Their work is generated through deeply collaborative processes, blending original music and movement through melodic and conceptual mirroring. tEEth approaches the body with a singular eye for life’s beauty and dark absurdity, and combines technical virtuosity with raw impact.

tEEth has toured to On the Boards (Seattle), Joyce SoHo (NYC), Fuse Box Festival (Austin), and St. Ferdinand Church and Sidearm (New Orleans), and most recently won the Joyce Theater Foundation’s prestigious A.W.A.R.D. Show! at On the Boards. Their new work, currently in creation and co-commissioned by White Bird (Portland) and On the Boards (Seattle), will premiere in January 2012 at Lincoln Hall at Portland State University, and will tour nationally to pending locations.

Home Made was funded in part by a 2010 Regional Arts and Culture Council Project Grant.

Photo by Aaron Rogosin.

www.teethperformance.com/

“Home Made is perhaps the single most powerful performance piece to have come out of Portland in recent memory.” – Willamette Week

Hand2Mouth Performs at Zoomtopia January 20th-30th

admin — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 19:20:50 +0000

Erin Leddy and Hand2Mouth present the world premier of ‘My Mind is like an Open Meadow’, starting Thursday January 20th, and running through Sunday, January 30th.
Performances are Thursday-Saturday at 8PM and Sundays at 2PM. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. Tickets are available at boxofficetickets.com.

The opening party is Friday the 21st, there will be food, drink and celebration!.

‘My Mind is like an Open Meadow’ is presented as a part of the Fertile Ground Festival. Flash your Fertile Ground ‘Dig It’ button and receive $2 off admission at the door. Purchase your Fertile Ground pass on the H2M website and half the proceeds will go to Hand2Mouth!

For more info please visit the Hand2Mouth website, http://www.hand2mouththeatre.org/ or email mail@hand2mouththeatre.org

Rent Desk Space at Zoomtopia

admin — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:49:12 +0000

Join Orlo and Wordstock in Zoomtopia Arts Building810 SE Belmont, Studio 5, Portland ·
1-2 Workstations and Shared Space in Zoomtopia Arts Building·
Designed space and workstations provided·
Conference area, waiting area·
Shared building space for meetings and small events, half-kitchen· Shower onsite, ADA compatible·
Secure building, 24/7 access·
Great location in inner-SE Portland·
Great neighborhood (near Green Dragon, Distillery Row, inner-eastsidecultural district)·
Creative arts building with dance and photography studios onsite·
Highly accessible via mass transit·
Ample street parking·
Quiet, collaborative work setting $225-$275 per desk, depending on usage and sublease agreements.
for info, email bear@orlo.org

Portland Open Studios at Zoomtopia

admin — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 01:43:29 +0000

Aaron Rogosin and Carole Zoom are featured in the 2010 Portland Open Studios tour. If you haven’t heard about it, check it out on their website here.
Zoomtopia is open and all the artists here have their doors open to the public this weekend, October 9th and 10th, and next weekend, October 16th and 17th, 2010. Come by between the hours of 9am and 5pm to watch the artists at work.

Zoomtopia Tenants are building a Burning Man Art Installation

admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:05:52 +0000

Check out this awesome project underway at Zoomtopia.

Zoomtopia Welcomes our Newest Member, Natya Leela Academy

admin — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 23:53:26 +0000

Natya Leela Academy, SE Portland’s first Classical Indian Dance school, offers beginner drop-ins for all levels and ages!

Learn Bharathanatyam, an ancient Classical dance form originating in Tamil Nadu (India) over 2000 years ago.
Discover the beauty of athletic grace and the intricacy of story-telling through hand-gestures.
Challenge yourself to discover the dancer within.

ALL LEVELS:-
Drop-in! These classes are designed to help you understand the basic tools of Bharathanatyam.
Join the 10-week intro series. This progressive series teaches you a more extensive Bharathanatyam vocabulary, pure dance sequences, and story-telling elements that can perhaps awaken the performer in you.

Drop-in Classes:-
Wednesday – 6:00-7:00pm
Thursday – 10am – 11am
Saturday – 11am – 12 noon
Cost: Single class – $15; Monthly (one class per week) – $50; Monthly (unlimited classes) – $80.

10-Week Series:
Starts April 10th, Saturday, 10am – 11am
$130 for entire series. Email Subashinig@gmail.com to register and get details.

Location: at Zoomtopia, 810 SE Belmont, Suite 6 (two blks from Oregon Ballet Theatre)

Contact: Subashini Ganesan (Founder, Choreographer, Teacher); http://www.natyaleela.com; 503-449-6160; subashinig@gmail.com

Looking forward to seeing many of you on the dance floor!
Suba
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Subashini Ganesan
Founder, Choreographer, Teacher – Natya Leela Academy
Resident Artist – Young Audiences Oregon
810 SE Belmont, Suite 6
Portland, OR 97214
503-449-6160; http://www.natyaleela.com

Lease The Last Remaining Studio or Rehearsal Space at Zoomtopia!

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:08:18 +0000

Don’t miss your chance to lease-to-own studio space in the Eastside of Portland. If you are embarking on a creative enterprise, then this could be your opportunity to own your studio.

Zoomtopia has one remaining studio space to lease, studio #7, with 1000 square feet for light industrial uses. The remainder of our 10,000 square foot building has been leased, and the tenants include:

three dance companies
a jeweler
an arts quarterly and literary festival
a glass blowing studio
a photography and multi-media design studio.

We have 2000 square feet of common space that is being used for gallery space, lectures and book signings, presentations, and small events.

This is your chance to join this bustling building, and be a part of the creative community blossoming in the central eastside arts district. We are looking forward to the new Street Car line coming in 2012, and the opportunity to collectively own the building around that same time. We are building a strong, cooperative fellowship of artists, designers, performers, makers and doers, and we want you to join us.

Here’s what we’re all about

admin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:15:37 +0000

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Grand Opening Photos

admin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:00:05 +0000

Thanks to everyone who came out for our Grand Opening, it was a huge success! We’d especially like to thank our neighbors who came out and gave us such a warm welcome to the neighborhood. Photos by Aaron Rogosin