Upcoming Events
CreativeMornings Portland: Current
Inspiring talk, the theme is "current".
This event will be at ADX. There will be coffee and donuts. It is free to attend but registration through our website is required.
Portland Design Month Opening Party
Portland Design Month opens with a party. A first look at the October lineup, and a chance to meet the studios showing work this year.
Processing Community Day
Processing Community Day @ PDX is a free, community-centered event exploring creative coding as a tool for art, design, and expression. The day begins with hands-on workshops for high school students and concludes with conversations for adults about the evolving relationship between art and technology.
What is Freeform PDX?
This event brings together music, design, and diverse outsider art while highlighting the creativity, community, and DIY spirit of FFP
Freeform Portland Presents:
Loud and Local Design
Freeform Portland is excited to participate in 2026 Portland Design Month with AIGA Portland! This event will celebrate the connection between music, design, and how FFP contributes to Portland’s creative community.
Get a peek behind the scenes of a volunteer-run radio station and see what makes Freeform Portland unique. Explore our studio, talk with DJs, learn how the station works, and discover the many ways you can get involved.
We’re transforming our space into a gallery and gathering place featuring live music, DJs, classic show flyers, local artwork, zines, and archival FFP materials.
Come see this amazing community space!
Processing Community Day
Processing Community Day @ PDX is a free, community-centered event exploring creative coding as a tool for art, design, and expression. The day begins with hands-on workshops for high school students and concludes with conversations for adults about the evolving relationship between art and technology.
Location TBD.
Time subject to change.
Sign Painting 101: Drawing & Painting Letters
An introduction to sign painting taught by a real sign painter in a commercial sign studio located in the Lents neighborhood in SE Portland.
Times subject to change
Art Talk - David John Walker
Designer and educator whose work explores visual storytelling, culture, and contemporary design practice. Based in Hamden, CT, he brings extensive professional and teaching experience to the conversation.
The Art Talk event is designed to be an accessible, welcoming event that connects emerging creatives with established practitioners. As part of AIGA Design Week, we are excited to create meaningful opportunities for conversation, inspiration, and community across the Pacific Northwest creative landscape.
Where Geometry Meets the Machine: An Open House at Loupe
Join us for an evening at Loupe's Portland workshop, where industrial robots and mathematical sculpture share the same floor. Host David Nichols — Loupe CEO and the artist behind @polyhedrist — will show how the tools of automation (CNC, waterjet, robot arms) also build monumental steel polyhedra, including a 9-foot, 3,000-pound pentagonal icositetrahedron. Tour the shop, see live demos, and talk with the team. Makers, engineers, students, and the curious all welcome.
Times subject to change
Diseño! Latinos in Graphic Design
Latinos in graphic design, career advice, storytelling, and panel.
Times subject to change
Paper, Fold & Finish
Paper, Fold & Finish will give designers a hands-on way to explore how paper, finishes, folding, and binding can influence creative work.
An Urban Canvas: How Murals Transform Cities
Mural art is a very active and alive urban element that defines Portland and provides identity to many other cities. They can completely change the tone of a space and give a whole new personality to an urban landscape. Local Portland muralists, such as Christian Tellez from Wesi Mural Studio LLC and others will convene for a roundtable panel discussion about the design process and what goes into designing and executing a mural from a multidisciplinary perspective.
Optical Illusion Happy Hour
Fun interactive happy hour with presentations on optical illusions, sponsored by Friends of Figma, Portland.
Times subject to change
Paper, Fold & Finish
Paper, Fold & Finish will give designers a hands-on way to explore how paper, finishes, folding and binding can influence creative work.
Time subject to change.
Location TBD.
Inside Deep Sky: Studio Open House
Step inside Deep Sky, a Portland animation and motion design studio that's been making brand and campaign work for the last 20 years. We're opening our doors for an evening so you can see how the studio runs, meet the team behind the work, and get a look at our process from first sketch to final frame. Come by, explore the space, and ask us anything.
Times subject to change
Developing Character: What Goes Into Successful Character Design
Great characters carry a story before they say a word. In this talk, Art Director Gaby West walks through how character design actually happens, from early shapes and silhouettes to personality, expression, and the small choices that make a character feel alive. Expect real examples, a look behind the process, and time for questions.
Times subject to change
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