Events
Show & Tell: Hank Makes
This event will be online only. Watch here!
Hank Makes is the brand and lettering studio of Hank Brentlinger, a Portland Native and Bay-Area Exile. Hank works with small business owners and agencies partners to build brands that perk up in a sea of snoozefests – together we will explore creative ways to do so. Hank holds a bachelor's degree in graphic design from the California College of the Arts (CCA) and has previously worked as a full-time employee with both Harlo Interactive and Studio Mega in Portland Oregon.
Be Honest
Save the Date! Be Honest 2024 will be taking place Saturday, May 4th from 5-8 pm at Wieden + Kennedy. Make sure to stick around, as more registration information will be coming soon!
Show & Tell: Violet Reed
Violet is a Portland-based illustrator, designer, and PSUGD alum! She's currently a Senior Designer at Instrument, and her freelance portfolio includes editorial illustrations for WIRED, GitHub, and The New York Times.
Show & Tell: Spencer Garland
Spencer Garland is the founder of BRENDA ARTS, an interdisciplinary media studio that collaborates with POC youth as an integral part of our productions. Originating as a BIPOC after-school arts program that turned into a boutique media company, Garland’s work spans film, video games, education, design, and animation. He heavily emphasizes uplifting students who look like him and prides himself on giving them the tools to explore the fullness of personhood rarely offered to marginalized communities. He aims to tell Black stories that have never been told through animation while showing the process of making the project in real time with my students. Their feedback and questions drive his own personal curiosity.
Show & Tell: Precious Bugarin
Precious Bugarin is a creative director and educator. For over 25 years she’s used design as a language for equity to connect nonprofits to supporters, students to design aspirations, entrepreneurs to audiences and diverse voices through events. Her experience as a first-generation Filipino American, small business owner, teacher and mother have highly informed her work. She’s collaborated with numerous organizations and businesses including Arts for Learning, the City of Portland, Instrument, Nike, Ok You and PBOT, among others. She’s currently Mercy Corps’s art director — where she helps guide the organization’s visual brand. In addition, she’s senior faculty at Portland State in the School of Art + Design and on the board of Write Around Portland. Her unique journey has shaped her body of work and the value she places on working with clients, teaching students and connecting people through design.
One Day Adda Time: Arya
Tune in this Tuesday for another One Day Adda Time, where Adrian will be taking over the story!
Kemeny Lecture
Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo (they/them/Lukaza) is an artist, activist, educator, storyteller, cultural worker, and person of multitudes. Through a practice based in the printed multiple, community-based work and installation building, they invite the viewer to recall and share their own lived narratives, offering power and weight to the creation of a larger dialogue around the telling of B.I.Q.T.P.O.C. (Black, Indigenous, Queer, Trans, People of color) stories. Please join us in welcoming them to Portland!
Show & Tell: Prianka Rayamajhi
Prianka Rayamajhi is the Director of UX for Seatgeek's Marketplace, where she is building the best-in-class shopping experience for fans. She has been designing for 17 years and prioritizes collaboration and creative problem-solving. Prianka is passionate about fostering a culture of innovation within her teams. Design for her doesn't just start in a tool, but also through conversations, drawings, and shared understanding. She is an expert facilitator and culture builder. Prianka sometimes gives talks and facilitates workshops, writes about design, and shares ideas.
Design Club Meet Up!
Be Honest is almost here, and it's time to start preparing and printing your work. The Design Club is organizing a productive and stress-free event to help you get ready. Join us at 5 p.m. this Wednesday in ABA 160 for work time, printing, file preparation, button making, and group critiques. Don't miss out on this opportunity to get feedback and make sure your work is ready for Be Honest.
One Day Adda Time: Adrian
Tune in this Tuesday for another One Day Adda Time, where Adrian will be taking over the story!
Comma Mentorship Kickoff Party
Join us THIS FRIDAY in AB 320 to welcome the Thesis Mentors to our PSUGD campus! We'll be kicking off our mentorship program by getting to know our friends over at Thesis Agency, and will also be a chance to learn more about them and the work they do!
This meeting is open to all COMMA friends so come by even if you aren't enrolled in the mentorship program! We'll have pizza and bevvies too!
Be Honest Info Session
If you've signed up for this year's Be Honest we highly encourage you to join us on Tuesday, April 16th from 1–2pm in AB320 for our info session! If you can't make it in person, don't sweat it! We'll record this session and make sure it's accessible. We're also accepting your $10 tabling fees during the info session and on Thursday (4/18) in AB 320 from 12–4pm.
One Day Adda Time: Reed
Tune in this Tuesday for another One Day Adda Time, where Reed will be taking over the story!
Design Club FIeld Trip
Design Club is meeting this Friday, April 12th at 12:30pm for a field trip to ODDFELLOWS!
Sophmore Portfolio Review Info Session
Planning on participating in the Sophomore Portfolio Review this year? This is your last chance to attend one of our required Q&A sessions: Wednesday, April 10 at noon on Zoom at psu.gd/sprinfo.
One Day Adda Time: Madi
Tune in this Tuesday for another One Day Adda Time, where Madi will be taking over the story!
One Day Adda Time: Gabe
Tune in this Tuesday for another One Day Adda Time, where Gabe will be taking over the story!
COMMA BODEGA @KAMP GRIZZLY
Join us at our highly anticipated BODEGA @ KAMP GRIZZLY! Come celebrate the end of the term and snag some awesome Comma merch and other goodies! We'll also have a raffle, photo booth, scavenger hunt, craft table & button-making! Alongside all of this, we will be kicking off a live Q&A featuring local BIPOC artists & designers: Nia Musiba, Naomi Likayi, Steph Bianco, Tyeesha Marcell, DJ McKnight, & moderated by Precious Bugarin. Come learn more about them and their work!
Promo by Adrian Cintas
Screenprinting Lab Open Hours
If you like making prints and printing screens, you should utilize the winter term Printmaking and Screenprinting open lab hours!
Kemeny Lecture Series
Come join the Kemeny Lecture Series on March 15th at 7pm for an evening with Beatriz Lozano in conversation with Lizy Gershenzon at Instrument!
Game Design Interactive Student Showcase
Join us for our annual Game Design & Interactive Media Student Showcase at the Wacom Experience Center.
Screenprinting Lab Open Hours
If you like making prints and printing screens, you should utilize the winter term Printmaking and Screenprinting open lab hours!
Printmaking Lab Open Hours
If you like making prints and printing screens, you should utilize the winter term Printmaking and Screenprinting open lab hours!
Printmaking Lab Open Hours
If you like making prints and printing screens, you should utilize the winter term Printmaking and Screenprinting open lab hours!