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Aisha Edwards
artist - writer
Al Bradford
jack of all trades
Al Bradford was postmaster, toastmaster, barber, birthday card poet, photographer of beauty, lover of sweet things...
Alan Singley
musician
Alan Singley and Pants Machine were a sextet from Portland, Oregon. This group wove a tight, groovy pop sound...
Alva Bradford
artist
By day, Alva is a costumer for Clackamas Community College and Clackamas Reperatory Theatre. By night...
Ancient Portland
portland historian
@AncientPortland is Twitter account that serves as a Guide to the Curious and Notable Ancient Wonders...
Anna Beaty
writer
Anna is a native Oregonian who somehow, somewhere, acquired a 19th century gentlewoman's skillset...
Arthur Chang
FP CPO
I'm chief publisher and assistant editor for Folks Press.
Art VanDal
author
Art VanDal is the product of the rumored union of an itinerant juggler known as "Cosmo the Quick" and jaded highway-heiress...

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Bartek
animator - artist
Bartek is a Portland, Oregon animator. We know little else.
Benjamin Glas-Hochstettler
winged moneky of sound
Benjamin Glas is a practicing student at PNCA...
Brenna King
photographer
I love images...and type, can't forget page layout, and creative verbiage between my folks over tea...

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Candace Fallon
biologist - bug person
Candace is a conservation biologist with a passion for saving the small and the spineless.
Colin Green
artist - photographer - writer
I'm the instigator of Folks Press. As well as a person who dons many hats: founder, publisher, editor, writer, musician...
Corey Schuster
winemaker
I grew up in the Midwest among the flat cornfields and sprawl that is Illinois...
Courtney Von Drehle
musician
Since 1980, Emmy nominated composer Courtney Von Drehle has worked extensively as a composer, band leader and multi-instrumentalist...

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Daniel
veteran
Daniel is a vet who can look every bit as electric as a rock star or as done-in as a transient...
Dawnyell Gaddis
Dawnyell is an addict in recovery. Her kids are back in her life, as is a new perspective...
destiny Lane
cinematographer - photographer - videographer
Photography and videography are always a part of what Destiny does, part of her vision...
Doug Kenck-Crispin
historian - podcaster - writer
Doug Kenck-Crispin is the Ribald Resident Historian from www.orhistory.com...

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Eric Sabatino
mechanic - musician
I build motorbikes. Small ones with two-stroke engines. Old ones that look like Dr. Seuss...

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Hailey Etheredge
photographer - traveler - writer
Writing, photographing and traveling to the places that the mind & feet can wander...
Harvey Golden
author - boat builder - historian
I just wanted to build one kayak; I didn't have the money to buy one. I'd never even been in one...

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Ilenia Madelaire
artist
Ilenia Madelaire is an artist working and living in Baltimore, MD. She received a BFA in painting from the University of Kansas...

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James Yeary
artist - writer
James is a member of the collective-run reading series Spare Room, and collaborative inquiry...
Jason Etheredge
Doodler
Father, doodler & that one person who always knows all the names of trees and plants and other things...
Jason Traeger
comedian - artist - musician - photographer
In Jason Traeger's nearly 25 years of cultural production he has worn as many hats as his unique vision has demanded...
Jeremy Okai Davis
artsit - photographer
Jeremy Okai Davis was born in Charlotte, North Carolina...
Jordan Dormot
artist
To infuse depth and luminosity into his work, Jordan employs a palette of punchy hues...
Julian Nelson
photographer
Originally a native of Hannover, Julian is currently professor of German and the director of the German Studies Program in Berlin...

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Kazue Suzuki
musician
Kazue Suzuki is an accomplished and recognized piano educator/performer based in Salem Oregon. She grew up in Japan and likes...

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Leo Daedalus
filmmaker - interviewer - performer - producer
Leo Daedalus hosts The Late Now, the thinking mammal's avant-variety-talk show. He is on a mission...

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Martha Peaden
matriarch
Martha is the Falcon Arts apartment matriarch, and residents here understand just whom they are dealing with...
Merhan
artist
Like many other artists, I started at it at a very young age not knowing much besides it just appealed to me...
Michael Heald
publisher - writer
Michael Heald is the publisher of Perfect Day Publishing...
Mount Hood Model Engineers
model railroaders
About 20 people started meeting in November 1975 in the basement...

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Nina Bradford
artist
Beginning a new series is like throwing seeds into the ground and seeing what comes up…
Noah Mickens
director - musician - ringmaster
Noah Mickens is a theatrical director, circus ringmaster, scrap metal percussionist, compere, event producer, songwriter, hype machine, and bon vivant.

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Paolo Minera
artist - web designer
I say anarchy: to pictures, newspapers, magazines, and internets.

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Ray Johnson
artist - barista - comic artist
I'm an artist born in Chi-Town and transplanted to PDX. I live on the verge of insanity...
Reid Green
editor - filmmaker
Reid is a filmmaker, director, screenwriter, and editor...
Rudolph Bekker
photographer
Rudolf Bekker was born and raised in the Netherlands. He splits his time, between life and work...

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Ron Rutter
singer-songwriter
Ron Rutter "Ronno" is a singer-songwriter who lives in Oregon, he writes songs that are Typewriter Driven — Rollin' Rag Rescues & Slow Shoe Shuffles...

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Sam Alexander
musician
I am the son of a evangelical midwest circuit rider and a gospel-singing mother...
Santi
artist - inventor - tinkerer
I used to work a lot in radio. But I've always been a tinkerer. These days I make electronic gear...
Susan Sage
artist
Susan here- artist extraordinaire and painter of portraits. I have been painting seriously for a handful of years...

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The Father
musician - singer - songwriter
The Father performs one of a kind, lyric-savvy songs, with a vocal brio that...
Thomas Patterson
photographer
An award-winning staff photographer for the Statesman Journal newspaper in Salem, Oregon, since 2003...
Todd Corbett
craftsman - musician
Todd Corbett is the owner of Roller Sound, a small company based out of Portland, Oregon...

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Virginia Green
artist
When I was a child growing up in Duluth Minnesota, those long cold winters meant a lot of hours of quiet time after the rigorous outdoor play in the snow...

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Zosia Rose Wiatr
artist - poet
In writing and reading, my fidelity lies in cultivating the incredible through language. As a poet...
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