So Much Together celebrates the abundance of imaginative and collaborative work shaping lives and the land in the Pacific Northwest. These workshops expand possibilities for bringing greater imagination and collaboration into our own work and communities through a blend of presentations, conversations, activities, and reflection.
Click here to view a list of past workshops, including links to presentation recordings.
Upcoming Workshops
To learn more about a workshop or to sign up, click on the workshop title below. Advanced registration is required.
Workshops will start at 12:30 p.m. and end at 3:30 p.m., with breaks included. Participants are invited to join us a half hour before and/or after each workshop for snacks and community building time (optional).
Workshops are pay-what-you-are-able, including the option to participate for free. On the registration form, you’ll have the opportunity to select the amount you would like to pay, between $0–25. By paying the full amount of $25, you'll be covering the cost of your participation and allowing us to offer the option for individuals with fewer resources to pay what they are able. The amount you pay will not affect any aspect of your experience, participation, or access.
Bridging Time: An Exploration to and from Ourselves with Jacque Hammond and Marquishia Winters
Saturday, March 22 | 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Leaven Community Center, Portland
The Circle is Expanding, Still: The Gift of Climate Grief with Daniela Naomi Molnar
Saturday, April 5 | 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Leaven Community Center, Portland
Good Energy: Collaborating with Land, Story, Music and Material with Fish Martinez
Saturday, April 26 | 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Newport Visual Arts Center, Newport
A Thousand Hands: Art and Spiritual Healing with Crystal Meneses
Saturday, May 24 | 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Newport Visual Arts Center, Newport
Peace, Dreams, and Love Supreme: Embodying Turtle Wisdom with Betty LaDuke
Saturday, June 7 | 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Leaven Community Center, Portland
Accessibility
We aim to provide detailed information regarding venue accessibility—including public transportation options, parking, building access, restrooms, and more—for all of our public events. To find specific information for an event, please refer to the individual event listing. If you have questions about this information or would like to request accommodations, please contact r.medina@oregonhumanities.org.
What to Expect During a Workshop
At each event, guest presenters share their work through storytelling, diverse media, and dialogue. Participants are invited to ask questions, have conversations, and collaborate on projects and activities designed by presenters to inspire meaningful engagement with the ideas and processes that make this great work happen.
So Much Together is open to the public and free to attend. These workshops are for anyone interested in better understanding how collaborative and imaginative work is shaping lives and the land in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. They can be particularly relevant to people who are interested in deepening collaborative and imaginative qualities in their own work and exploring how their work aligns with existing endeavors. People who are early in their careers or at crossroads may find inspiration, connection, belonging, and joy in So Much Together.
Workshops focus on themes explored in Oregon Humanities magazine. Guest presenters will include magazine contributors and people nominated by the public, including Oregon Humanities staff and partner organizations.
Past Workshops
2024
Spark to Finish with Dan Currin
Unpacking Our Past with Taylor Stewart
Getting to the Root of It with Randal Wyatt
As Often as the Bold with Bobby Bermea
Singing Our Traditions to Life with Corey Murphy
2023
Seeds of Collective Healing with Crystal Meneses
Link to recording
Bridging the Gaps with Danny Cage and Adah Crandall
Link to recording
No Big 'I's, No Little 'U's with Andre Middleton
Sharing the Tools with Gabriel Barrera and Manya Yana
Create, Iterate, Persist with Karen Wolfgang
Link to recording
Me, Myself, and Us with MOsley WOtta
Staged Frights with JR Rymut
2022
We Can Create a Paradise with Andrea Whiteplume and Stefanie Krantz
Link to recording
The Link Between Us with Caroline Gao
Link to recording
What Should Not Be Forgotten with Susan DeFreitas
Link to recording
Seeing More Than What's in Front of You with Tammy Jo Wilson
The Circle is Expanding with Daniela Naomi Molnar, Thomas Doherty, and Emma Marris
Link to recording
Writing on the Landscape with David Harrelson and Jess Perlitz
Link to recording
Wit, Wisdom, and Fury with Darrell Wade and Christopher Scott
Link to recording
2021
Workshops in this series were inspired by the "Possession" issue and the “Feed” issue.
Us and Our Stuff with Frog & Toad Hauling Company
The People’s Park with Lauren Everett
Shared Possessions with Patricia Vázquez Gómez
Land Conservation with Katie Voelke
Rekindling Our Ancestral Relations through Food with Michelle Week
Inheritance Stories with Lola Milholland
View the Inheritance Stories Collective Cookbook, a project created in collaboration by workshop participants.
Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or Oregon Humanities.