Elbow Room

Portland, OR

Good Dang Weekend 2

A bingo game and dance party fundraiser for Elbow Room

Access notes: Please wear a mask for community safety, unless you’re actively eating or drinking.

DESCRIPTION

Good Dang Weekend 2 is a bingo game and dance party fundraiser to benefit Elbow Room, a nonprofit community art studio and gallery space focused on providing artistic mentorship, material support, and meaningful exhibition opportunities to artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Portland. 

In its second year as part of TBA, Good Dang Weekend 2 is fueled by amazing prizes, lucky numbers, and a community built out of real resilient materials: inclusivity, creative practice, adaptability, improvisation, and collaboration. Dress to impress and bring that competitive bingo energy! Stick around for a celebratory dance party after bingo! 

ABOUT ELBOW ROOM 

Elbow Room was formed in 2020 after the closure of various day programs due to COVID-19. The goal was to maintain and support a community of Portland artists who have been working and creating side-by-side for the better part of a decade. Many, if not all, have moved through various iterations of progressive art programs around the Portland metro area for most of their lives, and have relied on the many systems in order to have access to creative and social space. 

Elbow Room began as a virtually-based group that was open and accessible to folks experiencing intellectual and developmental disabilities. For seven days a week, participants could hang out with community members, socialize, and make art. Art supplies were gathered and distributed throughout the community and when vaccines became available, and small groups met in public to make art in-person. As time went on, various community spaces offered to house artmaking groups for the day.

After becoming a nonprofit organization, Elbow Room was able to secure a studio and gallery space in Southeast Portland in August 2022. Artists supported by various provider organizations now use the space and materials to explore creativity and participate in the latest iteration of a sustained art community.