Upcoming Camps and Workshops for the Mythos Challenge
We are thrilled to release dates by partners for camps and workshops supporting youth. Please check the Portland Art Museum's Mythos Challenge Calendar for detailed information. All events are free unless otherwise noted.
Mythos Game Challenge Camp
March 23-27, 3-5pm
Join Pixel Arts mentors and get the tools you need to create your own digital interactive story, game, or mobile app inspired by mythology, oral histories and world traditions for the Mythos Challenge with Portland Art Museum. Once completed, you can submit your work by May 15, 2015 for your chance to be part of the special exhibition, Gods and Heroes: Masterpieces of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris. Selected winning entries will be played in the exhibition and eligible for awards totaling $5000. Don't miss your chance for this wonderful opportunity. Register now!
Rockwood Library, for Teens 17917 SE Stark St Portland, OR 97233 Free. Registration required.
Saturday Academy: Girls Engage Technology with the Girl Scouts
Mar 23-Mar 24, 1- 4:30pm
Create a digital story with characters, sound and motion while learning computer programming basics! Animate images of your pet or your favorite mythical creature. Fulfill some of the requirements for the Girl Scout Junior Entertainment Technology badge. You can even enter your project into The Mythos Challenge and be entered to win up to $5,000 worth of prizes!
Girl Scout Portland Service Center
9620 SW Barbur Blvd.
Portland, OR 97219
Enroll Online for the Museum Play competition. The Portland Art Museum has great resources for youth and educators online here. We've also posted a DIY guide to our Tumblr site, which has a bunch of tutorials as well.
At SEI, youth have been making original games to enter into the Mythos Challenge. These are some of the characters made by 1 youth team. Entitled Sun Knight, the world has been shuttered in darkness, and you must free Sun gods and goddesses of different world traditions.
We hope you or your school will join us in supporting youth making games!
The Pixel Pad and More Free Activities
Tell Stories in Twine
March 28th, 1-3pm (awaiting confirmation)
Gregory Heights Library
Tell a story or design a game using an open-source tool for telling interactive stories. This is an introductory camp to Twine. Participants will learn a new program they can continue to use and create a product they can share on the web to friends and family. Registration required. Please check our Pixel Arts page for updates. https://multcolib.org/node/17264
Pixel Pad starts April 4th!
Come to The Pixel Pad every Saturday at the Rockwood Library. Teens should expect to increase their knowledge in art, animation, computer science, programming and design. You will be able to build a game from scratch, create your own animated characters, develop levels and add sound effects. Every Saturday is a different theme with a special Pixel Pad Game Jam every fifth Saturday of the month. https://multcolib.org/events/pixel-pad/38618
Tell Stories in Twine
April 10th, 1-3pm
Sellwood-Moreland Library
Tell a story or design a game using an open-source tool for telling interactive stories. This is an introductory camp to Twine. Participants will learn a new program they can continue to use and create a product they can share on the web to friends and family.
Registration required: https://multcolib.org/events/twine-teens/38233
Spring Semester After-School-Programs
Self Enhancement, Inc, Tues & Thurs 5-6pm
Open Meadow Middle School, Weds 10-11am
Parkrose Middle School, Weds 1-2:30pm
Upcoming Community Event
Animation in Games with PIGSquad & ASIFA
March 28th, 7pm-11pm @ 5th Avenue Cinemas (510 SW Hall St, Portland)
Join game and animation communities in Portland to listen to the experiences of game animators, learning how they were able to transition their passions and skills from art-in-motion to interactive media! Full event details are not yet posted, but may be found on PIGSquad.com in the very near future.
Recent Community Event
PIGSquad Drink 'n Draw!
The Portland Indie Game Squad hosted its second Drink 'n Draw event in late February, inviting artists, game lovers, and developers to come together and make art based on the games they played! Attendance was very high at over 170 people, including many youth who were able to participate in festivities until 9pm. Join us in summer for the next Drink 'n Draw, and read more about the recent event via PIGSquad's Patreon page.
The Giving Wall
Thank you Jon Dodson for donating $250 to support Pixel Arts growing programs!
Monthly giving shows foundations that we are secure and helps us obtain grants. Please consider making your donation a monthly gift through direct bank deposit or by paypal.
On the lookout for meeting space!
Both Pixel Arts and our allies in the Portland Indie Game Squad are on the lookout for free or inexpensive meeting spaces for events like meetups, open houses, camps, game tournaments, or game jams. If you know of a space that would be interested in hosting gatherings of 25 people or more, please contact Will at Will@GameEducationPDX.com.
We seek interns who would like to learn mentoring and become great event producers, program managers, curriculum developers, and site coordinators.
We seek practicums who wish to become professionals in community development, finance, media and marketing, and program management.
Paid positions are available for eligible youth through IRCO and through grants. Do your service learning or graduation volunteer project with Pixel Arts to get 1st-hand experience working with professionals in game development, technology, science, and the arts.
Last quarter, 5 families donated $35.50 through the Fred Meyer Community Rewards program. To donate your points to Pixel Arts, connect your account online with NPO# 92905.
