Posts Tagged ‘Creative Challenge’

Zine Library Challenge
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010 by Brooke Matson

Zine Library Challenge

If you haven’t discovered Spokane’s latest gem, here’s a little push:  Spokane now has a kickin’ zine library with its own library cards. At last–all of Spokane’s zine culture right at your fingertips, and all for FREE! Patronizing the Bird’s Nest Zine Library (with evidence of your quest) is RiverSpeak’s August Creative Challenge. Trek on down ...

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July Creative Challenge:  Story Walk
Thursday, June 24th, 2010 by Brooke Matson

July Creative Challenge: Story Walk

[ July 15, 2010; ] Everyone has special memories of Spokane that together create a collective history of our beloved city. What if a bunch of locals were to get together and share their best stories with one another as they walked through the city? That’s the reasoning behind Story Walk, a project organized by friends who want to share stories, ...

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Creative Spaces
Thursday, June 24th, 2010 by Brooke Matson

Creative Spaces

Many thanks to the brave three individuals who stepped-up to the You-In-Your-Creative-Space Challenge for June. The challenge was to creatively photograph yourself in your creative space–though we only received a few responses, we weren’t disappointed. Keely Honeywell: My studio is small and cozy, with a cork board wall that’s great for pinning up whatever inspires ...

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You-in-Your-Creative-Space Challenge
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 by Brooke Matson

You-in-Your-Creative-Space Challenge

June’s Creative Challenge is something close to home–your creative space–that space you seek every time you need to ignite your imagination and get the creative juices flowing. Is it a special spot at the park? Your back porch? Your art studio? The coffee shop on the corner where you do your writing? Wherever it is, grab ...

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Riverspeak Site Re-design
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010 by Greg Thomson

Riverspeak Site Re-design

Over the next few months the Riverspeak site is going to be renovated. It will be a somewhat lengthy process as I am mixing this pro-bono work between paid projects. Creating the structure for Buddypress takes a bunch of work too. Why the Re-design? We have learned. We have learned that the site would be better suited ...

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May Creative Challenge
Sunday, April 25th, 2010 by Brooke Matson

May Creative Challenge

Some of you have heard of Steal My Story, the game where you write 1000 words of fiction, which is then stolen by someone else to finish the next month; likewise, you receive someone else’s story to finish the next month. Sounds easy, right? It is–that’s why we made it May’s Creative Challenge. To participate, write ...

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Spokane’s Creative Challenge
Thursday, April 15th, 2010 by Brooke Matson

Spokane’s Creative Challenge

Thank all of you who participated in April’s Creative Challenge. You’ve created amazing postcards that can be sent out to other cities and galleries to broadcast the simple fact that Spokane most definitely has art, and serious talent to boot. Back in 2009, we discussed artistic billboard advertisements. How cool would it be to put a ...

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Postcard Art Challenge
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010 by Brooke Matson

Postcard Art Challenge

photo by Tiffany Patterson How often can we say it? Spokane DOES have excellent arts venues and opportunities, but so often we are judged by our big-city neighbors. It’s time to set the record straight by sending a little artistic love snail-mail style. For April’s Creative Challenge, we’re asking our members to create artistic postcard images (about ...

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Spokane Limerick Winners
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 by Brooke Matson

Spokane Limerick Winners

We received some amazing entries for the March Creative Challenge. We said Spokane-flavored limericks, and you took us seriously. Prizes were graciously provided by The Checkerboard Tavern, with the grand prize being tickets to Interplayers, with runners up receiving a local music CD. Voting began at the Checkerboard on St. Patrick’s Day, and was continued ...

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Limerick Party at The Checkerboard
Saturday, March 13th, 2010 by Brooke Matson

Limerick Party at The Checkerboard

[ March 17, 2010; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] People are excited about our Spokane Limerick Creative Challenge–so much in fact, that The Checkboard Tavern (1716 E Sprague)–reopened by the same brilliant people as One World Spokane–has invited us to display submitted limericks during their grand re-opening on Wednesday, March 17th on St. Patrick’s Day. Starting at 5:30, voting will be open for your favorite ...

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