Art Friend Show Day 96 » Annamieka with Mackenzie Gray and Alison Osborn on Community Art Space

In Art Friend Show live stream day 96 of 100, meet Mackenzie Gray and Alison Osborn, co-owners of Makerspace Sellwood, a community artspace in the Sellwood neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. Mackenzie is a letterpress printer and owner of Cotton Flower Press. Alison is a handbuilt ceramicist and owner of A Handbuilt Ceramics   ------🎨 Register Now for Art Friend School: https://www.annamieka.com/art-friend-school✉️ Join Annamieka’s Newsletter: https://www.annamieka.com/newsletter🔗 Annamieka’s Links: https://www.annamieka.com/links------   In this interview, Mackenzie and Alison, share how the synergy of their friendship began during the pandemic, and has continued into this business venture as a throughline of strength that amplifies each of their gifts as artists and business owners.Together, they created Makerspace Sellwood, which serves as a working studio for each of them; and it is open five days a week for shopping, workshops and more. When you walk into their space you’ll see that they have a lovely selection of art, gifts, and other gorgeously curated items for sale in their shop. They also have a smartly designed modular work table with benches that allows them to use the space for a variety of gatherings - from hand weaving, to ceramics, to floral arrangement classes and more. They are leaders in the local community with their monthly “Makers Markets” showcasing a different group of local artisans each month, and participating in the Sellwood “4th Fridays” with drop-in handbuilding ceramics workspace and beverages to sip on. They also swap out the art on display every eight weeks, and host openings for the featured artist. In addition, they gave me the space to stage the Art Friend Show+School photoshoot during my founding member launch, making a meaningful difference in my ability to offer this work to the world.   Mackenzie and Alision, everything you are doing exemplifies collaboration and community instead of competition, and that’s the paradigm that I want to live in!  What you are doing is so spectacular! Thank you both for being on the Art Friend Show!   ➤ Mackenzie Gray/Cotton Flower Press website https://www.cottonflowerpress.com/ ➤ Mackenzie Gray/Cotton Flower Press on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cottonflowerpress/   ➤ Alison Osborn/A Handbuilt Ceramics website: https://www.ahandbuiltceramics.com/➤Alison Osborn/A Handbuilt Ceramics on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ahandbuiltceramics/ ➤ Makerspace Sellwood website https://www.makerspacesellwood.com/