Portland Creatives and Leaders Starter Pack
The Portland, Oregon region is rich with creatives, nonconformists and progressive leaders. Here is an ever evolving starter pack of recommendations from A. Adams.
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@aadams.bsky.social
@orartswatch.org
Oregon ArtsWatch is a non-profit arts and culture journalism organization that explores the arts and their intersection with the wider culture in Oregon and the Northwest.
@monasuperheroart.bsky.social
Portland, OR based duct tape Artist. Specializing in portraits. I do not use AI. Currently accepting commissions. monasuperhero.com
@joanrogerspdx.bsky.social
Portland-Metro residential realtor. Cat enthusiast. Opera fanatic. Wordsmith and editrix. Irreverent, prescient, competent. https://www.joanrogershomes.com
@lisabunnylaser.bsky.social
🇺🇦 I support democracy not idiocracy. Artist, Portland OR. Solo show opens April 12th 5-9 Brassworks Gallery Portland OR. Featured artist show opens May 2nd Salem on the Edge
@pointedcircle.bsky.social
A literary magazine out of Portland, OR, established in 1984. Visit us at thepointedcirclepdx.com Submit via email until April 24th, 2025. #PDX #opensubs #opensubmissions
@spygal.bsky.social
Queer, neurodivergent, book addict, activist, and lover of humanity 💜 P.S. I poop on fascists 🤓
@jrigamonti.bsky.social
Poet, Editor & Program Coordinator for the Carolyn Moore Writing Residency Poetry Coordinator for chatterpdx.org www.jrigamonti.com bsky.app/profile/cmwritershouse.bsky.social
@literaryarts.bsky.social
A nonprofit literary center in Portland, OR dedicated to engaging readers, supporting writers, & inspiring the next generation with great literature. https://literary-arts.org/about/our-story/
@repdexteror.bsky.social
Mother, physician, and proud U.S. Representative for Oregon's Third Congressional District. https://dexter.house.gov
@jeffjahn.bsky.social
Polymath curator, art critic, composer and cultural historian, based in Portland Oregon.
@tinhouse.bsky.social
Publisher of award-winning fiction, nonfiction, and poetry & home to a renowned writers’ workshop.
@unicornriot.bsky.social
Official Account ~ UR is a decentralized nonprofit media org reporting underrepresented stories and shedding light on alternative perspectives and systems. linktr.ee/unicornriot
@iwriteok.bsky.social
I am the host of Behind the Bastards and overlord of podcasts at Cool Zone Media
@pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social
This is my personal account! Follow @councilormorillo for City Business. Follow =/= endorsement
@streetroots.bsky.social
An award-winning, investigative weekly street newspaper sold by people experiencing homelessness and poverty to earn income opportunities.
@editorswindler.bsky.social
Reporter for The Oregonian and Here is Oregon, covering arts, interesting people, silly things & weird stuff.
@wyden.senate.gov
U.S. Senator for Oregon. Rotisserie chicken enthusiast. Senate’s resident privacy hawk. senatefinance.bsky.social wydenpress.bsky.social
@adamstrong.bsky.social
High School Digital Arts Teacher, Artist, Writer, Father, Friend. Author of 'Bella Vista' forthcoming from Running Wild Press.
@tumblehawk.bsky.social
Navigator at Corporeal Writing // a bisexual bookseller // Jewish cat enthusiast
@elisasaphier.bsky.social
Books are my religion. Literary agent: MacGregor Lit; Owner: Another Read Through; Co-founder: AmplifyWriters @amplifywriters.bsky.social; Constantly reading but closed for submissions she/her🌈
@renedenfeld.bsky.social
Death row investigator, French Prix winning and bestselling author of The Enchanted, The Child Finder, Butterfly Girl and Sleeping Giants.
@gigilittle.bsky.social
@jshannonhollis.bsky.social
Aunt, garden, walk the dog, travel, love, write. Very tidy. Curious about the whole thing. Author of THIS PARTICULAR HAPPINESS: A CHILDLESS LOVE STORY.
@shannonbrazilpdx.bsky.social
Gen X feminist writer-woman • mother • skylover • very into clouds • houseplants • photography • and rocks • securely attached to sun >>Snow Avoidant<< • unfazed by zipper lanes • tmi • IIWII • polypansexualother
@lidiamiles.bsky.social
Writer. Aquanaut. Motherloverother. Being with other beings human and beyond.
@dawningsart.bsky.social
Oregonian Artist. Nature obsessed. Strong swimmer. Together we can change the world.
@wheniwriteibreathe.bsky.social
mother.queer.lover.writer.poet.mentalwellness.advocate.motherlessdaughter.mermaid.tattooed.pierced.witch….they/she
@lastwater.net
Drawer, painter, illustrator, whistler Images of water history and domestic life he/himmish lastwater.net banner: oil painting of pink sky over Umatilla lands
@amybaskin.bsky.social
Poet. Connectress. Aunt Beast. SKULL (The Poetry Box, Dec 2024) NIGHT HAG (Unsolicited Press, 2023) HYSTERICAL CAKE (Dancing Girl Press, 2022)
@leabarozzi.bsky.social
Fine artist and Illustrator I am a traditional artist who works with oils and watercolors/inks Contact for freelance: LeaBarozzi@gmail.com Website: leabarozzi.com Shop: etsy.com/shop/LeaBarozzi
@riisgriffen.bsky.social
Mixed media artist, writer, crow-friend living in the Pacific Northwest. riisgriffen.com
@suzyvitello.bsky.social
Author and Managing Editrix for Sibylline Press. Find latest novel BITTERROOT wherever books are sold. https://suzyvitello.com/ https://suzyvitello.substack.com/
@shavaunscott.bsky.social
Psychotherapist, Author, Media Consultant. Lover of animals and the forest. All around opinionated person.
@wordpuppet.bsky.social
Writer of various things, photographer, TTRPGs, corgis, film lover
@susanseubert.bsky.social
Journeyman editorial and commercial travel photographer in Portland, OR and Maui, Hawaii
@cgallia.bsky.social
@samroxaschua.bsky.social
Secular Humanist • Music Selector • Author • Open form calligrapher • Foundling • Not here to compete // RADIO IN THE WOODS TTV
@lizwalkerart.bsky.social
I’m an acrylic/marbling artist from Portland,Oregon; looking to connect with artists all over the country—and the world. www.lizwalkerart.com
@monicadrake33.bsky.social
@shujuwangartist.com
Painter, Book Artist, Gardener Immersed in creating an oak woodland garden using PNW native plants after 7 Doug firs hit our house/yard/car on 1/13/2024 Cover: PASSPORT, artist book Profile: Aster, Formosan Mountain Dog shujuwangartist.com
@thebonegypsy.bsky.social
I have spent a lifetime in the art world, often against my will, with in-the-trenches experiences that have shaped my philosophical, and even existential, thoughts about the ups and downs of a life championing artists.
@lizprato.bsky.social
We still need joy. author “Volcanoes, Palm Trees & Privilege: Essays on Hawai’i” 🌴 “Kids in America: A Gen X Reckoning” 👩🎤 “Baby’s on Fire”🔥 Italian 🇮🇹 Invisible Disability 🌻Editor at Forest Avenue Press
@shawnlevy.com
Author (The Castle on Sunset, Paul Newman: A Life, Dolce Vita Confidential, &ct). Film guy. Soccer nut. Burner. Poet. Portlander. Board member @opipdx. Dad. Grouch. Oh, and: I'M NOT THE SHAWN WHO MADE THAT MOVIE/SHOW!!!! https://shawnlevy.com
@mkaiasand.bsky.social
Columnist on homelessness, inequality and new visions for community safety at unwantedpersons.substack.com; former executive director @StreetRoots; poet, kaiasand.net
@scryptkeeper.substack.com
🍉 || poemmaker | fieldtheorist | professora | hypewoman | librettist | performer | magicwand | humancat || linktr.ee/scryptkeeper || samiyabashir.com || Literary Agent: aragi.net || Bookings: theshipmanagency.com ||
@kindracrick.com
Interdisciplinary Artist + Scientist Artwork inspired by neuroscience - driven by curiosity & ☕️ 🦋 Nature explorer & 🍄🟫 mushroom forager • linktr.ee/k_crick Admin of BlueSky Contemporary Art Feed • 🌐🎨 https://tinyurl.com/3tcfmy6v
@laurastanfill.bsky.social
Author, SINGING LESSONS FOR THE STYLISH CANARY (Lanternfish) and IMAGINE A DOOR (out April 2025). Publisher, Forest Avenue Press. Reader. Freelance publishing consultant. Disabled.
@microcosm.bsky.social
Based in #Portland and Cleveland. A Publisher's Weekly's fastest growing publisher 2022-2024. #Autistic founded/owned #ownvoices idealism; Change your life then the world around you; since 1996. Microcosmpublishing.com Microcosm.pub/newsletter
@alexzee.bsky.social
Portland city politics reporter, @opb.org Past lives: CA, DC, TX 📬 azielinski@opb.org