Electric Blocks Street Painting
Photo by PSAA. Drone view of project.
Collaborators
Designed by Hayden Senter
Install support from SymbiOp and Barich works
Client
Portland Street Art Alliance (PSAA) and Killian Pacific
Photo by Sabin CDC. Interns helping paint.
Year
2025
Narrative written by PSAA:
This creative placemaking project connects the iconic art-filled Nova Building with other buildings at the Electric Blocks campus. The Nova Building holds special significance in Portland’s street art history - carefully re-built to incorporate the graffiti-covered remnants of the old Taylor Electric Supply Company warehouse that was destroyed by a massive 4-alarm fire in 2006. For over a decade, the old ruins that once sat at this site became a Portland nexus of local, regional, and national graffiti art.
The community was invited to join the action! Sabin CDC (@sabincdc_pdx), a non-profit dedicated to promoting social equity by enhancing the livability of culturally diverse Portland neighborhoods, and property owner Killian Pacific (who commissioned the work) both hosted Community Paint Days - giving folks a chance to help get the colors down on the ground.
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Broadleaf Arbor Street Painting
Broadleaf Arbor was conceived as an affordable housing project and is a collaboration between Community Development Partners (CDP) and Northwest Oregon Housing Authority. The St. Helens, Oregon neighborhood was designed as a “Community for All Ages” and features 239 apartments and townhouses, accommodating seniors, and multi-generational families.
The CPID worked with residents to design a street painting to be installed as a part of a grand opening. Abuela’s Kitchen provided technical support and helped facilitate a community install day.
Finishing touches and parking space murals added in collaboration with Barich Works.
Year
2024
Collaborators
Design by CPID based on community conversation. Co-led install.
Install co-lead Barich Works
Client
Broadway Leaf Affordable Housing and the PSU Center for Public Interest Design (CPID).
Our Streets Carport Mural
Photos by Peter Barich. Installation included community volunteers
Our Streets is developing affordable housing on the site of an old car wash building. Abuela’s Kitchen and team were brought on create a mural that would act as a beacon to the space, an activation before demolition and development.
Client
Our Streets
Year
2025
Collaborators
Co-designed and and installed by Barich Works.
Co-installed by Milo Art.
Community engagement by the CPID