Name: Underground Press: Portland’s Counterculture Publications of the 70s & 80s
Start: 2024-10-24T17:00:00-07:00
End: 2024-10-24T20:00:00-07:00
Location: Pacific Northwest College of Art

$Underground Press: Portland\u2019s Counterculture Publications of the 70s & 80s$

Exploring the design, people, technologies and cultural forces that powered Portland's counterculture with hands-on access to the work!
About this Event

In the 1970s, Portland writers, designers, and illustrators shaped the counterculture movement through their use of independent publishing. Scrappy newspapers such as the Portland Scribe were launched as a reaction to the Vietnam War and echoed the counterculture movement from the 1960s, while publications like One Dollar experimented with sleek design and a highlight on the arts. In the 1980s, Just Out united and amplified the LGBTQ+ community and Clinton Street Quarterly proved that investigative, independent journalism could be an exquisitely designed work of art!

Underground Press is an event hosted by and as a part of . The event features a vibrant talk about the design, people, technologies and cultural forces that powered these independent publications.

Before and after the talk, a Publication Fair exhibits the works for hands-on browsing while DJ Slouch spins music from Portland’s 70s & 80s scene.

This event is free for PNCA students, be prepared to show your student ID.

Portland Design History is a design & illustration archive for the Rose City.

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