Eugene, Oregon · Open to the street
A porch for painting and conversations.
The Painted Porch is a public-facing community space where people can gather, build, paint, and share what they are thinking about.
Visit at Art Hop · Oct 3
- What
- Painting and discussions
- When
- Oct 3, 11 AM – 3 PM, during Art Hop
- Where
- Westish Shop, 1009 S Bertelsen Rd, Unit E, Eugene, OR 97402
Start here
Paint with us
Walk up and join in — no painting experience required. The columns are a shared canvas, and pulling up a chair to talk counts just as much as picking up a brush.
Mixed media is welcome — paint, collage, whatever you bring.
Two house rules: don't paint over someone else's work, and no glitter.
Why “Painted Porch”
An old idea, newly opened
The name comes from the Stoa Poikile, the “Painted Porch” of ancient Athens: a public colonnade where paintings, conversation, and ideas met people passing through. Its openness matters here more than its history.
This porch takes that same cue. Art and ideas do not need an invitation to be worth encountering; they can meet us out on the street, unfinished and in progress.
The Painted Porch is part of the Warehouse District Art Hop, Eugene’s monthly celebration of west-side warehouse-district artists and creative spaces.
This site and the column project plans are open source on GitHub.