Eugene, Oregon · Open to the street
A porch for art, ideas, and anyone who walks up.
The Painted Porch is a public-facing community space where people can gather, build, paint, and share what they are thinking about.
Start here
Make the porch with us
The column project is underway. Choose the page that matches what you need right now—an overview, a supply list, or the full illustrated build.
Overview
See the column layer stack
Understand how the Sonotube, wire, stretch wrap, tape, paper, and paint work together.
Explore the column projectPrepare
Check the materials list
Review what is already sourced, what still needs to be picked up, and the open sizing decisions.
Open the bill of materialsBuild
Follow the illustrated guide
Move from bracing the form to painting and releasing the finished column shell, one step at a time.
Open assembly instructionsUpcoming
Column pre-build sessions
Bring your questions and a willingness to make something together. The first sessions focus on getting the column forms ready for the porch.
5:00 PM at Westish Shop
First column pre-build session.
Review the build steps5:00 PM at Westish Shop
Second column pre-build session.
Review the materialsWhy “Painted Porch”
An old idea, kept open
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.