Social Practice Assembly 2025 Thursday, June 5 – Sunday, June 7
Assembly is our annual gathering of participatory events, workshops, and presentations highlighting the collaborative work of PSU’s Art + Social Practice MFA cohort. Assembly 2025: Public Domain activates downtown Portland. In partnership with the Portland Office of Arts and Culture, the cohort is working as Portland metro Artists in Residence—bringing participatory art projects and performances directly into public spaces and everyday settings. Lectures and exhibitions by graduating students, Midori Yamanka and Manfred Parrales, will also be featured. Assembly invites you to experience the city—and your everyday life—through a new lens.
Full Schedule
Thursday June 5
- 10:00am-11:30am – KSMoCA Artist Talk and Exhibition Opening by Xavier Pierce @KSMoCA – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School Museum of Contemporary Art (4906 NE 6th Avenue)
- 4:00pm-5:00pm – The PDX Hour: Conversations as Social Practice by Manfred Parrales @Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at PSU (1855 SW Broadway)
Friday June 6 @ The Portland Building (1120 SW 5th Ave, Portland, OR 97204)
Hosted by the Portland Office of Arts + Culture
- 1:00pm-2:00pm – Permission to Leave by Simeen Anjum
- 2:15pm -3:15pm – In Our Ways by Adela Cardona, Gwen Hoeffgen and Dom Toliver
- 3:45pm -4:45pm – Happiest Hour by Clara Harlow
- 5:00pm -8:00pm – Art+Social Practice Graduate Lectures by Midori Yamanaka and Manfred Parrales
Saturday June 7 @The South Park Blocks unless otherwise noted
- 10:00am-11:00am – Songs Against Dark Times: PDX Edition by Lou Blumberg and Simeen Anjum (begins at Pioneer Square and ends at SMSU at PSU)
- 11:30am-12:30pm – Diaspora Kitchen by Sarah Luu (800 SW Hall St.)
- 1:00pm-2:00pm – Give Me Shelter by Dom Toliver and Gwen Hoeffgen (827 SW Columbia St by the Peace Chant Monument)
- 2:15pm-3:15pm – Monument Speed Dating by Nina Vichayapai (827 SW Columbia St near old Teddy Roosevelt Monument)
Assembly 2025: Public Domain is co-authored by artists Midori Yamanaka, Manfred Parrales, Lou Blumberg, Simeen Anjum, Clara Harlow, Nina Vichayapai, Adela Cardona Puerta, Gwen Hoeffgen, Dom Toliver, Sarah Luu, Laura Glazer, Dr. Kiara Hill, and Lisa Jarrett.
Free and open to the public. Come in person to any or all of the weekend’s events. Check @psuartandsocialpractice for Instagram updates. Various locations: KSMoCA at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School (4906 NE 6th Avenue); Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at PSU (1855 SW Broadway); The Portland Building (420 SW Main St); South Park Blocks (from Pioneer Square, SW Broadway and Yamhill Street to PSU) @psuartandsocialpractice for more info!
Peruse past programs in the Assembly Archive:
