"Imagine a club house (or hut) made of beards, fluorescent paint, driftwood, plastic toys, beat up skateboards, swimming suits, colorful string and bottle caps. That’s Grass Hut"
Along the same vein as zine/gallery shop as Portland's Reading Frenzy, Grass Hut is the brainchild of artist Bwana Spoons who invited some friends to be in an art show a few years back. Fellow beardos, Scrappers, Le Merde, Martin Ontiveros, and Apak took it and turned it more into a colorful wildfire of creativity that has spread connecting artists from around the world. They're now curating group shows, teaching each other how to make toys, making websites for each other, painting murals, working the shop counter, and making each other laugh with fart jokes.
Grass Hut is also home to the finest indie-published zines, crafts, goofy toys, limited edition prints and random other stuff. It's now grown into it’s extended family: Tm Biskup, Arbito, Snaggs, Shawn Wolfe, Gargamel, David Horvath, Kiyoshi Nakazawa, John Black and You. Currently, the Staying Put show will be donating funds to Art Loves Haiti. New shows open every first Friday of the month. Most artwork can be purchased online as well, so even if you can't run over there, do check them out.
Grass Hut is located at 811 E Burnside. Wednesday - Sunday 12-7pm
