Zimbabwe Artists Project

ZAP Events and Exhibits

If you are in or nearby Portland, the best place to see our art is at our gallery space just a few minutes from downtown!  Please see the Location & Hours page for details.

Current/Upcoming Events 2012

Sep 25-Oct 19: Join us on Thursday, September 27, for Alberta’s Art Walk at Living Room Realtors, 1422 NE Alberta Street, Portland, OR
Jul 1-Aug 26:  The Community Church of Chapel Hill Unitarian Universalist, 106 Purefoy Road, Chapel Hill, NC
Jun 2-30:  Starbucks NW 23rd (& Hoyt St.), 605 NW 23rd Avenue (at NW Hoyt Street), Portland, OR
May 25-28:  Northwest Folklife Festival, Seattle, WA.  Check out our new products at our booth in the Uncommon Market in Fisher Terrace at the Seattle Center.  If you’ve never been this is one festival you won’t want to miss.  Be sure to stop by our booth and say hello!
May 7-Jun 29:  Hopworks BikeBar, 3947 N. Williams Avenue, Portland, OR  
May 3:  6:00 pm, join ZAP at the Portland Area Global AIDS Coalition’s World AIDS Orphans Day event at Mercy Corps, 28 SW 1st Avenue, Portland, OR.  Great speakers, world market & information from over 20 international organizations working directly or indirectly with people and families impacted by HIV/AIDS, delicious hor d’oevres, wine, beer, non-alcoholic beverages, and music for a “Party with a heart!”
May 1st: 7:00 pm-8:30 pm, ZAP is proud to co-sponsor a lecture by Kelvin Hazangwi, a social justice and human rights activist from Zimbabwe.  Join us and co-sponsors World Affairs Council of Oregon, Mercy Corps and Jubilee Oregon, for this thought-provocking talk.  Free event but registration is required (and easy), just click here!  Mercy Corps Action Center, 28 SW 1st Avenue, Portland, OR
Apr 28, 3-8 pm: Join us at ZAP for ZAP’s Spring International Celebration!  Our partners are Jubilee Oregon and the NW Fair Trade Coalition.  Co-sponsors include: Portland Area Global AIDS Coalition, Portland-Mutare Sister City Association, Ko-Falen Cultural Center, African Creations, LLC and others.  We will have a special guest speaker from Zimbabwe, fairly traded items for sale from around the world, music, snacks, a craft table for kids of all ages and lots of fun!  107 SE Washington Street, 1st floor, (just follow the music), Portland, OR 
Apr 27-May 31: We are thrilled to host Woman, Mother, Artist:  An Exhibit of Weya Art, on the first floor of our building, Olympic Mills Commerce Center, 107 SE Washington Street, on the entire first floor!  Come and see special project artwork, personal stories by the artists, art featuring the impact of HIV and AIDS in rural Zimbabwe, and so much more.  The exhibit is open any time the building is open, stop by anytime.
Apr 22-Jul 13:  See ZAP art at Portland Center Stage’s production of Black Pearl Sings! Studio Level in the Gerding Theater at the Armory, 128 NW 11th Avenue, Portland, OR.  PCS is a public building.  Art can be viewed Monday – Friday, 10am – 5:30 pm, Saturday and Sunday Noon – 5:30 pm and later in the evenings when performances are held.
Apr 15-May 20: St. Hilda St. Patrick Episcopal Church, 15224 52nd Avenue W., Edmonds, WA
Apr 11-Jul 31: Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer, 4641 Marconi Avenue, Sacramento, CA
Apr 11-Jun 30: Microsoft Northwest District Office, Sacramento, CA
Apr 5-May 31: The Library at Highline Community College, 2400 S. 240th Street, 4th Floor, Des Moines, WA

Past Events 2012

Mar 23-May 16: Bazillion Books for Kids, Pearl District, 937 NW Glisan Street, Portland, OR
Apr 2-May 3: Jefferson Unitarian Church, 14350 W. 32nd Avenue, Golden, CO
Apr 1-30: Victor’s Celtic Coffee Co. & Roasters, 7993 Gilman Street, Redmond, WA
Feb 23-May 11: Bazillion Books for Kids in Bridgeport Village, 7455 SW Bridgeport Road, D5, Tigard, OR
Jan 19-May 12:  Gregg Museum of Art & Design, North Carolina State University, Textiles of Exile Exhibit, Fiber arts made by immigrants, refugees, and displaced persons, 2610 Cates Avenue, Raleigh, NC
Mar 3: 6:00 pm, Come visit our table as ZAP cosponsors Perfect Picture (film starts at 7:30 pm), the final movie at the 22nd Annual Cascade Festival of African Films, Moriarty Arts & Humanities Building, Room 104, PCC Cascade Campus (corner of N. Killingworth St. & N. Albina Ave.)  Perfect Picture is a romantic comedy from Ghana and is 120 minutes.
Feb 16: 6:30 pm, Come visit our table as ZAP cosponsors Zimbabwe’s Forgotten Children, (film starts at 7:30 pm) at the 22nd Annual Cascade Festival of African Films, Moriarty Arts & Humanities Building, Room 104, PCC Cascade Campus (corner of N. Killingworth St. & N. Albina Ave.) 
Feb 12-Mar 16:  University Unitarian Church, 6556 35th Street NE, Seattle, WA.  Meet Executive Director Theresa Burks between and after services on Sunday, Feb 12.
Feb 4: Water for People Benefit Gala, Scottish Rite Center, 1512 SW Morrison St, Portland, OR 
Feb 1-Mar 31:  Ugly Mug Coffeehouse, 8017 SE 13th Avenue, Portland, OR.  Art Reception with music by Njuzu Mbira, snacks and wine, on Friday night, Feb 24th, 6-8 pm.  Come by and check out the ZAP art at this lovely coffeehouse!
Feb 1-Mar 5:  Tempo Cycling & Pilates Studio, 1123 SE Market Street, Portland, OR.  Join ZAP’s Ex. Dir. Theresa Burks at the Have Heart, Buy Art! reception on Friday, Feb 10, from 5:00 pm-10:00 pm.

Past Events 2011

Dec 8, 9:30 am-3 pm & 5:30 pm-8:30 pm & Dec 9, 1:30-3:30 pm:  Holiday Gift Show at Ainsworth Elementary School, 2425 SW Vista Avenue, Portland, OR.  30% of ZAP’s sales will go to Ainsworth Elementary School Foundation. 
Dec 2, 4-9pm & Dec 3, 10am-4pm:  ZAP’s Annual Holiday Sale! In our office and gallery space at 107 SE Washington Street, Suite 162, Portland, OR
*****Enjoy a delicious twist to our Holiday Sale (Dec. 2 & 3) at Olympic Provisions, our neighbor in the building - show your server a ZAP/Olympic Provisions ticket/ad, available at ZAP, and they will donate 10% of your bill to ZAP!  We will also have Zimbabwean music, snacks, coffee, tea, and hot chocolate.  Come join us!
Dec 2-31: Fresh Flours – Phinney Ridge, 6015 Phinney Avenue N, Seattle, WA
Dec 1-31: Spring Creek Coffee, 10600 SE McLoughlin Blvd, Portland, OR
Dec 1-31: 100th Monkey Studio, 110 SE 16th Avenue, Portland, OR
Dec 1: World AIDS Day with Portland Area Global AIDS Coalition at Portland Community College, Cascade Campus, 705 N. Killingworth Street, Portland, OR
Nov 27: 9 am-12 pm, Advent Fair at St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church, 1704 NE 43rd Ave., Portland, OR
Nov 23-Dec 21: Waggener-Edstrom Corporate Offices, West Linn, OR
Nov 21: 4 pm-11pm, ZAP event at Hopworks Urban Brewery (HUB), 2944 SE Powell Blvd., Portland, OR.  HUB will donate 20% of their proceeds from your bill to ZAP when you let your server know you are participating in the event.  Join us for world-class organic beer, house made rootbeer and fresh food in the 100% renewably powered and “cradle to gate” carbon neutral restaurant/organic brewpub.  Children are most welcome, they even have a play area!
Nov 19: 9 am-4 pm, The World Jubilee Fair Trade Market Sale at Colonial Church of Edina, 6200 Colonial Way, Edina, MN
Nov 14-Dec 31: Grand Central Bakeries, all six Portland and all three Seattle locations!  See their website for store locations.
Nov 13: 10 am-4pm,  2nd Annual Portland Fair Trade Holiday Marketplace, First Unitarian Church, Buchan Bldg., 1011 SW Salmon Street, Portland, OR
Nov 12 & 13: Greater Gift Sale at Minnetonka United Methodist Church, 17611 Lake Street Extension, Minnetonka, MN
Nov 11 & 12: Dallaire Scholarship Benefit Exhibit in partnership w/the Ray Warren Multicultural Symposium, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR 
Nov 8-Mar 31, 2012:  Nonprofit Association of Oregon of Oregon, 5100 SW Macadam Avenue, Portland, OR. View and purchase ZAP art in NAO’s new space.
Nov 4-Jan 6, 2012: Umpqua Valley Arts Association, 1624 W. Harvard Avenue, Roseburg, OR
Nov 1-Dec 31:  New Seasons Seven Corners, 1954 SE Division Street, Portland, OR
Oct 23-Nov 20: Boise Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 6200 N Garrett, Garden City, ID
Oct 20-Nov 30: Tiburon Community Congregation Church, 145 Rock Hill Drive, Tiburon, CA
Oct 18-Dec 12: Hopworks Urban Brewery, 2944 SE Powell Blvd., Portland, OR
Oct 17-ongoing: Eccentricities, Eugene, OR
Oct 6-Dec 31: Grand Central Bakery, Irvington Location, 1444 NE Weidler Street, Portland, OR
Oct 20-22:  Seaview Manor Holiday Bazaar, 135 12th Avenue, Seaside, OR
Oct 1-31: Starbucks, 6326 SW Capitol Highway, Portland, OR
Oct 1-31: Green Beans Coffee & Tea, 2327 E. Burnside Street, Portland, OR
Sept 22: ZAP Open House, 107 SE Washington Street, Suite 162, Portland, OR
Aug 11-14: Zimbabwean Music Festival, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
July 30-Oct 2: Umpqua Unitarian Universalist Church, 2167 NW Watters, Roseburg, OR
June 12-July 3: Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship, 1207 Ellsworth Street, Bellingham, WA
June 1-30: Broadway Gallery, 1418 Commerce Ave, Longview, WA
May 27-30: Northwest Folklife Festival, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
May 1-22: Franktown United Methodist Church, 7551 Bayside Road, Franktown, VA
April 18-June 2: World Affairs Council of Northern California, 312 Sutter Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA
April 17-May 15: Neshoba Unitarian Universalist Church, 7350 Raleigh-Lagrange Road, Cordova, TN
April 3, 10 & 17: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Salem, 5090 Center Street Northwest, Salem, OR
March 1-31: Beaverton City Hall, 4755 SW Griffith Drive, Beaverton, OR
Feb 27-April 10: East Shore Unitarian Church, 12700 SE 32nd Street, Bellevue, WA
Feb 3-March 31: The Banyan Tree, 18 SW 1st Ave, Portland, OR
Feb 2-April 30: Northwest Resource Federal Credit Union, 221 NW 2nd Ave, Portland, OR
Feb 1-March 31: Au Coquelet Cafe Restaurant, 2000 University Ave, Berkeley, CA
Dec 1-March 31: New Seasons Seven Corners, 1954 SE Division, Portland, OR
==> Find half-price fabric art here through the month of February!
March 15: ZAP info table at PSU’s and Jubilee Oregon’s event “Linking Our Voices: A Jubillee Oregon – Jubilee Zambia Partnership”
March 9-11: 30th Annual Gender Studies Symposium, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR
Feb 24 & 26: ZAP cosponsors Fantan Fanga/Power of the Poor at the 21st Annual Cascade Festival of African Films
Feb 5: Water for People Benefit Gala, Scottish Rite Center, 1512 SW Morrison St, Portland, OR
Feb 5: PNW District Assembly of the UUA, First Unitarian Church, 1011 SW 13th Ave, Portland, OR
Feb 5: Lake Oswego Reads, West End Building, 4101 Kruse Way, Lake Oswego, OR
==>10am-4pm, celebrate Lake Oswego Reads 2011 novel Cutting for Stone with a special festival of African music, trade & cuisine!
Jan 9-Feb 6: St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, 1245 10th Avenue East, Seattle, WA
Dec 1-Jan 31: Spring Creek Coffee, 10600 SE McLoughlin Blvd, Portland, OR

Past Events 2010

Dec 3rd, 4-9pm & Dec 4th, 10am-4pm: ZAP Holiday Sale! In our office and gallery space at 107 SE Washington Street, Suite 162, Portland, OR.  Join us Friday evening for snacks and coffee!
Nov 22-Dec 7: Waggener-Edstrom Corporate Offices, West Linn, OR
Nov 21-Dec 31: Grand Central Bakeries, all six Portland and all three Seattle locations!  See their website for store locations.
Nov 21-Dec 31: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 147 NW 19th, Portland, OR
Nov 16, 2pm: Hear Theresa Burks talk about Zimbabwe today and the artists at the heart of our organization!
Nov 14-Dec 12: Cascade Unitarian Fellowship, 1550 Sunset Highway N, East Wenatchee, WA
Nov 12-13: Dallaire Scholarship Benefit Exhibit, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR
Nov 7-Dec 4: Glover Alston Intercultural Center, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
Nov 7-Dec 4: First Congregational United Church of Christ, 73 Palouse Street, Walla Walla, WA
Nov 1-Jan 3: Unitarian Universalist Church of Vancouver, 4505 E 18th Street, Vancouver, WA
Oct 24th, 12pm-4pm: St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 258 Concord Street, Newton Lower Falls, MA
Oct 22-23: Seaview Manor Winter Bazaar, 135 12th Avenue, Seaside, OR
Oct 4-Nov 6: Tillie’s of Brooklyn, 248 DeKalb Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Oct 1-Nov 22: Hopworks Urban Brewery, 2944 SE Powell Blvd, Portland, OR
==> Opening reception 7-9pm, Monday, October 25th!
Sept 11-Oct 30: Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1624 NE Hancock St, Portland, OR
Sept 2010-Sept 2011: OHSU Global Health Center, Portland, OR
Sept 1-30: Starbucks Cafe, 2110 N 45th, Seattle, WA
Sept 1-30: TaborSpace & Mt. Tabor Presbyterian Church, 5441 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR
==> Opening reception with music from Njuzu Mbira at 7:30pm on Wednesday, September 8th!
==> Join us for a workshop on September 11th or September 18th at the Taborspace Artspace and create your own painting and story to take home with you!  Materials will be provided for a fee of $30.  Appropriate for all ages.
Sept 1-30: First Cup Coffee House, 4103 SE Woodstock Ave, Portland, OR
July 2- Aug. 1: Crossroads Carnegie Art Center, 2020 Auburn Avenue, Baker City, OR
June 13-Sept.12: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis, 2945 SW Circle Blvd, Corvallis, OR
May 28-31: Northwest Folklife Festival, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
May 20-ongoing: Finding Sukha Yoga Studio, 638 E 6th Street, 3rd floor, New York, NY
May 16: St. Michaels and All Angels Church,1704 Northeast 43rd Avenue, Portland, OR
May 7: Riverdale Elementary School show at ZAP Gallery
==>with live marimba music by Cedarwood Waldorf School marimba band!  6:00pm-8:00pm
April 19-May 31: Jam On Hawthorne, 2239 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR
April 17: Hawthorne Family Playschool Auction, Oaks Park Dance Pavilion, Portland, OR
==>4:00pm to 7:00pm
April 10-11: First Unitarian Church Fine Arts & Crafts Show, SW Salmon Street and 13th Avenue, Portland, OR
==> Saturday, April 10th, 10:00am to 6:30pm; Sunday, April 11th, 10:00am to 2:00pm
April 1-31: Madrona Hill Cafe, 5937 N Greeley Avenue, Portland, OR
March 11-June 11: Awakenings Wellness Center, 1016 SE 12th Avenue, Portland, OR
Feb. 16-March 16: Waggener-Edstrom Corporate Offices, Bellvue, WA
Feb. 12: Love Show benefit for ZAP at the OMCC (5% of proceeds from the show!), 107 SE Washington Street, Portland, OR, 7-10pm
Feb. 10-March 10: Waggener-Edstrom Corporate Offices, West Linn, OR
Feb. 6: 4th Annual Water for People Gala, 6pm at the Scottish Rite Ballroom, 709 SW 15th Avenue, Portland, OR
Feb. 7-Feb 28: Doll Gardner Gallery @ West Hills Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 8470 SW Oleson Road, Portland, OR
Jan. 10-March 15: Rogue Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 87 4th Street, Ashland, OR
Jan. 4-31: New Seasons Arbor Lodge, 6400 N Interstate Avenue, Portland, OR