An Evening of Creativity – Pecha Kucha Night Maine – October 8th

I’ve been involved in the creative arts community for many years, so I am especially excited about Pecha Kucha Night in Portland, Maine on October 8th. If you are not familair with Pecha Kucha you can read up about it on the official website or on the Maine website. I will be hosting that night and we have 10 very talented, creative and dynamic creative aritsts who will be presenting. The hook is each person has 20 slides and 6 minutes and 40 seconds to tell their story.

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Here is the concept:

Pecha Kucha Night, devised by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham (Klein Dytham architecture), was conceived in 2003 as a place for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public.

But as we all know, give a mike to a designer (especially an architect) and you’ll be trapped for hours. The key to Pecha Kucha Night is its patented system for avoiding this fate. Each presenter is allowed 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds each – giving 6 minutes 40 seconds of fame before the next presenter is up. This keeps presentations concise, the interest level up, and gives more people the chance to show.

Pecha Kucha (which is Japanese for the sound of conversation) has tapped into a demand for a forum in which creative work can be easily and informally shown, without having to rent a gallery or chat up a magazine editor. This is a demand that seems to be global – as Pecha Kucha Night, without any pushing, has spread virally to over 100 cities across the world.

The event will be held at Space on Congress St. in downtown Portland, I encourage you to get there early for mingling beforehand, as it does tend to be a who’s who of creative people in Portland. If you can make it, I look forward to seeing you (come over and say hi) for what will be a really fun and inspiring night.

October 8th Presenters

Ian Page/Portland Rockumentarian
John Swan/Painter
Marcia Feller/Retail Display Techniques
Kathleen Kelly/Cyanotype Photograms
Michael Shaughnessy/Sculptor
Erin Curren/Portland Playback Theater
Thomas Hillman/Brand Designer
Luke “Lukaduke” Fuller/Painter
John Stass/Furniture Maker
Greg Daly/Diorama

Franklin McMahon (MC)

photo by Samuel Cousins