Holiday Tree Lighting &
Small Business Saturday Celebration
JAMISON SQUARE, PORTLAND
| November 29th 2025, Saturday | 1pm – 5pm |
The Pearl District Neighborhood Association presents the Pearl District Holiday Tree Lighting & Small Business Saturday Celebration on Saturday, November 29th.
From 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM at Jamison Square, you can shop unique, handmade gifts from our local marketplace, enjoy live entertainment, and celebrate the local makers and entrepreneurs who shape our district.
The afternoon concludes with the magical Tree Lighting Ceremony at 4:30 PM.
Jamison Square
810 NW 11th
Portland Oregon
Viking Made Holiday Pop-Up Market
Simon Benson House, PSU
| December 4th 2025, Thursday | 10am – 2pm |
| December 6th 2025, Saturday | 10pm – 2pm |
The PSU Alumni Association is hosting two holiday pop-up markets on campus featuring gifts and goodies from alumni-owned businesses. Connect with the PSU community and support Viking businesses while holiday shopping for beauty products, home decor, wine, coffee and much more!
Shop the pop-up market on Thursday, December 4 , and Saturday, December 6.
Participating Businesses:
Pepperberry Foods, Zē Wines, Carrot Condo, Sao Noi, No Replica Bags, PDX Pots and Crafts, Kombucha Hot Sauce, Essance Skincare, BBTea jars, Blind Coffee Roasters, Water Avenue Coffee, Archetype12 Wines & Terroir Incognito Community Ciders
Can’t make it in person?
Shop online from Alumni with the Viking Made Holiday Gift Guide and find curated gifts for everyone on your list!
Simon Benson House
1803 SW Park Ave
Portland Oregon
Ceramic Northwest Co-Op Gallery
Pioneer Square Mall
| December 4th – 23rd 2025, Thursday – Sunday | 10am – 7pm |
| December 22nd – 24th 2025, Monday – Wednesday | 10pm – 7pm |
| December 13th 2025, Saturday | 5pm – 7pm |
| December 21st 2025, Sunday | 4pm – 6pm |
For the 5th year, OPA is creating a cooperatively run gallery for OPA members. This free community pop-up market supports local Oregon Potters Association artists. This annual event has become a community staple with live demos, hands on clay opportunities, and more! Join Us for Opening Reception on December 5th at 5PM.
For the 2nd year in a row Mikalah will provide live demos of the marbled clay process inside the pop-up gallery location. This demo is apart of a series of demonstrations provided by several OPA Members, in efforts to share the many ways of working with clays.
700 SW 5th Ave. Suite 1200
Portland Oregon
Inside Pioneer Place (same spot as 2024)
Spot Market Holiday Pop-Up Market
Lloyd Center Mall
| December 13th 2025, Saturday | 12pm – 6pm |
| December 14th 2025, Sunday | 12pm – 5pm |
Join us again this holiday season at the Spot Market to support a variety of artisan, community, and food vendors during this Pop-up event in the Lloyd center mall.
Enjoy the skating rink, Santa Clause, and other holiday markets & small businesses while visiting for the holiday season!
1241 Lloyd Center
Portland, OR 97232
Layor Art Gallery
Bend, OR
| Monday, Wednesday – Friday | 11am – 5pm |
| Saturday | 11am – 4pm |
| Sunday | 12pm – 4pm |
| Tuesday | CLOSED |
Layor Art Gallery is currently hosting about half a dozen ceramic wares made by Mikalah.
Layor Art is a contemporary gallery in downtown Bend, featuring curated exhibitions of regional artists while offering inspiring art classes and carrying a thoughtfully chosen selection of artful gifts.
Stop by to enjoy their selection of artworks and the vibrant creative community rooted in connection and expression.
Join Layor Art Gallery monthy for First Friday receptions, featuring different artists and musicians each month. The event is free!
Artwork featured in Layor Art Gallery is available for purchase both in-store, and select works are available through the galleries’ website.
Layor Art
1000 NW Wall St Ste 110
Bend, OR 97703
43rd Annual Ceramic Showcase
Oregon Convention Center
| Friday, April 24th 2026 | 10am – 6pm |
| Saturday, April 25th 2026 | 10am – 5pm |
| Sunday, April 26th 2026 | 10am – 4pm |
The O.P.A. Annual Ceramic Showcase – in conjunction with the Gathering of the Guilds – returns to the Oregon Convention Centerfor the 43rd year. This 3-day event is held inside the Oregon Convention center and features over 200 local ceramic artists affiliated with the Oregon Potters Association, as well as dozens of artisan crafters from several guilds.
During the Ceramic Showcase, browse a vastly diverse array of original and creative clay art made by local crafters passionate about pottery. All items from Ceramic Showcase are available for purchase through cashless central casheiers, and make lovely gifts.
This annual ceramic event hosts 10+ scheduled demos by professional potters, provides a hands on clay area for atendees to try their hand at working with clay, grants highschool scholarships and event awards, and showcases the OPAs fundraising and comunity building efforts, plus so much more!
Oh and I should mention there are prizes from each of the guilds! This is a community event you won’t want to miss.
(Once I am assigned a booth number that information will be made availabe here and on my newsletter.)
Oregon Convention Center: Hall D
77 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.
Portland, Oregon 97232