2/22 New Oregon Interview Series: Mayor Sam Adams, Randy Gragg and Brad Cloepfil

The New Oregon Interview Series brings Mayor Sam Adams, Portland Monthly editor Randy Gragg and prominent architect Brad Cloepfil together to discuss their work in shaping urban space and how our built environment is evolving on February 22nd at Urban Grind East. Since becoming Vera Katz’ chief of staff, Mayor Adams has served as council liaison to the Regional Arts & Culture Council and as lead council member on Arts and Culture, Economic Development and Transportation, instrumental in transit-oriented development such as the aerial tram and bike boxes, urban design of developments such as SW Waterfront, and arts outreach such as Art Spark, RACC’s Installation Art Series in the Portland Building and a new initiative for building Portland metro area’s creative capacity, ACT for ART. Architect/principal of Allied Works Architecture, Cloepfil’s projects have included the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, the redesign of NYC’s Museum of Arts & Design at historic 2 Columbus Circle, and the Portland offices of Wieden + Kennedy. A Harvard Loeb Fellow and Columbia National Arts Journalism Fellow, Randy Gragg was the Oregonian’s architecture critic for eighteen years and is currently Portland Monthly’s editor-in chief, as well as organizing the Halprin fountain plazas music/dance performance, “City Dance”, Bullseye Glass’ architect-in-residence programs, and the 2003 art exhibition, “Core Sample”, involving over 30 shows and installations throughout downtown Portland.