Cindy Thompson, a co-founder of the ENCOUNTERS Show at 170 Anderson Street, in East Bayside Earlier This Week. She is Standing in Front of One of the Art Installations for the Immersion Art Show.

“We want to see if there is interest in Portland in this type of event,” said James LaPlante, of Sputnik Animation, earlier this week. “It’s a cross between a theme park and an art gallery.”  It’s a pop-up interactive immersion art experience coming to the East Bayside neighborhood  until Friday, September 1st.

Floor to ceiling projection art, sculptures and paintings are among the immersion art to be featured in this first of its kind in the area.  Special events are planned throughout the month, including craft activities for children and a fashion show for adults.  Every Saturday night the organizers will feature different live performances and DJs.

James LaPlante and Cindy Thompson, co-founders of this immerstion art experience were greeting artists leaving their art installations and installing them in the 6,000 sq. ft. space at 170 Anderson Street in East Bayside earlier this week when this blogger met the innovative creators of this pop-up.

The show opens on Friday, August 4th and runs through Friday, September 1, 2023.  The pop-up will be open Wednesday – Sunday.

For more infomration, please visit Sputnik Animation.com  Tickets are available at Evenbrite for admission.