Blanchet House On the Ledge Art Show: Comfort Food

Everyone has a kitchen table. Whether metaphorical or literal, it’s where you gather with friends. It’s where you break bread. It’s where you build and grow relationships that last an evening, a pandemic, or a lifetime. And in Portland, a city that celebrates its restaurant scene and prides itself on a cohesive social fabric, a kitchen table is a sense of identity. A sense of place. A sense of community.

Blanchet House, an organization offering aid to people experiencing homelessness, provides a kitchen table to people pushed to the margins. Not everyone has a roof over their head, let alone a physical space where you can eat, in safety, and without judgment.

Through the On the Ledge art show, Blanchet House’s Emerging Professionals Board seeks to provide a welcoming space to reflect and connect. This year’s theme is Comfort Food. For some, that’s a home-cooked meal. For others, that's a substance that nourishes the soul like music, art, or activism.  

All sale proceeds will be split between artist and Blanchet House 50/50. For any original works sold, the split will be 70/30 in favor of the artist.

Our Thanks

With Comfort Food, we see an opportunity to celebrate Portland’s vibrant food culture while creating an impact greater than the sum of its parts. In partnership with the Emerging Professionals Board of The Blanchet House, we hope to provide the art community with a much-needed platform for artists to share their work and in-turn raise funds that will ensure we can continue serving up compassion and dignity to those who need it the most.