Each year at Pickathon, the grounds of Pendarvis Farm are seeded with fantastic forms. Neon-lit apparitions and hidden creatures stalk the night, and during the day festival goers are encouraged to interact with a host of art installations to delight the mind. Curated by Portland artist and lighting designer Jean Margaret Thomas, each year the […]

What a powerful podcast this week! Pickathon founder Zale Schoenborn sat down with Pickathon 2023 artist Brittany Davis to hear more about their inspiring and heartbreaking journey to the top of Seattle’s indie world. There’s a lot of affirmation here for the power of art to change lives, and that’s a great thing to remember […]

Volunteers Still Needed for Pickathon! If you want to make new friends, get a behind-the-scenes look at the festival, or just give back, sign up to volunteer this year at Pickathon! We’re sending out notifications now, but haven’t reached out to everyone who’s applied yet. But if you haven’t applied and would like to volunteer, […]

For Pickathon 2023, we’ll be introducing a brand-new Neighborhood: Farmhouse! The Farmhouse Neighborhood will be the front gate to Pickathon, so it will be the first place you see when you step foot on the farm. Big thanks to Hoffman Construction Company, Precision Construction, and Clackamas Academy of Industrial Sciences (CAIS) who are building out […]

Folks, this is it, this is the last chance to pick up tickets to Pickathon 2023 before they GO UP! You’ve got the day to work on this, so pull up your calendars, highlight August 3-6 in bold, and let’s get planning! Pick up your tickets now while they last!