The purpose of this Society shall be to study beads and related subjects and disseminate the knowledge acquired.
Grants | Bazaar | Advertising | Library

Grants We offer grants to organizations and individuals for projects that will benefit the goals of the Portland Bead Society. In addition, we offer individual scholarships to members for local classes, bead shows or classes given by our visiting speakers; these grants are offered in the form of a rebate. Grants are approved by a vote of attending members annually at our March meeting. Applications for grants must be received by the first week in January. For more information and to request an application, contact: Portland Bead Society Grant Commitee c/o Carol Perrenoud P.O. Box 2840 Wilsonville, OR 97070	Meet the Board Members!! Just click here and you will learn a little about them, and see some of their work.
	Portland Bead Society's Annual Bead Bazaar We have one of the Northwest's largest bead events annually during the first weekend of November. Click here to learn more!
Advertising To advertise in either our newsletter or on the website, you will need to be a member of Portland Bead Society. If you are not already a member, there is an online form you can fill out and print on our website: http://beadport.com/Application.html. Newsletter advertising material must be received pre-paid by the 20th of the month preseding publication. Newsletters are published January, February, April, June, September and October. There is no card or newsletter in July, August or December. All submissions should go to: Delta Waldt, Advertising Coordinator 3225 Loffelman Milwaukie Or 97222 Keep reading for specific details:
Newsletter Our Newsletter advertising rates are: 1/4 page (4 3/4" x 3 1/2") - $17.50 Business card (2" x 3 1/2") - $10.00 The deadline for the newsletter is midnight of Wednesday's general meeting of the month prior to publication (the general meeting occurs on the 3rd Wednesday of the month-see our Program page for schedule).This means that both your payment and camera-ready or digital artwork/text must be submitted by this date. The newsletter is published 6 times per year. You can send the digital file directly to advertising@beadport.com, camera-ready ads should accompany your payment, which goes to Delta Waldt, our Advertising Coordinator (see our address above). If you are sending a digital file, the payment also needs to be sent to Delta with a note letting her know that you are sending the digital file directly to Merle. There will be an additional equal charge for any artwork/typesettting work that we need to do if you do not submit a full digital image or camera-ready work. The digital image must be a minimum of 300 dpi, and must be in black & white - no color or grayscale images, should be in .tif or .eps format. If you are going to submit a scanned image of your business card, then we can't be responsible for the clarity of the image in final print, it would be best to send the image file that your commercial printer used to create the card - this would likely already be in .tif or .eps format. Sometimes the paper used in a business card is textured or doesn't scan as well as we would like.	Website Full Website advertising is $50/year and includes a button link on all the main pages and a detailed link with address, phone, general info, etc. on our Links page. We wll use your own button link, which should be 72 - 96 dpi, and no larger than 125 X 75 pixels, if you like, I can design a button for you based on your website logo. You can send the digital file directly to Candy at webmaster@beadport.com via email, your payment needs to go to Delta Waldt, our Advertising Coordinator (see our address above). If you are sending a digital file, the payment also needs to be sent to Delta with a note letting her know that you are sending the digital file directly to Candy.
Visit our Library A wonderful selection of books and videos are available for Portland Bead Society Members (MUST show membership card) to check out at: Pig and Panda 3635 SE 76th Avenue, Portland OR Hours of operation are Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 4:00pm. The library is open on weekends by appointment. Call Rebecca Shapiro (Pig and Panda) at 503-771-7365 to schedule. Click here for library procedures and further information.