"Fashion People" drawings by Dan Tran, "Runway Pattern" by Deanna Wiesenhaus

This year, we’re reimagining our Holiday Gala as a Festive Fashion Show like no other.

Five celebrity designers + Five extraordinary NPS artists = One-of-a-Kind Looks

And the best part? These exclusive pieces can become part of your closet while fueling something even greater: empowering artists with autism and intellectual/developmental disabilities, helping them shine as vital voices in our creative community.

Book your tickets now—you won’t want to miss this unforgettable celebration of fashion, artistry, and purpose!

Reserve your tickets now

SINGLE TICKETS: $250

COUPLE TICKETS: $500

TABLE OF 8: $2000

TABLE OF 10: $2500

About The Event:

Designer Kelli McDonough and Model M’Bete Dunbar at the 2024 Gala

WHEN: December 5th, 6-9pm

WHERE: AVENUE Portland

(631 NE Grand Ave, Portland, OR 97232)

What to Expect

Delicious Delights from Han Oak at our 2024 Gala.

Seated Dinner by Peter Cho, Executive Chef of Han Oak
Silent Auction
Live Auction
Fashion Show
Powerful Stories
Paddle Raise

“The North Pole Studio Gala is a rare kind of program: limitlessly joyful, moving, and grounded in real purpose. What feels like a magical evening is actually a very real glimpse of what the world can look like when artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities are given space to create, connect, lead, and thrive. You will leave this program inspired, hopeful, and eager to support North Pole Studio time and again.”

- Tyler Hobbs, Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation

Featured Artists & Designers

Adam Arnold in collaboration with Deanna Wiesenhause

Drawing inspiration from many sources, Adam Arnold has built a dedicated clientele. His skill and esteem as a designer and creator of clothing has garnered collaborations with the Portland Art Museum, Contemporary Craft Museum, and Oregon Ballet Theater. His garments are known for their clean lines, tailored silhouettes, timeless appeal, and impeccable construction.

Deanna Weisenhaus is a Portland-based self-taught artist. She begins each piece by choosing the subject matter out of a carefully curated collection of resources. Deanna is inspired by the beauty of the world around her. Recurring themes show up in her work like her friends and family, places she’s visited, and local fauna and flora.

ElizaBeth Rohloff in collaboration with Doug Wing

ElizaBeth Rohloff is a self-taught designer who began her journey making outfits for her dolls as a child. Decades have passed and she remains continually curious, teaching to bring her love of fashion design to others. In her work, sustainability is foremost. Rohloff uses high quality natural fibers such as wool, bamboo, linen, silk, and cotton. Since the 1980’s Her work has germinated and been 100% locally produced in the green culture of Portland, Oregon. Her line resonates with contemporary style with a hint of vintage sass. Clothing and accessories are designed with an urban attitude that is street smart and unisex, using natural fibers such as wool, linen, silk, cotton and hemp.

Doug Wing (b.1955) is a lifelong artist working across a variety of mediums, most notably photography and paint. Doug’s abstract paintings often depict urban areas and are marked by blocks of bold color, deliberate lines, and specific letter combinations. Doug's recent works explore vintage and contemporary cameras through painting, photography, ceramic and found-object sculpture.

Kelli McDonough in collaboration with Davis Wohlford

Kelli McDonough is a Portland-based emerging fashion designer known for her avant-garde, sustainable, and functional designs. She operates under the brand name "inkthethink" and has showcased her work at notable events like FashioNXT, where she won the People's Choice Award in 2023.

Davis Wohlford (b.1999) is a lifelong, prolific artist and the co-founder of Portland-based progressive art studio, North Pole Studio. Davis is a storyteller, and his work reflects his most valued characters, stories and fables. He works across a diverse mediums including sculpture, painting, and fiber arts, and is best known for his vibrant, large-scale, mixed media paintings which depict a vast collection of interconnected subjects who all reside in a self-constructed, multidimensional magical land called North Pole Jr.

Ruby Webb in collaboration with Annie Rose Macer

Ruby Webb is a Portland-based photographer and designer known for sustainable upcycled garments under the brand Fruitful Interpretation of Time (FiOT). They are an artist-in-residence at a local gallery and have shown photographic work.

Annie Rose Macer (b.1984) has an acute interest in pattern-making and innate sense for color. A lifelong artist, Annie Rose developed an understanding of pattern and color as a child by studying and creating intricate mandalas. Her work draws inspiration from the traditional textiles and patterns of Central America, where she is originally from. Annie Rose's work explores subjects that bring her happiness such as organic materials including flowers, landscapes, animals and different kinds of lines. Her creative practice includes painting and drawing and cut paper collage-work using repurposed paper products such as paint swatches, painted paper, and more. Annie Rose is most well-known for her large-scale "paper quilt" collages which abstract subjects of significance through layers of hand-cut shapes.

Luza Rico in collaboration with Tyla Parsons

Luza Rico is an innovative fashion designer based in Portland, Oregon, who merges her Colombian heritage with contemporary design, sustainability, and an inclusive vision. Formerly in the medical field, Rico transitioned to fashion, viewing it as a medium to express "the divinity within". Her work often features vibrant colors, intricate fabric manipulation, and ethereal silhouettes

Tyla Parsons (b.2004) is an emerging, self-taught artist who recently joined North Pole Studio after graduating from high school at Victory Academy in Sherwood, Oregon. Over the past five years, Tyla has developed a distinctive, layered style, creating expressive, dynamic mixed-media works that seem to resemble fields of flowers or crowds of people. In addition to her visual art practice, Tyla is known for her passion for fashion and beauty. Her elegant sense of color and pattern is reflected both in her drawings and in her wardrobe, nails, and make-up.