LEAVE THE OUTSIDE WORLD. BRING YOUR CURIOSITY.

We built Hopscotch to foster curiosity, creativity and joy through art-driven experiences that inspire change. It’s a place where people from all walks of life come together to play, laugh, reflect and connect with what makes us all human.

We believe art can tell stories, illuminate important messages of the past, present and future, and bring people together in ways nothing else can. Here, artists get room to experiment with new mediums and show their work to people who will play with it.

That reaches past our walls. We put our spaces, our audience and our team behind the arts, culture and humanitarian organizations making a difference in the communities we call home.

Art is the bridge.

It connects people to each other and to the causes that need them, raising access and visibility for the work and the people who need both. None of this works without our team, our artists and our neighbors.

Every act of support ripples outward.

Words to Play by

STAY CURIOUS

Curiosity is the beginning of everything creative. It's how we stay alive to the world, and every space we create is built to reward it, from hidden corners to the details you'll only catch on your third visit. We hope you leave a little more curious than you arrived, about the world, the people around you and the wonder hiding in your everyday.

NEVER STOP PLAYING

Play isn't something we're meant to outgrow. It's how we connect, find joy and remember who we were before the world told us to grow up. Every space we create is an open invitation to let your guard down and meet your most playful self, no matter your age, and we hope you leave remembering to make time for play every day.

SUPPORT ART EVERYWHERE

The world can never have too much art, or too many people making it. That's why we support creatives of every kind, from local makers and small businesses to fellow art spaces, institutions and festivals, the weird and unexpected, the polished and provocative, and everything in between. And we hope everyone leaves Hopscotch inspired to cheer on the makers around them, seek out new ones and create something of their own.

Reaching Further.

Creating spaces where everyone belongs.

Human Rights Campaign

Featured National Partner: Human Rights Campaign

GAZE by Human Rights Campaign at Hopscotch

Play only happens when people feel safe enough to be themselves. We built Hopscotch to be that kind of space, where everyone is free to show up as their most authentic self, and we're proud to partner with the Human Rights Campaign in every location. Together we created GAZE, a rainbow LED exhibition etched with messages of love and acceptance, which has grown into a coloring book with HRC's Welcoming Schools program, a collaborative retail line and events that carry its message beyond our walls.

Human Rights Campaign

Close To Home.

Featured partners in each of our cities.

Color Outside the Lines

Portland: Color Outside the Lines

Color Outside the Lines is a Portland nonprofit dedicated to giving at-risk youth opportunities to engage in art, music, nature, creativity, and movement. They believe creative experiences have the power to transform lives and foster positive emotional and mental health, turning hardship into hope. From creative kits to public murals painted alongside professional artists, their work gives kids a voice and a space to heal.

Color Outside the Lines
SAY Sí

San Antonio: SAY Sí

SAY Sí is a San Antonio nonprofit that ignites the creative power of young people as forces of positive change. Since 1994, tuition free, SAY Sí has empowered marginalized youth, including people of color, women, LGBT+, and the economically disadvantaged, through creativity, leadership, equity, and community. Their visual art, media, and theatre programs end in real gallery shows and live performances, giving every young artist equitable access to develop their creative potential.

SAY Sí

Center Stage.

Featured community events we're proud to support.

QDoc Film Festival

QDoc Film Festival

Hopscotch is the proud presenting sponsor of QDoc, Portland's queer documentary film festival and the only festival in the country dedicated exclusively to LGBTQ+ documentaries. Since 2007, QDoc has given filmmakers and audiences a home for powerful, real stories from the LGBTQ+ community.

QDoc Film Festival
TEDxPortland

TEDxPortland

Hopscotch is proud to support TEDxPortland, the independently organized TED event bringing bold ideas and big thinkers to our city each year. Our team is actively involved on TEDxPortland's core team, and we've partnered with local artists to bring their creative work to life on and off the TEDx stage.

TEDxPortland
Nightlab

Portland Winter Light Festival

Hopscotch supports Nightlab, the nonprofit behind the Portland Winter Light Festival, the Morrison Bridge Lighting Program, and more than four decades of light-based public art across the city. Each February, the Festival brings hundreds of thousands of people together for free, citywide light art, supporting the artists who make it happen and Portland's cultural and economic vitality through the winter.

Nightlab
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The Company We Keep.

The organizations we support year-round.

  • AMP (Artist Mentorship Program)
  • Project 48
  • Wonderfolk
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest
  • Meals on Wheels People
  • Portland Street Art Alliance
  • San Antonio Street Art Initiative
  • Don’t Tell Comedy
  • Fiesta Noche del Rio
  • International Women’s Sports Film Festival
  • Oregon Symphony
  • Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation and Technology
  • Holocene
  • Portland Pickles
  • Portland Plays Together
  • World Central Kitchen
  • Elf Louise Christmas Project
  • Habitat for Humanity of San Antonio
  • Path Home
  • San Antonio Food Bank

These are just a few of the organizations we're proud to stand beside. Every year, Hopscotch also donates tickets and support to hundreds of nonprofits and community groups doing good work in our cities and beyond, and we're grateful for every one of them.

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A Hopscotch team member walking a shelter dog at a San Antonio volunteer day
The Back 2 School Social
A thank-you card from the Hopscotch team to the shelter staff, signed by the volunteers
The Oregon Symphony, in the ball pit
A partner event in the gallery

Showing Up.

Our team, out in the community.

Our team doesn't just welcome the community in. We go out to meet it. Through regular volunteer days, the people behind Hopscotch roll up their sleeves at festivals, ballparks and alongside the organizations we support, because the best way to build community is to show up for it.

Art is the angle. How can we help?

We love collaborating with people and organizations who make their corner of the world a little more curious. Tell us about the work you're doing and how Hopscotch might support it, whether that's through our spaces, our audience, our team or a creative idea we haven't thought of yet.

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