Holly Stephey & The Raw Awards Jeremiah Stroup

 RAW:natural born artists is an independent arts organization for artists, by artists.  RAW’s mission is to provide independent artists of all creative genres, with the tools, resources and exposure needed to inspire and cultivate creativity. RAW Headquarters in based in Los Angeles, CA but hosts RAW events in over 60 cities across the U.S, Australia, Canada and the U.K.  RAW also showcases artists online via RAWartists.org Over the course of several weeks, the RAW:natural born artists organization hosted an online nomination process for 15,000 independent artists across the globe that were showcased live at local events in their cities. The online popular vote and a local judges score narrowed down the top 2-3 artists in each craft to represent Portland in the Semi-Finals Showcase.  This event will be attended by local icons and community leaders including the Mayor of Portland and first lady, Amy Roloff Star of “Little People, Big World” (TLC), Project Runway Winner Michelle Franklin, and Host Nicolle Camarata (KPAM/NicolleShopsPortland.com).  These special guests and others will support the local Indie Art scene and cheer on our nominees.  RAW Directors hand-pick and spotlight local artistic talent in film, fashion, music, visual art, hair & makeup artistry, and performance art. With artists from all genres in each showcase, RAW events come together to form an amazing one-night circus of creativity. These showcases occur once a month in each city location. Our RAW season runs from February-October and comes to an extravagant end with our indie arts awards show RAWards in Hollywood .On December 5th at the Bossanova Ballroom located at 722 E. Burnside St. at 7PM these nominees will be showcased to the public alongside hand-picked local highlights from the season.