Coraline's Curious Cat Trail

Portland, US
2 August 24  – 13 October 24
LAIKA Studios Portland Metro Chamber
Overview

Whisker-twitching art extravaganza, Coraline’s Curious Cat Trail, descended upon Downtown Portland in celebration of the 15th anniversary of LAIKA Studio’s debut film, Oscar®-nominated Coraline.

The trail featured 31 almost six-foot-tall ‘Cat’ sculptures, stationed throughout Downtown Portland. The trail corresponded with the release of LAIKA’s remastered 3D stop-motion feature Coraline.

Local artists were commissioned to hand-paint each Cat sculpture. It was the purr-fect celebration for Portland, where LAIKA’s cinematic brilliance meets the diverse talent of local artists, creating an unforgettable experience for all.

Coraline’s Curious Cat Trail ran for 10 weeks, was free to the public, and culminated with an exciting auction where an incredible $324,500 was raised to benefit OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital.

The event was a collaboration between Laika, the Visit Downtown Campaign, and Wild in Art.

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Sculptures Unlocked

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Rewards Collected
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Miles Walked
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An incredible $324,500

was raised by sculpture sales at the auction. The funds benefitted OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital.

Participating Artists

Stephanie Hower Derheimer
Seaton Drebitko
Isabella Figueroa
Bob Hansen
Genevieve Hildebrand-Chupp
Katy Hughes
Rebecca Kolb
KSRA
LAIKA
Isi Matasavage
Sue-Del McCulloch
Katherine Morris
Baz Murnin

Elaina Nou
Nina Oberlin
Breccan O’Neal
Jess Perrin
Celeste Potgieter
Irene Ramos
Rae Sheridan
Jaden Simmons
Laura Sliwoski
Victoria Smith
Paloma Talaro
Arielle Wilkins
Leith A Zeutenhorst

Most Voted For

Beautiful Decay

During the trail, visitors could vote for their favourite Cat sculpture on the Coraline’s Curious Cat Trail app and Beautiful Decay by Paloma Talaro was a firm favourite.

This sculpture embodied the beautiful nature of death, decomposing, and the interconnectedness of all things. Within the skeleton, life persists with the delicate Native Wildflowers.

About LAIKA Studios

LAIKA was founded in 2005 in Oregon by President & CEO Travis Knight. The studio’s five films Coraline (2009), ParaNorman (2012), The Boxtrolls (2014), Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) and Missing Link (2019) have all been nominated for the Academy Award® for Outstanding Animated Feature.

LAIKA is currently in production on its next animated film Wildwood.   The studio is developing The Night Gardener, an animated film from an original idea by Bill Dubuque, creator of the hit series Ozark.  The studio recently launched a Live Action subsidiary and is developing a feature film based on the action thriller novel Seventeen by screenwriter John Brownlow.

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About Downtown Portland Clean & Safe

The Downtown Portland Clean & Safe District provides enhanced services to the people, places and businesses within a core 213-block area of our central city.

The district is one of the oldest, largest and most successful enhanced service districts in the nation. Originally founded in 1988 as an informal group of downtown property owners and managers, the Downtown Portland Clean & Safe District was later formalised in city code in 1991.

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About Portland Metro Chamber

The Portland Metro Chamber supports businesses of all types and sizes in succeeding and thriving throughout our region. For more than 150 years, it has been our honour to serve the business community of metropolitan Portland.

The Visit Downtown Campaign is a project of the Portland Metro Chamber, Downtown Portland Clean & Safe, and the City of Portland.

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