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, descends upon Downtown Portland in celebration of the 15th anniversary of LAIKA Studio’s debut film, Oscar®-nominated Coraline.

The trail features 30 almost six-foot-tall ‘Cat’ sculptures, stationed throughout Downtown Portland. The trail corresponds with the release of LAIKA’s remastered 3D stop-motion feature Coraline.

Local artists were commissioned to hand-paint each Cat sculpture. It truly is 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 runs for 10 weeks, is free to the public, and will culminate with an exciting auction to find permanent homes for the amazing feline statues with proceeds to benefit OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital.

Visitors can follow the trail with a map or a custom interactive trail app.

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

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Explore the trail

The official ‘Coraline’s Curious Cat Trail’ app is available to download from the App Store and Google Play. Follow the trail and collect each sculpture with the interactive map, unlock milestones and rewards along the way and track your progress with your trail stats and photo uploads.

Trail map and app

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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