Joel Hamberg Painting

Business Article by Doug Whyte of the Hollywood Theatre

admin — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:48:17 +0000

Doug Whyte of the Hollywood Theatre has written an article on businessculturearts.org about our company! It’s quoted here:

Doug Whyte took over as the new Executive Director of the Hollywood Theatre late in 2010 as the organization was still struggling from the recession and the historic building was in desperate need of some TLC. In his first few months, Doug met Joel Hamberg from Joel Hamberg Painting, an enthusiastic movie lover with an affinity for the historic building. Given the theatre’s financial position at the time, Joel decided to help kick start some renovations by donating his services to paint the interior and exterior of the building. In addition to the painting, Joel also donated his time to clean and polish the beautiful terra cotta facade. This started an outpouring of community support: from electricians and plumbers to website designers and marketing gurus.

Then, when the theatre received a generous donation of seats, Joel and his crew came back and removed the 800+ 70-year old seats, patched and painted the floors, and painted the interior of the main auditorium. All pro bono again! Over the last year, Joel Hamberg has donated over $75,000 worth of services to the Hollywood Theatre, which has helped lead to hundreds of thousands of dollars of goods and services to be donated from others in the community (not to mention tens of thousands in cash donations!) Joel still comes by on a weekly basis to catch a film, always with a paint brush in hand, touching up any blemishes he comes across. It’s community members like this that keep Portland’s historic treasures alive!

Submitted by Doug Whyte, Executive Director, Hollywood Theatre

http://www.businessculturearts.org/research/artsbusiness-partnerships

Rebuilding Together’s Tradesperson of the Year

admin — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:41:36 +0000

Joel has been nominated and is currently a runner up for the Rebuilding Together’s Tradesperson of the Year award!! With your help, he may be the winner!

This award is given to someone who is involved in the community and uses their time and assets to contribute to others. Joel has donated over $60,000 worth of services to the nonprofit, historic Hollywood Theatre in Portland and also encouraged other tradespeople to contribute. His help has been instrumental in the turnaround of the historic building and the entire organization.

Cast your vote for Joel here: http://rttradespersonoftheyear.com/vote.php

(You can vote every 24 hours!)

Want to own a part of Portland history?! – Hollywood Theatre Seats for sale!

admin — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:38:59 +0000

FOR SALE – About 800 original vintage movie theatre seats from the Hollywood Theatre. These seats are a part of Portland’s unique cultural history! The Theatre has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places since 1983.

Hollywood Theatre Original Vintage Theatre Seat Features:

Original paint
Maple wood armrests
Every sale will include a certificate of authenticity from the Hollywood Theatre.

There are red plush seats, blue seats, and decorative ends for sale. The red and blue seats start at $20 each, depending on the condition and number being bought. The decorative ends are $100 each.

Feel free to email us at info@joelhambergpainting.com to schedule an appointment to pickup seats.

The address to the warehouse is 12027 NE Marx St. Portland, OR 97220.

Read more about the seat-replacement project here: http://hollywoodtheatre.org/seat-campaign/

…and read about the history of the Hollywood Theatre here: http://hollywoodtheatre.org/about/

Hollywood Theatre – Work in Progress Video Clip

admin — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:42:05 +0000

We just uploaded a short clip of Joel Hamberg painting a railing at the Hollywood Theatre on our Facebook!

Here it is: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=1778795913305

PDX Clean King

admin — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:16:06 +0000

Holland Rule, who used to be a painter with us, is now working as a gutter cleaning specialist! His company is called PDX Clean King. We are currently having the “PDX Clean King” work for our customers as well. He also does moss removal, pressure and window washing. We highly recommend his high-quality work.

Check out his website for more info: http://www.PDXCleanKing.com.

Or send him a direct email, to: info@PDXCleanKing.com

Hollywood Theatre – Front Facelift

admin — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:12:53 +0000

At first glance the feature that likely stands out most from the Hollywood Theatre renovations was the newly painted building front. Using colors selected by Art First’s Color Consultant, Mary McMurray, Joel Hamberg Painting used high quality paint from Sherwin Williams to finish the ceilings and walls of the outside entryway.

The orange color used for the walls is Sherwin Williams “SW-6354 Armagnac”, while the blue ceiling paint used is “SW-6516 Down Pour”. Both lively, bright colors help create a warm and inviting entryway while also complementing the terra cotta and the Hollywood sign.

Once again we’d like to give a huge “thanks!” to Sherwin Williams paint company for their support in the restoration of the Hollywood Theatre. Their donation of nearly $1000 worth of paints helped us in a very large way in the project. Make sure to keep Joel Hamberg Painting in mind for all your commercial and residential painting needs.

A New Look at the Hollywood Theatre

admin — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 07:53:10 +0000

If you happen to be a resident of the NE Portland area, chances are you’ve heard the bustle about the recent restorations to the landmark Hollywood Theatre. Most notably of the changes to the theatre has been the bright new paint colors inside the lobby area. We at Joel Hamberg Painting are proud to have been involved in that change.

Along with the support of Sherwin Williams Paint and Color Consultant Mary McMurray from Art First Colors, (who respectively donated the paints and helped with the color selections), our employees volunteered over 170 hours of their time to the completion of this charity project. Our aim of this project is to help give back to the Portland community and be a part of restoring the historical landmark that is the Hollywood Theatre.

The new colors applied added so much more life and character to the theatre as we were aiming toward matching the theatre’s original historic colors. We have posted albums of the changes at our website and Facebook page. Please feel free to view the pictures and comment on them, we love the feedback!

As we get closer to summer and with it the warm sunny weather, we’ll begin our second phase of the project: The cleaning and painting of the theatre’s exterior. Stay tuned as our next blog entry will cover the progress.

New Website Launch!

admin — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 08:45:41 +0000

You are visiting our brand new Joel Hamberg Painting website put together with the help of Northwest eSource, Portland’s best web design team. The team at Northwest eSource was really committed to our vision and our goals in this update and its success.

As we near the final months of 2011 and prepare for the holiday season we can really look back and reflect on the past year to see that a lot has been accomplished, and it makes us look forward to the next thriving year. There’s more coming soon and we will be adding much more information over the coming weeks & months, so stay tuned, but we hope you like the new website!

We hope you’ve had a prosperous year.

-Joel Hamberg

New company membership

admin — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:11:46 +0000

We are now a member of National Trust for Historic Preservation. They provide education and resources for our company in regards to historic preservation, keeping us well-educated and prepared for any project on historic buildings.

Project: Railroad Sign – Wood Refinishing

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:05:21 +0000

Just recently we accepted a project to refinish a railroad sign, here’s the picture of what it looked like before:

Check out the in-progress and after pictures in our gallery: http://www.joelhambergpainting.com/gallery/railroad-sign/

We used a new Benjamin Moore product to stain – ArborCoat. It’s a waterborne exterior stain that has mildew-resistant coating and UV protection. For the letters, we used BM’s Aura, semi-gloss in black.