The Portal Grand Park hosted lunchtime concerts with Berlin, writer's meetups with Mexico City and evening artist collaborations with local artists and musicians, including Aloe Blacc.

The Portal has connected the Clarice Smith Center for the Arts at the University of Maryland to sites worldwide for dance and music collaborations.

The Portal in Gaza City at Gaza Sky Geeks is hosted by Mercy Corps.

The Portal in Klyde Warren Park connected this public site to other public parks worldwide for programming ranging from concerts to shared meals.

The Portal in Monroe Park connected the Richmond community, including students from nearby schools and universities, to the world. Check out the PBS documentary filmed there on us!

The Sazamanab Center for Contemporary Art is a gallery in Tehran run by artist Sohrab Kashani; the gallery focuses on the intersection of art and technology. The Sazmanab Center for Contemporary Art was part of the first Portal activation ever, connecting with the Lu Magnus gallery in Tehran. The Portal in this Center was in a custom Portal\_Room and connected dozens of artists — sculptors, painters, photographers, and mixed media artists — in collaboration with counterparts around the globe.

The San Francisco Portal came to Crissy Field in partnership with Luminalt, the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, and the National Park Service as an Art in the Parks endeavor. The Portal was powered by solar, courtesy of Luminalt, a San Francisco-based solar company.The San Francisco Portal was placed in the heart of the Golden Gate National Parks—at the Crissy East Beach, near the Crissy Field Center, from July 20 through September. The Portal was part of the Art in the Parks initiative whose goal was to provide programs to connect their visitors with creative experiences in the park that are transformative, unexpected, and inspirational.

The Science Gallery Bengaluru is a not-for-profit public institution for research-based engagement targeted at young adults. They work at the interface between the natural and human sciences, engineering and the arts through a Public Lab Complex, ever-changing exhibitions, and mentorship programs. We activated a Portal with SGB as part of our GlobalWe activation.

The Tempe\_Portal was a hub for community engagement, attracting new customers and adding $50,000+ in economic value per month on site. In addition to cultural, arts, and entrepreneurship programming developed with local partners, Shared Studios and the City of Tempe designed listening sessions for residents to speak freely about local issues. Topics included safety in public parks, public mobility challenges posed by electric scooters, and long-term aspirations for the city.

The Woodrow Wilson Plaza hosted a Portal for three weeks in downtown Washington D.C. to connect to Tehran, Herat and Cuba. The Portal was fully booked for the duration of the run. A number of beautiful moments took place at the Portal. A woman left Havana as a child was able to speak with someone from her homeland through a Portal. At the time, she felt she was losing her connection to Cuba as most of her family had passed away. One day, her friend decided to surprise her by bringing her to the DC Portal during a connection to Havana. The two women took an extended lunch break and were able to speak with long-time Havana residents about their feelings of separation, Cuban identity, and the possibility of returning home. In another interaction, Beth Flores, an employee at the U.S. Department of Defense, spoke with young men in Herat, Afghanistan. Afterwards, she reflected on her own experiences in the country. “In Afghanistan, when I was there, everything was deliberate. Everything was planned. Not everything went as planned, for sure, but everything was so deliberate. To have had the chance to step into a Portal and have a kind of connection like that, frankly, would have helped me to understand the place and the people,” said Flores. “Then I think about it at scale... What if the people who were planning or devising the strategies for our foreign policy had these kind of connections with the humans on the other side of the planet? I think that could be really profound.”

The Walkers Institute for Regenerative Research and Design (WIRRED) was born out of the restoration of Walkers Sand Quarry. For more than 50 years, the McNeel family provided an abundance of silica sand to the nation of Barbados while managing to steward and protect one of the largest native beach-side forests on the island. Since 1968 the quarry’s extracted silica sand has been used in nearly every building project across Barbados. But as the construction industry exhausts the sand supply, a new story is emerging — one of biodiversity, ecological health, and regeneration.

Turquoise Mountain connected global clients directly to its artisans in Kabul, Afghanistan. Consumers learned how furniture, clothing, and jewelry are made, and how their purchases are transforming lives in the communities that make them.

We brought a Portal to Oberlin to connect their students to the world.

When COVID upended in-person graduation ceremonies worldwide, Shared Studios built a custom virtual solution for the Morehouse School of Medicine, drawing on our deep experience creating compelling virtual experiences. As Morehouse Dean Dr. Montgomery Rice said, "With the proliferation of the novel coronavirus, Morehouse School of Medicine wanted to find a way to celebrate the achievements of our graduates. Shared Studios created a seamless, secure platform that delivered interactivity and inclusiveness. Their client teams helped us build and execute a memorable experience. In a word: flawless." In a word: flawless. Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice, Morehouse School of Medicine President and Dean

Working with Design Squad Global, portals connected students at the WGBH Headquarters in Boston to students in Nairobi, Kenya, for a design challenge aimed at solving local community needs. Students were able to collaborate, working together to solve open-ended challenges towards a common goal.

Working with Promalaga, the economic development arm of the City of Malaga, Portals showcased local artists and Spanish culture through virtual museum tours, film screenings, and history lessons for hundreds of participants around the world.