Rope Arts Group PDX
A long-running Portland rope education group that describes itself as the city’s oldest. Through 2025 it ran a monthly second-Saturday rope jam at Sanctuary Club, starting each one with a beginner class. No 2026 dates were found.
The Portland Rope Arts Group, which now appears as Rope Arts Group PDX, describes itself as Portland’s oldest group for rope bondage enthusiasts and exists to promote education and the exchange of knowledge about rope bondage. Its older website describes monthly evening meetings in southeast or northeast Portland with questions, answers, demonstrations, discussion and plenty of practice time for every level, from experts to people who have never tied a knot. Depending on attendance, members split into a beginners’ fundamentals class, an intermediate class on more advanced ties and a free-form practice group nicknamed the Chaos group. The site stresses that the meetings are not play parties and encourages attendees to interrupt and ask about anything they see. The group also sponsored occasional workshops, ran a mailing list and a lending library, and thanks Lee Harrington as an inspiration.
At Sanctuary Club
In 2025 the group held its jam on the second Saturday afternoon of each month at Sanctuary Club, opening every event with a beginners’ class. Its listings called it Portland’s only fully accessible rope jam, citing the venue’s elevator, heating and air conditioning, and welcomed people of every skill level, gender identity, orientation, ability, body size, race, age, religion and relationship style. The space offered several hard points and floor space, and participants were asked to bring a barrier to put between themselves and the floor or furniture. The September 2025 jam was cancelled and the October 2025 one went ahead; no 2026 dates have been published, and in 2026 the club’s second-Saturday afternoon has been used by a different rope series.