OSU Foundation President’s Dinner

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Curved LED walls at the Oregon State University Foundation President’s Dinner at the Portland Art Museum
Overhead LED chandeliers extended the visual design into the room and created a more cohesive gala environment.

Client Objective

The Oregon State University Foundation President’s Dinner at the Portland Art Museum needed more than a standard gala stage. The goal was to create a polished fundraising environment that felt elevated in the room, visually cohesive from every angle, and flexible enough to support multiple content looks throughout the evening.

That meant designing an LED system that could do more than just display regular graphics. The stage called for curved LED walls that felt architectural rather than flat, plus overhead elements that helped carry the visual design into the ballroom itself. The objective was clear: deliver a premium event production environment that supported the program cleanly, looked refined on camera, and gave the creative team room to shift mood, color, and content over the course of the night.

Benefits and Results

MeyerPro built a multi-surface LED environment that turned the ballroom into a full visual canvas. Curved LED walls gave the stage a more custom, dimensional look, while LED chandeliers overhead extended the design beyond the platform and into the guest experience.

That overhead LED approach made a major difference. Because the chandeliers were built with LED, they became decorative elements that could also carry content, motion, and color. Instead of one static room look, the event team had the flexibility to move between elegant branding moments and more immersive visual treatments while keeping the ballroom cohesive from floor to ceiling.

Behind that design was a high-performance media and screen management workflow built for control and reliability. MeyerPro supported the environment with ROE GP 2.6 LED, Brompton Tessera SX40 processing, Disguise VX 4 media servers, and Analog Way Aquilon RS4 screen management, giving the production team the flexibility to manage multiple curved surfaces and chandelier outputs cleanly throughout the show.

The result was a polished gala environment that felt intentional in the room, supported the Foundation’s brand and program goals, and gave the event a level of scenic impact that a standard backdrop would not have delivered.

Key Systems

  • LED Walls: ROE GP 2.6 curved LED walls across the main stage, side walls, and chandelier elements

  • Decorative LED: Overhead LED chandeliers used as scenic and content-driven design elements

  • LED Processing: Brompton Tessera SX40 processors with Tessera XD distribution

  • Media Servers: Disguise VX 4 media servers for playback and visual control

  • Screen Management: Analog Way Aquilon RS4 with RC400T event controller

  • Cameras: Sony HDC-5500 camera package with Fujinon lenses and PTZ support

  • Audio: Yamaha DM7 with Rio I/O and Dante-based audio networking
    Intercom: Clear-Com FreeSpeak wireless intercom system

  • Rigging: Curved truss, motorized support, and flown LED structures designed for the room layout