Events
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3rd Annual Hispanic Heritage Art Exhibit & Showcase
Brookwood Library
The vibrant diversity of the Hillsboro community is on display at the Hillsboro Public Library with the opening of the 3rd Annual Hispanic Heritage Art Exhibit and Showcase, sponsored by Elysium Art Empowerment Collective.
This year’s event will be a celebration of Hispanic art, culture, and expression, taking place from September 1 through October 31.
The exhibit has expanded from eight artists in its inaugural year to showcasing 22 talented local artists this year.
Brookwood Library
2850 NE Brookwood Pkwy, Hillsboro OregonThe Hispanic Heritage Art Exhibit is free and open to the public during library hours.
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Chalecos Protector Solo Exhibition
After/Time Collective Gallery
My first solo textile artwork exhibition!
See 16 Chalecos Protector series vests on displayAbout the Chalecos Protector exhibition
The Chalecos Protector (Protective Vests) are vibrant wearable textile artworks that tell stories and offer protection. Each vest is a unique refuge depicting mythical heroines and others finding balance in the midst of conflict, disorder and darkness.The vests serve as physical armor against chaotic external elements. They incubate a deep sense of protection — understanding origin, examining identity, and acknowledging vulnerability.
The Protective Vests document periods of personal breakthrough, summoning strength, and discovering refuges during challenging times. When the world feels closed and we turn inward, the vests are a sanctuary.
The Protective Vests assembled in this space together form ramparts of power and peace, a fortification against fear. You are invited to surround yourself with their protection, to feel brave as we regroup.
Listen to the stories the vests tell — of heroines, nature, rain, trees, animals, dreams, and magic. Transcend conflict, injury, pollution, fire, and mortality within the shelter of the Chalecos Protector.
After/Time Collective Gallery
735 SW 9th Avenue #110, Portland, Oregon 97205Opening and Reception: Thursday, October 3, 6-9PM
Textile Month Workshop: Thursday, October 17, 6-9PM
Workshop registration opens NOW!Gallery hours:
Tuesdays 6-8PM
Thursdays 6-8PM
Saturdays 12-5PMClosing: November 2, 5PM 2024
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About Orquidia
Orquidia Violeta is a prolific independent Salvadoran-American textile artist working in Portland, Oregon. She grew up in a simple farmhouse in Central America, and crossed the US border as a six-year-old refugee.
Orquidia combines salvaged textiles with elements of embroidery, knitting, weaving, appliqué, soft-sculpture, fiber-collage, painting and dyeing to tell complex colorful stories drawn from her own experiences and from her research.
Last year Orquidia was a resident artist for 3 months at the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology where she created textile works outside on the land and investigated native practices.
This summer Orquidia joined Hispanic artists from around the Americas at the inaugural Stelo Summer Invitational Residency at Camp Colton to continue work on the Chalecos Protector series while immersed in a bucolic natural setting.
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