[coloredpencils] June 29: Oregon Historical Society Hosts Colored Pencils Art and Culture Night

From: Colored Pencils Art and Culture Council <artshow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: New Portland <newportland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:42:56 -0700

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*Celebrate Portland’s History of “Coming Together”*
*Oregon** Historical Society Hosts Colored Pencils Art & Culture Night*
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For our June 29 event, World Affairs Council of Oregon
<http://worldoregon.org/>has invited Colored Pencils to bring our families
living room party to the Oregon Historical Society <http://www.ohs.org/>* *to
celebrate the coming together of Portland's diverse communities of all
abilities. The event will be held at the Oregon Historical Society, 1200 SW
Stark St., in downtown Portland.

With our co-hosts and amazing artists from Disability Arts and Culture
Project <http://dacphome.org/about/>, Connecting Communities
Coalition<http://www.thecccoalition.org/>
, Portland Commission on
Disability<http://www.portlandonline.com/equityandhumanrights/?c=49185>
the
event will celebrate the rich artistic legacy of Portland's indigenous and
newcomer communities and their contributions to bold tapestry of our
beloved Rose City.

We’re preparing for an exciting and dynamic event, as we celebrate the
history of Portlanders.Native Americans who called this land home, and
those of us who arrived in later generations: we have come together to
create a culturally vibrant city. With our partnership with our co-hosts,
we are also working to connect the artistic expressions of our vibrant
disability culture with the mainstream community.

Honoring the founding tribes of Oregon, a Native American performance will
start off the evening. Then, two performances by recent émigrés from Mexico
and Zimbabwe will follow, to connecting the continuing past to the breadth
of Portland’s newcomer experiences.

Singer and songwriter Edna
Vazquez<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPwa_ilWkLg&feature=related>,
founder of Portland's very first all-women mariachi band, who spent her
first 16 years in Jalisco, Mexico. Since coming to the States, Vazquez has
performed at various venues throughout Oregon, as well as in nationally
televised shows and contests.

Chido Dhliwayo, <http://www.zimeye.org/?p=55626> an international student
from Zimbabwe who was crowned NW African Queen in 2011, will present a
native dance. When not performing, Chido is focused on learning business
skills that will one day prove useful in helping development in her home
country of Zimbabwe.

Colored Pencils also proudly presents a special performance by DACP's Youth
Dance Troupe, led by Kathy Coleman, Artistic Director. The dance troupe’s
performance will incorporate bodies and ways of moving to stretch the
audience’s view of dance and the possibilities of an inclusive society.

Poet Bill Alton
<http://www.pacificu.edu/news/detail.cfm?NEWS_ID=6009&CATEGORY_ID=8>
will share his spoken-word memoir of a childhood filled with violence and
an adult life plagued by substance abuse and injuries. Alton started
writing in the 1980s while incarcerated in a psychiatric hospital. Since
then, his work has appeared in The Oklahoma Review, The Red River Review,
Poet’s Corner and Whalelane among other literary journals. In 2010, he was
nominated for a Pushcart Prize, a prestigious award celebrating the best
short stories, poems and essays published in U.S. small presses.

We will end the event with Portland very own wel-known DJ Lamar
<http://www.oregonlive.com/special/sharing/index.ssf/2008/11/call_him_the_music_man.html>(Timothy
Lamar) whom has touch hundred of people's lives with his music.

Featured artists from the Disability Arts and Culture Project are:

- Lavaun Heaster has enjoyed creating art since childhood and
originally went to college as an art major. Through her works, she
endeavors to create more accessible art for her friends with low or no
vision. She has been inspired by the vibrant art and disability scenes
in Portland, OR and has combined her passions in creating original art.**
- *Erik Ferguson** *is a multidisciplinary artist whose works often
include movement and performance as well as two-dimensional visual art.
Born without stereopsis – the ability to see in three dimensions – his
works use heavy patterning to maintain visual interest.
- Diagnosed with Down Syndrome,* John Kelting <http://johnkelting.com/>*was
not able to talk clearly, and art became his primary form of expression. He
has spent years developing a mastery of pencil drawing, watercolor
painting, ceramics and sculpture. John has studied at Portland's
Metropolitan Learning Center, and graduated from Portland State
University's Life Skills Program in 1998. He has worked as an illustrator
for *The Oregonian* and for *Hillside News*.

Colored Pencils Art and Culture Night is made possible by grants from
the Regional
Arts and Culture Council. <http://www.racc.org/>Support is also
provided by United
Way of the Columbia-Willamette <http://www.unitedway-pdx.org/index.php>;
Bureau of Planning and Sustainability Bureau, the City of
Portland<http://www.portlandonline.com/bps/>
; Portland State University’s International Student and Scholar
Services<http://oia.pdx.edu/isss>
; the Asian Reporter Newspaper;
<http://www.asianreporter.com/columns.htm> Colors
of Influence online magazine <http://www.colorsofinfluence.com/>; and Rise
to Excellence Consulting <http://risetoexcellence.com/who-we-are/>.

Colored Pencils celebrates three years of building community among
Portland’s settled and immigrant communities, of all abilities.

**Odessa Too will cook up famous traditional soul food African-American
cuisine, and will offer small bites for sale.

Fine and performing artists’ reception starts at 5:30pm. Spoken word and
musical jamming begins at 6pm and ends around 9pm.

Free admission to seniors, kids, students. For all others, we request a $10
donation to support CP's community- building programming.

Colored Pencils Art and Culture Council’s mission is to uphold the dignity
of all people by creating an artistically and culturally rich environment
where everyone bond in their humanity and safe to express their
uniqueness.
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*CP in MULTIMEDIA: *

Video from Dec. 30th Event
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toScdsYLmEM&list=UU3RaHFwe_gHEe40CN3sEYVQ&index=1&feature=plcp>

Photos from previous CP
events<https://picasaweb.google.com/103304552215568390801/CPDec30thEventOpenDoorGallery?feat=email>
CP Art and Culture Night @ Eco Trust
video<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klIXQlqOY7M>
CP Art and Culture Night @ Portland Center
Stage<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QNHjPM5dv0&list=UU3RaHFwe_gHEe40CN3sEYVQ&index=4&feature=plcp>
CP co-host East Portland
Expo<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvzpnJ1r8aY&feature=related>
CP " <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbYXe17XIfg&feature=related>Colors of
Portland" project @ Multnomah Arts Center

CP Multicultural Open Mic <http://www.youtube.com/user/ColoredPencilsArt>
Performances
Video of Past CP <http://www.youtube.com/user/multiculturaloregon>

CP audiences interview<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjK3e-wmEBA&feature=share>

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CONTACT:

Nim Xuto
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Executive Director

Colored Pencils Art and Culture Council

www.coloredpencilsart.com

Hours : Mon/Tue/Wed 8am-3pm

619 SW 11th Ave, Suite 129

Portland, OR 97205-2646

Tel. 503-914-8170

newportland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx*
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