Featured Gallery Artist

Arcadia Trueheart is a queer interdisciplinary artist who grew up in Portland. She was raised by working artists and spent her early years playing with art supplies in the studio and helping out on murals. She holds a BA in Creative & Cultural Communication from Western Washington University as well as training from the political theater group, Bread & Puppet, and is passionate about creating art that sparks dialogue, connection, and strengthened community. She founded Handmade Stories, a RACC and Awesome PDX funded community art project that combines oral history, drawing, creative writing, and performance to share diverse stories about the hands of fellow Portlanders. Arcadia has facilitated performance workshops and directed restorative justice plays for immigrant justice and is currently collaborating with Portland artists to bring local arts to Re-Existe, an international art and social justice festival in Guadalajara, Mexico. As a Teaching Artist with Arts for Learning Northwest (Young Audiences), Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, and Grace Art Camp, Arcadia brings collaborative arts opportunities to youth and families across Oregon. Arcadia also creates custom murals for healthcare facilities and businesses and designs illustrations for activity books, websites, and print material. Check out her work at www.ArcadiaTrueheart.com or IG @arcadia.truehe_art