Arts and Culture Activities of Hillsboro Parks & Recreation HillsboroARTS Autumn 2021 MAGAZINE 11 Ways to Celebrate Hillsboro Arts Month The Walters Performance Series is Back! Meet Our New Public Art Supervisor Fall Class Season Brings Dance, Music, & More Arts Education | Gallery Exhibits | Concerts | Featured Artists | Community Events | Public Art Weddings | Graduations | Anniversaries | Fundraisers | Luncheons “I always dreamed of having Let the timeless beauty of the Walters Cultural Arts Center infuse your my daughter’s wedding or special gathering with the spirit of creativity and culture. With its classic reception at Walters Cultural red-stone architecture, stained glass features, custom woodwork ceiling Arts Center. I was thrilled arches, concert-quality sound system, and fine art gallery, the Walters when my daughter and her is one of the west side’s most treasured sites for weddings, parties, fiancé chose it for both. The fundraisers, luncheons and other special events. unexpected bonus was the Located in the heart of Hillsboro’s historic downtown, this former church staff at WCAC. They went is a bustling nexus of cultural activity. Private rentals are available on above and beyond in helping Saturday and Sunday. The Walters is centrally located with easy access to me to execute the bride’s dream wedding.” Portland, Washington County wine country, and the Oregon Coast. Our experienced and friendly staff will be happy to answer your questions - Lisa Battrick and assist you through our rental process. WALTERS CULTURAL ARTS CENTER 527 East Main Street | Hillsboro, Oregon 97123 503.615.3485 | Hillsboro-Oregon.gov/WaltersRentals Photo credits: Jon Gottshall (top middle), MItchelldyer Photography (top right), and Stefani Studios Photography (bottom middle). 4 15 12 14 21 9 Contents On the Cover Features Connect with Us Walters Cultural Arts Center 11 Ways to Celebrate Gallery Exhibits Phone: 503-615-3485 12 2 Hillsboro-Oregon.gov/Walters Hillsboro Arts Month 4 Dance Returns to the Facebook: WCACHillsboro Dance, paint, view, visit, cook, learn, Walters Hillsboro Arts & Culture Council and attend your way through Hillsboro Fall Performances at Phone: 503-615-3497 Arts Month’s many offerings. 6 Hillsboro-Oregon.gov/HACC the Walters Facebook: HillsboroArts 15 The Walters Performance 8 Master Music Classes Hillsboro Public Art Program Series is Back! 10 Starlit Evening to Phone: 503-615-3483 The Walters stage lights up this fall with Benefit the Arts Hillsboro-Oregon.gov/PublicArt a broad range of performances. Looking Forward Address: 13 in the Arts 527 East Main Street 9 Meet Our New Hillsboro, Oregon 97123 Public Art Supervisor 14 Public Art Enlivens Cultural Arts is a division of Karl LeClair is looking forward to Hidden Creek Hillsboro Parks & Recreation. contributing to the community. Community Center Digital Version Celebrating Opera Find a digital version of this 21 Fall Class Season Brings 16 magazine at our website at: in Hillsboro Hillsboro-Oregon.gov/ Dance, Music, & More Shining a Light on CulturalArts New offerings include infant and 18 preschool movement & song, classes in Linda Holland Spanish, and mental health as well as 20 Creative Impact dance. Workshops 1 Gallery Exhibits Walters Gallery Shirley Huffman Auditorium Gallery The Walters Gallery is open to the public Monday through Thursday, 9 am – 9 pm and Fridays, 9 am – 5 pm and showcases a The following exhibits will be on display in the Hillsboro Civic Center’s Shirley Huffman Auditorium and adjacent gallery wall, diverse selection of artwork by both established and emerging local artists. First Tuesday gallery receptions happen every month. Monday through Friday, 8 am – 5 pm Note: Gallery hours and First Tuesday events are subject to change. Visit Hillsboro-Oregon.gov/Walters for updates. Note: Gallery hours are subject to change during Covid. Visit Hillsboro-Oregon.gov/CulturalArts for updates. Lines of Fire CELEBRATING Luis Jiménez September 6 – October 22 FIRST TUESDAY Contemporary pyrographer, Luis Jiménez AT THE WALTERS works with wood, resin, and mixed every month | 5 – 8 pm | free media. Blending meditative and ancestral techniques to his practice, Jiménez engraves ART EXHIBITS symbolic and cultural elements as he pays homage to his homeland of Puerto Rico. Adding colored ink, acrylic, and resin to Look Up! Toni Wise Pippa Arend Patricia Novak seared wood designs allows for a deeper Oct 5 & Nov 2 Luis Jiminez personal, emotional, and spiritual evolution. Inner Light Look Up! Self-Concealed Perspectives Photographic Society Inner Light Photographic Pippa Arend, Bruce Reed, Alexandria Levin, Taylor The Nature of Things Society and Donavon Sinclair Manoles & Patricia Novak Self-Concealed Pratibah Philip, and SUKARO Dec 7 & Jan 4 Oct 5 – Nov 19 Dec 7 – Jan 21 Feb 1 – Mar 18 November 1 – December 23 artwork by Pippa Arend, Bruce Bringing together more than twenty Layering paint, personal journeys, and Inspired by nature and the human Inspired by the beauty of our natural Reed, and Donavon Sinclair photographers from Oregon and time, this exhibition brings together experience, artists Alexandria Levin, surroundings, artists Pratibha Philip and Washington who work in a wide range artists Pippa Arend, Bruce Reed, and Taylor Manoles, and Patricia Novak SUKARO present a selection of works from Perspectives of photographic styles, the Inner Light Donavon Sinclair as they explore have examined and created a sense of walks in parks, observations of landscapes, Photographic Society has created work a variety of hidden elements and place through diverse media. Exploring and meanderings with feathered and furry Feb 1 & Mar 1 about seeing and the search for genuine characters. With themes of otherness, atmosphere, documentation, and friends. At times contemplative, the work artwork by Alexandria Levin, expression. Focusing on “looking up” diversity, and overlooked figures, each metaphor, the works expose new brings meaning, emotion, and memory to Taylor Manoles & Patricia Novak rather than viewing devices like cell artist portrays abstract narratives, perspectives and visual stories of the the created scenery. phones, artists have captured unique drawing viewers in for a closer look at natural world. Pratibah Philip moments from the world around. the human condition. MEET THE ARTISTS LIVE MUSIC BY LOCAL PERFORMERS Picture Hillsboro Finalist artists TAKE HOME ART PROJECTS January 3 – February 18 Artist Opportunities OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES Picture Hillsboro is a creative Exhibition Opportunities competition featuring original FAMILY FRIENDLY - ALL AGES Interested in exhibiting at one of the City of Hillsboro gallery spaces? The Hillsboro Cultural Arts Program is seeking to display two-dimensional artwork Walters Cultural Arts Center original fine art that is engaging to broad public audiences of all ages. Individual artists and artist groups are encouraged to apply representing life in Hillsboro. 527 East Main Street. Hillsboro for our 2022 – 2023 Gallery Season. Artworks highlight the people, (503) 615-3485 Aaron Andersen Applications accepted October 1 – November 30. To apply, please visit: Hillsboro-Oregon.gov/Walters. landscapes, and cityscapes of Hillsboro-Oregon.gov/Walters Hillsboro through a range of Call for Walters Artisan Pop-up Shop mediums. Amberglen Lunchtime by Aaron Andersen was chosen as the The Walters Cultural Arts Center is seeking eligible artists and artisans to feature in the 2021 Holiday Pop-up Marketplace. The 2021 Picture Hillsboro purchase award. Marketplace will feature the creative talents of our local artists and artisans to sell small original works including ceramics, jewelry, found object art, toys, small prints and reproductions, woodworking, glass items, handmade soaps, candles, and more. Applications are being accepted until midnight on October 17. To apply, please visit:Hillsboro-Oregon.gov/Walters . 2 3 Sweta Ravisankar Eva and Mauricio Valadrian Closeup of Sweta Ravisankar Eva and Mauricio Valadrian Dance Returns to the Walters Cultural Arts Center Explore the joys of Latin and Bharatanatyam dance this fall at the Walters Cultural Arts Center This fall, the Walters Cultural Arts Center welcomes two new facet of dance to Ravisankar, who adds “when I perform in Learning to dance, at face value, means to internalize dance workshop offerings that both the seasoned dancer any community, it creates a bridge between me, my teacher’s movements and choreography, but music plays as important and the curious beginner will enjoy: Introduction to Latin legacy, and the current audience.” a role. Eva explained that “music can encapsulate so much “Each dance style is a language of Dancing with Eva and Mauricio Valadrian and an Indian Dance Ravisankar’s workshop promises that there will be “something of what makes cultures and individuals unique, and if we communication. It is challenging to Workshop: Where Rhythm Meets Expression with Sweta for everyone in this session, a beginner, an experienced can learn to thoroughly appreciate difference as the sign of a Ravisankar. In a conversation with Walters staff, these talented artist, or someone who is passionate about performing arts.” vibrant, resilient community, we can all grow together.” She learn any new language, but it can instructors and performers shared their passion for dance and During the workshop, students will learn a few basics of adds that dance “is very much like learning a new language, also be a fun-filled experience.” a taste of what the community can expect from their