Arts, Culture & Heritage Organizational & Project Support

Close-up of a woven red cedar bracelet resting on an open reference book with black and white drawings of woven baskets.

Grounding Culture in Place. (Re)Connecting Communities over Time.

A dense forest with tall trees, a fallen log, and a tree stump in the foreground. Some of the trees are red cedar from which strips of bark have been removed/harvested by Coast Salish community members.
A stylized brown woven cedar heart shape.

I am a Community Connector

My goal is to support your organization through the development of sustainable relationships, resource strategies, and skills required to achieve your arts, culture, and heritage-focused vision(s).

Each person, past, present, and future, is a unique and dynamic being with experience-informed perspectives and approaches. Artistic and cultural activities are informed by and intersect with individual, familial, and community heritage.

I strive to uplift and support self-expression and community and cultural (re)connection through creativity. In so doing, I embrace inclusive, flexible, and interconnected interpretations of the arts, culture, and heritage.

A sketch of a slate spear point (artifact) with measurements and notes.

Documenting & Sharing Culture between Generations

A dark gray, roughly triangular-shaped stone with a rough surface and some visible cracks, placed on graph paper. This is an ancestral Coast Salish spear point.
Two red and white mushrooms with bumpy caps growing among fallen leaves on a forest floor.
A black and grey banded triangular-shaped spear point with serrated edges on graph paper. This is an ancestral Coast Salish belonging.
Colorful fungi growing on a fallen log in a forest, with green moss and plants nearby.