Hundreds of wildlife and habitat advocates from across the state gathered in Salem on February in support of HB 4134, the “1.25% for Wildlife” legislation. HB 4134 garnered broad, bipartisan support from a diverse coalition of hunters, anglers, farmers, ranchers, conservationists, rural and urban communities, and over 100 businesses from across the state. It passed […]
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“We must cultivate our garden” —Voltaire, Candide, 1759 What Voltaire wrote over 250 years ago couldn’t be more true today. Amidst the distractions of networking and all the messages shouted at us by the media, our earth is needing our full attention more than ever. Besides being involved in the environmental activism that ECC
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This week, the Emerald Curtain Collective hosted our monthly gathering at the South Beach Community Center, and what an evening it was. Laura Buchanan led us through the wonderfully meditative art of needle felting, and our community showed up in a bigger way than ever before. This was our most attended monthly gathering to date,
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Last week, at our monthly gathering at the South Beach Community Center, Liz Fox and Beth Kattleman guided us through the art of sgraffito, an Italian word meaning “to scratch,” a centuries-old pottery decorating technique that produces stunning results through a surprisingly meditative process. Sgraffito works by applying a layer of colored slip to leather-hard
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This week, the Emerald Curtain Collective hosted our monthly gathering at the South Beach Community Center, and it was a magical evening full of gratitude and prayerful imagining- artistically fused into beautifully hand dyed fabric flags. I’m pretty sure our hearts are all more full, and the world is a better place, for having gathered,
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This week, the Emerald Curtain Collective hosted our monthly gathering at the South Beach Community Center, and it was an evening filled with creativity, connection, and storytelling. Our “Collage & Chat” event brought together community members to explore the art of collage-making using personal ephemera; family photos, vintage magazine clippings, letters, and cherished paper keepsakes.
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Our December Gathering was a humble and delicious experience. We got together and made Thai salad rolls! Everyone caught on pretty quick and had no problem devouring the new skill they had learned! We were lucky to find most of our ingredients at Mai’s Asian Market, a Newport staple. We also had some delicious contributions
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Last night at our monthly gathering, members of the Emerald Curtain Collective came together for an engaging workshop in linocut stamp-carving, taught by a local artist and founding member of ECC, Elizabeth Fox. We learned how artists begin by sketching a design, transfer it in mirror-image to a linoleum block, then carve away the negative
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Emerald Curtain Collective gathered at the Heart Barn for an evening dedicated to creativity, connection, and care for our local pollinators. What started as a simple idea to build insect hotels together turned into something much more meaningful: a celebration of hands-on making, shared meals, and the kind of unhurried conversation that only happens around
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My desire to connect and communicate drives my art and the concern I feel for our planet draws me to be part of the Emerald Curtain Collective. I enjoy sculpting masks of key species that help educate others about our unique ecosystems. I’ve lived on the Oregon coast for most of my life and navigated
