Enjoy live jazz music and refreshments while viewing artist trading cards created by our community members!
In this 2-hour public gallery event, community members are encouraged to view each other's ATC creations, meet other participants, and enjoy refreshments and jazz while conversing about art and community in a ‘gallery-like’ atmosphere. Parkwyn Jazz Trio will be performing. There will also be an opportunity for participants to choose to exchange ATCs with one another. This event extends past our typical closing time.
Laura Weiler is a visual artist and arts facilitator working primarily in analog and digital collage as well as mixed media. Laura combines her love of paper ephemera and design to create dynamic and unexpected visual creations. Informed by a background in film, photography, and floral design, her compositions are both dramatic and tender, rendered with psychological layers and given vital, expressive energy.
Laura’s work is part of the permanent collection at The Scandinavian Collage Museum in Norway. She has been published in multiple print and online publications worldwide, including editorial illustrations for The Guardian, Cosmopolitan, and Road & Track. Her art direction projects cover interdisciplinary ground, such as floral design for Harpo Studios, album and mural design, commercials, and films screened at the Chicago International Film Festival. She has facilitated creative experiences for public and private audiences, as well as government agencies, with a concentration on arts accessibility, creative process, and localism.
In 2021, Laura co-founded the Pacific Northwest Collage Collective (PNWCC) to celebrate the medium of collage and connect regional artists. As a co-founder Laura hosted multiple experiences, gatherings, and art shows fostering paper arts and community-based art-making throughout the region.
Laura is now located in western Michigan by way of Portland, OR, and Chicago, IL. In her spare time, she enjoys exploring her home state and hanging out with her family and their two black cats, Winnie & Lucy.
Event Contacts: Laura Wright or Rachael Wiegmann
Location details: Cafe, located on the upper level of the library.
Accommodations: All participants are welcome. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided, please contact us at rwiegmann@portagelibrary.info or lwright@portagelibrary.info in advance of your visit.
AGE GROUP: | Family | All Ages |
EVENT TYPE: | Other | Activity |
TAGS: | 4:Youth Dept | 3:Standard | 2:In person | 1:Family (Youth Focus) |
Located near the intersection of S. Westnedge and Shaver Rd, Portage District Library offers ample parking, EV charging, and access to the Portage Bikeway.
