November 29, 2017
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Photo Courtesy a Lex C hiu
Portland Artist Alex Chiu creates a mural at the 82nd Avenue Max Station to embrace the diverse
culture and ethnicities of east and outer east Portland.
Celebrating Diversity
Artist’s work
reflects on a new
generation
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d anny P eterson
the PortLand observer
Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
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If you’ve caught the bus or
train from the 82nd MAX station
lately, you might’ve noticed some
colorful changes. TriMet commis-
sioned local artist Alex Chiu, 33,
to do a mural there, which was
completed this fall.
A son of Chinese immigrant
accountants, Chiu said he tried to
reflect the growing diverse culture
and ethnicities of east and outer
east Portland, which is where the
station is located.
A professional painter, educa-
tor, and stay at home dad, he drew
much of his inspiration from his
daughter, who he saw as a symbol
of the next generation, and paint-
ed her image as a reflection of that
growing diversity.
Chiu also enlisted the help of
representatives of the Asian Pacif-
ic American Network of Oregon, a
community organizing group; the
Morpheus Youth Project, which
provides art and humanities activ-
ities like hip hop dancing, journal-
ism, and painting to at risk youth;
and the Immigrant and Refugee
Community Organization.
East and outer east Portland
have seen a rising number of eth-
nic minorities compared to the city
as a whole, according to a 2013
study from Portland’s Bureau of
C ontinued on P age 5
Winters Named Minority Leader
O PINION
C LASSIFIEDS
C ALENDAR
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Sen. Jackie Winters, a long
time African American lawmak-
er and business owner, has be-
come the first black lawmaker
to head one of Oregon’s major
political caucuses.
Winters, a Republican rep-
resenting the Salem area, was
named Minority Leader this
month by a vote of her party col-
leagues in the Senate.
She becomes one of just a few
black women to hold a caucus
leadership position nationwide,
and also is Oregon’s longest
serving lawmaker, fist elected to Jackie Winters
the House in 1999.
Winters was elected to the
Senate in 2003 where she rose to
be vice chairwoman of the com-
mittee that writes the state bud-
get, the Ways and Means Com-
mittee.
She most recently has battled
health problems, a heart attack
in 2016 and lung cancer, and is
continuing treatment for cancer.
The pick has drawn praise
from Democratic leaders in the
Legislature, where their own
Majority Leader is also a wom-
an, Ginny Burdick.