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July 18, 2018
Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
Open Air Art Gallery Party
photo by
c rystal a Maya
The Taylor Electric Project, a collaborative, open-air street art gallery on the site of a former burned out warehouse at 240 S.E. Clay St. opens Saturday, July 21 with an
all-day celebration highlighting the work of over 100 artists. Sponsored by the Portland Street Art Alliance, the all-ages event will include live-painting, artist commissions,
live music, food carts, local beer, skateboarding ramps, a break dancing battle and more. Admission is a suggested donation of $5.
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Portland artist Bonnie Meltzer’s collage of Erick Silva, a young security guard who saved seven lives
before he was shot and killed in last year’s mass shooting at a Las Vegas concert. The work is part of
a “Beautiful Lives Lost,” art exhibit honoring all 48 victims of the attack now showing through July 27
at the Art Institute of Portland’s Marcia Policar Gallery, 1122 N.W. Davis.
Beautiful Lives Lost
Local artists honor
shooting victims
After the 2017 mass shooting
at a Las Vegas concert that left 58
people dead, Portland artist Bon-
nie Meltzer said her friend Quin
Sweetman felt helpless in the face
of yet another national tragedy of
senseless gun violence.
“But she wasn’t helpless. She
had a brilliant idea to help us all
grieve,” Meltzer said.
Quin gathered 55 artists to-
gether, including Meltzer, to
make portraits of the 58 people
murdered. She called the proj-
ect “Beautiful Lives Lost” and
the portraits are now on display
through July 27 at the Art Institute
of Portland’s Marcia Policar Gal-
lery, 1122 N.W. Davis St.
The artists volunteered their time,
materials and talents to recognize,
remember and honor the lives lost
as a loving gesture to bring some
comfort to the families, loved-ones
and communities by showing that
people care about their loss.
Following the exhibition all
portraits will be given to the fam-
ilies.
Sweetman said the portraits
“serve as tangible proof that these
58 people will continue to be re-
membered in the most positive
light. Art helps us all heal.”