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JUNE 1, 2024
Grand Ronde artist’s work
featured in Newport gallery
NEWPORT – Grand Ronde Tribal member Leland Butler is a featured
artist at an exhibition, “Where Waters Meet,” which celebrates the next
generation of Indigenous creators. It will be on display from Saturday,
June 1 to Sunday, July 28 at the Newport Visual Arts Center and in the
Olive Street Gallery Newport Performing Arts Center.
The exhibition features Butler and four other artists from diverse
backgrounds and Tribes who will present their work throughout four gal-
leries and two separate buildings, showcasing photography, videography,
installation, painting, sculpture and basketry.
In the VAC Runyan Gallery, Leonard D. Harmon (Lenape/Nanticoke)
and Butler will present their collaborative contemporary exhibit, “Walk-
ing on Eggshells.” The show will feature photography, fi lm, sculpture and
installation components.
Curiosity about self, land and people led Butler to photography a decade
ago, according to a press release from the arts council.
“His sophisticated and often mysterious compositions explore the duality
of light and shadow,” the release said.
Exhibits at the arts center are free to the public and can typically be
viewed from noon to 4 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday, at 777 N.W.
Beach Drive.
Exhibits at the Olive Street Gallery can be viewed from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. Tuesday to Friday, and starting one hour before ticketed events, at
777 West Olive St.
To learn more about “Where Waters Meet”, and each of the individual
exhibits, visit www.coastarts.org/wwm. n
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Cpl. Tyler Brown completes
leadership training
Grand Ronde Tribal Police Cpl. Tyler Brown
was one of 19 public safety professionals from
throughout Oregon who completed the Inter-
national Public Safety Leadership and Ethics
Institute at the Department of Public Safety
Standards and Training in Salem.
IPSLEI is described as an intensive lead-
ership program that involves a variety of
learning methodologies, including written case
studies, video case analysis and interactive
Cpl. Tyler Brown
learning processes.
Students explored a number of fi lms, books and articles that re-
garding ethical decision-making principles and their application to
the students’ own leadership journeys.
The 160-hour training program takes place over the course of four
months and includes developing a personal philosophy of leadership
and ethics, leading others ethically, ethical leadership in organizations,
and ethics and the challenge of leadership. More than 350 public safety
professionals from the police, fi re, corrections and community correc-
tions disciplines have completed the program since it began in 2008.
“Cpl. Tyler Brown, thank you for pursuing leadership training in
your effort to provide the best possible service to our community,”
Grand Ronde Tribal General Manager Angie Blackwell said. “This
was a very extensive training and we appreciate your work.” n
We want to hear from you!
The Grand Ronde Health & Wellness Center Comment Box is located
at the entrance of the Health & Wellness Center, next to the drinking
fountain. Share your experience, good or bad with us. n
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