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Paper Artist Lia Griffith
Even as a young girl, Lia Griffith found incredible potential in paper, making tiny, three-dimensional dolls from tissue and glue. Since then, she has experimented with various forms of fashion, including costuming plays and designing a full line of children's clothing. Her paper dresses are colorful party attire, held together with lots of glue.
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Spanish Guitar Musician Toshi Onizuka
Born in Tokyo, Japan, Toshi Onizuka fell in love with the Spanish guitar and moved to Spain to immerse himself in that country’s music. There he married a flamenco dance student from Portland, where he now makes a living performing his very unique, fusion style of traditional Spanish music blended with jazz and flamenco.
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Painter Henk Pander
Originally from Holland, painter Henk Pander found himself in Portland in the sixties. From images of cattle carcasses to the ruins of ground zero, Pander creates stunning, controversial and internationally renowned work about the passage of time and inevitable change. View Pander's work and hear his story of sketching for the Portland Fire Department. He shares his thoughts on finding meaning in the subject matter he brings to his art.
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