Invited Authors & Artists
Every year Honoring Our Rivers features a selection of works from professional Pacific Northwest artists, poets, and writers. Below are the invited authors and artists from Issue 18 (2018-2019).
ARTIST
Lillian Pitt is a sculptor and mixed media artist whose works pay homage to her Native ancestors and the environment.
Poet
Elizabeth Woody is an Oregon poet laureate emeritus and member of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs.
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Sara Siestreem is a Hanis Coos paintor from the Umpqua River Valley of Oregon’s southern coast.
Poet
Ed Edmo is a Shoshone-Bannock poet, playwright, performer, traditional storyteller, tour guide and lecturer on Northwest tribal culture.
Artist
Daniel Dancer "paints" with people. Think human pixels in giant living paintings that only make sense from the sky.
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Larry Olson is an "intimate landscape" photographer who reveals the essence of wilderness.
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Frances Ashforth is an American printmaker whose works have been exhibited throughout the United States and internationally.
Poet
Jonathan Merritt is a healer who has been practicing the art of poetry for nearly fifty years.