http://www.ninamontenegro.com/seven-tires-at-miller-creek daily 0.75 2022-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1403969989500-D7K1MG4855MLIQQBTCWD/MillerCreek_Calisch-Montenegro-1-3.jpg Seven Tires at Miller Creek Seven Tires at Miller Creek, 2014 Miller Creek is a two-mile stream near our old home in Portland. It originates in an ecologically intact area of Forest Park and empties into the Willamette River within close proximity to several industrial Superfund sites. In the fall of 2013, a week after walking Miller Creek and encountering these seven tires, Nolan Calisch and I returned to pull them from the creek bed. Working with a mechanic we were able to date the tires and discover that their ages span the duration of sixty years. Our continued investigation into the history and future of these tires is based on our own interest in thinking about the psychology of waste and land use in our culture. Using the example of Miller Creek as a conceptual springboard, we have developed a participatory workshop that encourages others to use art as an investigatory tool to address social issues in their immediate environment. Seven Tires at Miller Creek was published in Orion Magazine's March/April 2014 issue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1403969989500-D7K1MG4855MLIQQBTCWD/MillerCreek_Calisch-Montenegro-1-3.jpg Seven Tires at Miller Creek Seven Tires at Miller Creek, 2014 Miller Creek is a two-mile stream near our old home in Portland. It originates in an ecologically intact area of Forest Park and empties into the Willamette River within close proximity to several industrial Superfund sites. In the fall of 2013, a week after walking Miller Creek and encountering these seven tires, Nolan Calisch and I returned to pull them from the creek bed. Working with a mechanic we were able to date the tires and discover that their ages span the duration of sixty years. Our continued investigation into the history and future of these tires is based on our own interest in thinking about the psychology of waste and land use in our culture. Using the example of Miller Creek as a conceptual springboard, we have developed a participatory workshop that encourages others to use art as an investigatory tool to address social issues in their immediate environment. Seven Tires at Miller Creek was published in Orion Magazine's March/April 2014 issue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1403969992329-A0BQJ7JNCI00O6F2XBNC/MillerTires_Calisch-Montenegro-2.jpg Seven Tires at Miller Creek Seven Tires at Miller Creek, 2014 Miller Creek is a two-mile stream near our old home in Portland. It originates in an ecologically intact area of Forest Park and empties into the Willamette River within close proximity to several industrial Superfund sites. In the fall of 2013, a week after walking Miller Creek and encountering these seven tires, Nolan Calisch and I returned to pull them from the creek bed. Working with a mechanic we were able to date the tires and discover that their ages span the duration of sixty years. Our continued investigation into the history and future of these tires is based on our own interest in thinking about the psychology of waste and land use in our culture. Using the example of Miller Creek as a conceptual springboard, we have developed a participatory workshop that encourages others to use art as an investigatory tool to address social issues in their immediate environment. Seven Tires at Miller Creek was published in Orion Magazine's March/April 2014 issue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1403969991127-IL4AK73K7ZZBER4156VO/MillerTires_Calisch-Montenegro-1.jpg Seven Tires at Miller Creek Seven Tires at Miller Creek, 2014 Miller Creek is a two-mile stream near our old home in Portland. It originates in an ecologically intact area of Forest Park and empties into the Willamette River within close proximity to several industrial Superfund sites. In the fall of 2013, a week after walking Miller Creek and encountering these seven tires, Nolan Calisch and I returned to pull them from the creek bed. Working with a mechanic we were able to date the tires and discover that their ages span the duration of sixty years. Our continued investigation into the history and future of these tires is based on our own interest in thinking about the psychology of waste and land use in our culture. Using the example of Miller Creek as a conceptual springboard, we have developed a participatory workshop that encourages others to use art as an investigatory tool to address social issues in their immediate environment. Seven Tires at Miller Creek was published in Orion Magazine's March/April 2014 issue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1403970031049-7LZIT4SOG15INA7U0DSQ/Tires-2.jpg Seven Tires at Miller Creek Seven Tires at Miller Creek, 2014 Miller Creek is a two-mile stream near our old home in Portland. It originates in an ecologically intact area of Forest Park and empties into the Willamette River within close proximity to several industrial Superfund sites. In the fall of 2013, a week after walking Miller Creek and encountering these seven tires, Nolan Calisch and I returned to pull them from the creek bed. Working with a mechanic we were able to date the tires and discover that their ages span the duration of sixty years. Our continued investigation into the history and future of these tires is based on our own interest in thinking about the psychology of waste and land use in our culture. Using the example of Miller Creek as a conceptual springboard, we have developed a participatory workshop that encourages others to use art as an investigatory tool to address social issues in their immediate environment. Seven Tires at Miller Creek was published in Orion Magazine's March/April 2014 issue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1403970033404-M5U3Z5TZ5AUKJC193UP9/Tires-4.jpg Seven Tires at Miller Creek Seven Tires at Miller Creek, 2014 Miller Creek is a two-mile stream near our old home in Portland. It originates in an ecologically intact area of Forest Park and empties into the Willamette River within close proximity to several industrial Superfund sites. In the fall of 2013, a week after walking Miller Creek and encountering these seven tires, Nolan Calisch and I returned to pull them from the creek bed. Working with a mechanic we were able to date the tires and discover that their ages span the duration of sixty years. Our continued investigation into the history and future of these tires is based on our own interest in thinking about the psychology of waste and land use in our culture. Using the example of Miller Creek as a conceptual springboard, we have developed a participatory workshop that encourages others to use art as an investigatory tool to address social issues in their immediate environment. Seven Tires at Miller Creek was published in Orion Magazine's March/April 2014 issue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1403970035792-NZLWRRPRYFAE25GKULU3/Tires-5.jpg Seven Tires at Miller Creek Seven Tires at Miller Creek, 2014 Miller Creek is a two-mile stream near our old home in Portland. It originates in an ecologically intact area of Forest Park and empties into the Willamette River within close proximity to several industrial Superfund sites. In the fall of 2013, a week after walking Miller Creek and encountering these seven tires, Nolan Calisch and I returned to pull them from the creek bed. Working with a mechanic we were able to date the tires and discover that their ages span the duration of sixty years. Our continued investigation into the history and future of these tires is based on our own interest in thinking about the psychology of waste and land use in our culture. Using the example of Miller Creek as a conceptual springboard, we have developed a participatory workshop that encourages others to use art as an investigatory tool to address social issues in their immediate environment. Seven Tires at Miller Creek was published in Orion Magazine's March/April 2014 issue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1403970035967-KWQDNZPULXKABMDUCOWS/Tires-7.jpg Seven Tires at Miller Creek Seven Tires at Miller Creek, 2014 Miller Creek is a two-mile stream near our old home in Portland. It originates in an ecologically intact area of Forest Park and empties into the Willamette River within close proximity to several industrial Superfund sites. In the fall of 2013, a week after walking Miller Creek and encountering these seven tires, Nolan Calisch and I returned to pull them from the creek bed. Working with a mechanic we were able to date the tires and discover that their ages span the duration of sixty years. Our continued investigation into the history and future of these tires is based on our own interest in thinking about the psychology of waste and land use in our culture. Using the example of Miller Creek as a conceptual springboard, we have developed a participatory workshop that encourages others to use art as an investigatory tool to address social issues in their immediate environment. Seven Tires at Miller Creek was published in Orion Magazine's March/April 2014 issue. http://www.ninamontenegro.com/plants-around-us-mural daily 0.75 2014-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1403970262645-ZFGIBHTSOW3QP0ZSOXZ7/PlantsAroundUs_Mural-8.jpg Plants Around Us: N. Williams Plants Around Us Mural, NE Portland, 2013 Localized guide to the edible and medicinal plants in the neighborhood. Ten panels illustrate plants within a few blocks of the mural. A box affixed to the building contains pamphlets with more information about the various uses and benefits of the plants as well as additional resources for urban foraging. My intention was to foster a relationship between people of the neighborhood and their often overlooked plant neighbors. The mural encourages an awareness of the plentiful food and medicine that is all around us, outside of the conventional food and medical systems. This benchmark mural could be replicated in other communities to encourage localized food systems, natural medicine, foraging, and a deeper appreciation and understanding of plants and their gifts.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1403970262645-ZFGIBHTSOW3QP0ZSOXZ7/PlantsAroundUs_Mural-8.jpg Plants Around Us: N. Williams Plants Around Us Mural, NE Portland, 2013 Localized guide to the edible and medicinal plants in the neighborhood. Ten panels illustrate plants within a few blocks of the mural. A box affixed to the building contains pamphlets with more information about the various uses and benefits of the plants as well as additional resources for urban foraging. My intention was to foster a relationship between people of the neighborhood and their often overlooked plant neighbors. The mural encourages an awareness of the plentiful food and medicine that is all around us, outside of the conventional food and medical systems. This benchmark mural could be replicated in other communities to encourage localized food systems, natural medicine, foraging, and a deeper appreciation and understanding of plants and their gifts.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1403970266609-VLBHDBY9IC2GHXTTGBP9/PlantsAroundUs_Mural-9.jpg Plants Around Us: N. Williams Plants Around Us Mural, NE Portland, 2013 Localized guide to the edible and medicinal plants in the neighborhood. Ten panels illustrate plants within a few blocks of the mural. A box affixed to the building contains pamphlets with more information about the various uses and benefits of the plants as well as additional resources for urban foraging. My intention was to foster a relationship between people of the neighborhood and their often overlooked plant neighbors. The mural encourages an awareness of the plentiful food and medicine that is all around us, outside of the conventional food and medical systems. This benchmark mural could be replicated in other communities to encourage localized food systems, natural medicine, foraging, and a deeper appreciation and understanding of plants and their gifts.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1403970227401-TYE3PK9B91QAZUT7OXD6/IMG_3574+2.JPG Plants Around Us: N. Williams Plants Around Us Mural, NE Portland, 2013 Localized guide to the edible and medicinal plants in the neighborhood. Ten panels illustrate plants within a few blocks of the mural. A box affixed to the building contains pamphlets with more information about the various uses and benefits of the plants as well as additional resources for urban foraging. My intention was to foster a relationship between people of the neighborhood and their often overlooked plant neighbors. The mural encourages an awareness of the plentiful food and medicine that is all around us, outside of the conventional food and medical systems. This benchmark mural could be replicated in other communities to encourage localized food systems, natural medicine, foraging, and a deeper appreciation and understanding of plants and their gifts.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1403970236391-0N5U3RYZ304ESHLEVMYH/IMG_3580.JPG Plants Around Us: N. Williams Plants Around Us Mural, NE Portland, 2013   Localized guide to the edible and medicinal plants in the neighborhood. Ten panels illustrate plants within a few blocks of the mural. A box affixed to the building contains pamphlets with more information about the various uses and benefits of the plants as well as additional resources for urban foraging. My intention was to foster a relationship between people of the neighborhood and their often overlooked plant neighbors. The mural encourages an awareness of the plentiful food and medicine that is all around us, outside of the conventional food and medical systems. This benchmark mural could be replicated in other communities to encourage localized food systems, natural medicine, foraging, and a deeper appreciation and understanding of plants and their gifts.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1403970202840-FKR1O8IM7S2XFS4G41MN/FarGhostTideWoods-10.jpg Plants Around Us: N. Williams Plants Around Us Mural, NE Portland, 2013   Localized guide to the edible and medicinal plants in the neighborhood. Ten panels illustrate plants within a few blocks of the mural. A box affixed to the building contains pamphlets with more information about the various uses and benefits of the plants as well as additional resources for urban foraging. My intention was to foster a relationship between people of the neighborhood and their often overlooked plant neighbors. The mural encourages an awareness of the plentiful food and medicine that is all around us, outside of the conventional food and medical systems. This benchmark mural could be replicated in other communities to encourage localized food systems, natural medicine, foraging, and a deeper appreciation and understanding of plants and their gifts.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1403970317967-TXAPFFYT16P7ZJQK634G/FarGhostTideWoods-5.jpg Plants Around Us: N. Williams Plants Around Us Mural, NE Portland, 2013   Localized guide to the edible and medicinal plants in the neighborhood. Ten panels illustrate plants within a few blocks of the mural. A box affixed to the building contains pamphlets with more information about the various uses and benefits of the plants as well as additional resources for urban foraging. My intention was to foster a relationship between people of the neighborhood and their often overlooked plant neighbors. The mural encourages an awareness of the plentiful food and medicine that is all around us, outside of the conventional food and medical systems. This benchmark mural could be replicated in other communities to encourage localized food systems, natural medicine, foraging, and a deeper appreciation and understanding of plants and their gifts.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1403970294743-5E5VHZYMQN6F1PIPCK71/IMG_3599.jpg Plants Around Us: N. Williams Plants Around Us Mural, NE Portland, 2013   Localized guide to the edible and medicinal plants in the neighborhood. Ten panels illustrate plants within a few blocks of the mural. A box affixed to the building contains pamphlets with more information about the various uses and benefits of the plants as well as additional resources for urban foraging. My intention was to foster a relationship between people of the neighborhood and their often overlooked plant neighbors. The mural encourages an awareness of the plentiful food and medicine that is all around us, outside of the conventional food and medical systems. This benchmark mural could be replicated in other communities to encourage localized food systems, natural medicine, foraging, and a deeper appreciation and understanding of plants and their gifts.     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1403970408859-N8G25XVRPV1G4EGQX0RN/IMG_3527.jpg Plants Around Us: N. Williams Plants Around Us Mural, NE Portland, 2013   Localized guide to the edible and medicinal plants in the neighborhood. Ten panels illustrate plants within a few blocks of the mural. A box affixed to the building contains pamphlets with more information about the various uses and benefits of the plants as well as additional resources for urban foraging. My intention was to foster a relationship between people of the neighborhood and their often overlooked plant neighbors. The mural encourages an awareness of the plentiful food and medicine that is all around us, outside of the conventional food and medical systems. This benchmark mural could be replicated in other communities to encourage localized food systems, natural medicine, foraging, and a deeper appreciation and understanding of plants and their gifts.   http://www.ninamontenegro.com/wildlife-sanctuary daily 0.75 2014-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1406824305058-L50CBMZ1HKB6YF905SSE/wildlife_sanctuary.JPG Wildlife Sanctuary This sign was erected as an intervention in response to the incessant development and increasing gentrification of Northeast Portland, where condos are springing up on every corner. Empty lots like this one provide rare spacial reprieve in the concrete jungle and are rare areas where "nothing" is happening. The sign invites passersby to imagine a world in which wildlife zones and corridors are possible in urban spaces, and a world in which every inch of empty space isn't developed for profit. Since the project, this lot has become condos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1406824305058-L50CBMZ1HKB6YF905SSE/wildlife_sanctuary.JPG Wildlife Sanctuary This sign was erected as an intervention in response to the incessant development and increasing gentrification of Northeast Portland, where condos are springing up on every corner. Empty lots like this one provide rare spacial reprieve in the concrete jungle and are rare areas where "nothing" is happening. The sign invites passersby to imagine a world in which wildlife zones and corridors are possible in urban spaces, and a world in which every inch of empty space isn't developed for profit. Since the project, this lot has become condos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1406824367114-D7ZXI85ZS0PDUTR8O4PS/IMG_9423.JPG Wildlife Sanctuary This sign was erected as an intervention in response to the incessant development and increasing gentrification of Northeast Portland, where condos are springing up on every corner. Empty lots like this one provide rare spacial reprieve in the concrete jungle and are rare areas where "nothing" is happening. The sign invites passersby to imagine a world in which wildlife zones and corridors are possible in urban spaces, and a world in which every inch of empty space isn't developed for profit. Since the project, this lot has become condos. http://www.ninamontenegro.com/allthingsmergeintoone daily 0.75 2016-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1440000261931-BMQYUTP7OVI66ESRTL1B/IMG_1055+-+Version+2.JPG All Things Merge Into One All Things Merge Into One, 2015 A hand drawn inked map of America's rivers. Limited edition screenprints of the original drawing available for purchase here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1440000261931-BMQYUTP7OVI66ESRTL1B/IMG_1055+-+Version+2.JPG All Things Merge Into One All Things Merge Into One, 2015 A hand drawn inked map of America's rivers. Limited edition screenprints of the original drawing available for purchase here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1417546022215-3H5H1JHV5TL9UKKLOXRZ/ninamontenegro_rivers_web.jpg All Things Merge Into One All Things Merge into One, 2015 A hand drawn inked map of America's waterways. 42" w x 27" h 24" x 18" limited edition screenprint available here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1474566131918-YK4O401362ME5L4G85Y8/rivers_ninamontenegro_web.jpg All Things Merge Into One http://www.ninamontenegro.com/against-forgetting daily 0.75 2017-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1418689260607-5OEXA7YPNR6IBP9AQDEK/against_forgetting_ninamontenegro.jpg Against Forgetting Against Forgetting Wax rubbing of tree, fingerprint Buy 20" x 20" print here. Against Forgetting was published in Orion Magazine's January/February 2015 issue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1418689260607-5OEXA7YPNR6IBP9AQDEK/against_forgetting_ninamontenegro.jpg Against Forgetting Against Forgetting Wax rubbing of tree, fingerprint Buy 20" x 20" print here. Against Forgetting was published in Orion Magazine's January/February 2015 issue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1404341751075-HHPBVF42EWXNRYN47HPI/rubbing_long_small.jpg Against Forgetting Against Forgetting Wax rubbing on Japanese Rice Paper, 400 year old tree, Orcas Island 12" x 60" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1404342738250-ZETCUHCNS7UCLN9O8A05/10460365_10103981134955453_205904584324304905_n.jpg Against Forgetting Tree Circumference I, Jedediah Smith Redwood State Park Photo by Nolan Calisch   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1408289842068-5R7CJUTEAV8E1EUXGM35/superfund_ring_ninamontenegro+copy.jpg Against Forgetting Tree Circumference IV Sawdust Ring, Willamette Cove Superfund Site, Portland, OR Collaborative photo with Kurtis Hough https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1404749537832-96KVFK5BWQFVI4AXD1HA/sawdust_ninamontenegro.jpg Against Forgetting Tree Circumference II Sawdust ring, near Forest Park, Portland, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1407338294815-L2FT9XTLHCHW6F2JJJ8Q/dustring2_ninamontenegro.jpg Against Forgetting Tree Circumference III Sawdust Ring, Tom McCall Waterfront Park, Portland, OR Collaborative photo with Kurtis Hough http://www.ninamontenegro.com/land-weavings daily 0.75 2015-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1435030409018-AY8GOHMYPI0DCVGKNK5L/maps1_ninamontenegro.jpg Land Weavings Land Weaving I, 2015, 22" x 27" Combines a USGS map of the Navajo Indian Reservation with a USGS map of the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1435030409018-AY8GOHMYPI0DCVGKNK5L/maps1_ninamontenegro.jpg Land Weavings Land Weaving I, 2015, 22" x 27" Combines a USGS map of the Navajo Indian Reservation with a USGS map of the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1435030410501-9OPXBLVPPXYET3X8D934/maps2_ninamontenegro.jpg Land Weavings Land Weaving II, 2015, 22" x 27" Combines a USGS map of the Santa Fe National Forest with a USGS map of Fort Bliss Military Reservation, New Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1442961270846-HU8S8XWAQ8QELMSCMQTQ/LandWeavingIII.jpg Land Weavings Land Weaving III, 2015, 22" x 27" Combines a USGS map of the Navajo Indian Reservation with a USGS map of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona. http://www.ninamontenegro.com/plants-around-us-galens-way daily 0.75 2015-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1433873137246-EMB0P9DH59NUEGYXUXLX/image-asset.jpeg Plants Around Us: Galen's Way Plants Around Us: Galen's Way Garden, National College of Natural Medicine. Portland, 2015 In Spring of 2015, I received a RACC grant to be artist-in-residence at Southwest Charter School, a place-based K-8 in Portland. I worked with the 5th and 6th graders to create a mural about medicinal plants in conjunction with their botany unit. We visited the National College of Natural Medicine, where the students learned about the plants from three naturopaths. The students then spent time in the garden at NCNM sketching the plants. These sketches were eventually translated in painting by the students onto large panels which were installed at the College. I designed a postcard book featuring each painting from the mural for distribution at both schools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1433873137246-EMB0P9DH59NUEGYXUXLX/image-asset.jpeg Plants Around Us: Galen's Way Plants Around Us: Galen's Way Garden, National College of Natural Medicine. Portland, 2015 In Spring of 2015, I received a RACC grant to be artist-in-residence at Southwest Charter School, a place-based K-8 in Portland. I worked with the 5th and 6th graders to create a mural about medicinal plants in conjunction with their botany unit. We visited the National College of Natural Medicine, where the students learned about the plants from three naturopaths. The students then spent time in the garden at NCNM sketching the plants. These sketches were eventually translated in painting by the students onto large panels which were installed at the College. I designed a postcard book featuring each painting from the mural for distribution at both schools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1433874507781-W5JV41716C31IFT2Z5VA/image-asset.jpeg Plants Around Us: Galen's Way Plants Around Us: Galen's Way Garden, National College of Natural Medicine. Portland, 2015 In Spring of 2015, I received a RACC grant to be artist-in-residence at Southwest Charter School, a place-based K-8 in Portland. I worked with the 5th and 6th graders to create a mural about medicinal plants in conjunction with their botany unit. We visited the National College of Natural Medicine, where the students learned about the plants from three naturopaths. The students then spent time in the garden at NCNM sketching the plants. These sketches were eventually translated in painting by the students onto large panels which were installed at the College. I designed a postcard book featuring each painting from the mural for distribution at both schools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1433874634627-Z0LOCW73AURO1OODNEAB/image-asset.jpeg Plants Around Us: Galen's Way Plants Around Us: Galen's Way Garden, National College of Natural Medicine. Portland, 2015 In Spring of 2015, I received a RACC grant to be artist-in-residence at Southwest Charter School, a place-based K-8 in Portland. I worked with the 5th and 6th graders to create a mural about medicinal plants in conjunction with their botany unit. We visited the National College of Natural Medicine, where the students learned about the plants from three naturopaths. The students then spent time in the garden at NCNM sketching the plants. These sketches were eventually translated in painting by the students onto large panels which were installed at the College. I designed a postcard book featuring each painting from the mural for distribution at both schools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1433874602432-02DRPKF17XGD1RMWEOKN/image-asset.jpeg Plants Around Us: Galen's Way Plants Around Us: Galen's Way Garden, National College of Natural Medicine. Portland, 2015 In Spring of 2015, I received a RACC grant to be artist-in-residence at Southwest Charter School, a place-based K-8 in Portland. I worked with the 5th and 6th graders to create a mural about medicinal plants in conjunction with their botany unit. We visited the National College of Natural Medicine, where the students learned about the plants from three naturopaths. The students then spent time in the garden at NCNM sketching the plants. These sketches were eventually translated in painting by the students onto large panels which were installed at the College. I designed a postcard book featuring each painting from the mural for distribution at both schools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1433873799318-GKF0EMPNBD4I8J9VECJ7/image-asset.jpeg Plants Around Us: Galen's Way Plants Around Us: Galen's Way Garden, National College of Natural Medicine. Portland, 2015 In Spring of 2015, I received a RACC grant to be artist-in-residence at Southwest Charter School, a place-based K-8 in Portland. I worked with the 5th and 6th graders to create a mural about medicinal plants in conjunction with their botany unit. We visited the National College of Natural Medicine, where the students learned about the plants from three naturopaths. The students then spent time in the garden at NCNM sketching the plants. These sketches were eventually translated in painting by the students onto large panels which were installed at the College. I designed a postcard book featuring each painting from the mural for distribution at both schools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1433875311530-2U3KW64K1KTXJASQD169/photo+1+%282%29.JPG Plants Around Us: Galen's Way Plants Around Us: Galen's Way Garden, National College of Natural Medicine. Portland, 2015 In Spring of 2015, I received a RACC grant to be artist-in-residence at Southwest Charter School, a place-based K-8 in Portland. I worked with the 5th and 6th graders to create a mural about medicinal plants in conjunction with their botany unit. We visited the National College of Natural Medicine, where the students learned about the plants from three naturopaths. The students then spent time in the garden at NCNM sketching the plants. These sketches were eventually translated in painting by the students onto large panels which were installed at the College. I designed a postcard book featuring each painting from the mural for distribution at both schools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1433875301979-V4L3Y8HJ3XY4G9EKIWD6/unnamed.jpg Plants Around Us: Galen's Way Plants Around Us: Galen's Way Garden, National College of Natural Medicine. Portland, 2015 In Spring of 2015, I received a RACC grant to be artist-in-residence at Southwest Charter School, a place-based K-8 in Portland. I worked with the 5th and 6th graders to create a mural about medicinal plants in conjunction with their botany unit. We visited the National College of Natural Medicine, where the students learned about the plants from three naturopaths. The students then spent time in the garden at NCNM sketching the plants. These sketches were eventually translated in painting by the students onto large panels which were installed at the College. I designed a postcard book featuring each painting from the mural for distribution at both schools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1433873706653-V0MIZH3F2XJBFKR96J5R/image-asset.jpeg Plants Around Us: Galen's Way Plants Around Us: Galen's Way Garden, National College of Natural Medicine. Portland, 2015 In Spring of 2015, I received a RACC grant to be artist-in-residence at Southwest Charter School, a place-based K-8 in Portland. I worked with the 5th and 6th graders to create a mural about medicinal plants in conjunction with their botany unit. We visited the National College of Natural Medicine, where the students learned about the plants from three naturopaths. The students then spent time in the garden at NCNM sketching the plants. These sketches were eventually translated in painting by the students onto large panels which were installed at the College. I designed a postcard book featuring each painting from the mural for distribution at both schools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1433873726217-J87NGXDUAYVW3TZIIQKN/image-asset.jpeg Plants Around Us: Galen's Way Plants Around Us: Galen's Way Garden, National College of Natural Medicine. Portland, 2015 In Spring of 2015, I received a RACC grant to be artist-in-residence at Southwest Charter School, a place-based K-8 in Portland. I worked with the 5th and 6th graders to create a mural about medicinal plants in conjunction with their botany unit. We visited the National College of Natural Medicine, where the students learned about the plants from three naturopaths. The students then spent time in the garden at NCNM sketching the plants. These sketches were eventually translated in painting by the students onto large panels which were installed at the College. I designed a postcard book featuring each painting from the mural for distribution at both schools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1433873523214-EBS7DSJ50SWRVCOM652O/image-asset.jpeg Plants Around Us: Galen's Way Plants Around Us: Galen's Way Garden, National College of Natural Medicine. Portland, 2015 In Spring of 2015, I received a RACC grant to be artist-in-residence at Southwest Charter School, a place-based K-8 in Portland. I worked with the 5th and 6th graders to create a mural about medicinal plants in conjunction with their botany unit. We visited the National College of Natural Medicine, where the students learned about the plants from three naturopaths. The students then spent time in the garden at NCNM sketching the plants. These sketches were eventually translated in painting by the students onto large panels which were installed at the College. I designed a postcard book featuring each painting from the mural for distribution at both schools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1433873220459-C3FF8N4016SQQ9CD23JV/image-asset.jpeg Plants Around Us: Galen's Way Plants Around Us: Galen's Way Garden, National College of Natural Medicine. Portland, 2015 In Spring of 2015, I received a RACC grant to be artist-in-residence at Southwest Charter School, a place-based K-8 in Portland. I worked with the 5th and 6th graders to create a mural about medicinal plants in conjunction with their botany unit. We visited the National College of Natural Medicine, where the students learned about the plants from three naturopaths. The students then spent time in the garden at NCNM sketching the plants. These sketches were eventually translated in painting by the students onto large panels which were installed at the College. I designed a postcard book featuring each painting from the mural for distribution at both schools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1433873239278-GXGB7ZJR3RRHTX9BUJX1/image-asset.jpeg Plants Around Us: Galen's Way Plants Around Us: Galen's Way Garden, National College of Natural Medicine. Portland, 2015 In Spring of 2015, I received a RACC grant to be artist-in-residence at Southwest Charter School, a place-based K-8 in Portland. I worked with the 5th and 6th graders to create a mural about medicinal plants in conjunction with their botany unit. We visited the National College of Natural Medicine, where the students learned about the plants from three naturopaths. The students then spent time in the garden at NCNM sketching the plants. These sketches were eventually translated in painting by the students onto large panels which were installed at the College. I designed a postcard book featuring each painting from the mural for distribution at both schools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1433873482984-OY2HMA1LGFIHG5EFMC98/image-asset.jpeg Plants Around Us: Galen's Way Plants Around Us: Galen's Way Garden, National College of Natural Medicine. Portland, 2015 In Spring of 2015, I received a RACC grant to be artist-in-residence at Southwest Charter School, a place-based K-8 in Portland. I worked with the 5th and 6th graders to create a mural about medicinal plants in conjunction with their botany unit. We visited the National College of Natural Medicine, where the students learned about the plants from three naturopaths. The students then spent time in the garden at NCNM sketching the plants. These sketches were eventually translated in painting by the students onto large panels which were installed at the College. I designed a postcard book featuring each painting from the mural for distribution at both schools. http://www.ninamontenegro.com/illustration daily 0.75 2016-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1468622198953-1KVGJM5NHHBV3FT4HPJM/aromatherapy_ninamontenegro.jpg Illustration The Aromatherapy Garden cover illustration/design for Timber Press, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1468622198953-1KVGJM5NHHBV3FT4HPJM/aromatherapy_ninamontenegro.jpg Illustration The Aromatherapy Garden cover illustration/design for Timber Press, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1468625499773-E8QMHQJQXI6P6ZPFLKMT/aromatherapy_ninamontenegro.JPG Illustration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1444938949440-3VTN7RDY6NY8PD2IGJU6/thefuturewild_ninamontenegro.JPG Illustration Book design for Signal Fire 2015 Reader https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1468621404876-IONB4QM0V2UIKYVUK8KV/bear_ninamontenegro.jpg Illustration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1468621954443-OYN85HM7PEMXDYTLQ0XT/oregoncoast.jpg Illustration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1468621457906-XLQYT3GOF6ZOZLGL9MDZ/forage.jpg Illustration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1468622072053-BLXPTVO99NH9LIPZX99W/futurewild-montenegro.jpg Illustration Book design for Signal Fire 2015 Reader   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1433951375015-NSF6M8UN1AH5A2NF41WH/summerreading_ninamontenegro.jpg Illustration "Summer Reading." Commission for Sightline Institute, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1468623892320-HKIFB7IWUNCGGVWFFZJF/salmon_ninamontenegro.JPG Illustration Salmon study for Edible Portland illustration 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1468624104985-L9V2Z6QIJ01YVQTVR876/ninamontenegro_houzz.jpg Illustration Editorial series for Houzz.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1433951559151-0ZU9MI39384R88GZWHW5/houzz_rustic_2.jpg Illustration "12 Decor Pieces that Kick it up Southwest Style" Commission for Houzz.com. 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1433951464924-A59EOGSMTJI09TMSOTHA/houzz_coastal_2.jpg Illustration "12 Signs Your Coastal Style May Have Gone Overboard" Commission for Houzz.com. 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1431561791989-V093AS61T7WDCDC91ATX/1234632_10103477229860303_1941430065_n.jpg Illustration "Summer Reading." Commission for Sightline Institute, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1433954008392-GFC7DNCBH17T04QBZWZZ/IMG_0872.jpg Illustration Sketch for a project with the Lummi Nation, 2014. The Lummi are fighting a major coal export proposal at Cherry Point. Jewell "Praying Wolf" James and the House of Tears Carvers have made multiple totem pole journeys to raise awareness and fortify the bonds between communities affected by extraction and export across the US. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1433954006244-XKWCYLBYTXAGEJ77ICUE/IMG_0876.jpg Illustration Sketch for a project with the Lummi Nation, 2014. The Lummi are fighting a major coal export proposal at Cherry Point. Jewell "Praying Wolf" James and the House of Tears Carvers have made multiple totem pole journeys to raise awareness and fortify the bonds between communities affected by extraction and export across the US.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1431561790725-1DXS5JTS5LBLYQ6XY78W/plantain.jpg Illustration Study for Plants Around Us Mural, N. WIlliams Ave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1431561823435-M45XZRKIJ64XJ0VQ4DC2/stjohns.jpg Illustration Study for Plants Around Us Mural, N. WIlliams Ave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1431561802059-KSKVNYOBVU40W0822LFV/ginkgo.jpg Illustration Study for Plants Around Us Mural, N. 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Last year a neighbor clearcut a large section of forested land that I used to frequent. After the clearcut, ground previously shaded by the forest canopy was exposed to direct sunlight, allowing a new generation of plants to establish. Using cyanotypes, a photographic process that requires the same direct sunlight, I made portraits of these new landscapes.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1435011557886-V4H3EPNOUFD3MK9FGCLZ/cyanotype1_ninamontenegro_web.jpg Pioneers: Newberry Hill Clearcut Pioneers, Newberry Hill Clearcut I, 2015, 22" x 30" h, 100% cotton rag paper In my ongoing series Pioneers, I consider the possibilities for regeneration in disturbed landscapes by documenting the plants that first colonize bare ground. Last year a neighbor clearcut a large section of forested land that I used to frequent. After the clearcut, ground previously shaded by the forest canopy was exposed to direct sunlight, allowing a new generation of plants to establish. Using cyanotypes, a photographic process that requires the same direct sunlight, I made portraits of these new landscapes.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1435011560178-F1SFRIHFKVHZT7YJFOIO/cyanotype2_ninamontenegro_web.jpg Pioneers: Newberry Hill Clearcut Pioneers, Newberry Hill Clearcut II, 2015, 22" x 30" h, 100% cotton rag paper In my ongoing series Pioneers, I consider the possibilities for regeneration in disturbed landscapes by documenting the plants that first colonize bare ground. Last year a neighbor clearcut a large section of forested land that I used to frequent. After the clearcut, ground previously shaded by the forest canopy was exposed to direct sunlight, allowing a new generation of plants to establish. Using cyanotypes, a photographic process that requires the same direct sunlight, I made portraits of these new landscapes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1456594029433-VZW1BFG92L0IW4QC636Y/cyanotype3_ninamontenegro_web.jpg Pioneers: Newberry Hill Clearcut Pioneers, Newberry Hill Clearcut III, 2015, 22" x 30" h, 100% cotton rag paper In my ongoing series Pioneers, I consider the possibilities for regeneration in disturbed landscapes by documenting the plants that first colonize bare ground. Last year a neighbor clearcut a large section of forested land that I used to frequent. After the clearcut, ground previously shaded by the forest canopy was exposed to direct sunlight, allowing a new generation of plants to establish. Using cyanotypes, a photographic process that requires the same direct sunlight, I made portraits of these new landscapes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1435011557686-4J0ERFA0D1XYQOWJ62V6/cyanotype_4_ninamontenegro_web.jpg Pioneers: Newberry Hill Clearcut Pioneers, Newberry Hill Clearcut IV, 2015, 22" x 30" h, 100% cotton rag paper In my ongoing series Pioneers, I consider the possibilities for regeneration in disturbed landscapes by documenting the plants that first colonize bare ground. Last year a neighbor clearcut a large section of forested land that I used to frequent. After the clearcut, ground previously shaded by the forest canopy was exposed to direct sunlight, allowing a new generation of plants to establish. Using cyanotypes, a photographic process that requires the same direct sunlight, I made portraits of these new landscapes. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/558888dae4b0e096ba1140d2/55b0219de4b0c3a058834c1f/1437606469779/ Pioneers: Newberry Hill Clearcut https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/558888dae4b0e096ba1140d2/55b021f0e4b08f907b53a228/1437606469943/ Pioneers: Newberry Hill Clearcut Pioneers, Newberry Hill Clearcut I 2015, 22" x 30" h, 100% cotton rag paper In my ongoing series Pioneers, I consider the possibilities for regeneration in disturbed landscapes by documenting the plants that first colonize bare ground. Last year a neighbor clearcut a large section of forested land that I used to frequent. After the clearcut, ground previously shaded by the forest canopy was exposed to direct sunlight, allowing a new generation of plants to establish. Using cyanotypes, a photographic process that requires the same direct sunlight, I made portraits of these new landscapes. http://www.ninamontenegro.com/print daily 1.0 2026-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1649684815458-CKJNS2ZGZD9DXRNF9SJG/ancestors_montenegro_web.jpg Print, Illustration, & Design - Our Ancestors are with Us Limited edition block print. Text to accompany the piece: Close your eyes and picture everyone you have ever loved in a room with you-- looking at you adoringly, taking turns coming up to you to touch you on the hand, to kiss your forehead like when you were a child. Think of all the people who came decades and centuries before your birth, who couldn’t have possibly dreamt you up. Somehow they are still here, their bone dust a part of every living leaf, their souls in sunbeams, murmurations, dew on a spider’s web. “And let me ask you this: the dead, where aren't they?” Franz Wright writes. All of the beings who came before are with us still, conspiring that we may be loved and provided for through the great mystery that is life. The resilience, tenacity, hope, and love they cultivated in their lives is evidenced by our very existence! And all of that is braided into each one of us. Now think of your descendants ahead, who stretch out far into the expansive future. Somehow they are already here too, like latent seeds. And when we are feeling weak or lost, we can turn to all of them- our ancestors and our descendants- like stars, to help navigate us through. My friends, what an epic love story we are a part of. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1649684815458-CKJNS2ZGZD9DXRNF9SJG/ancestors_montenegro_web.jpg Print, Illustration, & Design - Our Ancestors are with Us Limited edition block print. Text to accompany the piece: Close your eyes and picture everyone you have ever loved in a room with you-- looking at you adoringly, taking turns coming up to you to touch you on the hand, to kiss your forehead like when you were a child. Think of all the people who came decades and centuries before your birth, who couldn’t have possibly dreamt you up. Somehow they are still here, their bone dust a part of every living leaf, their souls in sunbeams, murmurations, dew on a spider’s web. “And let me ask you this: the dead, where aren't they?” Franz Wright writes. All of the beings who came before are with us still, conspiring that we may be loved and provided for through the great mystery that is life. The resilience, tenacity, hope, and love they cultivated in their lives is evidenced by our very existence! And all of that is braided into each one of us. Now think of your descendants ahead, who stretch out far into the expansive future. Somehow they are already here too, like latent seeds. And when we are feeling weak or lost, we can turn to all of them- our ancestors and our descendants- like stars, to help navigate us through. My friends, what an epic love story we are a part of. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1597177959588-GCGB7N12QOAQK6K76Z24/MendingLife_montenegro_livingquality.png Print, Illustration, & Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1677776000115-G8L10H6TDELS3M9EAPEO/image-asset.jpeg Print, Illustration, & Design - The Sacred Agreement Ancient is the bond between humans and ruminants, companions who have traversed the centuries in a sacred agreement of symbiotic mutualism. Modern day factory farms are evidence that we humans have veered off course, violating our side of the agreement and replacing it with an extractive, impoverished, non-feeling, mechanistic arrangement. In this arrangement we give nothing in return but abuse and suffering. The story is all too familiar, and is built atop a modern worldview that allows for the great illusion of insentience. My entire extended family in Chile do not eat meat because they believe that the suffering experienced by an animal during a life of distress at a factory farm is transferred to us through the meat of the animals. What a powerful idea- that there is a spiritual and emotional side to food, that it is not just made up of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins, as we are taught to believe. If this is true, then wouldn’t it also follow that a beautiful, peaceful life on grassy pastures, would flow through the animal’s body to us as well, upon giving their life for our nourishment? I am not making the case to forgo eating meat, though I respect that choice. I am making the case for a return to the kind of symbiotic mutualism that has kept the world alive for millennia, and that has the potential to continue to do so should we decide to return to it. When we choose to uphold our side of the sacred agreement, I believe that everything will change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1715007594476-8FEJ1CPZWWTFRBKM4YNT/image-asset.png Print, Illustration, & Design - Release Screenprint by Nina Montenegro Autumn teaches us RELEASE. As the trees prepare to let go of their leaves, we too are reminded to enter a season of transformation. Like a snake shedding its skin, the time simply comes to let go of all one is gripping onto. This includes our ego’s belief in separateness- our encultured understanding of ourselves as separate beings in a universe that exists outside our bodies. The quaking Aspen and abundant fungi (both magnificent beings who “shine” at the autumnal time of year) depicted in this print are teachers of this lesson: that which on the surface seems separate, is actually the same, beneath our perception. Above ground, mushrooms in the forest give the illusion of being separate beings, when in truth they are the fruiting bodies of a larger organism, one that is in a state of deep entanglement with the rest of the forest, beyond even our comprehension. And a grove of Aspens looks like a hundred separate trees, but is actually the same creature. So, though we too may be walking this Earth as seemingly separate individuals, there is an imperceivable connection/sameness with all others. We are fruits of the same larger being/body that is our Earth. And our souls are connected in the deep, beneath the visible realm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1627572120384-65CWBCIMSNDLGEM8JI6S/image-asset.jpeg Print, Illustration, & Design - Collective Liberation 11” x 14” fine art gicleé print by Nina Montenegro. In this illustration depicting a colorful group of wild horses running free, we are reminded that all of our freedoms are connected: no one of us is free until all of us are free. (True words spoken by brilliant activists Maya Angelou, Martin Luther King Jr., Emma Lazarus and more). All of our struggles are intimately interwoven, and each of us plays an important role in dismantling systems of domination and oppression. The horses all moving in one direction in this illustration signify our desire to work together toward our common goal: to create a more beautiful, compassionate, liberated world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1649684772293-5ZI21FS5TU7ZEWSAL7Z2/image-asset.jpg Print, Illustration, & Design - Our Ancestors are with Us Limited edition block print. Words to accompany this piece: Close your eyes and picture everyone you have ever loved in a room with you-- looking at you adoringly, taking turns coming up to you to touch you on the hand, to kiss your forehead like when you were a child. Think of all the people who came decades and centuries before your birth, who couldn’t have possibly dreamt you up. Somehow they are still here, their bone dust a part of every living leaf, their souls in sunbeams, murmurations, dew on a spider’s web. “And let me ask you this: the dead, where aren't they?” Franz Wright writes. All of the beings who came before are with us still, conspiring that we may be loved and provided for through the great mystery that is life. The resilience, tenacity, hope, and love they cultivated in their lives is evidenced by our very existence! And all of that is braided into each one of us. Now think of your descendants ahead, who stretch out far into the expansive future. Somehow they are already here too, like latent seeds. And when we are feeling weak or lost, we can turn to all of them- our ancestors and our descendants- like stars, to help navigate us through. My friends, what an epic love story we are a part of. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1650636698525-6MGY3NJEJKZAMVQWEH07/image-asset.jpeg Print, Illustration, & Design In Eastern woodlands, the trout lilies emerge just before the trees leaf out in Spring. When the looming giants of the overstory steal the sunlight, the tender flowers and dappled leaves wither into nothingness, disappearing until next year. Spring ephemerals, they’re called. Ephemeral because they only last for a moment, and you have to drop everything you are doing to see them, to experience them. Like the fruiting of morel mushrooms, like the magnolia’s bloom, like the visitation of chimney swifts, like childhood, like life itself-- all of it momentary and fleeting. You have to be present for it. You have to make time for it. All of it, like a Spring ephemeral, slipping through our fingers, impossible to grasp, but available to us right now, when we get off our screens, put on our boots, step out into the crisp Spring air, and look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1597175940963-VZMWOQSTK4DTHVFGYOLP/MendingLifeBookLaunch_NolanCalisch_WEB-30.jpg Print, Illustration, & Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1759239331287-T9WXEKCUYAVRN08K15NE/image-asset.jpeg Print, Illustration, & Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1727117141976-QHTPEYN5IKTAHEI3OP27/image-asset.jpeg Print, Illustration, & Design - The Seeds We Plant Today Will Be The Fruit of Tomorrow Limited Edition Screenprint for Rivian https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1597177171230-JTSZYXT8MWKV2Y82WEKG/montenegro_worrymed_cloudwatcher_web.png Print, Illustration, & Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1633028352626-DLS9ZAJEX1ASPS877J5U/image-asset.jpeg Print, Illustration, & Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1633028069920-LBPFC3Q8GI9LCTCYI410/image-asset.jpeg Print, Illustration, & Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1633028047950-2WOVPG2NP4O23PB508YH/image-asset.jpeg Print, Illustration, & Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1597176314118-I4L4GV372RWJOETQNJS2/worrymed_lake_motnenegro_web.png Print, Illustration, & Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1597175666552-0G195OLJIBNKYXF1E3JO/face_tears_b%2Bw-Montenegro_worryzine.jpg Print, Illustration, & Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1597177114711-58I8PHF3OKYE2LAVNXDB/montenegro_worrymed_braiders_web.png Print, Illustration, & Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1627572275603-J0PQLA8UK7BHMYSHK5FR/image-asset.jpeg Print, Illustration, & Design - The Quiet Place Below “The Quiet Place Below” fine art archival giclee print, by Nina Montenegro 〰️ When swimming in the ocean or a lake on a very wavy day, the best way to successfully swim out is by going under the waves, not trying to fight them at the surface. Resisting them at the surface is hard to do and quickly zaps our energy. Underneath the tumultuous surface, the waters are calmer and there is less stirring, allowing one to move more easily, with less resistance. 〰️ When it feels like things are really bad, we can dive under the tumultuous waters of the world around us to access a similar deep reserve of inner calm and peace within ourselves. This inner calm is ever-present beneath the storms of the perceived world around us. This is The Quiet Place Below, the place of equanimity, the root of our resilience. Instead of experiencing the exhaustion of thrashing about and getting tossed to and fro, we can learn to return again and again to The Quiet Place Below, each time it becoming easier to reside there, connecting deeply to the wellspring of equanimity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1628028262520-WA8KA7EG5ULHOY27B9S4/image-asset.jpeg Print, Illustration, & Design - Fire Seed by Nina Montenegro While the literal and metaphorical fires rage this summer, we have practiced meditating on the spectacularly adapted plants that actually NEED fire to germinate. Some time ago we had learned that Redwood and Lodgepole Pine cones have a thick coating of resin that needs the extreme heat of a fire to melt and "unlock" the seeds, allowing the next generation of trees to surge forth. But as we dug deeper into researching Pyrophile plants, we came across the stunning Baker's Wild Hollyhock, a lavender purple goddess that blankets the ground after a wildfire. The seeds can lay dormant for over 100 years as they wait for conditions to be just right in order to germinate. What a beautiful and fitting analogy for ideas laying dormant, waiting for the conditions (conditions which may appear disastrous) to be just right for their sprouting, blossoming, flourishing. May the fires of this past year bring about conditions just right for regenerative and healing seeds to burst forth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1505684152721-CG61TOI2S78JLQEQ5FRH/against_forgetting_ninamontenegro_web.jpg Print, Illustration, & Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1633028336934-3HBF9DDBA5O2F4KQERU8/image-asset.jpeg Print, Illustration, & Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1628028040188-9DLS8WKTMH97SELQ2NWD/image-asset.jpeg Print, Illustration, & Design - Fluid & Flexible by Nina Montenegro On a cultural level it seems we are finally beginning to widely acknowledge and accept what nature has been demonstrating all along—that while our minds search for absolutes, there are none, categorizations always break down upon closer look, and there is SO much beauty in diversity— the glorious spectrum of genders, sexualities, skin colors, abilities, gifts, cultures, etc. 〰️ “Be fluid, be flexible” is a mantra I’ve called to mind a lot in the unfoldings of 2020 and 2021. I am learning that during crisis or change, rigidity and tension cause brittleness. When a cat is falling, it must RELAX its body in order to survive the fall. 〰️ So this image, of a tree in the wind is a celebratory depiction of fluidity and flexibility. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1597176241114-PEUIYND8CHRWJT2VS6AC/montenegro_worrymed_moon_web.png Print, Illustration, & Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1628027808918-UI1N5R36SVFHO73H1BTW/image-asset.jpeg Print, Illustration, & Design - Joy Now by Nina Montenegro A call to awakening….Joy is available! At any given moment, we have a choice about where to focus our attention and energy. In every moment, there are tiny or enormous joys to be found. A riotous laugh overheard in the grocery store, buttery sunlight streaming in the window, a child’s squeal at the playground, the way steam curls from a hot cup of tea in the sunshine, a close encounter with an eagle, the chirp of frogs at dusk, an ambrosial pomegranate…. Finding what is joyful in each moment tunes our senses to the immediate physical world and naturally dissolves anxiety and fear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1715008611719-C9TSSCX85UQCGKQ5T01N/childwithfeather_montenegro.png Print, Illustration, & Design - Child with Feather Can you see yourself in her? The child brushing her cheek with the feather she gathered from the forest floor to test its softness. The child dragging moss and sticks inside the house, hiding geodes under her pillow. The child so enveloped in play she is oblivious to wind and rain. The child delighting in the discovery of skinks and turtles, katydids and walking sticks. The acorn collector, the sand sifter. The child gazing at the sky through a mirrored puddle. The child open, receptive, enchanted, enamored with the world. Many of us remember the feeling of playing in a bush for hours, sweeping the dirt floor…. running on soggy sod, mud oozing in between toes. This spirit of connection is our birthright, available to each of us, even we adults who find it more difficult to access. Still, we can nurture this connection through our senses and through deliberate and intoxicating, attention to the moment. In this way, we keep the line of communication open between ourselves and the natural world, ourselves and the Cosmos. The next time you find a feather (which is nothing less than a gift from a bird, directly into your hands), pick it up and hold it to your cheek, like a child. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1715008152629-J9HCLXHO711194UN40KU/image-asset.png Print, Illustration, & Design - Matriarchy In support of a peaceful, Earth-centric, egalitarian culture, this piece is titled "Matriarchy.” The image of a braid well-representative of the concept of matriarchy which braids together tenderness, care, compassion, peace, and community. A reverent culture of reciprocity, in which the needs of every living creature are considered and braided together. A prayer for a future in service to life and health and flourishing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1715008037656-OWMO62IIP93U8KIZMUE1/image-asset.jpeg Print, Illustration, & Design - The Three Gratitudes I have been doing a powerful practice of calling to mind three things I feel grateful for before my feet hit the ground in the morning. I designed this print as a visual reminder to recall those gratitudes throughout the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1536949424324-029OZPFIF3KMLW91279Y/plantstakecareofus_montenegro.jpg Print, Illustration, & Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1536949282050-B6P1MWVUN3UX9XC96SOX/plants_heal_thefarwoods.jpg Print, Illustration, & Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1536949238012-XVX7RLNKOIGQPJS7F8NH/plantsarefamily_montenegro.jpg Print, Illustration, & Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1597175794364-ZGBMCP43TR9P3ZYOHDXF/gardens_are_magic_sticker_1.jpg Print, Illustration, & Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1446930517039-77E67RCKQZZCEA5L9IH2/image-asset.jpeg Print, Illustration, & Design Navigate Together, 2015. Three color screenprint on 140 lb cover stock, available for purchase here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1493943189724-HAHEJVMMH4NEUL6ZQMPQ/peoples_tee_montenegro+copy.jpg Print, Illustration, & Design People's Coop Tee Design, 2017. Collaboration with Sonya Montenegro. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1597175711263-RE5KIEMJ5U6MBC5PFOYN/worryzine_COVER-foretsy_thefarwoods.jpg Print, Illustration, & Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1601402239069-6TD36ZPOQW44HI1TVW8H/powerplants_lettering_clay.jpg Print, Illustration, & Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1505673370597-NWGGVJEC3EF6P5R5OW8M/pledge_sticker_thefarwoods.jpg Print, Illustration, & Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1505671720943-3NXGJH5ARTQT0CQNGLJG/conifer_red_alittlecleanedupMontenegro.jpg Print, Illustration, & Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1505671851815-OC8GHV9J8QFPLKEPI12K/RISE_montenegro_RGB.jpg Print, Illustration, & Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1597194624759-46NH4IYKPD2SNUVF2780/harvesters_montenegro.png Print, Illustration, & Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1505671931643-51Y8HX46JIICXZRGE4WU/poppies_thefarwoods.jpg Print, Illustration, & Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1505672369004-GDJC2XV5Q6MZQRV9JKUT/flourish_red_ninamontenegro.jpg Print, Illustration, & Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1505671115852-42QBBVNK406DARA7D99J/outgrow_montenegro.jpg Print, Illustration, & Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1536948450148-SOYHAB3C6CO3B1Y5BTMX/plants_heal_thefarwoods.jpg Print, Illustration, & Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1715008757333-D4SUKT2KGYOZQHOT0FX3/image-asset.png Print, Illustration, & Design - Lunar Calendar Lunar Calendar by Nina and Sonya Montenegro with night blooming flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1505671821957-TV6WEKBTCI0GN3FCQWV0/farwoods_revolution.jpg Print, Illustration, & Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1505691533215-TJK2J671BABCHG7H0K88/longlivethebees_montenegro.jpg Print, Illustration, & Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1715008862473-L1I9MLOJU8BGHZK2L4H3/goodpeople_montenegro.png Print, Illustration, & Design - Good People Everywhere This design gently nudges us to remember to let go of our assumptions and quick judgments about others, to learn to ask “what is it like to be you?” and fully listen to their answer, to know that everywhere there are good people, helpers, and that strangers are friends we just haven’t met yet… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1446931335038-ADI9JEITSDU96UH8YV29/IMG_4173.jpg Print, Illustration, & Design Freedom, 2013 Linocut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1505683940954-2BPATK3TUWF73F05FQ6X/threeyear_USE_montenegro.jpg Print, Illustration, & Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1505683289691-DF7W2B06Z5DP2UKH9N8L/october_montenegro.jpg Print, Illustration, & Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1494428830677-ZFV83EGWHRYENF1M8NCV/LookandSee-2.jpg Print, Illustration, & Design Look and See, 2017.     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1445287831623-R1NY4OHL3R26YI3JNZ3C/image-asset.jpeg Print, Illustration, & Design All Things Merge Into One: Rivers of the US, 2015 I made this piece to show how the rivers of a place are like the veins of a vast body. There are over 75,000 dams clogging these veins in the US, impounding over 600,000 miles of water. This print is available to buy here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1552620772534-UOHZYFDVTL352W4RIVFU/family_inred_thefarwoods_website.jpg Print, Illustration, & Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1715008315778-5MYMWRWLOAETPPIX9FBN/image-asset.jpeg Print, Illustration, & Design - Good People Everywhere This design gently nudges us to remember to let go of our assumptions and quick judgments about others, to learn to ask “what is it like to be you?” and fully listen to their answer, to know that everywhere there are good people, helpers, and that strangers are friends we just haven’t met yet…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1727117262537-G5T8YIL1CUEGRAL3Y93D/Rivian%2BNinaMontenegro-NCPhoto-WEB-57.jpg Print, Illustration, & Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1771772515126-LSXW9RUJZK404DV1ZA1K/image-asset.png Print, Illustration, & Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1426794899830-4RXBR6MX9N2TKRJ4USLW/image-asset.jpeg Print, Illustration, & Design Little Houses, 2015. A celebration of small abodes.     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1403991562287-RVYQGM654YP8KNTVX7SX/an_idea_background2.jpg Print, Illustration, & Design An Idea Cannot Be Destroyed, 2011 An Idea Cannot Be Destroyed was created during Occupy and initially distributed by Occuprint. It has since been featured in Art in America, and disseminated worldwide in publications and exhibitions, and on the streets. http://www.ninamontenegro.com/mountains daily 0.75 2015-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1444935675161-69LZPJEZW8JOPFW7BR3V/image-asset.jpeg Against Forgetting Against Forgetting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1444935675161-69LZPJEZW8JOPFW7BR3V/image-asset.jpeg Against Forgetting Against Forgetting https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/561ff792e4b0488e6b1ca47c/561ff7f1e4b0eb2227837298/1444935747506/ Against Forgetting http://www.ninamontenegro.com/gardenjournal daily 0.75 2016-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1458324854141-C26CTY8CH02DUVIZCV35/gardenplanner_montenegro1.jpg Three Year Garden Journal Three Year Garden Journal designed and illustrated by Sonya Montenegro and I. Published by Eberhardt Press in Portland, Oregon, 2015. The journal serves as a tool for both new and seasoned gardeners alike to keep notes about their garden for three years. The journal's format makes it easy to track weather patterns, compare planting dates, soil changes, and harvest yields over time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1458324854141-C26CTY8CH02DUVIZCV35/gardenplanner_montenegro1.jpg Three Year Garden Journal Three Year Garden Journal designed and illustrated by Sonya Montenegro and I. Published by Eberhardt Press in Portland, Oregon, 2015. The journal serves as a tool for both new and seasoned gardeners alike to keep notes about their garden for three years. The journal's format makes it easy to track weather patterns, compare planting dates, soil changes, and harvest yields over time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1458324854198-59OAK4PLEZALT6B2PSF4/gardenplanner_montenegro3.jpg Three Year Garden Journal Three Year Garden Journal designed and illustrated by Sonya Montenegro and I. Published by Eberhardt Press in Portland, Oregon, 2015. The journal serves as a tool for both new and seasoned gardeners alike to keep notes about their garden for three years. The journal's format makes it easy to track weather patterns, compare planting dates, soil changes, and harvest yields over time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1458324855952-NIB2RG4P3TFUBR6DCCE0/gardenplanner_montenegro4.jpg Three Year Garden Journal Three Year Garden Journal designed and illustrated by Sonya Montenegro and I. Published by Eberhardt Press in Portland, Oregon, 2015. The journal serves as a tool for both new and seasoned gardeners alike to keep notes about their garden for three years. The journal's format makes it easy to track weather patterns, compare planting dates, soil changes, and harvest yields over time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1458324856721-NI1RBS7GQ4RK51075AYT/gardenplanner_montenegro5.JPG Three Year Garden Journal Three Year Garden Journal designed and illustrated by Sonya Montenegro and I. Published by Eberhardt Press in Portland, Oregon, 2015. The journal serves as a tool for both new and seasoned gardeners alike to keep notes about their garden for three years. The journal's format makes it easy to track weather patterns, compare planting dates, soil changes, and harvest yields over time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1463858894796-HA59KXZJ8EE581E8PJCC/february_ninamontenegro_ThreeYearGardenJournal.jpg Three Year Garden Journal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1463858908273-OFT7BMPN4C3TR2E5548D/october_forprint_ninamontenegro.jpg Three Year Garden Journal http://www.ninamontenegro.com/i-am-from-st-johns daily 0.75 2017-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1473269593919-FNMV8IBVZ5TNAD3L67CD/St.Johns-1.jpg I Am From St. Johns I Am From St. Johns, 2016 "I Am From St. Johns" is a public art project done in collaboration with Nolan Calisch featuring the free-verse poem of 79 year old, third generation St. Johns resident Sharon Helgerson. The hand-lettered piece is now installed and visible on the corner of Lombard and John St. across the street from James John Elementary where Sharon went to school in 1942. This installation is part of a larger collaborative public project called People's Homes by Molly Sherman and Emily Fitzgerald. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1473269593919-FNMV8IBVZ5TNAD3L67CD/St.Johns-1.jpg I Am From St. Johns I Am From St. Johns, 2016 "I Am From St. Johns" is a public art project done in collaboration with Nolan Calisch featuring the free-verse poem of 79 year old, third generation St. Johns resident Sharon Helgerson. The hand-lettered piece is now installed and visible on the corner of Lombard and John St. across the street from James John Elementary where Sharon went to school in 1942. This installation is part of a larger collaborative public project called People's Homes by Molly Sherman and Emily Fitzgerald. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1473270251796-LHH4AVPQOCVMS7PJPPRJ/IMG_2810.JPG I Am From St. Johns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1473270241158-HEG910WRLW3JOP2MPZ6Y/IMG_2778.JPG I Am From St. Johns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1473270232175-S60YOEG636A8KKFVTTML/IMG_2774.JPG I Am From St. Johns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1508785722435-PZ4R43DTVK62AJMTKRHH/_MG_1666.jpg I Am From St. Johns Portrait of Sharon Helgerson by Emily Fitzgerald https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1473270222569-OY542BAC0LIV6G8HN69E/IMG_2772.JPG I Am From St. Johns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1473270220431-ELW7P1U0CSQ4TY4YETQ8/IMG_2761.jpg I Am From St. Johns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1473362662348-8KTPY8FEVM9GPFC5P4AX/IMG_1571.JPG I Am From St. Johns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1473270634938-4J1FLHMIYB06HNDEAV1P/IMG_2753.jpg I Am From St. Johns http://www.ninamontenegro.com/prints-illustration-and-design daily 0.75 2017-09-17 http://www.ninamontenegro.com/people-have-been-here-before daily 0.75 2018-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1526339003927-GG04H5ZHZVT121DMUPLZ/people_cover.jpg People Have Been Here Before I was the 2018 artist-in-residence at Cottonwood School of Civics and Science in Portland. The fourth and fifth grade students spent the school year studying Columbus’s arrival and the devastating impact subsequent years of colonialism had on Native communities. Students were asked to write poems that considered displacement, imagining sensory experiences related to home and the loss of home. What resulted were poems that juxtaposed tender memories with the arresting experience of loss. A line from each students' poem was selected and written onto canvas banners in black ink. The stark monochromatic nature of the banners produces a cohesive visual thread, while the individual banners convey each student's personal contribution, allowing the viewer to either understand the installation as a collective poem or as isolated poetic sentiments. The installation of banners prompts the viewer to consider the gravity of displacement in American history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1526339101632-J7C2DR3MLSGZQNISN9D6/poemproject_n_montenegro.jpg People Have Been Here Before I was the 2018 artist-in-residence at Cottonwood School of Civics and Science in Portland. The fourth and fifth grade students spent the school year studying Columbus’s arrival and the devastating impact subsequent years of colonialism had on Native communities. Students were asked to write poems that considered displacement, imagining sensory experiences related to home and the loss of home. What resulted were poems that juxtaposed tender memories with the arresting experience of loss. A line from each students' poem was selected and written onto canvas banners in black ink. The stark monochromatic nature of the banners produces a cohesive visual thread, while the individual banners convey each student's personal contribution, allowing the viewer to either understand the installation as a collective poem or as isolated poetic sentiments. The installation of banners prompts the viewer to consider the gravity of displacement in American history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1526339121979-WUJZ5EJNKPXK0ZMVKVWI/poemproject_n_montenegro2.jpg People Have Been Here Before I was the 2018 artist-in-residence at Cottonwood School of Civics and Science in Portland. The fourth and fifth grade students spent the school year studying Columbus’s arrival and the devastating impact subsequent years of colonialism had on Native communities. Students were asked to write poems that considered displacement, imagining sensory experiences related to home and the loss of home. What resulted were poems that juxtaposed tender memories with the arresting experience of loss. A line from each students' poem was selected and written onto canvas banners in black ink. The stark monochromatic nature of the banners produces a cohesive visual thread, while the individual banners convey each student's personal contribution, allowing the viewer to either understand the installation as a collective poem or as isolated poetic sentiments. The installation of banners prompts the viewer to consider the gravity of displacement in American history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1526339140226-8VH9R0KLOXFU8GX4G4ZI/poemproject_n_montenegro3.jpg People Have Been Here Before I was the 2018 artist-in-residence at Cottonwood School of Civics and Science in Portland. The fourth and fifth grade students spent the school year studying Columbus’s arrival and the devastating impact subsequent years of colonialism had on Native communities. Students were asked to write poems that considered displacement, imagining sensory experiences related to home and the loss of home. What resulted were poems that juxtaposed tender memories with the arresting experience of loss. A line from each students' poem was selected and written onto canvas banners in black ink. The stark monochromatic nature of the banners produces a cohesive visual thread, while the individual banners convey each student's personal contribution, allowing the viewer to either understand the installation as a collective poem or as isolated poetic sentiments. The installation of banners prompts the viewer to consider the gravity of displacement in American history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1526339356201-PCJS4KO4P6UY63JOS51X/waterrushingby_nmontenegro.jpg People Have Been Here Before I was the 2018 artist-in-residence at Cottonwood School of Civics and Science in Portland. The fourth and fifth grade students spent the school year studying Columbus’s arrival and the devastating impact subsequent years of colonialism had on Native communities. Students were asked to write poems that considered displacement, imagining sensory experiences related to home and the loss of home. What resulted were poems that juxtaposed tender memories with the arresting experience of loss. A line from each students' poem was selected and written onto canvas banners in black ink. The stark monochromatic nature of the banners produces a cohesive visual thread, while the individual banners convey each student's personal contribution, allowing the viewer to either understand the installation as a collective poem or as isolated poetic sentiments. 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Available here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/c6fd7b4d-edae-49aa-b20d-f9d586fce919/inside_worrymedicine_spreads.jpg Worry Medicine - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/250f8bd5-f4a3-4fcb-a641-1a6fd63c870f/IMG_0509.jpeg Worry Medicine - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.ninamontenegro.com/againstforgettingprint daily 0.75 2015-09-22 http://www.ninamontenegro.com/againstforgettingprint/against-forgetting-print monthly 0.5 2015-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5250372be4b0d22007ce8b7b/1442888393247-W4J0OMLYDG3X2QMVURGL/against_forgetting_ninamontenegro.jpg Against Forgetting Print - Against Forgetting Print