Treasure Valley Cannabis Company presented the first mural festival in Eastern Oregon on Oct 11 - 13, 2019 in Ontario, Oregon.
The goal of the Eastern Oregon Mural Festival was to engage the local and surrounding community through the process of creating art and interacting with the artists themselves. Through this process, artists and the community came together to create lasting works of public art that would be accessible to everyone in the Treasure Valley region. Permanent murals were painted along Ontario’s downtown main street by Forest Wolf Kell (Portland, OR) and Sector Seventeen (Boise, ID).
Forest Wolf Kell mural painting in progress
Moore Park, in downtown Ontario, hosted a community art fair where artists from Ontario, Portland, Eugene, and the Boise area hosted pop-up merchandise booths, glass blowing demos, event screen printing (by Tour Print), and several live painting (sponsored by Green State of Mind).
Mural in-progress by Sector Seventeen team
People from the community became inspired. That weekend, there was a buzz in downtown with this new flurry of activity activating the streets. It was a great coming together of Oregon and Idaho creative communities.
Live painting by @ponopinto and @dreyfus.art
Treasure Valley has plans to move forward with more murals in Ontario and help the community increase its reputation and recognition as a hub for craft industries.
Participating Artists & Project Partners
@treasurevalleycannabiscompany @invoicepdx @sector_seventeen @forestwolfkell @yachterboat @ponopinto @dreyfus.art @miguelalmeida.art @ethos2ma @mostmotivatedartists @heatherpugh_creative @parkeone @eyedrawp @alltheveg @tourprint @bonadimani_art @kid_nickels @noblehardesty @find.sly @mfpinekone @notphew2ma @mawkaroni @iffybusiness1 @setonone @elmstatus @portlandstreetartalliance @volcanicglassart @borobywombat @jensglassart @highdesertglassstudio
Photos @treasurevalleycannabiscompany and @portlandstreetartalliance