Community  Art  Project

Our community is more than numbers and data.

Community Art Project

The Community Art Project is Now Complete.

With deep gratitude, we thank every artist, participant, storyteller, community partner, volunteer, and supporter who contributed to the Pride in Numbers Community Art Project.

Together, you helped create a visual archive of Two-Spirit and LGBTQIA+ life in Oregon—one that captures not only our challenges, but also our joy, resilience, creativity, relationships, cultures, and visions for the future. Each contribution added another thread to a collective story that is larger than any one individual.

This project was rooted in the belief that art is a form of knowledge, memory, and community expression. The works shared through this project help document our experiences on our own terms and ensure that our communities are reflected not only in data, but also in creativity, culture, and lived experience.

Art is visibility. Art is storytelling. Art is community action.

Thank you for helping create a lasting legacy of community knowledge, self-determination, and collective imagination. We are honored to have witnessed and shared in your creativity

“ʻike Tūpuna ʻo Moananuiakea,” photography Kawika Maui Hā Kalama “UTOPIA PDX (United Territories of Pacific Islanders Alliance - Portland) partnered with IRCO SUN (Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization Schools Uniting Neighb
“Inability,” painting Raveena Faganstarr IG: @LadyNexusandMadMax Pride in Numbers Community Art Project “Queer people have babies—often with each other. Yet because of bi erasure, stigma, and longstanding assumptions about fa
The Pride in Numbers Art Project closes May 31st. Help ensure Two-Spirit & LGBTQIA+ communities in Oregon are reflected in the stories and data shaping future policy, funding, services, and support. Secure & confidential. Built by and for co
“Be yourself,” mixed media Ellis Pride in Numbers Community Art Project “Growing up as a gender queer I developed a fractured sense of self. Always was told to be myself, that folks would love me for me. In reality the family and c
“Fern,” painting Eric Braman IG: @ericwilliambram website: https://www.ericbraman.com Pride in Numbers Community Art Project “To be Queer is to be reaching for a wholeness of self, often in opposition to societal norms or expectati
“Untitled,” drawing Zelda Marshall IG: @itszeldabean Pride in Numbers Community Art Project “’To take away someone’s freedom of choice, even the freedom to make the wrong choice, is to manipulate someone as though they
“To warmer days,” painting Eli Lockheart Pride in Numbers Community Art Project “This is a personal painting of mine I made for April SA awareness month as a trans man. The trauma of growing up the eldest queer non-binary trans son
“Gender’s Here, Folks!” digital artwork Madi Lou IG: earnestchair Pride in Numbers Community Art Project “This collage piece used Willamette Weekly scraps and words alongside the backing of a card mailed to me during my time
“Hymn to Persephone,” mixed media Calico Classic Creations IG: @calicoclassiccreations website: https://www.calicoclassiccreations.com/home Pride in Numbers Community Art Project “Persephone’s story is largely a story of cons
“Speak for Yourself,” painting Skyler M Gresham IG, Tumbler, Bluesky: @skyler_m_gresham Pride in Numbers Community Art Project “Art is how I speak to myself. I think that people are complex in ways that, even in the queer communi
“Pride Mash,” mixed media Eli Munroe IG: @Yirmom Pride in Numbers Community Art Project “As a queer afab person the ability to create art that celebrates my sexuality, my sexual preferences and my queer joy is integral to my own gr
“Dogwood Medallion,” beadwork A. Teman Instagram: @maskiko_beader Pride in Numbers Community Art Project “Dogwoods represent my cyclical engagement with gender and fluidity. The tree has flowers with both male and female parts that
Meeting of the Minds,” digital artwork Lindsey Morrison Grant Bluesky: @empowermenthousecreativemedia website: https://siygallery.com/collections/lindsey-morrison-grant Pride in Numbers Community Art Project “’Meeting of the Minds
"Star Girl," digital artwork Lindsey Danae Perez IG: @LindzenatorDraws website: https://linkin.bio/lindzenator/ Pride in Numbers Community Art Project "This piece represents the way I have felt supported as an indigenous person since
"New/Old Body," drawing Rose Pride in Numbers Community Art Project "This piece of art represents a map of sensations being trans and living in a disabled body after a traumatic brain injury." Pride in Numbers is a statewide, co
"Grief," painting Catherine Ayres IG: @Catherine.pdx Pride in Numbers Community Art Project "It illustrates the loss of embodiment that I continually grasp for." Pride in Numbers is a statewide, community-led research project fo
"Daydreams Of Paradise #/04," digital artwork Roman Cohen IG: @rscohen00.art Pride in Numbers Community Art Project "'Daydreams Of Paradise', portrays two queers sharing a pinky promise at a lake in Oregon, reflecting a personal daydr
"Pride," beadwork Ayuthea LaPier IG: @yummimateata website: www.ayuthea.com Pride in Numbers Community Art Project Pride in Numbers is a statewide, community-led research project for the Two-Spirit and LGBTQIA+ community in Oregon. With an
"Beyond the Eye," mixed media K. Copley Pride in Numbers Community Art Project "This piece depicts the beauty, vibrancy, and wealth of knowledge that is hidden when queer people mask their identities. Oregon will always be my home, bu