Community murals
INTERACTIVE COMMUNITY MURALS
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HAWKSVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
This 9 foot tall, and 100 foot long hallway mural involved all 487 students over the course of 2 days full of balloon throwing. Once the rainbow of paint was created by all of the kids at Hawksview Elementary, I used inspiration from the winning designs that the kids created and voted on school wide to create the final mural.
Completed May 2024 | 100’x9’ Hawksview Gallery
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SALMON RUN | RUCH, OREGON
The Britt Festival funded a mural with the kids at the Ruch Outdoor School that featured local Salmon and oak trees, a part of the curriculum, learning about the local wildlife and fauna, and how important they are to the local Takelma Tribe. Working with Kindergarden through 2nd grade classes for the paint balloon throw, and then painting the design with the 5th-7th graders.
Completed October 2023 | 25’x14’
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FOREST GROVE | PORTLAND, OR
The City Council of Forest Grove, Oregon funded an interactive mural for their 2022 mural festival. I collaborated with Adelante Mujeres and the Public Library to invite 20-30 kids from the community to participate in the water balloon throw. I then created a mural featuring the local University, historic downtown strip, and native foliage.
Completed September 2022 | 40’x25’
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KINGDOM | KALIHI, HAWAII
I had the honor of working with KVIBE, a nonprofit in Oahu, Hawaii that teaches the children of Kalihi Valley how to fix and build bikes in order to empower and build community through bikes and cultural empowerment. I worked with almost 80 kids to do a balloon throw for their annual fundraising event using blue and yellow to create the green of their logo color. At the event, 8 kids told their stories about what KVIBE means to them, and I used their stories to inspire the design of the mural that decorates the front of their bike shop.
Completed April 2022 | 44’x18’
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CENTRAL CITY CONCERN | PORTLAND, OR
Funded by Central City Concern, I worked with the tenants and staff of the Henry Building, an affordable housing facility that is focussed on providing employment and addiction assistance in downtown Portland. Because many of the tenants had previously experienced housing insecurity, I wanted to design a mural that made the nature of the city feel safe, vibrant, and beautiful.
Completed April 2021 | 38’x 14’
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IMAGINATION | CRATER HIGH SCHOOL, OR
Funded by the Britt Festival, I collaborated with 50 kids from Crater High School. They threw over 300 paint filled water balloons in the primary colors, and I then lead the students in 4 days of painting the mural together. I provided a concept sketch that had a focal point, but left room for their imagination to be expressed.
Completed March 2019 | 36’x14’
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EL JARDÍN | HAVANA, CUBA
A collaboration with Riera Studio in Havana, Cuba, we invited children from the nearby elementary school ts help paint a mural for the community. This 3 day mural evolved as the participation grew into a whole neighborhood collaboration over a weekend.
Completed February 2019 | 58’x14’
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PACIFIC NORTHWEST | COLORING BOOK SERIES
A custom design featuring Idaho, Washington, and Oregon for the PNW Regional Dentistry Conference. Under a black light, event goers helped color in the custom coloring book I created that visually represented all the participating dental organizations from all over the Pacific Northwest.
Completed December 2022 | 5’x8’
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TROPICAL WINTER | COLORING BOOK SERIES
Inspired by the beautiful custom floral installations by Quinn Peterson for the Square holiday party, I designed a custom coloring book on canvas. Under a black light, surrounded by the life-sized floral sculptures, party goers colored in the fo image.
Completed December 2019 | 10’x25
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WORLD DOMINATION SUMMIT | COLORING BOOK SERIES
An installation of 4 8’x30’ movable walls painted with a black and white life-sized coloring book featuring the Portland skyline and bridges for the event attendees of the World Domination Summit to color in.
Completed December 2016 | 120’x8’
Coloring Book Series Gallery
“The most rewarding thing about these projects is that people of all ages and backgrounds join together to witness a visual representation of their existence.”
mural process ARCHIVE
Hawksview Elementary gallery
SALMON RUN GALLERY
Forest Grove Gallery
Kingdom Gallery
Central City Concern Gallery
Imagination Gallery
El JardÍn Gallery
Coloring Book Series GALLERY
"Ursula is one of the most gifted teaching artists I have
worked with during my decade as a Director of Education.”
- Kay Hilton Former Director of Education, Britt Music & Arts Festival