In honor of our 30-year anniversary, we are hosting Works of Heart, a special event on Thursday, October 9, from 4-6:30 p.m. at The Old Church Concert Hall.
Join us in celebrating 30 years of in-home primary care with an inspiring evening showcasing artwork created through one-on-one collaborations between local artists and our patients. Each piece offers a heartfelt reflection of the personal stories that shape the core of our mission.
Purchase tickets by clicking here or calling 971-202-5518 to speak with a member of our development team. ($20 of each ticket is tax-deductible)
If you can't make it but would like to give a gift in support of our 30th anniversary, please click here or call 971-202-5518 to speak with a member of our development team.
Marianna Thielen is a songwriter, vocalist, band leader, and percussionist. Her band The Bylines, formed with pianist Reece Marshburn, plays regular concerts and events in the Northwest and has taken them to New York City, Los Angeles, onboard a ship in Italy, and to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. They also have a global following through their monthly livestreams. Thielen is an alumni of the Johnny Mercer’s Songwriting Project and a winner of two PAMTA awards for her work writing musicals. She is the Artistic Director for the Carnegie Hall created Lullaby Project through the Oregon Symphony.
Susannah has been a performing artist and singer for over 50 years. Among other stints, she’s been an Arts Envoy to Cairo, Egypt, a resident artist at Artists Repertory Theater and is currently on the board at Portland Center Stage. Her first recording, Take Me to The World was nominated for Best Recording by The Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs. She lives in Damascus, Oregon, with her husband, Gary, and the sweetest dog ever, Shyla. If you’d like to know more, check out her website: susannahmars.com
Jessica Wallenfels is a director/choreographer, educator and Artistic Director of Many Hats Collaboration. She creates original, music and movement based work and works as a freelancer. She is the founder of The Hatchery, a new works development festival and is Visiting Associate Professor of Theatre at Pacific Lutheran University.
Jordan Henline is a photographer and videographer based in the Pacific Northwest who’s been documenting life since he could hold a camera. He loves working with musicians and small businesses, telling their stories in a way that feels honest and full of life. His style blends cinematic vibes with real, raw moments. Whether it’s a live show or a polished brand shoot, he’s all about capturing what makes people and places feel alive.
Leah Kohlenberg has been painting for 25 years, having studied art in the US and in Eastern Europe. Her paintings are in private and public collections worldwide, and she is represented by Cambium Gallery in Astoria, Oregon, and co-runs The Residency, an art studio/gallery/events space, with Pippa Arend in Portland, Oregon. She also runs an art school called The Roaming Studio, offering both online and in-person drawing and painting lessons. She served as the volunteer president, running Portland Open Studios, for eight years, and she currently serves as the Treasurer for the Olive Rush Memorial Studio, an artist house museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Latoya Lovely, a muck-grown, self-taught artist from Belle Glade, Florida, creates so that her community and her son can explode triumphantly from a society which chooses not to see their magic, so that they can see their beautiful brown faces and hear their rich, powerful voices forever. Lovely is a professional dancer and educator and has known since she was a child that she wanted to color for the rest of her life, she has created several murals and commissions throughout the Pacific Northwest and her work was also featured in the Black Artists of Oregon Exhibition at the Portland Art Museum which was the first of its kind in Oregon. Lovely’s practice speaks to the atrophy of the family unit due to capitalism which forces society to push families to the side to show themselves as valuable and hardworking citizens, she does so by sharing her career with her son, who is ever-present on mural projects, residencies, and workshops where he is welcomed to create within the beauty of intergenerational spaces.
