About Sandra Marianne Oberdorfer
I'm a visual artist, ordained priestess, and sometimes social worker who loves spending time with the big Curious. It's a process of bringing creative emergence into alignment with spiritual practice; of discovering the alchemy of transforming gravity and magnetism into passion, of balancing creative expression with basic every day needs.
I live in Portland, Oregon, and my paintings, sculptures, and installations have been exhibited locally and nationally; including most recently at Meteor Craft Operative in Portland, OR, and at Monte Vista Projects in Los Angeles, CA (as part of a collaborative partnership with Cori Champagne in the Bunny Sandwich Collective.)
I received my MFA from Maine College of Art and my BFA from Oregon College of Art and Craft. I run Carrot Flower Creative in tandem with my studio work.
I love water and stars.
Musicians are beautiful.
Dancing is the center of everything.
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A large swath of my artistic practice is collaborative: it's not worth it or sustainable to grow creatively if that growth does not occur in relation to the growth of others. I've collaborated with different artists in various organizational formats, including as a founding member of Meteor Craft Operative and as half of the artist duo that was the Bunny Sandwich Collective.
Nurturing healthier balanced communities led to a commitment with Friendly House, where I currently serve as their EngAGE Project Manager. Through this work we are able to provide art and wellness programming and resident services for specific vulnerable populations in Portland, Oregon.
As an arts educator and curator I have developed and collaboratively managed events for non-profit organizations in the Pacific Northwest including the environmental activist group Bark as well as the Oregon College of Art and Craft. Additional collaborations include co-organizing portfolio review events for art students at the Astoria Visual Arts Center, Boise Art Museum, and Spokane's Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.
I am the former Program and Education Manager at the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education. For three years from 2012 – 2014 I co-curated an international juried design competition called SukkahPDX as part of my work at the museum. SukkahPDX is an outdoor exhibition of temporary structures called sukkahs which are built worldwide every year in celebration of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.
I currently serve as a Board Member and Priestess within the Church of Nature.
I live in Portland, Oregon, and my paintings, sculptures, and installations have been exhibited locally and nationally; including most recently at Meteor Craft Operative in Portland, OR, and at Monte Vista Projects in Los Angeles, CA (as part of a collaborative partnership with Cori Champagne in the Bunny Sandwich Collective.)
I received my MFA from Maine College of Art and my BFA from Oregon College of Art and Craft. I run Carrot Flower Creative in tandem with my studio work.
I love water and stars.
Musicians are beautiful.
Dancing is the center of everything.
More Information
A large swath of my artistic practice is collaborative: it's not worth it or sustainable to grow creatively if that growth does not occur in relation to the growth of others. I've collaborated with different artists in various organizational formats, including as a founding member of Meteor Craft Operative and as half of the artist duo that was the Bunny Sandwich Collective.
Nurturing healthier balanced communities led to a commitment with Friendly House, where I currently serve as their EngAGE Project Manager. Through this work we are able to provide art and wellness programming and resident services for specific vulnerable populations in Portland, Oregon.
As an arts educator and curator I have developed and collaboratively managed events for non-profit organizations in the Pacific Northwest including the environmental activist group Bark as well as the Oregon College of Art and Craft. Additional collaborations include co-organizing portfolio review events for art students at the Astoria Visual Arts Center, Boise Art Museum, and Spokane's Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.
I am the former Program and Education Manager at the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education. For three years from 2012 – 2014 I co-curated an international juried design competition called SukkahPDX as part of my work at the museum. SukkahPDX is an outdoor exhibition of temporary structures called sukkahs which are built worldwide every year in celebration of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.
I currently serve as a Board Member and Priestess within the Church of Nature.
