May 19, 2024 | 1 – 2pm
Visit the The Burned Piano Project: Creating Music Amidst the Noise of Hate exhibition and meet one of the artists, Bonnie Meltzer. She’ll be available to answer questions and facilitate participation with her interactive sculpture.
Bonnie Meltzer, a Portland artist, expresses complex and timely social issues through crocheted, fabric & found object sculptures with both humor and beauty. Until 2016 her work mostly reflected environmental subjects, but with the current fraying of our social fabric she felt compelled to add social justice themes.
The Burned Piano Project: Creating Music Amidst the Noise of Hate began with one family’s experience of antisemitism and reminds us of the larger context of rising hate crimes in Portland and the United States today. This exhibition celebrates how community can promote healing, build empathy, and grow understanding.