Muralist Ana Gabriela (Ana the Artist) shares her journey from photography and portrait work to creating large-scale public art and murals across Southwest Washington. In this episode, she talks about what it takes to paint at such a large scale, build a sustainable career, and use public art to create connection, dignity, and beauty in shared spaces.

🗺️ Visit her at anatheartist.net

• Instagram
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Or see her murals in in person at all around the county

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🎉 This episode also celebrates:

• Hill Kent
• Michael Walker
• Vancouver Downtown Association
• Jennifer Williams
• Open Studios

This episode is sponsored by Oregon Children's Theatre's Summer Camp. Learn more here!

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Meaningful Movies inspires audiences to take civic action towards justice and peace. Through open discussion, the organization’s branches across the nation are changing the world for the better. The Ridgefield branch brings this connection to its own community (and hopefully beyond, too!), inspiring local audiences and high school students to make change for good right in their own backyards.

🗺️ Visit them at:

• Meaningfulmovies.org
• Instagram 
• Facebook 
• Or come to a showing at Old Liberty Theater, 115 N Main Ave, Ridgefield, WA, 98642

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🎉 This episode also celebrates:

• Old Liberty Theater / Seasons Coffee 
• Ridgefield Multicultural Initiative
• Front Porch Books
• Unite Ridgefield, High School Club
• Pacific Island Community of Oregon / NW

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Are you ready to get loud? Arts, Heritage, and Science Week happens every February, and you’re invited. Inspire WA hosts constituents from every district in the state to go to Olympia to advocate for arts, heritage, and science. Adriana’s heading to the capitol on Wednesday, but before she goes, she’s giving us an overview of some of the important bills to keep an eye on during this legislative session, including the WAVE Act, a new bill to support public radio and media called HB 2579, and tax bill SB 5814. Can’t make it to Olympia? You can still make your voice heard. Let’s go!

Resources:

• Join us in Olympia for Arts, Heritage and Science Week
• Sign up for Inspire Washington’s Inspiration League
• Sign up for news from ArtsWA
• The WAVE Act 1-sheet
• Tax Bill SB5814 Resources and Information
• HB2579 Promoting and funding public media and digital equity
• Comment on HB2579
• Advocate resources to use during the legislative session & 2026 Legislative Session Cultural Agenda including bills related to SB5184
• Arts WA FY2027 Budget Requests 1-sheet
• Washington State Historical Society 1-sheet 
• Register your pro/con vote on state bills.
• Click here to leave public comment on a bill

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What keeps people coming back to a local theater year after year? Adriana sits down backstage at Magenta Theater in downtown Vancouver with Managing Artistic Director Caleb Bourgeois to talk about community, creativity, and the quiet magic of live performance. It’s a conversation about belonging, collaboration, and why theater still matters - especially now.

🗺️ Visit them at Instagram | Facebook | magentatheater.com

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🎉 This episode also celebrates Syrup Trap.

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Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker Beth Harrington has spent decades telling true stories. But why does she choose the subjects she does? What does it mean to live with a story for over 10 years, wondering if it'll ever be seen by the light of day? And why is independent documentary filmmaking at such a difficult crossroads? Our conversation about artists who focus on the past uncovers what's going on in the present and what we can hope for in the future.

🗺️ Visit her at bethharrington.com | ourmrmatsura.com | Instagram | Facebook

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🎉 This episode also celebrates:

• Okanogan County Historical Society
• ArtsHub 
• Husubis’ Poke Shop 
• Brian Tashima
• Kiggins Theatre

You can see an exhibit of Frank Matsura’s work at the Japanese American Museum of Oregon through February 8, 2026.

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Sharon Svec was a dancer who was told she couldn't dance any more. Instead of letting that shut down her artistic life, she discovered a way to make 2-D visual art that could move like a dancer did. And her world cracked wide open. She became a textile artist making enormous prints with solar dye, embraced her Roma background, and discovered a passion in curation where she turns "silos into a conversation and into a community."

🗺️ Visit her at smsvec.com | Instagram

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🎉 This episode also celebrates:

• Erin Dengerink
• Jason Litts
• Sarah Lynn Hunter
• Chas Martin
• Art at the Cave
• Aqua Gallery 
• Corridor Gallery

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Happy new year! And may 2026 bring more arts and culture to your life throughout the seasons.

We're launching Season 2 next week, so please enjoy this rebroadcast of one of our first episodes! This episode is a celebration worthy of a new year.

What are the tunes that make you wanna get up and dance? Well for the last hundred years, American popular music has been getting people out of their seats and onto their feet with hot jazz and sweet dance music that’s impossible to ignore. And Clark County happens to be home to the guy that’s making sure this incredible music lasts for the next 100 years. Let's visit the Historic Music Preservation Project and Ne Plus Ultra Jass Orchestra.  

🗺️ Visit them at historicmusic.org | Instagram | Facebook  

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🎉 This episode also celebrates:

• The Historic Trust & Providence Academy Ballroom
• Vancouver Ballet Folklorico
• Christine Richardson, theARTScenterd & The Arts Hub
• Willful Wine
• Center Stage Clothier
• Vancouver Culture, Arts, and Heritage Commission

🎶 Music in this episode by the Ne Plus Ultra Jass Orchestra and Sammuel Hawkins.

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In an iconic red brick building on Main Street, the Clark County Historical Museum is breathing new life into the past and shining a light on our present. But “our” museum doesn’t stop at its four walls - it spills out into the streets through walking tours, community programs, and creative exhibits that help us understand where we’ve come from and where we're headed. In this episode, Executive Director Brad Richardson shares how CCHM curates stories that reflect the lives of Clark County residents and why history remains one of our most powerful tools for connection.

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🗺️  Visit them at www.cchmuseum.org | Instagram | Facebook   

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🎉 This episode also celebrates:

• Downtown Camas Association
• Hidden House
• Tap Union Freehouse
• Kiggins Theater

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This Christmas week, we revisit one of our favorite places: Plas Newydd Farm Arts Initiative, the organization transforming a historic 1,600-acre property in Ridgefield, WA into a sanctuary where conservation meets creativity. This unique program welcomes artists to engage with the land through workshops, walks, and community events - creating both art and connection in this beautiful setting.

🗺️ Visit them at pnfarm.com/arts-initiative | Instagram | Facebook

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🎉 This episode also celebrates:
Jess Joner
Christopher Luna
Armin Tolentino
Susan Dingle
Ann Fleming 

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In this season finale, Adriana Baer steps into the guest seat for a candid conversation with Jessica Geffen of The Sound Stage. Adriana shares the creative journey that led her from a career in theater directing to building I’m Into This Place, Clark County’s first-ever podcast dedicated entirely to arts, culture, heritage, and history. Together, they explore why place-based storytelling matters, how the show has grown, and what’s coming next, from expanded programs to live community events.

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🎉 Thank you to our special guest host Jessica Geffen of The Sound Stage.

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