Their Our Story: Damion Triplett
August 3-7, 2022
Portland artist Damion Triplett was inspired to create the zine Their Our Story after two impactful events: the George Floyd murder on May 25, 2020, which triggered memories of his own personal experience as a person of color wrongfully assaulted by the police. He slowly began sketching the faces of police brutality victims starting with George Floyd and Breonna Taylor eventually creating a zine with twelve victims including face #13 which represents the “unknown victim.” This was a nod to the 13th amendment which abolished slavery.
Triplett’s zine is a small literary work with hand-drawn illustrations printed at Premier Press and comes with a set of stamps printed by the Portland Stamp Company. The project was fully self-funded and the zines were printed on symbolically brown paper.
The author’s talk will cover his personal story about why he created the zine, the process of making it, and the project so far. A number of complimentary zines will be provided to attendees who visit the exhibit and/or attend Triplett’s talk while supplies last. Any donations received will be donated by Triplett to a variety of BLM-supportive charity organizations. The event will follow all current state-required Covid safe protocols and will be mask friendly.
The exhibit runs from August 3rd - 7th, and the Gallery will be open 12- 4 each day.
Meet the artist and learn more about the project at a free public talk: Saturday, August 6 at 4 pm.
learn more at damiontriplett.com
To purchase a zine online visit: buyolympia.com
For more on the “Say Their Name” movement visit the hashtag: #saytheirname
The Alliance for Equity in Education, through the Meyer Memorial Trust and Clatsop Community College, facilitates collaboration and provides support to the Lower Columbia/Pacific Region to create a safe, equitable, and inclusive learning community where all members are empowered to reach their full potential.
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Previously in the AVA Gallery
2022
July: Artists of Astoria: Astoria Open Studio Artists
June: Happy to be Proud: Lee and Fritha
May: 8th Annual Miss Bea Exhibition
April: Secrets of the Slow Dimension
March: ntsayka ilii - our place The Resiliency of the Chinook People
February: Innocence, In a Sense: A group exhibition of nudes
January: the mess and the minutiae: Kristen Nekovar, aka blis (AVA a-i-r exhibition)
2021
December: Handmade Holidays - artist pop-ups
November: Simone Fischer: Offal
October: Members Create: Annual Exhibition by AVA Members
September: John Mueller: Manifest Origins
August: Factor and Molnar present the shimmer
July: Astoria Artists - works by artists participating in the 2021 AOST
June: “Staunchie Nubs” - Deanna Antony (AVA a-i-r exhibition)
April: “Vast Connections: Earth and Art” - Juried Show in honor of Earth Day
March: “Apokalypsis: An Uncovering” - Toddd Molinari & Francis Dot
February: “When Crab was King” - in partnership with the Kodiak Maritime Museum with Photography by Ralph Pryor
January: “Willamette Line” - Stephen Slappe
2020
December: "Outside In” - Work by Unhoused Residents of Clatsop County
November: "Preserved: Healing Stories of Plants & Ancestors" - Iris Sullivan Daire
October: "October Surprise" - Morrison Pierce
September: "Ad Nauseum" - Garland Kirkpatrick
August: "Goddesses and Assemblages" - Jill Mulholland
July: "Artists of Astoria" - Astoria Open Studios Virtual Tour
June: "Clatsop County High School Art Students" juried exhibit
April & May: "Ground Level" AVA Gallery Docent Artists
February: "Creatures of the Deep: Gyotaku” - Duncan Berry; "Ecological Rehabilitation Through Art" - Shelby Silver
January: "Northwestern Songs of the Americas" - Tim Janchar
2019
December: "Two Point Perspective” - Denise Monaghan and John Willis
November: "The Edge” - Marie Powell, Betsy Nelson, Kirsten Horning, Kristin Shauck, Penny Treat, Anna Lee Larimore
October: "Emerging" - Current and former AVA resident artists
September: "Fugitive" - Jesse Jones, Jessica Schleif, Dawn Stetzel
August: Ruth Lantz, Jill Mulholland, Shelby Silver
July: Astoria Open Studios Tour artists
June: “Degrees of Abstraction” - Renee Rowe and Audrey Long
May: The Print Portfolio Project Show
April: “For Love of Illusion” - Clatsop County High School Art Show
March: “Icelandic Threads” - Anne Greenwood Rioseco
February: “Find Happiness in a Warm Tea Bowl: Ceramics Invitational
January: Teresa Robinett