Mythical Creatures Dreamscape is inspired by a nap I took in this very place. I love sleeping outside, and feel that I am drifting through the earth and the trees as I slip out of waking consciousness and into the slippery and wise place of dreams. This 3D collage of mythical creatures is made with interwoven fabric banners painted with acrylic paint or beeswax resist and indigo dye. My passion for the fusion of visual and performing arts is present in this piece that is part puppetry, part stage set, part pageant.

Arcadia Trueheart is a visual and performing artist based in Portland, OR. She is passionate about facilitating intercultural connection through creative storytelling with tools like drawing, murals, interviews, puppetry, and movement theater. She directs Handmade Stories - a community-based oral history, drawing, and theater project about the stories held in our bodies. As a facilitator, she leads creative dialogue for Spiritual & Theological Mutual Accompaniment and co-facilitates Viscerality workshops that explore authentic connection in virtual spaces through drawing, movement, and music. Her most recent public art includes designing the donor wall and two floors of the Women's & Children's Hospital in San Antonio, TX. She graduated with a BA in Creative & Cultural Communication from Western Washington University and trained at Bread & Puppet Theater in Vermont and the Echo Theater in Portland. Experiences performing, teaching, and learning about the arts in Latin America over several years also inspire her current work.

Arcadia takes commissions in a number of different areas: exterior and interior murals; hand-painted designs that can be scanned and digitally reproduced and enlarged for wall coverings; sets, puppetry, and masks for theater productions; custom portraits, landscapes, and abstract pieces.