Tualatin Valley Creates is excited to showcase the work of the five Washington County artists who participated in our inaugural Arts & Culture Leadership Incubator!

2019-2020 Arts & Culture Leadership Incubator Graduates

Click on each artist to explore what they developed during the program, including their artworks, business plans, and more.

Natalie Eltahir

Natalie Davis-Eltahir

Natalie designs head wraps and uses traditional techniques to assist women experiencing hair loss.

Lindsey Holcomb

Lindsey Holcomb

Lindsey’s project, #colorsofms,  flips the script on how we face diagnosis by translating MRI into art and highlighting diverse experiences of people living with multiple sclerosis.

Emily Miller

Emily Miller

Emily’s work explores natural beauty and cycles of change centered around coastal environments, where our human connection to nature becomes clear.

Kendrick Payton

Kendrick Payton

Kendrick is a writer and illustrator creating a series of six comic issues set in a futuristic gig economy.

Arturo Villasenor

Arturo Villasenor

Arturo’s project aims to transform public spaces into temporary art installations to bring art to under-served populations.