ART TRAILER GALLERY
The Art Trailer Gallery lives in a 1960’s Aloha made in Aloha, Oregon. It was rescued from a neglected RV park in the northern part of the Long Beach Peninsula. After lots of TLC, it has transformed into a bright and beautiful open space to reflect a traditional gallery. It is now part of the Artist Residency Program and our non-profit organization, Sou’wester Arts. Exterior mural Summer 2018 by artist Nicky Kriara.
NOW SHOWING
Edge Effect: A Liminal Bodies Photo Artifact by LILLY DO
Edge Effect was a collaborative movement piece created specifically for Sou’wester Art Week 2025. It explored renewal and transformation through contemplative and ritualistic movement, creating openings to make meaning and define new ways of belonging and relating as emergent beings and descendants of Asian Diaspora people.
In preparation for the piece, Lilly and performers No “Noli” Reyes, Ezri Galban Reyes, and Miro held a photoshoot on the Washington coast as a way of capturing in photos the emotions and themes explored in the performance. Inspired by Filipino martial arts and color schemes in movies like Zhang Yimou’s Shadow, Lilly played with distance and closeups to explore how the characters relate to each other, the struggle of being in relationships, and the connections between the characters and the environment around them.
Costume design by Olivia Giammalva and mask created by Wendi YuLing. Original movement piece was a collaboration between No “Noli” Reyes, Jamae Ann Sabangan, Ezri Galban Reyes, Miro Jooyoung Oh, Limanjaya, and Lilly Do.
Lilly Do (she/her) is a queer Chinese American facilitator, instructor, and multidisciplinary artist. When she isn’t facilitating writing workshops, Lilly spends her time engaging in the BIPOC, AAPI, and queer and trans communities in Portland as the cofounder of Liminal Bodies, a PNW-based queer and trans writing project focusing on movement as a process for deepening our writing practices. Lilly is also the Program Manager at Write Around Portland, a free writing program that consists of participants writing, sharing, and giving strength-based feedback. Her piece, “Survival Artists and Their Generational Lessons” can be found in the first issue of Significant Beings.
Art Trailer Gallery Archive:
- 2025:
- Dec – April 2025: We’ve Been Here by Gracen Bookmyer & Rowan Walton
- 2024:
- July – September 2024: Indigovisions by Iris Sullivan Daire & Britt Boles, the founders of Indigofest
- Oct – May 2024: No Lo Tenia Escrito / It Wasn’t in My Plans by Jade Mara Novarino
- May – July 2024: “”Hi, we’re The Lasers”
- 2023:
- July 24 – Oct 12 2023: Barn Rave, 2011 by Tori Wheeler
- July 14 – 23 2023: “We Do” by John Frentress & Julie Perini
- April 14 – July 6 2023: “What Else is Here?“ by Lindsay Costello and Erika Callihan
- March 17 – 19 2023: Fabric & painting gallery by Ollie Smyer as part of Arts Week 2023.
- 2022:
- Jul 1- Sept 25, 2022: “Between Sea & Land”: Granular Explorations by Cory Gray & Nicky Kriara.
- April 8 – June 30, 2022: “Ancestral Threads” An Installation by Iris Sullivan Daire.
- 2021:
- April 23 – July 18, 2021: “Dirk Sweringen: A Photography Exhibition” .
- March 21 – April 19, 2021: New Work by Interdisciplinary Artist Ronald Jones.
- Mar 8 – Mar 13, 2021: “Sharing the Shuttle: A Collaborative Weaving Project” by Cynthia Star as part of Arts Week 21′.
- 2020:
- Dec 18, 2020 – Feb 28, 2021: “Momentary Collapse“ by Kirista Trask.
- Oct 13 – Dec 13, 2020: “From the Depths“ by Carolyn Hopkins.
- April 19 – July 12, 2020: “Your Last Day…” by Ben Beres (as a virtual online exhibit due to Covid-19).
- Jan 14 – April 5, 2020: “Water & Wood” by Sam Montaña.
- 2019:
- Nov 8, 2019 – Jan 12, 2020: “Shore/Lines” by Marcus Fischer.
- Aug 9 – Nov 3, 2019: “We’ve Never Met Before Today” by Becca Van K and Andrew Cortes.
- June 9 – Aug 4, 2019: “Forget Me Not Taxidermy” by Lindsay Bones.
- Mar 8 – June 2, 2019: “Treasure From” by Jillian Barthold.
- Jan 11 – Feb 24, 2019: “Vertellen” by Andie Sterling.
- 2018:
- Oct 5 – Dec 30, 2018: “Deep Skies” by Heather McLaughlin.
- July 3 – Sep 23, 2018: “Pillow Talk” by Amanda Manitach.
- April 14 – June 24, 2018: “What The World Needs Now Is LOVE” by Larry Yes.
- 2017:
- Dec 21, 2017 – February 25, 2018: “Sou’wester Staff Art Exhibit” by Samantha Baker, Michael Crain, Thandi Rosenbaum, Kate Rutter, Dawn Stetzel, Jason Taylor, Jason Tschimperle.
- Aug 11 – Dec 15, 2017: “Pop Up Trailer Show” by John Frentress, Nicky Kriara, Nicole J Georges, Shelley Short, Joe Chasse, Jane E Herrold, Carol Aust, Bradley Delay, J Junkins, Patrick Carrico, Aaron Tate, Erin Engstrom, as well as additional artists.
