Rural Issue 2: New Cuyama, CA

Created by our first artist-in-residence, Kim Sutherland, in the summer of 2019, Rural Issue 2: New Cuyama, California is a compilation of 12 interviews with local Cuyama residents, including iconic and influential members of our community, many of whom have been in Cuyama for decades. The book also features photographs of the interviewees taken by Sutherland.

Kimberly Sutherland is a designer, artist, and educator. Her art practice explores the interconnections between humans and nature by examining our relationships to place and its impact on our psyche. Kimberly is currently the design director of the King School Museum of Contemporary Art, a museum housed inside Dr. Martin Luther King Elementary School in Portland, OR and co-director of RECESS! a graphic design studio class within KSMoCA. She maintains a client-based design career, currently as an Associate Creative Director of OMFGCO. Her work has been shown in group exhibitions at Disjecta Contemporary Art Center in Portland, OR, The Institut für Alles Mögliche in Berlin, Germany, and Greensboro Project Space in Greensboro, NC. She holds an MFA in Art & Social Practice from Portland State University and a Bachelor of Design from Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Raised amongst the Canadian Cascades, Kimberly currently lives and works in Portland, OR.

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