Muralist Ana Gabriela (Ana the Artist) shares her journey from photography and portrait work to creating large-scale public art and murals across Southwest Washington. In this episode, she talks about what it takes to paint at such a large scale, build a sustainable career, and use public art to create connection, dignity, and beauty in shared spaces.

🗺️ Visit her at anatheartist.net

• Instagram
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Or see her murals in in person at all around the county

👀 For pictures, video, and more, visit the episode page.

🎉 This episode also celebrates:

• Hill Kent
• Michael Walker
• Vancouver Downtown Association
• Jennifer Williams
• Open Studios

This episode is sponsored by Oregon Children's Theatre's Summer Camp. Learn more here!

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📍 I'm Into This Place is Clark County, Washington's arts, culture, and heritage podcast. We take you behind the scenes with the artists, makers, and community leaders shaping our local culture - from art and music to food, history, and heritage. Find more at imintothisplace.com.

Meaningful Movies inspires audiences to take civic action towards justice and peace. Through open discussion, the organization’s branches across the nation are changing the world for the better. The Ridgefield branch brings this connection to its own community (and hopefully beyond, too!), inspiring local audiences and high school students to make change for good right in their own backyards.

🗺️ Visit them at:

• Meaningfulmovies.org
• Instagram
• Facebook
• Or come to a showing at Old Liberty Theater, 115 N Main Ave, Ridgefield, WA, 98642

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🎉 This episode also celebrates:

• Old Liberty Theater / Seasons Coffee
• Ridgefield Multicultural Initiative
• Front Porch Books
• Unite Ridgefield, High School Club
• Pacific Island Community of Oregon / NW

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📍 I'm Into This Place is Clark County, Washington's arts, culture, and heritage podcast. We take you behind the scenes with the artists, makers, and community leaders shaping our local culture - from art and music to food, history, and heritage. Find more at imintothisplace.com.

Are you ready to get loud? Arts, Heritage, and Science Week happens every February, and you’re invited. Inspire WA hosts constituents from every district in the state to go to Olympia to advocate for arts, heritage, and science. Adriana’s heading to the capitol on Wednesday, but before she goes, she’s giving us an overview of some of the important bills to keep an eye on during this legislative session, including the WAVE Act, a new bill to support public radio and media called HB 2579, and tax bill SB 5814. Can’t make it to Olympia? You can still make your voice heard. Let’s go!

Resources:

• Join us in Olympia for Arts, Heritage and Science Week
• Sign up for Inspire Washington’s Inspiration League
• Sign up for news from ArtsWA
• The WAVE Act 1-sheet
• Tax Bill SB5814 Resources and Information
• HB2579 Promoting and funding public media and digital equity
• Comment on HB2579
• Advocate resources to use during the legislative session & 2026 Legislative Session Cultural Agenda including bills related to SB5184
• Arts WA FY2027 Budget Requests 1-sheet
• Washington State Historical Society 1-sheet
• Register your pro/con vote on state bills.
• Click here to leave public comment on a bill

Find more on the episode page.

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📍 I'm Into This Place is Clark County, Washington's arts, culture, and heritage podcast. We take you behind the scenes with the artists, makers, and community leaders shaping our local culture - from art and music to food, history, and heritage. Find more at imintothisplace.com.