Category: Personal
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Liberty Wept Finds Permanent Home in Olympia, WA
I am overjoyed and humbled to share that Liberty Wept has won the People’s Choice Award at the Percival Plinth Project in Olympia, WA — and Olympia’s City Council has officially voted to purchase her for permanent public display. When I loaded her into a cargo van on June 26th with the help of my…
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Introducing 10 First Dates Workbook: A Guided Journey for Dating With Intention
I’m so excited to finally share this with you. Back in 2018, after a marriage that ended three years earlier in a very painful and confusing way, I did something a little wild: I decided to go on ten first dates. Not to find find love again. I just wanted to learn how to trust…
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Liberty Wept in Oly Arts
“Liberty Wept” has been featured in an Oly Arts article by Molly Gilmore! (Photo by Skip Albertson) The piece that’s getting the most attention, though, is “Liberty Wept,” a reclaimed metal sculpture by Christine Rose, a Portland artist, author and playwright. Locals are abuzz about the 6-foot sculpture, which Rose describes on the project website…
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Liberty Wept Needs Your Vote!
Liberty Wept is standing on her plinth on the Olympia waterfront boardwalk — and she needs you. The Percival Plinth Project is a year-long public art installation featuring 14 sculptures displayed throughout Olympia, WA. Throughout the month of July, the public votes for their favorites, and the sculpture that earns the most votes wins the…
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Liberty Wept Has Left the Building — She’s in Olympia Now
On June 26th, we loaded a 175-pound weeping Statue of Liberty into a cargo van and drove her two hours north to her new home. Liberty Wept, my 6’3″ reclaimed metal sculpture, has been accepted into the Percival Plinth Project in Olympia, WA, a juried public art installation where sculptures are displayed for one year…
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Garden Duet VIII — Come Find My Work in SW Portland Next Weekend
One of my favorite things about being a sculptor who works exclusively with reclaimed metal is finding my people — and ReClaimIt PDX’s annual fundraising event and art show, Garden Duet, is full of them. I’m thrilled to be one of over 20 local artists showing at Garden Duet VIII next weekend, June 13–14, 11am–3pm,…
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Burn It Down
I burned the haystack before it had a name — and wrote a play about it. There’s a viral dating method sweeping the internet right now called the “burned haystack.” The premise is elegant in its ruthlessness: if you’re looking for a needle in a haystack, the most efficient strategy isn’t to sort through every…
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“10 First Dates” — London Premiere, 4-Star Reviews, and 3 Award Nominations
I saw my own play for the first time on opening night. Watching something you wrote come to life on a stage while strangers laugh at exactly the right moments is surreal—and one of the most extraordinary things I’ve ever experienced. I was genuinely proud of what this team had made. The Team Laura Shipler…
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Past Lives Holiday Bizarre This Friday — Come See My New Sculptures and Seasonal Art!
This Friday, December 5, from 5–10 p.m., Past Lives Makerspace is hosting its Holiday Bizarre: A Sale of Art & Oddities, and I’m thrilled to be part of it. The event is free, open to the public, and part of SE Portland’s First Friday Art Walk, so it’s the perfect night to explore local art,…
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Fall of Freedom Comes to Portland — And “Liberty Wept” Takes Her First Stand
On November 21, 2025, Portland joins more than 600 creative resistance events nationwide as part of Fall of Freedom—a sweeping, two-day mobilization of artists, writers, performers, and community spaces rising in defiance of growing authoritarian threats across the country. At Past Lives Makerspace, their monthly Open Mic Night is transforming into a special Fall of…
Christine Rose 