Connecting all the Pieces: Mahonia Crossing Art Exhibition and Sale

Art serves many purposes in our daily lives, including building community, inspiring creativity, joy, and discovery, and connecting us with nature. At Scott Edwards Architecture, our design approach promotes the integration of art and architecture, and we enjoy the process of collaborating with our clients and those who the space will serve to integrate them meaningfully.

This is the case with Mahonia Crossing, a mixed-income “Community for All Ages” housing development in Salem, Oregon. The development’s building typologies include family-centered residential walk-ups, a senior living building, and a community building—each responding to the differing needs of residents in 30, 60, and 80 percent AMI brackets. Art displayed in the senior building was created by students from a local elementary school, Pringle Elementary, a playful direction that enlivens the space. This approach reinforced the project’s vision to create multi-generational interaction, connecting the development’s older adults residing here with younger generations in the surrounding community.

Mahonia Crossing’s student-made art consists of collages, paintings, and drawings, some of which required scanning the original and printing on fade-resistant paper. This left SEA with a handful of wonderful original pieces, sparking an idea to pass the art forward while supporting a great cause, the Salem Art Association. That brings us to “Connecting all the Pieces: Mahonia Crossing Art Exhibition and Sale,” a donation-based art sale and exhibition celebrating this great work and the intention behind it. Learn more about the exhibition and how to make a donation to purchase a piece below.

When: The installation will be viewable at Scott Edwards Architecture HQ from September 24th to October 21st. The digital, donation-based sale will open from October 1st to October 15th (or whenever all pieces have been purchased).

How to Purchase a Piece: When the sale opens on October 1st, follow the step-by-step process below to purchase a piece.

Select which piece you’d like to buy. Each piece is numbered in the list below. We are limiting purchases to one per person. Art will not be framed.
You will decide how much you’d like to donate to Salem Art Association for the piece—there is no set amount. The donation will be made at the time you pick up the piece at SEA HQ. We will have a donation kiosk set up, or if you’d prefer, you can use your own device to make a donation. Donations will be made directly to Salem Art Association through their website.
Email your name, phone number, and the number of the piece you’d like to purchase to specialevents@seallp.com. Our team will confirm if the piece is still available, mark it as “Sold” on this webpage, and add you to the reception guest list. Pieces will be reserved on a first-come, first-served basis.
Pick up your piece at SEA HQ (2525 E. Burnside St., Portland, OR, 97214) on October 22nd between 3:00pm and 5:00pm and enjoy light refreshments while you’re here. Local pick-up only; no shipping available.
Love your new piece? Send a picture of it to specialevents@seallp.com once it’s in its new home and we’ll share it on our social media pages.