Paper Midrash and Protest Art in Washington

So much great stuff to share with you from our weekend residency at Congregation Kol Ami in Vancouver, Washington (and our getaway in nearby Portland!) – but a picture is worth 1000 words, right? So here are a few thousand words, in picture form (you know what I mean).

We met Allie Goertz on the plane ride up!

The famous Portland Airport carpet

We braved the cold (high temp of 46º!!) to hit Portland's Saturday market

...and picked up a copy of the X-Men holiday special at Floating World Comics

CKA is a beautiful place to work – views of Mt. Hood and Mt. St. Helens!

Cutting out paper midrash designs

Finding just the right comics

A finished protest art papercut

Another finished protest art papercut

During the "teachback" session, this young artist read from the comic he cut up to make his art!

Another finished protest art papercut

What a great group we worked with!

We presented "Maccabees and Other Super Heroes" at the congregation's latke party – great turnout!

And what visit would be complete without a few hours at Powell's?

And some DELICIOUS late-night pizza!