Curriculum Vitae — Arcadia Trueheart

Curriculum Vitae: Course of Life

Western Washington University, BA from Fairhaven Interdisciplinary College major in Creative and Cultural Communication, Minor in Spanish. Studied oral history interview, performance, creative writing, and social justice.
Adventure Learning Grant from Fairhaven College to study traditional and social justice arts in Bolivia for one year. Interviewed and apprenticed with political street theater groups, a Carnaval dance troupe, and traditional weavers.

Bread & Puppet Theater - Glover, VT: Apprenticeship collaborating with international artists to devise and perform political theater productions. Learned techniques in large-scale puppet production, mask making/performing, and shadow puppetry.
Echo Theater Company - Portland, OR: 10+ years training in acrobatics, aerial dance, and movement theater. DanceAbility Teacher Intensive on teaching accessible dance and movement.
Living Stages Theater of the Oppressed - Portland, OR: Intensive on Theater of the Oppressed techniques culminating in an interactive community performance.
Teatro Linea de Sombra - Portland, OR: Selected by Boom Arts to learn from Teatro Línea de Sombra (Mexico City) about their research-based performance creation methodology.
Teatr Figur Kraków - Portland, OR: Shadow puppetry intensive with touring Polish theater company.
Wonderheads Theatre - Portland, OR: Stealing the Mask workshop about puppetry and mask manipulation.

Handmade Stories Live - Portland, OR: Lead Artist devising a performance with shadow puppetry, spoken word, and live music based on recorded interviews about hand stories. Funded by the Regional Arts & Culture Council.
Handmade Stories - Portland, OR: Lead Artist and creator of a public art project that used interviews, drawings, and creative writing to invite the community to share stories about their hands. Funded by the Awesome Portland Foundation.

Donor wall for University Health Women’s & Children’s Hospital - San Antonio, TX: Designed 63’ donor wall for entrance of hospital in collaboration with hospital foundation and design team.
University Health Women’s & Children’s Hospital - San Antonio, TX: Designed art for two floors of hospital building - two 150ft corridors, eight patient rooms, and one family waiting area.
Springwater Environmental Sciences School - Oregon City, OR: Two mural projects (2021 and 2023). Based on students’ drawings, designed outdoor mural and facilitated student painting of mural.
Tierra del Sol Restaurant - Portland, OR: Designed and painted murals for Oaxacan restaurant.
Penn State Children’s Heart Clinic - Harrisburg, PA: Designed artwork for all 14 exam rooms in clinic.
Site Painters Production Assistant - Portland, OR: Assisted with production and painting for murals at Mulino Headstart Center, Heritage Elementary School, Tabor Commons, Tigard Transit Center, and TriMet Barbur Blvd Transit Center.

Orfeo in Underland with Renegade Opera - Portland, OR: Designed 12’x 30’ paper maché puppet and directed performers to puppet manipulation.
She is Fierce with Enso Theatre Ensemble - Portland, OR: Designed shadow puppets for the play.
Truth Project at Fertile Ground Festival - Portland, OR: Co-directed and performed in bilingual shadow puppetry piece at Echo Theater.
Bellingham Storytellers Guild - Bellingham, WA: Storyteller at monthly folk tale performance.
Fairhaven College Theater - Bellingham, WA: Devised and performed in multi-media plays based on interviews with community members.
La Cambalacha Theater - Guatemala: Devised and performed in bilingual poetry and dance presentations.
¡Ay Caramba! Puppet Theater - Portland: Performed in bilingual shadow puppetry shows in public libraries.

Arts for Learning Northwest - Portland, OR: Selected to be on roster of teaching artists available to provide arts workshops in Portland metro schools.
Viscerality: embodied connection in virtual space - Portland & virtually: Developed and facilitated workshop for Portland Area Theatre Alliance (PATA), Qualitative Research Consultants Association (QRCA), and Oregon Program Evaluators Network (OPEN).
Spiritual & Theological Mutual Accompaniment conference - Mexico & virtually: Co-facilitated bilingual workshops for community organizers in visual art and movement communication.
Justicia con Corazón: restorative justice theater - Portland, OR: Facilitated Theater of the Oppressed workshops for immigrant parents seeking justice within the public school system.
Migrant Youth Leadership Conference - Bellingham, WA: Co-facilitated workshop for migrant youth about connecting to memories of home through painting.
Echo Theater School - Portland, OR: Taught classes in aerial dance, acrobatics, clowning, and movement theater for youth and families.
La Cambalacha Arts Center - Guatemala: Planned and lead classes in fine arts, trapeze, and movement theater for local children and teenagers.
Creative Arts & Theater Camp for Girls - Portland, OR: Organized and directed day camps for children focused on global cultures, fine arts, and collaborative theater creation.

Betties360 - Portland ,OR: Co-Program Director facilitated support program for middle school girls and their families focused on outdoor adventure activities and creative/therapeutic expression.
Donate Life Northwest - Portland, OR: Community Engagement Coordinator provided Spanish-language outreach and education about organ donation. Developed and facilitated trainings for kidney patients.
Leaven Community Intercambio - Portland, OR: Volunteered facilitating language and cultural exchange gatherings for Spanish and English learners.
Heifer International Learning Ranch - Perryville, AR: Volunteered guiding tours and leading discussions about sustainable farming, globalization, and world hunger for school groups.

Private Spanish classes - Portland, OR: Design curriculum and teach Spanish lessons for individuals and small-groups of all ages and levels.
Portland English Language Academy - Portland, OR: Taught English as a foreign language to adult international students.
Bellingham Public Schools Spanish Literacy Instruction - Bellingham, WA: Developed and taught lessons for elementary-aged heritage Spanish speakers to develop Spanish literacy
Whatcom Literacy Council - Bellingham, WA: Volunteered tutoring English Language Learners to improve their comfort and fluency with written and spoken English.