I got to interview the incoming Creative Laureates for Portland, Leila Haile and Joaquin Lopez, and the outgoing Laureate Subashini Ganesan-Forbes in two pieces for ArtsWatch. I learned about this position when I interviewed Suba last year about her work supporting artists who lost work because of COVID. I think it’s great that our city has a position like this, and I’m especially excited to see what Leila and Joaquin get up to.
