Melissa Monroe didn’t go to art school. She didn’t grow up going to museums, or even know that being an “artist” was a job. When she saw someone painting a mural in a coffee shop where she worked in ...

Portland’s Melissa Monroe is redefining women’s crafts—pushing boundaries one funky creation at a time. Oregon Book Award-winning author and screenwriter Jon Raymond collaborates with filmmakers.

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