Sanctuary Rebuild

In deep collaboration with our community, led by our team of Black and Indigenous artists and cultural workers, we are rebuilding Prismid Sanctuary!

Prismid’s 0.74-acre parcel of land currently includes an existing 1914 farmhouse and small vegetable garden. The house will be rebuilt as an environmentally and economically self-sustaining Community Hub, which will include a salon-style workshop, a performance and gathering venue, a music and dance rehearsal studio, a community kitchen, reading room, and tea bar. New structures will also include two artist-in-residence studios. Total redevelopment will be ~7000 square feet and include a 42.7 kW solar array, LEED-Gold certification, and ADA accessibility. 

A Community Wellness structure will feature a sauna, outdoor sweat lodge, and soaking pool. The surrounding climate-resilient landscape will support Indigenous, Black, and inter-community cultural practices through native habitat restoration, organic culturally-responsive vegetable gardens, plant medicine gardens, a greenhouse, and a First Foods forest. Green Infrastructure elements will consist of rainwater catchment and irrigation systems, stormwater collection, and permeable pathways that protect local waterways. The grounds will also include an outdoor amphitheater and space dedicated for ceremony.  

Our rebuild process has been deeply collaborative, and has brought together an intergenerational group of over 60 BIPoC artists, elders, and cultural workers to reimagine what culturally grounded, decolonial space-making looks and feels like. Community leadership is centered at every stage–from planning and implementation to programming and stewardship–fostering deep engagement with land, ancestral knowledge, and inter-community cultural practices. In this way-making, we honor the creative labor of our community members who have long been  imagining and integrating various technologies of sustainability into cultural and infrastructural forms. 

Renderings courtesy of Allied Works Architects

Thank You to Our Funding Partners! 

1803 Fund

ArtsHere I National Endowment for the Arts

The Collins Foundation

Ronni Lacroute

Mellon Foundation 

Meyer Memorial Trust 

Oregon Community Foundation

Oregon Metro

Portland Clean Energy Fund (PCEF)

Reimagine Oregon I Prosper Portland

600+ Local & National Individual Supporters

Anonymous Foundation Support + Partners