Roxie McGovern
Artist Evoker

Roxie grew up in Los Angeles in a big Armenian family where everyone, regardless of relation, is either "Auntie" or "Uncle." Her family and Armenian heritage are a huge inspiration on her art making and philosophy on how she lives her life. Roxie moved to Portland in 1996, met her husband within a week of her move, and can't imagine living anywhere else! She has a BFA in printmaking from Pacific Northwest College of Art and is currently the Executive Director of Children's Healing Art Project. Roxie has first hand experience with the process of art making being a healing tool, and continues to make work about her grandfather's survival of the Armenian genocide, her father's battle with cancer, and her grandmother's passing from Leukemia. She loves that working with kids enables her to channel her 5-year-old self every day.

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