About

Chloë Hight (she/her/hers) was raised by the flow of the Columbia River and twisting white oak trees in the small town of Hood River, Oregon. Her first memories grew from spending time immersed in the local landscape and have blossomed into a lifelong thread of creative inspiration. Chloë studied pottery and printmaking at Emily Carr University of Art + Design in Vancouver British, Columbia, Canada and has had many mentors along her creative journey. Her studies lead her to the small village of Teotitlan del Valle in Oaxaca, México to learn from Horacio Guitiérez, a woolen textile weaver and natural dyer. He and his family generously shared their knowledge of cloth and how each plant, hand spun skein of wool, and steaming dye pot was an expression of the story of his people and their deeply rooted relationship with place. This experience profoundly influenced Chloë’s artistic practice and she began searching for ways to deepen her relationship with creative materials and techniques that reflected the place where she lived. Chloë returned to Vancouver, BC and began an apprenticeship with the EartHand Gleaners Society studying under Sharon Kallis and Rebecca Graham to learn the process of  growing and repurposing local and introduced plants for textile fiber, botanical dyes, and basket weaving material. Chloë returned to Oregon and is a practicing visual and teaching artist throughout the state. She works with local organizations such as, Rewild Portland, The Columbia Basin Basketry Guild, Portland Metro, and Wildcraft Studio School to create opportunities for children and adults to build deeper relationships with place through visual art and innate traditional hand technologies.