PRESS HIGHLIGHTS

September 10, 2019  YES! Magazine - Making the Gun Violence Epidemic Visible Through Art and Activism


Summer 2019  The Paper - The Soul Box Project: Paperfolding to Change a Culture


August 6, 2019  NBC - KING TV (Seattle, WA) New Day - Interview with Leslie Lee


August 1, 2019  The Seattle Times - How one art project aims to show how widespread gun violence is


June 5, 2019  Clackamas Review - Soul Box Project aims to open hearts, minds in Milwaukie


May 2019  The Centrist Review - Interview with The Soul Box Project: Using Art to Fight the Gun Epidemic


May 7, 2019  CBC - KTVN (Reno, NV) - The Soul Box Project at the Nevada National Alliance on Mental Illness Conference


April 7, 2019   NBC - KGW - Art Revealing the Gunfire Epidemic at the Multnomah Arts Center


April 5, 2019    ABC - KATU AM Northwest - Interview with Leslie Lee


Apr. 1, 2019   Concordia News - Soul Boxes Travel from Concordia to Salem


Feb. 27, 2019   Metroscope PDX Entercom Radio - Interview with Leslie Lee


Feb. 15, 2019    NBC - KGW - Procession for Soul Box Project


Feb. 15, 2019   ABC - KATU - Soul Box Project delivered to capitol


Feb. 15, 2019   Statesman Journal - Video: Soul Box Project displays 37,000 origami boxes to honor victims


Feb. 15, 2019   Statesman Journal - Photos: Soul Box Project displays 37,000 origami boxes to honor victims 


Feb. 14, 2019   ABC - KATU - Woman's art project aims to display scope of gunfire epidemic


Feb. 13, 2019   FOX - KPTV/KPDX - Group will honor shooting victims with 36,000 origami boxes


Jan. 13, 2019   NBC - KGW - Cerimon House Exhibition Opening. Interview with Leslie Lee.


Jan. 13, 2019   Documentary Short - Filmmaker Nicholas Brown's Soul Box Project Overview 


Jan. 13, 2019   CW - KRCW - Cerimon House Exhibition Opening. Interview with Leslie Lee.


Jan. 30, 2019   KBOO: The Radio Activist - Art to Show the Impact of Gun Violence: Interview with Leslie Lee


Jan. 16, 2019   Portland Tribune - Bits & Pieces: The Soul Box Project at Cerimon House


Jan. 8, 2019   Tucson News Now - Local women take stand agains gun violence with 'Soul Boxes'


Dec. 17, 2018   UCC.org - Commentary: Soul Boxes honor lives, underscore gunfire epidemic


Dec. 5, 2018   Willamette Collegian -  Political Art: Soul Box Project aims to memorialize lives lost to gunfire


Nov. 13, 2018   NW50Plus Magazine - Creating art that heals: Local artist believes her project can heal hearts surrounding gun violence


Aug. 2018   PDX Parent Magazine - Good Deeds: The Soul Box Project








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Media Releases

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All Media Releases can be accessed and downloaded here. 

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Tag line: Art revealing the gunfire epidemic. Make a Box. Send it in. It counts. 

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The Soul Box Project Backgrounder

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Up-to-date information about The Soul Box Project can be found here. 

Image: Soul Box Display Portland, OR

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Downloadable jpeg image: 3,000 Soul Boxes on display at Cerimon House, Portland, OR. January 2019. Photo credit: Nathan V. Holden (Higher resolution photo available)

Image: Soul Box Panel and Soul Boxes

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Downloadable jpeg image: Soul Box panel showing individual Soul Boxes. Each Soul Box is folded to honor a gunfire victim. Photo credit: The Soul Box Project 

Image: Soul Box Procession, Salem, OR

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Downloadable jpeg image: In February 2019 over 100 volunteers delivered 36,000 Soul Boxes to the Oregon State Capitol, one Box for every person killed by gunfire in the US during 2018. Photo credit: Paul Fardig.