Community Partners, Artist/Professor Michael Stevenson and tile setter
Students interview, photograph and scan former costume designer and ballet teacher.
Jefferson Young Archivists at PICA May, 2025
Jeff Student scanning community member
Tile Presentation Mock up
Jeff Student 3-D scanning alumni
Students learn to 3-D scan and print alumni and current students to create a 3-D sculpture for the new building.
Learning to use a level to hang artwork
Jeff student using the 360 camera to document the event
Jefferson Alumni class of 1961
Jeff students scanning students at Jeff
Ceramic tiles for future exhibit in the New Jefferson HighSchool building. Created with Master Artist Michael Bernard Stevenson Jr. and Ms. H.
PICA is located at 15 NE Hancock St. Portland OR 97212
The Cherry Sprout is located on the corner of Albina and Sumner. 722 N Sumner St, Portland, OR 97217
In this exhibition, members of the Jefferson High School Black Student Union (BSU) celebrate the many individuals who blessed the halls of Jefferson High School with their shining presence and impact on the community. Through painting, video, music, and dance at Jefferson, students honor their legacies and examples that Jefferson alums set for them as they walk those same halls today.
This exhibition is a manifestation of the Black excellence that is cultivated in our school. Jefferson High School acts as a safe haven of our community; the Stars of Jefferson are individuals who exhibit the best characteristics of what Jefferson has to offer and are proof that Black Shines Brighter.
The vision is executed by the BSU, students from various art classes, students from music classes, and the Jefferson Dancers in conjunction with the 8th annual Portland Winter Lights Festival 2023. The Festival Map is now live!