CV/Resume
Practice
Multidisciplinary Ecological Artist, Intergenerational Educator, and End of Life Doula
Education
2025-28 Masters in Art Therapy, Lewis & Clark College (In Progress)
2023-25 Bachelor of Science in Social Sciences, Portland State University
2025-26 Black Studies Certificate, Portland State University (In Progress)
2022 Sacred Passage End of Life Doula, The Conscious Dying Institute
2022 Conscious Dying Coach, The Conscious Dying Institute
2021 Associate of Applied Science in Gerontology, Portland Community College
2021 Certified Activity Director, Portland Community College
2020 Associate of General Studies, Portland Community College
Relevant Work
2022- 23 Gerontology Program Support Specialist, Portland Community College, Portland OR
2021- 22 Conversationalist and Media Specialist, Conversation & Company, Portland OR
2021- Present Small Business Owner, Salt of Earth & Sea Studio LLC, Banks OR
2021 Gerontology Special Projects Internship, Portland Community College, Portland OR
2017 Art and Activities Coordinator: Pie-A-Thon Grassroots Music and Art Festival, Portland OR
2016- Present Co-Founder of Healing Land and Waterway Project, Carsner Enterprise LLC, Banks OR
2014 Cross Country Bicycle Tour Benefit, Arts Coordinator, Wolf & Rabbit, Portland Oregon
2014 Creative Development Director, Ozark Alternatives, Fayetteville AR
2012-13 Environmental Sustainability Coordinator, ASPCC, Portland OR
2011-12 Volunteer Environmental Sustainability Coordinator, ASPCC, Portland OR
2010- Present Shelby Silver, Multidisciplinary Ecological Artist and Intergenerational Educator, Banks OR
Selected Community Support Field Work
2025 Maybelle Center, community health org. reversing social Isolation-member visits, Portland OR
2024 Beautification - Planting Flowers, Warm Beach Senior Community, Stanwood WA
2023 Outpatient support and care, St. Vincent Hospital - East Pavilion Surgery Center, Portland OR
2022-23 Gerontology program student support and peer mentorship, PCC Portland OR
2022 EOL patient/family support and care, Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center, Portland OR
2022 EOL pet/owner support and care, Banks OR
2021-present End of life doula education mentoring, Banks OR
2021 Gerontological preplanning for aging in place, OR and WA
2020-present EOL grief support, Banks OR
2014-present Collection of plastic marine debris from Pacific Northwest Coastlines
Teaching
2023 Bay Islands International School, Roatan Honduras
2022 Tualatin Valley Creates, Beaverton OR
2021 Northwind Art, & Port Townsend Marine Science Center, Port Townsend WA
2021 Portland Community College Gerontology Internship, Portland OR
2019 Cannon Beach Arts Association, Cannon Beach OR
2018 - Present Salt of Earth and Sea Studio LLC, Banks OR
2014 Unity Spiritual Center, Portland OR
2014 Ozark Alternatives, Fayetteville AR
Developed Classes, Workshops and Community Art Programs
2024 Community Conscious Creativity: Artists Meeting
A weekly intergenerational artist meeting where individuals can speak to the heart of their creative process, discuss grief, meet other artists, and have the ability to share resources with one another in a neutral, noncompetitive based atmosphere and therefore increase positive mental health and well- being that can only bloom when allowed to grow out of isolation in a post pandemic world.
2023 Sacred Stewardship Workshop: Ecological Intertwining
An intergenerational workshop focused around four holistic heart centered foundational keys: compassion, creativity, community, and conservation with an end result being a found materials woven tapestry and a stronger connection to self, surroundings and others.
2021 Creative Conservation Class: Kaleidoscope from the Sea
An Intergenerational art class for deepening and developing stewardship values. Kit’s containing plastic marine debris and art supplies made to deliver in correspondence with class via zoom.
2019 A Common Thread: Learning the Ropes of Hope and Possibility
A three-day workshop creating baskets with reclaimed marine rope.
Collaboratively Taught by Shelby Silver and Emily Miller
2019 The Ripple Effect: Art Workshop
Hike, Collection, Open Led Discussion and Application: plastic marine debris in artistic process.
Creating mosaics and mandalas
Select Grants and Honors
2025 CCC: Artist Meeting Pilot - Shelby Silver, Tualatin Valley Creates, Grey Raven Gallery
2024 Eco Embodiment Centrum Artist Residency Pilot Program
2021-22 Centrum Artist Residency
2021 Tualatin Valley Creates, Arts and Culture Leadership Incubator
2020-21 PCC Eco Social Justice Grant (rescinded due to Co-vid19)
2019 Earth and Ocean Festival, NYC Artichoke Dance Co performance with “We’ve Made Our Bed”
2018-19 The Chakras, Affirmation to Application, Float Shoppe Artist in Residency
2018 SW ART Magazine Quarter Page Article Plein Air Award, 2019 May & June Issues
Select Speaking/Singing Engagements and Panel Discussions
2024 End of Life Talk and Presentation, Life Development Classes, Lewis & Clark College, Portland OR
2024 Ecological Grief Art Talk, and Song Performance, Centrum, Port Townsend WA
2023 Bay Islands International School, Ecological Intertwining, Roatan Honduras
2022 Victoria House Community Conscious Creativity, Port Townsend WA
2022 Swan School Art in Activism, The Commons at Fort Worden, Port Townsend WA
2022 Tualatin Valley Creates, Community Conscious Creativity, Beaverton OR
2022 Creative Connections Ecology Lecture, Walters Cultural Art Center Hillsboro OR
2021 Tualatin Valley Creates Annual Social Affair, Hillsboro OR
2021 Northwind Art Ecology Lecture, Centrum, Port Townsend WA
2021 Portland Community College Gerontology Event, Portland OR
2021 Omni Open Studios Online Artist Organized Events, Portland OR
2021 Tualatin Valley Creates Leadership Incubator, Hillsboro OR
2021 Gerontology Special Projects Internship, Portland Community College, Portland OR
2020 Portland Textile Month, Distributed Community Projects, Portland OR
2020 GPSEN: Sustainability Symposium Artists in Activism, Portland OR
2019 Earth and Ocean Arts Festival, C.B. Gallery Association, Cannon Beach OR
Select Exhibitions
2024 The Garden of Lost Species and Words, Sunday Kitchen, Seattle Wa
2022 Grover Gallery, Port Townsend WA
2021 For the Love of the Sea, Best Community Space, Best Gallery, Port Townsend WA
2021 Pen and Ink, Grover Gallery, Port Townsend WA
2020-21 Creative Terrain: A celebratory exhibition of Diverse, Regional Artistic Voices, Hillsboro OR
2020 Portland Textile Month, Undersea Garden Exhibit and Woven Tapestries, Portland OR
2021 Washington County Open Studios, Salt of Earth and Sea Open Studio Banks OR
2020 Ecological Rehabilitation Through Art, Astoria Visual Arts, Astoria OR
2019 Sites Unseen, Astoria Visual Arts, Astoria OR
2019 Outside Interests, Fairweather House & Gallery, Seaside OR
2019 Ode to the Tides Invitational, Corvallis, Seaside, Portland, Newport, Hood River, Beaverton OR
2019 Portraiture Exhibit, Fairweather House & Gallery, Seaside OR
2019 Ghost Net Installation Contribution, Elizabeth Jones Gallery & Center, Portland OR
2019 Spring Unveiling, Sharon Amber Jewelry Gallery, Cannon Beach OR
2019 Land and Sea, Art on Broadway Gallery, Beaverton OR
2018-19 Hope for the Sea, Cannon Beach Art Association Gallery OR
2014 Bicycle Tour Benefit, Wolf and Rabbit, Portland Oregon
Large Scale Installations
2022 “We’ve Made Our Bed”, Salt of Earth & Sea Studio, Washington County Open Studios, Banks OR
2020 “We’ve Made Our Bed”, Portland Textile Month, Portland OR
2019 “We’ve Made Our Bed”, Earth and Ocean Arts Festival, C.B. Gallery Association, Cannon Beach OR
2019 Goose, Whale, Acorn: The Visual Story of a Barnacle, CBAA Gallery, Cannon Beach OR
2019 Goose, Whale, Acorn: The Visual Story of a Barnacle, Astoria Visual Arts, Astoria OR
Selected Publications
2024 Khora Dynamic Online Art Space
2023 Shout Out Colorado
2021 Harper’s Bizaar Japan
2021 Our Coast Weekend, Arts and Entertainment Weekly
2021 FRAU Magazine, Sustainability Development Goals Issue
2019 SW Art Magazine, Celebrating Nature
2019 SW Art Magazine, Special 48th Anniversary Issue
Radio and Podcast
2021 KPTZ 91.9 FM Radio Port Townsend: Interview with Larry Stein, Port Townsend WA
https://kptz.org/2021/07/05/bring-your-records-shelby-silver/
2021 Omni Open Studios: Interview with Gwyneth Manley, Portland OR
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4AgMUdz8SWdsDB1ByngU9I
2020 Shady Pines Radio: The Root Note Podcast with Trent TBD Price, Portland OR https://www.mixcloud.com/TBDPrice/
2020 Arts Live and Local KMUN Coastal Radio Interview, Astoria OR
https://coastradio.org/podcast/friday-feb-7th-at-3-pm-arts-live-local
2020 All Things in the Name of Love: Podcast Interview, Portland OR
https://art19.com/shows/all-things-in-the-name-of-love/episodes/
Open Studios
2022 Salt of Earth & Sea Studio, Washington County Open Studios, Banks OR
Pop Up Participating Artist/Featured Artist
2022 Coyote Fest Local Art and Music, Portland OR
2022 Featured Artist Talk and Demonstration, Catherine Bede Gallery, Hillsboro OR
2019 Holiday Pop Up, Natural Body Work Massage and Wellness, Vancouver WA
2018 Artist Live Paint, Plein Air, Cannon Beach OR
2018 Pie-a-thon Grass Roots Music and Art Festival, Live Paint, Portland Oregon
2018 Featured Artist Pop Up Gallery, Banks Oregon