ABOUT PORTAL
Portal grew from a collaboration between artist neighbours and their shared appreciation for stories, creativity, community and the natural world (particularly blackberries!)
Now, Port Alberni Portal offers art and items from Vancouver Island, including secondhand, handmade, reclaimed and repurposed works. We work together to connect customers with unique, art, gifts, and decor, and we especially hope to connect Portal customers to Indigenous histories and stories from the west coast.
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Ready to place an order? Check out our contact page to find more information about placing orders and arranging for shipping and pick up.
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Products
A portion of profits from art sold goes to supporting Indigenous social movements as well as efforts to protect old-growth, ancient forests of the west coast.
Read more about who we support here:
Idle No More:
Idle No More is an Indigenous, women-led social movement. Idle No More is “an inclusive, continent-wide network of urban and rural Indigenous working hand in hand with non-Indigenous allies to build a movement for Indigenous rights and the protection of land, water, and sky.” The group states that “colonization continues through attacks to Indigenous rights and damage and harm to all our relations. We must repair these violations, live the spirit and intent of the treaty relationship, work towards justice in action, and protect Mother Earth.”
The Ancient Rainforest Alliance (AFA):
The AFA is “a registered charitable organization working to protect BC’s endangered old-growth forests and to ensure a sustainable, value-added, second-growth forest industry. Founded by Ken Wu and TJ Watt in February 2010, the organization has quickly grown into British Columbia’s main organization working toward province-wide legislation to end the logging of endangered old-growth forests.”
