WEAVERBIRD NEST

EXPERIENCE

NEST BUILDING AND MULTIMEDIA EXPERIENCE

PORTLAND, OR

APRIL 28 - JULY 7

PROGRAM:

This three month immersive experience will guide participants through each stage of an artistic process from gathering materials to constructing a 12ft suspended weaverbird nest at BLACKBIRD STUDIO.

Over the course of our time together, you’ll explore writing prompts, reflective practices, and creative acts that help move healing from the mind into the body. Together we will weave our individual and collective stories into a large scale installation honoring our narratives and creating purpose.

The process will be documented through photography, film, writing, interviews, and audio recordings. These expressions become an active part of the final installation, weaving our lives into a beautiful work of art.

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INCLUDES:

  • 11 Group Meetings - Tuesday evenings

  • Creative Assignments

  • A step-by-step, experiential framework to facilitate individual storytelling

  • Meditative open nest building hours - Sunday afternoons

  • Copy of the final artwork produced throughout the project: photos, film, and audio recordings

  • Name on plaque as contributing artist of the first ever WEAVERBIRD NEST

PRICING:

For 3 months: $5000

Inquire with Debbie about sliding scale and installments

More About Debbie Baxter

Founder & Creator of The NEST Project

What began in 2016 with a self-portrait inside the first nest she built alongside her son, Zavier, has grown into a global movement dedicated to transforming trauma, loss, and pain into collective healing.

Debbie’s work is rooted in her own story. She grew up navigating a childhood marked by instability, grief, and the absence of a nurturing mother. Those early fractures shaped her understanding of safety, longing, and the places where we carry unspoken hurt. The NEST emerged from her search for a sanctuary she had never been given: a place where she could feel held, honest, and whole.

Through installation, portraiture, and somatic practice, Debbie creates spaces where others can experience that same sense of refuge. Her process invites people to meet their own histories with tenderness, to be witnessed without judgment, and to reimagine vulnerability as strength. What began as a personal exploration has become a shared pathway toward restoration, connection, and healing.