Khloella Brateng participates in the Lincoln County arts community in many different capacities: actor, musician, artist and writer.
As an actor, Khloella has been seen onstage in such productions as “The Full Monty” (Jeannette Burmeister), “The Producers” (Touch Me, Hold Me), “Young Frankenstein” (Frau Blucher) and as three different (male) characters in “Anton In Show Business” just to name a few. She also participates as the narrator for the annual spring dance performance of Pacific Dance Ensemble.
As a musician, she plays the celtic harp for weddings, celebrations, receptions and private parties. She has also been seen at The Drift Inn in Yachats, OR and at Café Mundo in Newport. For a time she was the bass guitar player for the band “Thinking with Sand,” playing locally in the Lincoln County area.
As a writer, she has participated in “Off the Page,” an evening of original readings by Lincoln County writers produced by Drew Myron in Yachats. Khloella has shared her poetry, flash fiction and short fiction for all ten of the annual events. She has also produced a chapbook of her work entitled “Words Out Loud” that is available at Sola Luna Gallery in Toledo, OR.
As an artist, she has explored many mediums: oil painting, watercolors, polymer figurative sculptures, beading and mixed media.
When asked if there is anything she doesn’t do, she replies, “Housework.”