Most galleries remain shuttered this December due to Oregon’s Covid restrictions but there are still plenty of opportunities for virtual viewing.
With the lockdown screws tightening, Marc Mohan digs into the streaming services for some winning new films.
Portland’s Latinx theater and playwright Maya Malan-Gonzalez give “A Christmas Carol” a virtual update.
ArtsWatch Weekly: Passing art forward, Josie Seid’s America, Don Latarski’s wild art, remembering Bruce Browne.
One function of radio in the digital age is savvy curation. How All Classical’s programming fills the bill.
From pets to the pandemic, a Sitka Center project spurs discussion among second-graders about the year’s events.
A Yamhill County artist visited a local park over a year and came away with a series of pastels expressing her life.
Portland Center Stage’s associate artistic director: “We are making something new and we are making it very, very fast.”
Experiencing the natural acoustic and visual worlds of Don Latarski.
ArtsWatch Weekly: As Covid-19 turns the world inside again, the arts world delivers the goods in spite of it all.
Starting small but thinking big, Stumptown Stages has made itself a leader in equity and diversity.
From making music in wartime Sarajevo to performing and teaching in Oregon, violist Dijana Ihas forges a new life.
COVID has put the kibosh on the popular reindeer room, but the community still has holiday plans.
James H. Barron’s “The Greek Connection” tells the tale of a fight for justice amid the tricky thicket of politics.
Nine months into shutdown, even introverts miss the bustle of the streets. A look back on the art of gathering.
As covid cases spike and Oregon orders new restrictions, museums are closing their doors again.
Pandemic inspires youth orchestra to create a new music festival and commissioning program featuring new music by diverse voices Art is all about creativity, so when the pandemic struck, Portland Youth Philharmonic, facing cancellation of in-person classes and concerts, got creative. The
Sitka Center brings a Native American tradition to elementary students.
Dance is cooking: solo concerts from NW Dance Project, Franco Nieto’s new studio, comic dance film from BodyVox.
Five Oaks Museum’s virtual exhibit ‘DISplace’ traces the long history of the Hawaiian diaspora in the Northwest.
“The arts are undergoing a catastrophe. The performing arts sector, specifically, has been squashed. And, as with any tragedy, I think there are also revelations.”
The nation cringes from the brinksmanship of election denial. Isn’t there a show about that?
Businesses boarded up against Covid and protests. Artists saw blank canvases. A look at very public art projects.
Photographer/writer K.B. Dixon profiles leading gallery owners Martha Lee, Charles Froelick, Elizabeth Leach.
Portland Center Stage’s online ‘Love in the Time of Piñatas’ hits the cultural and theatrical sweet spot.
Alyson Provax’s innovative print work showcases resourcefulness in both medium and audience engagement
The Music is Instrumental program pays for mentors to keep music education alive in Lincoln County schools.
ArtsWatch Weekly: Brett Campbell solves the riddle. Theater discovers radio. Music, dance, art, books, more.
Lo-fi, death metal, slowcore, millennial punk, pop and jazz: new sounds from local artists on Bandcamp.
ArtsWatch’s new language arts column arrives just in time for a busy November. Amy Leona Havin reports.
Portland theaters, shut off from the stage, find a future from the past: radio theater, updated for the digital age.
The veteran artists are exemplars of independent dance artists making successful careers in Portland.
The planned performing arts wing wins the support of an influential statewide arts lobbying group.
Fear No Music’s new series starts with Nokuthula Ngwenyama, Regina Harris Baiocchi, Adolphus Hailstork.
November’s art viewing options range from abstract paintings to a multisensory lizard immersion installation.
As Portland Public Schools teach long-distance, the district’s arts teachers find creative ways to adapt.
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