“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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