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Steph Littlebird: ‘Am I honoring those who have come before me?’

Steph Littlebird introduces Oregon ArtsWatch's new series "Indigenous Resilience in Oregon."

Stage & Studio: Reflections on 2021

Dmae Lo Roberts talks in her newest podcast with ArtsWatch's Bob Hicks, Steph Littlebird, Brett Campbell, and Amy Leona Havin about the highs, lows, and landmarks of the cultural year.

Managing cultural resources for this generation and the next

Indigenous Resilience: Steph Littlebird dives into cultural resources management with David Harrelson.

How one Indigenous person keeps the Oregon Symphony organized

Steph Littlebird interviews Lori Trephibio, the Stage Manager of the Oregon Symphony, as part of ArtsWatch's series "Indigenous Resilience in Oregon"

Reconnection and resilience: an interview with Anthony Hudson

Steph Littlebird talks with Anthony Hudson (aka Carla Rossi) about making art, representation, and Indigenous identity.

Reimagining the museum with a Native lens

Steph Littlebird's series "Indigenous Resilience in Oregon" continues with a feature on the Chachalu Museum and Cultural Center.

‘The Art of Drag’ in Salem

Curated by Jessica Rehfield-Griffith in consultation with RiRi Calienté of the House of Calienté, the show aimed to "demystify drag." It offered the community much more.

VizArts Monthly: Slowing Down

As we head into July, art offerings around Oregon offer opportunities to slow down and contemplate memories, ancestors, and landscapes (among other things). Raylee Heiden rounds up some strong options.

Black History IS History? Of course.

A Multnomah Arts Center exhibit of work by Black Northwest artists delves into the past to create a celebration of Black creativity in the present.

Bush House Museum’s historical reboot

The Salem Art Association opens the Waldo Bogle Gallery in the Bush House and unveils the two latest paintings in Jeremy Okai Davis's portrait series. The house's original owner and namesake would not be pleased.

News & Notes: Indie bookstores, and other special days

Check the shelves: It's Independent Bookstore Day. Also: Indigenous arts fellowships, take the arts survey, "The Judy" opens its doors.

VizArts Monthly: February 2023

Don't miss Lindsay Costello's gathering of February's most enticing art exhibitions and events. There's augmented reality, calligraphy, and monsters.

The year that was: Looking back on ’22

The opening of the Reser Center in Beaverton and the cautious return to post-pandemic "normal" top a vigorous year of arts events in Oregon.

Teaming up: Crow’s Shadow & Hallie Ford Museum of Art

Crow's Shadow Institute of Arts combines forces with the Hallie Ford Museum of Art in Salem to ensure "art world" access for Indigenous creatives.

Collaboration and representation: the High Desert Museum

Natural history museums are not known for their authentic or accurate representations of Indigenous communities. The High Desert Museum in Bend is committed to changing this.

Building a cultural hub: Elizabeth Woody and the Museum at Warm Springs

The Museum at Warm Springs is confronting a number of challenges but director Elizabeth Woody is full of ideas, strategies, and solutions.

2021: A Year of Adapting & Rebuilding

Looking back on a year of disruptions, passions, politics, cultural shifts, bright ideas, and fresh starts in Oregon arts.

2021: Remembering those who died

From children's writer Beverly Cleary to jazz star Carlton Jackson to actor Philip Cuomo and more, we say farewell to artists who died in 2021.

2021: A Year of Looking at Things

In a year of sharp contrasts, visual art in Oregon bounced between the stark and the hopeful, with plenty of surprises along the way.

2021: A year of dance, up in the air

From dance on film at the start of the year to a flurry of Nutcrackers at the end, the ups and downs of Oregon's Covid-tinged dance year.

2021: A year of rethinking who we are

Amid a year of cultural clashes over who belongs, artists in Oregon thought big, told untold stories, and spread the creative net wide.

2021: A literary year of loss, renewal, and re-emergence

Looking back at the authors we lost and the bookish events that cheered us this year.

ArtsWatch Weekly: To Gogh, or Not To Gogh?

Inside an "immersive art" extravaganza. Plus: Philip Cuomo and other deaths in the family, Indigenous culture and the future, talking with Willy Vlautin, what's up in December.

ArtsWatch Weekly: November roars in like a lion

A new month stirs up a storm of cultural activity, from a big book fest to galleries to stage, screen, and sound.

Beach Boys bingo: We get around

ArtsWatch Weekly: As Covid concerns grow again, the arts world moves half-speed ahead. But it IS moving.

Vanport Mosaic’s flood of memories

ArtsWatch Weekly: A festival to remember, theater heats up, All Classical leaps forward, Chachalu steps up.

Oscars, books, and strange things

ArtsWatch Weekly: Oscars, Oregon Book Awards, operatic triumph, strange tales and a stranger firing.

Women on the move: These are the days, again

ArtsWatch Weekly: History moves into the forefront, a new series on Indigenous resilience, film fest time.

Greg Archuleta and Lifeways: Cultivating resilience through education

When Greg Archuleta realized the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde didn't have any cultural education classes, he created them himself.

ArtsWatch Weekly: Big bucks, big visions

Following up on Portland Art Museum's $10 million Rothko Pavilion gift; a fond farewell to Vision 2020.