‘The Central Park Five’: Art as a tool for justice
Friderike Heuer
March 17, 2022
Anthony Davis’s shattering work at Portland Opera opens deep and disturbing questions about race and policing in the United States.
Anthony Davis’s shattering work at Portland Opera opens deep and disturbing questions about race and policing in the United States.
On the move: Memoirs by Mark Morris and Carol Rich, Victoria Fortuna’s exploration of dance and violence in Buenos Aires, the legacy of a Russian master.
Celebrating artists in Oregon whose visions stood out and helped define and rethink a precarious year.
Christmas concerts, drag shows, música latina, doom metal, and everything in between
Generations meet and play when the Keylock company’s young dancers take on the witty choreography of Oregon legend Bielemeier, 71.
The bellwether: In Maryhill Museum’s second collaborative art project along a 220-mile stretch of the Columbia River – this one by fiber artists – sheep and their wool lead the way.
ArtsWatch Weekly: As Covid ebbs and flows, arts & culture find fresh form – and Oregon stories arrive in a rush.
ArtsWatch Weekly: Photographic tales of Black Portland; picturing Pride; symphony’s new chief; more.
ArtsWatch Weekly: Portland Oscar nod; Dawson Carr’s big day; dance dive; laureate speaks; big BRAVO.
Pat Rose profiles three of Portland’s most creative photographers. Part 1: Grace Weston.
“… Maddy called me up a year ago, and she was like, let’s start this thing. I have an idea, it’s called Renegade Opera.”
ArtsWatch Weekly: Remembering Beverly Cleary, Larry McMurtry, and composer Stephen Scott; revolutions & the way things change.
ArtsWatch Weekly: A year into shutdown, signs of revival: Stimulus aid for the arts, museums reopening, a theater with an audience of 1 to 5.
Shining a light on rose gardens Oregon musicians are tending; listening to Kenji Bunch on behalf of the City of Roses.
Forced to quickly shift from live to virtual performances, the festival finds surprising intimacy and success.
Sebastian Zinn explores the multifaceted work of the artist and musician Chaz Bear.
A look back at the ups and downs and curious side trips of the year in Oregon culture.
An invitation to be a part of ArtsWatch, plus what’s new with centenarians Lenny and Merce.
Some thoughts on theater etiquette, on ideas about race and cultural preference, and on what shows to see this week in Portland.
From Eastern Oregon to a paint-out on the coast to queer opera and TBA in Portland to the New York streets, art is where you look.
