Jennifer RabinJennifer Rabin is a Portland-based writer, artist, and arts activist who fights for equity and increased funding for the arts. If you want to follow along, please visit https://jenniferrabin.substack.com/. Renewed purpose for people and machines alike January 25, 2023Jennifer Rabin Jennifer Rabin finds more than anticipated on a visit to the exhibition "A Call for Light" at the makerspace Past Lives in industrial Southeast Portland. Art Review: Willie Little at Oregon Contemporary September 14, 2022Jennifer Rabin "In My Own Little Corner" immerses viewers in an autobiographical exploration of past and present. Jennifer Rabin reviews. Alyson Provax at Well Well Projects August 24, 2022Jennifer Rabin In her new show, "There is so much I want to tell you," the artist builds upon her previous explorations with letterpress and hidden text with gossamer layers. The effect is anything but insubstantial. BANKSYLAND: Where nothing is as it seems May 4, 2022Jennifer Rabin The unauthorized exhibition debuts in Portland and is slated for a multi-city run. Banksy's relationship to the art is as murky as the role of the show's organizers. Opinion: Froelick controversy spirals downward March 8, 2022Jennifer Rabin In a gallerist's anti-vaxx crusade and shaming of a Jewish museum, Jennifer Rabin writes, the systems of power reinforce themselves. Froelick, CAP, and the vaccine controversy February 1, 2022Jennifer Rabin What's behind a major Portland gallery's decision to pull out of Cascade AIDS Project's charity auction. Art review: Anya Roberts-Toney at Nationale November 22, 2021Jennifer Rabin Anya Roberts-Toney's new show "If She Floats" takes on witches and the art historical canon. Ceramics take on tech September 17, 2021Jennifer Rabin NFTs are typically associated with digital content. What happens when they're tied to physical objects? Jennifer Rabin explores "New Ownership" at Eutectic Gallery. Art outside: The chickens have left the building July 15, 2021Jennifer Rabin 1122 Outside may be the perfect post-pandemic panacea. It is a venue for showing art but equally an artist-centered, anti-capitalist community space. Diversity and inclusion can’t accomplish what we need March 29, 2021Jennifer Rabin Art institutions have embraced the call for diversity, equity, and inclusion. Jennifer Rabin probes the shortcomings of the approach and offers an alternative. The value of art: Cats, cryptoart, and morons March 9, 2021Jennifer Rabin A group of collectors burned a Banksy print to increase the value of its digital version. Jennifer Rabin sorts it out. ‘One drop of water in the deep blue sea’ February 17, 2021Jennifer Rabin Jennifer Rabin was moved to tears by Sophia Wright Emigh and Jaleesa Johnston's project "Bodies Apart, Moving Together." A conversation about the pandemic, art, and finding connection. In an attention economy, the critic’s most powerful tool is silence March 11, 2019Jennifer Rabin Humans are wired to crave attention. We want validation and recognition that our lives matter to other people. But our desire for attention has become bottomless, stretched, and grotesque. I…
