Artist Bruce Conkle: Isolation as meditation time

May 11, 2020Martha Daghlian

A Portland artist hopes we come out of lockdown with a better sense of what's important and the problems we cause.

Museum curator Grace Kook-Anderson: Figuring it out

May 8, 2020Martha Daghlian

The Portland Art Museum's curator of Northwest art talks about curating during a pandemic.

Artist Ka’ila Farrell-Smith: Re-thinking the post-pandemic world

April 23, 2020Martha Daghlian

Klamath-Modoc artist/activist Ka'ila Farrell-Smith on how the pandemic can lead to big structural change.

VizArts Monthly: Streaming at home

March 30, 2020Martha Daghlian

Martha Daghlian's April picks highlight local arts organizations' strategies for engaging homebound viewers.

The Unknown Exhibition

March 29, 2020Martha Daghlian

Curator Lucy Cotter's show at CCAC was poignant before the pandemic. Now it is even more urgent.

The symphony animated and illuminated

March 10, 2020Martha Daghlian

Martha Daghlian gets the inside scoop on Rose Bond's latest project with the Oregon Symphony on view this weekend.

First Thursday: Solitude and connection

March 9, 2020Martha Daghlian

At this month's First Thursday gallery walk, art fans found shelter from the frantic times outside the galleries.

VizArts Monthly: Fill March with art and sunshine

March 2, 2020Martha Daghlian

From Baldessari to Bearden to Carola Penn and more, Martha Daghlian picks events & shows to see in March.

VizArts Monthly: Art worth braving the rain to see

February 4, 2020Martha Daghlian

Martha Daghlian shines some light on gallery shows to get out and see in February.

Critical remakes but no art

February 3, 2020Martha Daghlian

Triple Candie's odd but effective retrospective of the Portland Center for the Visual Arts at the Portland Art Museum.

Vision 2020: Maya Vivas and Leila Haile

January 4, 2020Martha Daghlian

At Ori Gallery: "We often joke about how we would love to not be the only Queer, Black-run art space in town."

VizArts Monthly: Options for going out or for staying in

December 31, 2019Martha Daghlian

Martha Daghlian's monthly roundup of things to see in January

VizArts Monthly: Appreciating the past, showing up for the present

December 2, 2019Martha Daghlian

Martha Daghlian highlights some worthy December art offerings

VizArts Monthly: Antidotes for anxiety

November 6, 2019Martha Daghlian

A round-up of Portland-area gallery offerings in November.

Warp, weft, in between and beyond

October 30, 2019Martha Daghlian

Artists and scholars talk about the past, present, and future of textile art and culture at the Textile Connections Symposium