It was a year of building booms, an Off-Broadway triumph, a financial flop in the Legislature, a great cultural-funding divorce, AI everywhere, and a good number of artistic happy surprises.
December 31, 2023
Katherine Ace, Yaki Bergman, Margaret Chapman, Walt Curtis, Darcelle, Cai Emmons, Michael Griggs, Donald Jenkins, Henk Pander and more: Oregon arts figures who died in 2023.
December 30, 2023Matthew Neil Andrews
A longitudinal study of everything we loved (and a few things we didn’t) in Oregon music this year, and last year, world without end, amen.
December 29, 2023Amy Leona Havin
Our LitWatch columnist looks back on a year of good reading, writing, and talking about books.
December 29, 2023Jamuna Chiarini
From a magnificent dancerly takeover of Zidell Yards to a push/FOLD contemporary festival to her own solo Odissi show, our DanceWatch columnist steps deftly through a busy year.
December 28, 2023
From coast to desert to hills and valleys and places in between, culture thrived in towns large and small around the state. Wherever people were, so was art.
December 27, 2023Marc Mohan
Marc Mohan shares his picks for this year's best films.
December 27, 2023Dmae Lo Roberts
In her newest podcast, Dmae Lo Roberts talks with ArtsWatch's Bob Hicks about the cultural highs and lows of 2023, and the lingering effects of the pandemic on the arts.
December 26, 2023
From the Rothko Pavilion to Converge 45 to the Hallie Ford's 25th anniversary and much more, a look at some of the highlights of Oregon's year in the worlds of museums and visual art.