Prompted by a U.S. stamp of his ancestor Chief Standing Bear, Cliff Taylor’s "Indigenous Visions" exhibit brings together Native artists and writers from across the Pacific Northwest.
November 14, 2025Jim Redden
Twenty literary and media artists in Oregon receive $25,000 each in the second year of the foundation's three-year push to boost the careers of individual artists in the state.
November 13, 2025Marc Mohan
An expansive exhibit at Oregon Contemporary, curated by the late, great Portland writer's son, opens up the speculative worlds she created and how she shaped them in words.
November 12, 2025Jim Redden
A promised $30,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to help fund the center's 2026 Artists' Biennial is abruptly snatched back. But the show will go on.
As the president rejects funding for art about gender, race, and "anti-American values," historians, museums, and cultural centers across Oregon and the U.S. fight back.
November 11, 2025Laura Grimes
A remarkable transformation occurs when a collective community nurtures a garden of hope.
November 10, 2025Amanda Waldroupe
“Safe,” “welcoming,” and “awesome” are a few words Portlanders and visitors alike used to describe downtown.
November 8, 2025Ariella-Sophie Sternberg
At an open house and marketplace at the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde's museum, artists weave a story that carries traditional skills and values into the modern world.
November 7, 2025Bob Hicks
Amy Lewin will oversee the Oregon Arts Commission and Oregon Cultural Trust, and will be a part of Business Oregon's leadership team.
November 7, 2025Jim Redden
Arts & cultural leaders gather to plan a strategy for greater funding from the Oregon Legislature for arts, culture, heritage and humanities, aiming for the 2027 session.
November 6, 2025Jim Redden
The popular Portland-based variety show, broadcast by public radio stations across the nation, is caught in the federal squeeze of public broadcasting and needs to raise $150,000 as the first step in a turnaround campaign.
November 6, 2025Lori Tobias
The theme of the community theater’s next season is “America the Beautiful?” And, yes, the question mark is intentional.
November 5, 2025Jim Redden
Despite opposition based partly on a higher tax rate and a critical city audit, the measure passes, guaranteeing open parks and parks-run arts programs.
November 4, 2025Amy Leona Havin
The Spokane writer talks about journalism, paranoia, and being a hopeful satirist.
November 4, 2025Laura Grimes
The city's legendary literary reputation goes full stop for the annual book festival, and ArtsWatch will have the stories to match.
November 3, 2025Amy Wang
The National Geographic podcaster and author’s diving journey led to an exploration of her identity as a Black American descended from Africans seized by slave traders.
November 2, 2025David Sarasohn
The Harvard professor and prolific author argues that the daunting odds against amendment have prompted reformers to work through the courts or legislation.
November 1, 2025Bob Hicks
The teen winners each get a $1,000 scholarship and will perform with professional musicians in the chatterPDX Sunday musical series.
November 1, 2025Laura Grimes
We have some new features in store for the next two months to celebrate the season of giving and thanks.
October 31, 2025Jim Redden
The Trump Administration's assault on arts, culture, and the humanities has hit arts groups hard in the pocketbook. The fight for free expression could end up in the Supreme Court.
October 30, 2025Holly Dillemuth
Plans for a major expansion of the art museum are shelved, and its future is unsure: "You kind of feel like the rug was pulled from underneath you," the museum's director says.
October 30, 2025Sydney Seymour
In the OPB documentary "Uncovering Boarding Schools" premiering Nov. 3, members of the Klamath Tribes of Southern Oregon uncover hidden stories and a legacy of resistance and resilience.
October 27, 2025Bobby Bermea
The Portland artist talks about the allure of fantasy worlds, the ancient art of woodblock printing, and the long journey that has made her this year's winner of a prestigious international prize.
October 25, 2025K.B. Dixon
Gargoyles, dragons, skeletons, ghouls, pirate skulls, scythe-swinging demons all around the town: Why, it's almost as alarming as what's going down in Washington, D.C.!
October 23, 2025Amanda Waldroupe
Fewer grant funds, which help arts organizations pay their general operating expenses, are available this year compared to last, due to city budget cuts and rising costs.
October 23, 2025Jim Redden
After an outcry among arts and other nonprofit groups that the unauthorized accounts created significant dangers, GoFundMe has altered its program and created safeguards.
October 19, 2025Daryl Browne
Ghosts, ghouls, and other graveyard grotesqueries are the backbone of any Halloween bash, but they're also a mainstay of the musical stage. Test your knowledge of these creatures and other legendary beings in this musically minded crossword puzzle.
October 19, 2025Ester Barkai
The 68-year-old nonprofit is famous for its mural of The Simpsons, but local artists know it for classes, workshops, youth camps, and gallery space.
October 18, 2025Claire Willett
As No Kings Day protesters crowd the streets, Portland artists declare the importance of positive creative energy in protecting the soul of the city.
October 16, 2025Bob Hicks
A month before the unveiling of its decade-long construction and expansion project that reinvents the downtown museum's galleries and campus, all the money is in hand.
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