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In its pilot year, a juried show of work by eight young artists explores issues of gender, sexuality, and being in the world as a physical body.
June 4, 2025Raylee Heiden
Is the beginning of summer the time to contemplate the nature of the universe? It certainly seems to be the focus of several June exhibitions.
June 4, 2025Hannah Krafcik
The multi-pronged project "Our Fairview..." is spearheaded by Bruce Burris, Jill Baker, and Paul Meuse. Art-making, workshops, research, and conversation all figure into the amorphous but ambitious undertaking.
May 28, 2025Rick True
The beloved artist, professor, and Blackfish Gallery member passed away in April. Fellow artist Rick True celebrates Dozono's artistic talent, community contributions, and generous heart.
May 19, 2025Prudence Roberts
In 'Underdone Potato', an expansive exhibition at the Schneider Museum of Art in Ashland, Grabner continues her meditations on craft and daily life. Ham tins, jam jars, and cereal boxes all make an appearance.
May 16, 2025Lori Tobias
The club, which offers an egalitarian welcome to artists ranging from painters to needleworkers to gourd-crafters, is celebrating its 75th anniversary.
May 5, 2025David Bates
The appearance by the poet and memoirist is part of the school's “Learning Across Boundaries” program, which also includes a literary and visual art display.
May 5, 2025Shannon M. Lieberman
The artists in the group show 'Infinite Possibilities' use paper as a medium to explore complex ideas around family, memory, and history. The resulting works are as poignant as they are beautiful.
May 2, 2025Hannah Krafcik
The artist's West Coast debut, "Peter Gallo: Gods, Sluts & Martyrs" on view at Adams and Ollman, incorporates found materials, thickly painted impasto, and juxtaposed text to explore creativity and art's social framing.
May 1, 2025Raylee Heiden
Exhibitions on view in May tackle everything from past selves to Taiwanese snack logos. Whether you're in the mood for something contemplative, funky, or just plain mysterious - maybe all three? - VizArts Monthly has got you covered.
May 1, 2025Lori Tobias
The Portland artist and author will be at Powell’s Books on May 10, followed by visits to Cloud and Leaf in Manzanita, and A Sometimes Gallery in Portland.
April 28, 2025Bob Hicks
The artist, who has died at 79, "loved all the ways of slathering and glopping and moving paint around on the palette and then onto painting surfaces.”
April 22, 2025Daniel Duford
The multitalented, prolific Portland artist was an energetic collaborator and beloved professor at Pacific Northwest College of Art.
April 22, 2025Beth Sorensen
An exhibit, curated by Anthony Hudson and Felix Furby, explores Indigenous history, identity, and cultural revitalization through the work of nine multidisciplinary artists, including Jeffrey Gibson and Geo Soctomah Neptune.
April 20, 2025Friderike Heuer
In the studio with the textile artist as she creates "River Stories," an abstract "map" in yarn of the Columbia River, set to open in June at the Columbia Gorge Museum.
April 19, 2025Brian Libby
The photographer and curator, half a world away from her native Russia, explores a deep, ongoing relationship with wilderness.
April 18, 2025Justin Duyao
Lê died unexpectedly at age 56 in 2024. The survey at the artist's long-time Portland gallery includes the artist's well-known photo-weavings along with sculptural and photographic work.
April 17, 2025Lori Tobias
The tiny building when the beloved Newport artist worked will be reconstructed at the preserve, giving the arts program the home base it has lacked.
April 15, 2025Dee Moore
Craig's woven basketry at the Linfield Art Gallery rekindles a fading heritage, blending contemporary methods with the traditions and meanings of ancestral ways.
April 14, 2025Justin Duyao
Three exhibitions, two at the Oregon Historical Society and one at the Schnitzer Collection, explore the ways Arlene Schnitzer and her Fountain Gallery have shaped Oregon's artistic landscape. The last installment of 'A Fountain of Creativity: Oregon's 20th Century Artists and the Legacy of Arlene Schnitzer' closes May 4th.
April 11, 2025Beth Sorensen
A longtime icon in the Portland arts community, Guardino was known for championing the careers of new artists.
April 7, 2025Patrick Collier
Ehret's monster-filled compositions both represent demons and exorcise them. Patrick Collier reviews "Resting my Bones" at The Art Center in Corvallis.
April 6, 2025Laurel Reed Pavic
Storage is often a repository for items that institutions or individuals would rather ignore. What can we learn about what we'd rather hide away?
April 4, 2025Dee Moore
An exhibit and performances in Monmouth are both drag show and protests in favor of Indigenous Queer acceptance and against the effects of climate change.
April 1, 2025Raylee Heiden
Weather in April weather may be a gamble but art exhibits are a sure bet. Here is a selected smattering of the month's art exhibits featuring everything from crackers to the apocalypse.
April 1, 2025Lucy Cotter
The Portland-based artist's immersive installation at Portland Institute of Contemporary art brings questions about the resilience of indigenous immigrant languages to the fore.
April 1, 2025Friderike Heuer
As visitors view the blooms of early spring, the garden unveils other forms of beauty: a wealth of ceramic and stenciled art echoing and expanding on the natural world.
March 30, 2025Catherine Snyder
A serendipitous meeting at the Bend gallery results in painter Richard Boyer's "Market Street" selling to the Market Street project's superintendent and field engineer.
March 30, 2025Ester Barkai
The nonprofit Materials Exchange Center for Community Arts, which offers workshops and provides free supplies to teachers, is a cross between a garage sale and an arts-and-crafts thrift shop.
March 27, 2025David Slader
The art of reclamation: A photographer builds nests of safety and solace. People who've been abused climb in, confront their demons, and emerge healthier and happier.
