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Guild members used dog food bags, plastic tabs, and other debris to weave vessels for the exhibit opening Friday.
July 16, 2025Lincoln Chronicle
The Astoria Column, a Chinook salmon, and a pilot’s wheel are among coastal images gracing what is becoming a signature gateway to downtown Astoria.
July 16, 2025Hannah Krafcik
The artist's show "I Am de Mis Antepasadas" celebrates heritage, memory, and cuisine through meticulously crafted food and tablewares.
July 9, 2025David Bates
Scholar Roger Saydack has organized the exhibition of more than 40 works by the artist who helped shape America’s view of the West.
The elegant volume is published in connection with a retrospective show at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art in Salem.
July 8, 2025Lisa Cohen
Jean Wells started the show in 1975 with a handful of quilts hung outside her Stitchin' Post quilt shop. This year's show, July 12, is expected to draw more than 10,000 visitors.
July 4, 2025Jim Flint
The broadcast journalist and NPR news director shifted to visual stories after moving to Ashland nine years ago. This month his art is at Langford Art Gallery in Phoenix.
July 1, 2025Raylee Heiden
July may start with a holiday week but plenty of Oregon galleries and venues have new shows to consider and enjoy.
June 24, 2025Lori Tobias
The Lincoln County Historical Society project, to be exhibited over the July 4 holiday in Newport, has drawn correspondence from around the world.
June 24, 2025Hannah Krafcik
The Pacific Northwest has an abundance of wood. The work in the show at the Arts Council of Lake Oswego's Artspace confirms area artists know how to coax the best out the material.
June 19, 2025Laurel Reed Pavic
The gallery show at Stelo Arts is part of the sixth installment of the 'Oregon Origins Project'. The exhibition features works by ten artists inspired by ten geological events that shaped the Oregon landscape.
June 15, 2025David Slader
A pivotal figure in the city's art world, the distinguished painter and chronicler of the breadth and vigor of Black American life has died after a long battle with cancer.
June 14, 2025Friderike Heuer
As massive protests rise from L.A. to D.C., three exhibitions at the California African American Museum and the Benton Museum of Art Pomona College tackle questions of how to live with oppression, instability, and an uncertain future.
June 12, 2025David Bates
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.
