VizArts Monthly

VizArts Monthly: Love all around

There's plenty of art to love in Oregon this February. Raylee Heiden rounds up some standout options.

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VizArts Monthly: Cycles of Change

December's picks highlight cycles of change in everything from the natural world to drag festival fashion. Also featured this month are holiday market options - gifting is cyclical too!

VizArts Monthly: Exploration

While November's dark and cold may discourage leaving the house, there are plenty of art exhibits to entice you out and about.

VizArts Monthly: Passing time

There are many ways to mark and reflect upon the passage of time. This month's picks for VizArts Monthly capture the phenomenon in everything from fashion to clay to obsolete technology.

VizArts Monthly: Belonging and community

Summer is going out with a confusing bang: The last two weeks of August were cool and rainy but September is starting with a heat wave! Fortunately the gallery scene is heating up, too.

VizArts Monthly: Bursting with summer color

Despite July’s theme of slowing down, I still feel like it came and went so fast! Even so, my efforts did yield some results: I started noticing small details of…

VizArts Monthly: Slowing Down

As we head into July, art offerings around Oregon offer opportunities to slow down and contemplate memories, ancestors, and landscapes (among other things). Raylee Heiden rounds up some strong options.

VizArts Monthly: Summer buzz

June brings new beginnings with warmer weather and an array of art opportunities. Raylee Heiden rounds up both indoor and "plein air" options.

VizArts Monthly: Eclipse and transitions

May ushers in a shift in seasons (hopefully!) and the opportunity to shift perspectives. Jason N. Le offers, for the last time, a selection of not-to-be-missed art occasions and events.

VizArts Monthly: Blossoms and pollen

April ushers in spring and plenty of new exhibits and shows. Jason N. Le rounds up some promising offerings from around the state.

VizArts Monthly: Myths and meteorites

For March, Jason N. Le introduces a variety of exhibitions that, from different vantage points, consider how humans make sense of our world. The options range from monsters to machines to meteorites.

VizArts Monthly: Paying attention

Commitment to New Year's Resolutions may be waning but February's art offerings remind us of the benefits of thoughtful attention and contemplation.

VizArts Monthly: New year, new art

The new year brings new exhibitions to galleries and art venues across the state. Jason N. Le introduces some highlights.

VizArts Monthly: Farewell 2023

December's Visual Arts listings include a 7-foot print, suspended knots, and elephants. The end of the year may be upon us but there is still plenty to see before we bid farewell to 2023.

VizArts Monthly: Prints and strands

November sweeps in the wet and cold but there is plenty to relish in this month's offerings. Jason N. Le introduces a vibrant array of art to encounter.

VizArts Monthly: Community and Abstraction

The delightful vagueness of the term abstract means that it is a perfect binder for many of October's art offerings. Also this month, Portland Open Studios celebrates its 25th anniversary and the Sitka Art International celebrates its 29th year.

VizArts Monthly: Conversing and converging

Converge 45 brings a suite of compelling shows to Portland-area art spaces and there is plenty to see around the state as well. Jason N. Le has the intel on September's art events.

VizArts Monthly: Personal perceptions

August's selections of art exhibitions and events highlight artists sharing their vision of the world with viewers. The results cover everything from beach debris to John Travolta.

VizArts Monthly: Collaboration and community

Summer is here! Jason N. Le's round-up of July shows features group shows, retrospectives, and solo exhibitions inspired by everything from the otherworldly to the intimately personal.

(Mis)remembering: VizArts Monthly

June's art offerings explore the phenomena of memory in a variety of media including paint, performance, and piñata paper.

VizArts Monthly: Vibrancy in May

Warmer weather is here - at least for now! Celebrate by heading out to take in some art at any of these enticing offerings.

VizArts Monthly: Forward Motion

April pushes us further into spring and there's plenty of art to see all over the state. VizArts Monthly has recommendations for everything from paintings to recycled fabrics to suspended plant matter.

VizArts Monthly: Visions of spring

March may be starting off with some residual snow but spring is around the corner and there's plenty of art to see in the meantime. Jason N. Le has the highlights in VizArts Monthly.

VizArts Monthly: February 2023

Don't miss Lindsay Costello's gathering of February's most enticing art exhibitions and events. There's augmented reality, calligraphy, and monsters.

VizArts Monthly: Spirit lifters and tech experiments

January's art offerings are the perfect antidote to the gray skies. Lindsay Costello surveys what's on view in this month's VizArts Monthly.

VizArts Monthly: December 2022

The weather outside may be frightful but there is plenty of art (inside!) to explore this month. Lindsay Costello rounds up December's noteworthy offerings.

VizArts Monthly: November 2022

The weather may be gloomy but Lindsay Costello has plenty of art offerings and happenings to brighten up the shorter days.

VizArts Monthly: Connecting fibers

October means falling leaves and the return of Portland TextileX Month. Lindsay Costello's VizArts Monthly has October's art to see and events to attend.

VizArts Monthly: TBA and Beyond

PICA’s Time-Based Art Festival is the marquee event in the September art scene, but there are plenty of other offerings from watercolors to pen-and-ink drawings to multimedia cairns.

VizArts Monthly: Giving nature a voice

August is for art and there's plenty to see! Lindsay Costello rounds up the month's offerings in galleries and alternative venues.