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Nikki Brown Clown helps Black and Brown children see themselves beneath the makeup

Bruce Poinsette June 15, 2023

Portland’s Nikki Sandoval finds national success while centering Oregon’s Black children and families in her performances.

Bojangles Ascending the Stairs, by Arvie Smith (2014, oil on linen, 78 x 68 in., Collection of Arthur Lewis and Hau Nguyen)

Arvie Smith show at Hallie Ford Museum demands you straighten up your spine and look

David Bates March 8, 2022

The Portland artist’s paintings, at the Salem museum through March 26, tackle American history, culture, and racial injustice.

"She Wrote Nothing At All," by Jamila Clarke (limited edition archival digital print, 10 by 12 inches)

Black art matters

David Bates June 29, 2021

In a Newberg exhibit, Black artists confront racism, as well as speak to the experience of being human.

Vision 2020: Ella Ray

Steph Littlebird January 11, 2020

“There is this level of resistance coming from formerly colonized people … I feel something bubbling under the surface.”

Blueprint Arts Carmen Sandiego

Seattle Opera Barber of Seville

Stumptown Stages Legally Blonde

Corrib Hole in Ground

Kalakendra May 3

Portland Opera Puccini

Cascadia Composers May the Fourth

Portland Columbia Symphony Adelante

NW Dance Project

Oregon Repertory Singers Finding Light

PPH Passing Strange

Maryhill Museum of Art

PSU College of the Arts

Bonnie Bronson Fellow Wendy Red Star

Pacific Maritime HC Prosperity

High Desert Sasquatch

Oregon Cultural Trust