The show of “outsider art” by some 30 creators with no formal training illustrates art in its purest form: Art for the sake of art, art for the artist.
The Dutch-born American artist’s retrospective at the Salem museum showcases neon not as a gaudy symbol of advertising but as a key element of art for art’s sake.
The beloved Willamette University professor often reminded students ‘the work of the art historian is never done.’ Mentee and friend Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander reflects on Hull’s life and lasting legacy.
Pieces in a show highlighting the Salem museum’s permanent collection range from a Yangshao ceramic pot and an 18th-century print by Piranesi to work by Oregon artists Arvie Smith, Lucinda Parker, Henk Pander, and George Johanson.
Hull, who taught at Willamette University for 40 years, also curated many exhibitions and wrote brilliantly about many leading Northwest artists.
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.
June’s art offerings explore the phenomena of memory in a variety of media including paint, performance, and piñata paper.
The Portland artist’s nearly half-century of work is informed by her travels and curiosity about subjects ranging from ecology to Asian art.
More than 100 pieces from the George and Colleen Hoyt collection show that Native art is both contemporary and as much about beauty as utility.
The Scottish painter created images from the Middle East, traveling “at a time when things looked very different,” the exhibition curator says.
The Salem artist’s exhibit “Water-Ice-Sky, Antarctica” at the Hallie Ford Museum blends science and art in a land of extremes.
May’s art offerings tackle everything from hopscotch to plant-made music to Antarctica. Lindsay Costello has the scoop on what to see this month.
A big step toward a new home for the university’s School of Art + Design. “Merry Wives” sing out. In Salem, Putin on parade. Voices for Ukraine. A tribute to Lady Day. A memorial for Una Loughran. Wayne Brady in the house. Brunish takes on London.
The Portland artist’s paintings, at the Salem museum through March 26, tackle American history, culture, and racial injustice.
Crow’s Shadow Institute of Arts combines forces with the Hallie Ford Museum of Art in Salem to ensure “art world” access for Indigenous creatives.
The images, from the collection of photographer Bill Rhoades, run from the New Deal to the present and include work by famous Oregon photographers.
New year, new art! Lindsay Costello has the scoop on January’s art offerings.
And in Salem, the Hallie Ford Museum showcases Northwest photography, as well as Arvie Smith’s paintings exploring race and identity.
The 60-plus pieces in the Salem show include work by Elizabeth Conrad Hickox, Andrew McDuffie Vincent, Carl Hall, April Waters, and Henk Pander.
July’s art offerings provide plenty of opportunities to beat the heat and see art in alternative spaces.
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art exhibits 70 pieces produced by Northwest artists during the New Deal.
ArtsWatch Weekly: All around Oregon, the cultural Covid freeze of 2020 begins to thaw. Will it continue?
A Hallie Ford Museum show features pioneering Oregon modernist Clifford Gleason, who blazed his own path.
The retrospective at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art doesn’t broadcast political intent but the implications of the artists prints are anything but subtle.
The director of the Hallie Ford Museum of Art praises Salem’s thriving arts and culture community.
The Salem museum features 13 artists in a traveling exhibit emphasizing the range of visual art.
We have another gallery show in Newberg this week, but before that, please indulge a brief diversion as we drop in on Salem. My ArtsWatch colleagues may write more about this later, but for now you should know that the Hallie Ford
Lucinda Parker is the premier Portland painter of her generation. Lucinda Parker—Force Fields is a 50+ year retrospective at the Hallie Ford Museum in Salem through March 31. Though the year has just started, there is unlikely to be a better or more
There’s a buzz in McMinnville concerning an 84-year-old house on the corner of Baker and Northeast Seventh Streets, which marks almost the exact center of town. In the last decade or so, it’s functioned as a florist, a salon and a home-goods
Today is Labor Day, the day we celebrate the American labor movement and its drive to guarantee living wages and safe, decent working conditions for all workers. It’s been an official federal holiday since 1894, through boom times and hard times, strikes and
There’s no denying it—summer is here (well, technically, maybe not)! And what better way to enjoy the precious, fleeting sunny months in Portland than to look at art in small indoor spaces? OK, there might be more appropriate summertime activities, but in
SALEM – It was two parties for the price of one at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art three Friday nights ago, and if at first they seemed an unlikely fit, the partygoers almost immediately mingled and merged until you really couldn’t
The Earth inches around the sun a fraction less than one degree between December 31 and January 1, and yet somehow I still believe that something momentous has occurred. “Thank the far-flung heavens that 2017 is over,” I exclaim aloud to myself
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