Visual Arts
Office of Arts & Culture Grants $2.8 Million Across 79 Portland Organizations
That’s $1.2 million less than went out in the last fiscal year’s round of funding.
Celebrate the Animal Kingdom’s Halloween Mascots With Group Art Show “₍^. .^₎⟆ & /|\ ^._.^ /|\.”
Well Well Projects’ exhibition, pronounced “Cats and Bats,” is on view through Oct. 26.
Oregon Contemporary Announces 2026 Artists’ Biennial Lineup
Guest curator TK Smith arranged an exhibition of more than 30 artists with Oregon connections.
The Disposable Camera Lives On in New Book “Choice Cuts”
Portland photographer and filmmaker Corbin C remains devoted to the nostalgic technology.
Artist 011668 Is Building a Religion at Lloyd Center
“The First International Church of Toyota” shows at Virtua Gallery through Sept. 30.
Portland Artist Marie Watt Wins Heinz Award for the Arts
The celebrated interdisciplinary artist will receive a quarter mil “for her thought-provoking work that graciously allows us entry to Indigenous traditions.”
No Vacancy Window Gallery Debuts in Old Town
The “open-air art gallery” will be on view through Dec. 1.
Justin L’Amie’s “Dismal Nitch Polyphemus Moth” Continues the Northwest Mystics Tradition
L’Amie’s eighth exhibition at PDX Contemporary reveals an enchanted forest of delightful bugs and flowers.
Portland Art Museum Director Brian Ferriso Is Leaving After Nearly 20 Years
Ferriso has taken a job as director of the Dallas Museum of Art.
William Scofield Gallery Elevates Vancouver’s Textile Arts Scene
Kelly and David Mead want textile arts to get as much fine arts respect in the United States as it gets in Europe.
TriMet Unveils New Buses Wrapped in Art by Artists With Disabilities
North Pole Studio members often use the TriMet Lift buses now covered in their work.
Mars Ibarreche Recycles Packaging and Old Novels Into Tasteful Text-Based Collages
“the ephemeral and the enduring” at Pearl District art gallery ILY2 looks like a collection of special edition book covers.











