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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.
Japanese American Museum of Oregon Remembers Sadako Sasaki’s Legacy With Art
“Sadako and Paper Cranes: Through Our Eyes” commemorates the 80th anniversary of atomic blasts over Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Brassworks Gallery to Host Devo Art Show and Meet-and-Greet
Devo will swing through the gallery July 25, the day before the band’s set at Project Pabst.
Sex Workers to Show Their Artistic Sides at We Are Everywhere Fest
The August event will feature a film festival, dance competition and an art show.
Maria Lux Champions Serpents With Carnation Contemporary Art Show “Heart and Mind, Blood and Nerves”
“HMBN” celebrates how people and animals have helped develop powerful medicine from snake venom.
North Pole Studio Celebrates Disability Pride Month at Littman Gallery
The proudly neurodiverse art collective’s exhibition “tell ___ ‘hi’ from me” acts as a belated introduction to the wider world.