With Venues Closed Indefinitely, Jazz Musician Kerry Politzer Has Started Hosting Shows in Her Driveway

The best place in Portland to hear local jazz is no longer a wine bar, candlelit club or swanky restaurant. It’s a driveway in Southeast Portland.

Photographer Intisar Abioto Has Added “Muralist” to Her Résumé With a Work That Pays Tribute to Black Women and Girls

“I put my art first and I put my community work through art first, but I’m learning and have learned that I need to take better care of myself,” says Abioto. “Not just so that I can be able to do the work but because I’m valuable and important.”

Portland’s Laid-Off Stage Hands Have Made and Donated Thousands of Masks During the Pandemic

Throughout the pandemic, members of Portland’s theatrical stage workers union have stopped by the union’s Creston-Kenilworth building and to drop off bags of homemade face masks in the parking lot. Since the start of the pandemic, the group has made about 2,000 masks, which are then donated to everyone from grocery store employees to transit operators to kids organizing Black Lives Matter protests.

A Local Activist Group Holds Free Weekly Movie Nights, Both to Recover From the Protests and as a Form of Activism on Their Own

“It’s really easy to disassociate,” says Bittakis, who handed Snack Bloc over to its current president, Masyn Wade, last year but still organizes with the group. “What does it look like now when I’m like, ‘Hey, ya’ll, want to go out?’ Before, that was like, ‘Let’s go to a show, let’s go to an art gallery, let’s go get dinner.’ Now, ‘Hey, you want to go out?’ means ‘Hey, we’re going to bloc up and go be chased around.’”

Emma Berger’s Mural of George Floyd Sparked a Massive Community Art Project Downtown

Over the past three months, the Apple Store at Pioneer Place has transformed into a mourning ground for the lives lost to police brutality.

Many Portland Arts Venues Are Closed, but That Doesn’t Mean That Nothing Is Happening. Here Are the 20 Best Things to Do, Watch and Livestream This Fall.

Two Artist-Run Projects Have Teamed Up to Create an Emergency Relief Fund for BIPOC Artists

Amid the demand for Black art that’s followed the worldwide protests against police brutality, it’s often painfully apparent what’s still missing for Portland artists—a respect for Black art and the artists who make it.

A Pandemic Has Crippled Portland’s Biggest Arts Season. But That Hasn’t Stopped Local Artists From Creating.

Let’s not mince words: It sucks to be an artist right now.