Portland is home to a robust and diverse community of artists and creatives. You will not have to travel far from Portland State to experience it. Right on campus—inside Fariborz…
Hung Liu’s art transcends citizenship with humanity
Events this week…
Art Thurs, 8/10 Rebecca Marimutu: Portraits Adhered Blue Sky gallery Noon Free Innovative self-portraits on wood, using unique adhesives and digital techniques Fri, 8/11 Northwest Troll: Way of the…
Events this week…
Art Thurs, August 3 Sneaker Week PDX: The Kick-Off Party Jupiter Hotel Portland 3 p.m. Prices vary An immersive conjunction of art, industry and sneaker culture Fri, August 4 …
Renaissance of Community Arts: The death and rebirth of the community mall
Editor’s Note: After COVID-19 and all that has happened over the past few years, we have all experienced a collective trauma. The pain we have experienced as a collective community…
Artist Spotlight: Lyla Rowen
Art often reflects the issues of its time, and the climate crisis is one of the most pressing issues facing humanity today. Portland State artist Lyla Rowen has created work…
Creative Spotlight: Sherrie Wolf
It doesn’t take much more than a glance to see the careful intention behind the arrangement of objects in Sherrie Wolf’s still life paintings. Many of the scenes are busy,…
Are we alive?
On the first Wednesday of the term—after a nasty debate and a long hot summer—what some of us needed was to just slow down and look. That’s what a group…
COMICS
Dana Townsend/Portland State Vanguard
Expressing adversity through dance
Rejoice! Diaspora Dance Theater produces ‘Been Ready’
A Necessary Irritant
Garth Clark reveals seven generations of artists ignored by history