When Portland-based artist Forest Wolf Kell was asked what inspired his work, he answered everything. “It’s hard to explain because I don’t know if inspired is the right word,”…
Portland Art Museum works toward equity by amplifying Black voices
Five years ago, the Portland Art Museum (PAM) decided that it was its responsibility to do something about the ongoing silencing and oppression of Black, Indigenous, people of color (BIPOC)…
Events Calendar May 25th-29th
TUES., MAY 25 UNMUTED: PCC STUDENT ART EXHIBIT PCC Sylvania Campus Free Ongoing through June 4 “Over one year ago, Portland Community College moved to remote operations to…
Exposure Therapy: An MFA Exhibit by Samantha Ollstein
An award-winning artist whose works are short-lived but preserved by photography is making Portland her new home. Samantha Ollstein is a multimedia artist, receiving her BFA in Painting from Otis…
PICA’s latest exhibit humanizes the industry of sex work
Walking into the opening night celebration of “No Human Involved: The 5th Annual Sex Workers’ Art Show” on the night of Nov. 8 felt a bit like entering an inversion…
Photographer Briana Cerezo’s new exhibit showcases power of belonging
There are still pockets of compassion out there, with Rahab’s Sisters being an organization that’s been trying to spread the importance of community building for the last 15 years. Photographer…
An Arkestral Orchestration
Born Herman Poole Blount, Sun Ra, in all of his prolific and inspired thinking, was a man who explicated both mythicism and reality in every essence of his existence. The…