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
Events Calendar February 4–10
Tue, Feb. 4 Art Re / Emergence Waterstone Gallery 11 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Free Opening day of an exhibition featuring works from wood and metal sculptors Michael de Forest and Greg…
Hi-C Has Got the Juice
Local art collective has a widely successful launch of first magazine issue
Young writers find new space in St. Johns
Two Rivers Bookstore in St. Johns started a weekly reading program where teens from the neighborhood get a chance to read their work aloud. The event, called “V is for…
Events Calendar Jan. 12–18
Tue, Jan. 14 Art Billions and Billions Multnomah Arts Center 9 a.m.–9:30 p.m. Free New monoprints from Portland artist Jonathan Barcan, inspired by the philosophy of Alan Watts and…
Events Calendar Dec. 3–9
Tue, Dec. 3 Art Brian Oaster & Angelita Surmon Lan Su Chinese Garden 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Free, with canned food donation New oil works by two artists displayed at the…