Chuck Dillard is an associate professor of collaborative piano at Portland State. He is also the music director for the PSU Opera and the founder of the non-profit organization Queer…
Artist Spotlight: Kyra Watkins
The work of artist Kyra Watkins can be seen throughout Portland, such as in the North Park Blocks, where the project Never Look Away marks the first mural to celebrate…
PSU study abroad programs
Many short-term study abroad programs, led by faculty members across various academic fields, are available to Portland State students in the summer of 2024. Four of these programs are detailed…
Artist Spotlight: Lillyanne Pham
Lillyanne Pham—an MFA student in Portland State’s School of Art + Design—is the 2023 recipient of the Andries Deinum Prize for Visionaries and Provocateurs. This $10,000 award will support Pham’s…
Grand opening of MENASA Student Center
A sizable crowd spilled from the inside of the room outwards, buzzing with laughter and joyful conversation. Once inside this room, one was greeted with warm lighting, smells of warm…
DREAMer Resource Center opens at PSU
Students, faculty and community members gathered in room 428 of Cramer Hall on Nov. 3 to celebrate the opening of Portland State’s DREAMer Resource Center. The center is a space…
A look at Invisible Force
A new art and literary magazine is currently underway in Portland called Invisible Force. Its “biggest goal is [for] people that are disabled to be able to tell their story,”…
Artist Spotlight: Pablo Cazares
Pablo Cazares creates from the in-between. He describes his works as expressions of transience—of identity, of place, of profession. The artist defines himself at these intersections. “As a mixed-race…
Artist Spotlight: Adalia Rios
Portland State senior Adalia Rios is a BFA student who specializes in oil painting. Her art blurs the boundaries between horror and fantasy, giving life to otherworldly creatures with a…
Holding Fire at Well Well Projects
An unexpected collection of objects welcomes visitors into a brightly lit gallery room through the streetside windows of Well Well Projects in North Portland. A wooden dining room table…
Artist Spotlight: Forest Wolf Kell
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,”…