TBA is over halfway through, but you still have plenty of time to catch their visual art component of the festival, which runs through October 11. Pictures of the Moon with Teeth tackles the “spirit,” playing with scale and expectation. The work that fills 2500 NE Sandy comes from 10 different artists, but shares a […]
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With Beyoncé and Blue Paint, Ten Tiny Dances’ Triumphant Return to TBA
Monday night at the Works, dancer/choreographer Mike Barber’s Ten Tiny Dances proved once again to be a crowd favorite. The performance series has been around since 2002 (with its first appearance at TBA in 2003—the very first year of TBA itself—and appearing at most TBA Festivals since then). I feel like this performance really took […]
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With Beyoncé and Blue Paint, Ten Tiny Dances’ Triumphant Return to TBA
Monday night at the Works, dancer/choreographer Mike Barber’s Ten Tiny Dances proved once again to be a crowd favorite. The performance series has been around since 2002 (with its first appearance at TBA in 2003—the very first year of TBA itself—and appearing at most TBA Festivals since then). I feel like this performance really took […]
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Not-So-Precious Cargo
Artist Jessica Jackson Hutchins Upends Portland’s Cutesy Crafting
Artist Jessica Jackson Hutchins upends Portland’s cutesy crafting.
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With Confessions, Artist Jessica Jackson Hutchins Upends Portland’s Cutesy Crafting
Jessica Jackson Hutchins When you look at Jessica Jackson Hutchins’ work, you might catch your breath: it’s raw, a little gross, and never precious. She traffics in ideas of domesticity and gender with an honesty and lack of pretense, using ceramics and found objects—think ceramic vessels and papier-mâché piled on top of a couch—almost to […]
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It Belongs in a Museum!
An Illustrated Guide to Portland’s Under-the-Radar Museum Scene
An illustrated guide to Portland’s under-the-radar museums.
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At Collins Gallery Show, Homeless Youth Compile A Survival Guide to the Streets of Portland
P:ear On any given night, roughly 4,000 women and men are homeless across Portland, and as many as 400 of them are homeless youth living on the streets. Here to help is Survival Guide to the Streets of Portland, a powerful show at the Central Library’s Collins Gallery. It’s a product of the youth of […]
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Life on the Streets
Survival Advice from the Youth of P:ear
Survival advice from the youth of p:ear.
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Another Roadside Attraction
Drive-ins, Signs, and Symbols at Land Gallery
Drive-ins, signs, and symbols at Land Gallery.
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Hockney Meets Stravinsky
Portland Opera Joins Forces with Artist David Hockney
Portland Opera joins forces with artist David Hockney.
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Shutter Speed
Portland’s Boundary-Pushing Photography Finds a Home at Melanie Flood Projects
Portland’s boundary-pushing photography finds a home at Melanie Flood Projects.
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A Room Full of Faces: Key Figures at Adams and Ollman
Key Figures is a perfect example of a gallery show where you need to read the info sheet on hand. Sometimes the titles are funny, sometimes they offer insight; the materials give meaning and intention. Key Figures, a group show at Adams and Ollman through March 28, is essentially a room full of faces. Some […]