Posted inSay Nice Things About Portland
Say Nice Things About… Portland’s Delightfully Wild Arts Scene!
Galleries and museums? Of course. But a local cemetery and a mall as well? You better believe it.
Martha Daghlian
Martha Daghlian is an artist and writer based in Portland. Her past/future projects include Grapefruits Art Space, athousandcirclets.garden, and the High-Tech Luddites Anti-Smartphone Club. She is an admirer of all things artsy, ephemeral, and handmade, and she loves cartoons.
Posted inVisual Art
Making Earth Cool: Partying to Save the Planet
On First Thursday, the art collective kicks off a two-month residency at Parallax Art Center.
Posted inVisual Art
ILY2 (or I Love You Too) Takes Root
Portland’s newest contemporary art venue previously existed as an emotional-support hotline and a pop-up “glamshot” photo studio at the Lloyd Center.
Posted inVisual Art
Hot Take at Portland State: Looms Are Computers
At Weaving Data, nine artists explore the shared history of textiles and tech.
Posted inSpring Arts Preview 2023
ILY2 (or I Love You Too) Takes Root
Portland’s newest contemporary art venue previously existed as an emotional-support hotline and a pop-up “glamshot” photo studio at the Lloyd Center.
Posted inSpring Arts Preview 2023
Hot Take at Portland State: Looms Are Computers
At Weaving Data, nine artists explore the shared history of textiles and tech.
Posted inVisual Art
Two Portland Galleries Make Their Move
Both Blackfish Gallery and Chefas Projects are expanding, showing off the local arts community’s resilient side.
Posted inVisual Art
The Fluorescent and Ungovernable Ocean of Like Liquid, Cut Loose
Paper-focused visual artist Morgan Rosskopf and electronic musician Ashlin Aronin transport Well Well Projects to a chaotic blacklight grotto.
Posted inBooks
How to Get Back to the Land of the Living
Morgan Talty’s debut book Night of the Living Rez follows a Penobscot family through time.
Posted inTBA
TBA Review: They Can Never Burn the Stars Is TBA at Its Best
Standing in certain locations turned viewers’ bodies into conduits for deep vibrating bass lines.
Posted inTBA
San Cha Opens TBA with a Sold Out Show
The Los Angeles-based singer wowed with a slow baked layer cake set of emotion and drama.
Posted inFall Arts 2022
Start Your Time-Based Art Engines
PICA’s 2022 TBA festival schedule reveals themes of personal journeys, communal healing, cosmic connections, and sensory immersion.