Sloane Leong’s Prism Stalker After the absorption of the Stumptown Comics Fest into the larger Rose City Comic Con in 2013, and the fizzling out of the small press comics show Linework after 2016, Portland’s comics scene found itself curiously lacking a mid-sized comics fest. “We identified a hole,” says Portland Indie Con founder David […]
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Portland Sound Artist Marcus Fischer Describes His Road to the 2019 Whitney Biennial
Detail of Marcus Fischer’s “Canopy/Harmonic Chorus” PHOTO BY PAUL RIEDMILLER Marcus Fischer’s sound installation art is as impressive to look at as it is to hear. His piece “Canopy/Harmonic Chorus,” which was on display at the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA) last year as part of The Snake exhibition, ran tape loops from floor […]
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Meet Marcus Fischer, the Portland Sound Artist Invited to the 2019 Whitney Biennial
Marcus Fischer’s sound installation art is as impressive to look at as it is to hear. His piece “Canopy/Harmonic Chorus,” which was on display at the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA) last year as part of The Snake exhibition, ran tape loops from floor to ceiling and through small plastic spindles suspended in the […]
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The Associated American Artists Exhibit: Not Just Farms! Sometimes “Sultry” Farmers!
JOSEPH HIRSCH (AMERICAN, 1910-1981), BANQUET, 1945, LITHOGRAPH ON BEIGE WOVE PAPER, GIFT OF CHRISTOPHER RUSSELL AT PORTLAND ART MUSEUM, 2015.21.1 In 1941, a typist in Billings, Montana, might see an ad in the back of Arts Digest shouting, “Now you too can own American masterpieces, such as the great Museums select for their permanent collections, […]
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the map is not the territory at the Portland Art Museum: Location, Origin, and the Threats of Climate Change
Fernanda D’Agostino Don’t try to catch the map is not the territory during the last 30 minutes of the Portland Art Museum’s hours. You need time. The inaugural exhibition—which will repeat every three years—displays work from eight Pacific Northwest artists and addresses relationships with region, climate change, and (quoting curator Grace Kook-Anderson) “a time of […]
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Portland Art Museum’s the map is not the territory: Location, Origin, and the Threats of Climate Change
The Portland Art Museum’s latest exhibition invited eight amazing Pacific Northwest artists to make work about their relationship with our region and the impending threat of climate change.
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Unearthing Portland’s Spring Arts SECRETS
Meg Nanna As I write this intro, snow is falling. The streets are a mess. I’m on the bus and we’ve moved two blocks in 15 minutes. But I promise that spring is on the way. You’re going to want to leave your house one day, Portland. And we’re READY FOR YOU. (I did not […]
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RACC Equity Shake Up: The City Decides to Spread the Grant Fund Wealth
Meg Nanna Portland’s community arts fund—partially financed by the faithfully bemoaned Arts Tax—is about to get a little more equitable.
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The Embroidered Violence of Martha Daghlian’s Ceremonial Vestments
Martha Daghlian On her website, artist Martha Daghlian refers to her work as “artless fashions and unfashionable art.” It’s a great catchphrase and one that does a decent job of summing up her difficult-to-define aesthetic, which utilizes traditionally feminine craft—like sewing and embroidery—as both celebration and commentary on the place and plight of women in […]
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Eight Black Artists Worth Following (and Supporting) On Etsy
Self portrait Jamila Clarke Welp, Black History Month is nearly over. Not only is it the shortest month of the year, but since it’s also awards show season and when the NBA All Star Game happens, it flies by extra quickly. But the fact of the matter is: We should all be honoring Black history […]
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The Embroidered Violence of Martha Daghlian’s Ceremonial Vestments
From saints to ultimate fighters, the embroidered works of Martha Daghlian depict women surviving “incidents of transformational violence.”
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McIntyre Parker Installation Resonates With Yale Union’s Recent Loss
Courtesy of Yale Union When Yale Union commissioned artist McIntyre Parker to create a site-specific work for them, they had no way of knowing it would wind up being a perfect reflection of the contemporary arts organization’s recent state of mind. The recent and sudden death of their executive director Yoko Ott, has weighed heavily […]