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Future Now: Virtual Sneakers to Cutting-Edge Kicks
Future Now: Virtual Sneakers to Cutting-Edge Kicks is a groundbreaking new exhibition that features nearly 60 futuristic footwear designs pushing the boundaries of what footwear can be.
1219 SW Park Ave
Mar 30, 2024 – Aug 11, 2024
PAM CUT Summer Camps to expand your creativity!
Sneaker design, stop motion animation, DJing, and more.
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Throughlines: Connections in the Collection
Throughlines embraces wonder and curiosity, bringing together artworks from across the Museum’s collections to explore the range of artistic innovation.
1219 SW Park Ave
Feb 8, 2024 – Nov 1, 2024
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Exhibitions Partner events
2024 Venice Biennale—Jeffrey Gibson: the space in which to place me
Please note, that this exhibition takes place in Venice, Italy. Visit the official website. Overview The Portland Art Museum and SITE Santa Fe, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of […]
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Exhibitions
Monet to Matisse: French Moderns
Overview From the Brooklyn Museum’s renowned European art collection, Monet to Matisse: French Moderns showcases approximately 60 works of art considered to be modernist masterpieces. Focusing on France as the […]
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Exhibitions
Paul McCartney Photographs 1963–64: Eyes of the Storm
Overview Paul McCartney Photographs 1963–64: Eyes of the Storm is an unprecedented exhibition, revealing extraordinary photographs taken by the beloved musical icon. Organized by the National Portrait Gallery in London, the […]
Upcoming
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Lectures & talks
The Perfect Pair: Thinking Through Collaboration and Design
Apr 25, 2024
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Screenings & experiences Tomorrow Theater
Back to the Future Part II // NOW>>THEN
Apr 25, 2024
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Screenings & experiences Tomorrow Theater
That Happened // NW SNEAK PEEK
Apr 26, 2024
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Classes & camps
Dungeons, Dragons, & Dice // A Youth Guide to D&D Character Building and Gameplay (ages 11-14)
Apr 27, 2024
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Classes & camps
DJ Vibe Architect // Designing Sets, Dropping Beats (ages 18+)
Apr 27, 2024
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Screenings & experiences Tomorrow Theater
My Animal // SOCIAL CINEMA
Apr 27, 2024
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Podcast
Black Artists of Oregon: Episode 9
This is Art Unbound, a joint production of PAM and the Numberz FM. Featuring Intisar Abioto, the guest curator for the exhibition Black Artists of Oregon on view September 9, 2023 through March 31, 2024. In this ninth installment of the series Intisar interviews Isaka Shamsud Din & Anthony Jordan.
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Podcast
Black Artists of Oregon: Episode 8
This is Art Unbound, a joint production of PAM and the Numberz FM. Featuring Intisar Abioto, the guest curator for the exhibition Black Artists of Oregon on view September 9, 2023 through March 31, 2024. In this eighth installment of the series Intisar interviews Geeta Lewis & Roux Haile live at the Black Podcast Festival.
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Podcast
Black Artists of Oregon: Episode 7
This is Art Unbound, a joint production of PAM and the Numberz FM. Featuring Intisar Abioto, the guest curator for the exhibition Black Artists of Oregon on view September 9, 2023 through March 31, 2024. In this sixth installment of the series Intisar interviews Arvie Smith.
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Instagram, This Thursday, meet the pair behind @SneakerWeekPDX! This artist talk highlights the work of founders Herbert @Beauclere and Megan Davis (@megan_in_portland) in making the annual event. With a focus on supporting Portland’s thriving and unique sneaker culture while working across multiple partner organizations, this talk focuses on the possibilities that come from centering collaboration within design. Join us in the activations gallery of “Future Now: Virtual Sneakers to Cutting-Edge Kicks,” where Beauclere and Davis will share more about their individual and collaborative work alongside their partnership work with the Museum. This program is included with general admission. Seating is limited; early arrival recommended. Thu, April 25, 6–7:30 p.m. | The Perfect Pair: Thinking Through Collaboration and Design Learn more → link in bio [ID: Side-by-side headshots of Beauclere and Davis wearing denim jackets against black background.]
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Instagram, This week at the @PAM_CUT Tomorrow Theater, explore two women director’s contributions to the horror genre in MY ANIMAL and HOLLYWOOD 90028. Learn the origin story of Portland’s own theater-circus company Do Jump in THAT HAPPENED. Discover an intimate documentary about four generations of Palestinian women and their shared legacy of separation in BYE BYE TIBERIAS. And witness BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II’s prediction of futuristic sneakers that would inspire the Nike MAG decades later, currently on view in "Future Now." Thu, 4/25, 7 p.m. | Back to the Future Part II Fri, 4/26, 7 p.m. | That Happened: A Story About Do Jump Sat, 4/27, 4:30 p.m. | My Animal Sat, 4/27, 7 p.m. | Hollywood 90028 Sun, 4/28, 4 p.m. | Bye Bye Tiberias Get tickets → link in bio
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Instagram, Huge thanks to sneaker designer @StevenSmith and @SneakerWeekPDX founders Herbert @Beauclere and Megan Davis who spoke at last night’s member pop-up! 👉 Member Appreciation Week continues through Sunday (4/21)! Bring up to two additional guests for FREE, enjoy 20% off in the Museum Store, and more! Stop by the membership table in the front lobby to receive exclusive member giveaways and a chance to win prizes! Thank you, Members! 🫶 Learn more about Member events → link in bio
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Instagram, ✨ First look at the Venice Biennale! ✨ Jeffrey Gibson, “the space in which to place me,” on view April 20–November 24 at the U.S. Pavilion of the @LaBiennale di Venezia. ✨ Gibson's selection to represent the United States at the 60th International Art Exhibition of the #VeniceBiennale marks the first solo presentation of an Indigenous artist for the U.S. Pavilion. ✨ “the space in which to place me” is commissioned by Kathleen Ash-Milby (Curator of Native American Art, Portland Art Museum), Louis Grachos (Phillips Executive Director, SITE Santa Fe), and Abigail Winograd (Independent Curator) and is presented jointly by the @PortlandArtMuseum and @SITESantaFe. ✨ Download our free @BloombergConnects digital guide to explore the exhibition → link in bio ✨ For more info on the 2024 U.S. Pavilion and to learn about programming, visit → jeffreygibsonvenice2024.org (link in bio) #BiennaleArte2024 #JeffreyGibson #JeffreyGibsonVenice 📷 @TimothySchenck
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Instagram, ❤️ It’s Member Appreciation Week! Members can bring up to two additional guests to the Museum for FREE, enjoy 20% off in the Museum Store, discounted Tomorrow Theater tickets, giveaways, and more! We’re kicking off the week with special members’ hours for you and your guests on Wednesday, April 17, 5–7:30 p.m. Visit the new exhibition "Future Now: Virtual Sneakers to Cutting-Edge Kicks" and meet Amy Dotson, Curator of Film and New Media as well as some of the amazing innovators who helped make “Future Now” happen. No advance reservations required. Plus, Thursday–Sunday, stop by the membership table in the front lobby to receive exclusive member giveaways and spin the prize wheel for a chance to win prizes. ❤️ Thank you, Members! Learn more about Member events at the link in bio → [ID: 1. Install photo of footwear in vitrines with background graphic of a yellow grid on black. 2. Graphic with hearts overlaid with magenta text: We Love Our Members! Member Appreciation Week]
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Instagram, 🎥 This week at the Tomorrow Theater, join us for a new documentary on sculptor H.C. Westermann; debuting in the U.S. from the Toronto Film Festival, "I Like Movies"; improv orchestra Party Killer, "Problemista," and more! Thu, 4/18, 7 p.m. | "I Like Movies" Fri, 4/19, 7 p.m. | "Westermann: Memorial to the Idea of Man If He Was an Idea" Sat, 4/20, 7 p.m. | "After School Mutation!" // Presented by Party Killer Sun, 4/21, 4 p.m. | "Problemista" with a crash course in toy design Sun, 4/21, 7 p.m. | "Princess Mononoke" Get tickets → link in bio
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Instagram, How do we feel we know a place never visited? Sara Cwynar’s (@cwynars) conceptual work explores the circulation of images in popular culture and the impact of photography on memory and knowledge. Here, several similar yet distinct found images of the Acropolis have been collected and rephotographed while held with her fingers. Even if we have never visited the site, we might feel like we know it through its widespread visual representation. In the title, an “encyclopedia” and “grid” highlight our drive to impose order while also suggesting the impossibility of knowing a place solely through representation. 📍See it in “Throughlines: Connections in the Collection” — Sara Cwynar (American, born 1985), “Encyclopedia Grid (Acropolis),” 2014. Chromogenic print mounted on Plexiglas; 40 × 32 in. Museum Purchase: Funds provided by Contemporary Art Auction Proceeds, 2017.77.1 [ID: 1. Photographs of fingers holding snapshots of the Acropolis mounted on blue board. 2. Installation view of the work in a multimedia exhibition.]
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Instagram, Walking into the weekend with “No Shoes.” 🌿 Beth Levine was one of only a handful of women shoe designers in the twentieth century. She saw potential, rather than limitation, in non-traditional shoemaking materials and forms. Levine used modern materials, such as acrylic, vinyl, and Astroturf, as well as everyday materials like paper, in her creative process. Her 1957 No Shoe design—a pair of high heeled soles with surgical adhesive pads made for her by Johnson & Johnson to adhere directly to the wearer’s feet—was ahead of its time. She revisited the idea in 1965 (shown here), making the heel lower and edging the sole with plastic leaves. 📍On view in “Future Now: Virtual Sneakers to Cutting-Edge Kicks” — Herbert Levine, No Shoes, 1965. Designed by Beth Levine, co-founder of Herbert Levine. Collection of the Bata Shoe Museum, BSM P95.0109. [ID: Photo of shoe soles adorned with fake foliage.]