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CommunityIn Memoriam Donald Jenkins
The Museum mourns the loss of Donald Jenkins, a long-serving leader whose tenure here included roles as an assistant, curator, chief curator, and director. Jenkins began his career with the […]
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CommunityJeffrey Gibson to represent United States at 60th Venice Biennale in 2024
U.S. Pavilion presented by Portland Art Museum and SITE Santa FeCo-Commissioned by Kathleen Ash-Milby, Louis Grachos, and Abigail Winograd Portland Art Museum in Oregon and SITE Santa Fe in New […]
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CommunityPortland Art Museum hires Assistant Curator of Native American Art
The Portland Art Museum announces the creation of a permanent Assistant Curator of Native American Art position thanks to a major grant from the Leadership in Art Museums Initiative. Erin […]
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CommunityCelebrating Native American artists and bringing community together
Since last fall, visitors to the Museum have experienced three exhibitions from two Native American artists that expressed themes of identity, culture, and personal storytelling. Dakota Modern: The Art of […]
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CommunityDiscoverAnnouncing the Tomorrow Theater
A New Chapter for the Portland Art Museum’s PAM CUT // Center for an Untold Tomorrow The Portland Art Museum’s film and new media center, PAM CUT // Center for […]
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Museum shares next steps following Native baby carrier incident
On Saturday, March 11, a Karuk mother wearing a traditional woven baby carrier holding her child on her back was asked to remove it from her back in the middle […]
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CommunityConnectCommunity Update: December 2022
To our friends, neighbors, and community, With 2022 coming to a close, we have much to reflect on and to celebrate, including the Museum’s 130th anniversary, which we marked with […]
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CommunityIn Memoriam: Jim Winkler
It is with great sadness that the Museum shares the news of the passing of Trustee Jim Winkler. Below is a message from Portland Art Museum Director Brian Ferriso. I first […]
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CommunityDiscoverPAM CUT Announces 2022 Sustainability Labs Fellows
PAM CUT // Center for an Untold Tomorrow’s unique Sustainability Labs returns this year with a new slate of multi-disciplinary, mid-career artists working at the intersection of art, technology and […]
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CommunityMuseum Awarded Major Grants for Black Artists of Oregon Exhibition
The Portland Art Museum was recently awarded two major grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Meyer Memorial Trust’s Justice Oregon for Black Lives initiative […]
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CommunityCommunity Update August 2022
To our friends, neighbors, and community, We finished the spring season on an incredibly high note as Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Mexican Modernism closed with record levels of attendance. […]
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CommunityDiscoverSwimming Home: Nine Objects Repatriated to Tlingit Tribe
The Museum and tribal leaders held a transfer ceremony in Portland before nine objects of cultural patrimony were repatriated to the Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of […]