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CommunityDaily Art MomentDiscoverLearnWrite Around PAM: Fujikasa Satoko
Even though the official start of spring is still a week away, we can feel the shift in the season. This piece by Fujikasa Satoko feels like a perfect embodiment […]
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CommunityConnectDaily Art MomentDiscoverMuseum Welcomes Visitors Back In Two-Phase Spring 2021 Reopening
Phase one reopening April 10Phase two reopening May 5, including Ansel Adams in Our Time The Portland Art Museum announced today a phased reopening of the galleries following the second […]
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CommunityDiscoverLearnWrite Around PAM: Azechi Umetarō
Titles offer insight into an artist’s vision and add layers of meaning to an artwork. Japanese printmaker Azechi Umetarō often took inspiration from his experiences mountaineering, as we see in […]
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CommunityDiscoverLearnWrite Around PAM: Thelma Johnson Streat
This tapestry by Thelma Johnson Streat feels playful and inviting, and we’d like to use it as inspiration for our own playful writing this week. Streat grew up in Portland, […]
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CommunityDiscoverOregon Media Arts Fellowship
Artist Fellowships honor Oregon’s professional artists and their achievements while supporting efforts to advance their careers. Oregon Media Arts Fellowships provide financial and other support for production expenses to enable […]
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CommunityConnectDiscoverLearnWrite Around PAM: Fern Coppedge
Many of us have likely gotten to know the streets we live on a bit better this year as we take walks in the neighborhood or spend time looking out […]
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Reflecting on Martin Luther King Jr. , resources & an equity update
Approaching this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I am called to gather my thoughts more intentionally on what this day offers us in this particular moment in time. As […]
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CommunityConnectDiscoverLearnWrite Around PAM: Mary Adams
At two inches by two inches in diameter, this piece by Mary Adams (Mohawk, Canadian) feels quintessentially “small but mighty” and so full of intricate beauty. In these fraught days, […]
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CommunityDiscoverLearnResist COVID / Take 6! harnesses public art for public health
Portland Art Museum teams with local public agencies and community partners to share artist Carrie Mae Weems’s messages of COVID-19 impact, equity, and hope. On the walls and windows of […]
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CommunityDiscoverLearnWrite Around PAM: Dyani White Hawk
This screenprint by Dyani White Hawk was inspired by a Plains style women’s dentalium dress. You can almost feel the ribbons, the wool, the shells, the metallic details, the hemline. […]
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CommunityDiscoverLearnWrite Around PAM: Katsumata Chieko
The arrival of a new year gives us an opportunity to pause, to set intentions, to be open to the expanse of time and space all around us. This piece […]
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CommunityDiscoverLearnWrite Around PAM: Amanda Snyder
This has been an especially challenging year, for so many reasons. As we move toward its end, we are reminded of the importance of threshold times—spaces between what has been […]