-
CommunityDiscoverLearnWrite Around PAM: Ansel Adams
In addition to grand sweeping vistas, Ansel Adams spent time photographing the urban landscapes surrounding his home. This weekend, we invite you to spend some time closer to the city, […]
-
ConnectDaily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Ansel Adams
Tonight’s waxing gibbous moon has me thinking about how folks love to photograph the moon, and how difficult it is to capture this celestial orb in a way that matches […]
-
CommunityDiscoverLearnArt and Writing During the Pandemic: Celebrating the Write Around Portland Partnership
It has been more than one year since Write Around Portland and the Portland Art Museum began collaborating on weekly, art-inspired writing prompts to sustain our souls and our sense […]
-
ConnectDaily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Jingle
The jingle is a symbol of Native North American women. This blouse with matching skirt, a possible precursor to the jingle dress, is an example of the ingenuity of Native […]
-
CommunityDiscoverLearnWrite Around PAM: Richard Misrach
Looking at the water, the land, the tiny bridge in the distance, we are reminded of journeying, and the boats or ships that may have passed under that bridge. What […]
-
CommunityDiscoverLearnWrite Around PAM: Ansel Adams
Photographs take us to places and times we might never see otherwise. Even on this summery day, this picture by Ansel Adams transports us to snowy grandeur shrouded by clouds […]
-
CommunityDiscoverLearnBlazers star Carmelo Anthony nominates PAM for $100,000 prize supporting Black Art and Experiences
Portland Trail Blazers star Carmelo Anthony was named the winner of the first Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion award in recognition of his work for civil rights, Black empowerment, and […]
-
CommunityDiscoverLearnWrite Around PAM: Ansel Adams
Some places are so iconic, so famous, that they seem to carry their own personalities with them. You could imagine what they might be saying to one another about the […]
-
ConnectDaily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Ron Nagle
“Diabolically beautiful.” “Ridiculously seductive.” “Subversively beautiful.” These are just a few reactions to Ron Nagle’s small scale ceramic sculptures. This photograph shows only a glimmer of the iridescent color and […]
-
Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Josef Albers
Artist, teacher, and color theorist Josef Albers spent decades refining his concepts of color relationships and form. Formulation: Articulation, published after his retirement from the art department at Yale University, […]
-
CommunityDiscoverLearnWrite Around PAM: Mitch Epstein
As we deepen into summer, and record heat, droughts, and wildfires become part of the normal rhythms of the season, we are asked to reflect more about our response to […]
-
Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Steven Young Lee
Steven Young Lee describes how the coils of the large vessel of Jar with Dragon and Clouds came apart and the pot imploded in the kiln. Here the shards are […]