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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 […]
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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 […]
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CommunityDiscoverLearnWrite Around PAM: Jonathan Calm
This photograph from Jonathan Calm offers a unique glimpse behind the camera, a chance to see the artist at work. As we celebrate Father’s Day today, we invite you to […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Alison Bremner
Alison Bremner’s sculptural work, Two Dollars, slyly plays on the concepts of money and exchange. This small work, only 2 × 1.5 inches, emulates the shape of large copper shields […]
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ConnectDaily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Edward Penfield
Congratulations to the Class of 2021! This charming poster, advertising the June edition of Harper’s Magazine, gives a nod to the graduates of 1895. Artist Edward Penfield is credited with […]
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DiscoverLearnMarking Juneteenth: A Conversation About Candlesticks and Slavery
For the past few years, Ted Smith, longtime Portland Art Museum Visitor Services Lead has been marking Juneteenth by doing one of the many things that he does so well—connecting […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Samantha Wall
“The shadow is both a part of our identity and apart from it. It is our counterpart and sometimes the truer part.” —Samantha Wall, 2021 Flayed is a drawing from […]
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CommunityDiscoverLearnWrite Around PAM: Ansel Adams
Last Sunday, we invited you to spend some time writing with Laura McPhee’s Midsummer (Lupine and Fireweed), which offered a scene of blooming wildflowers at the foot of charred tree […]
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CommunityDiscoverLearnPostcards to the Earth: PPS HeART of Portland Exhibition and Showcase 2021
This month, the Portland Art Museum is celebrating the extraordinary work of Portland Public Schools students and teachers with an Ansel Adams-inspired installation in the Museum gift store windows. The […]
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CommunityDiscoverLearnWrite Around PAM: Laura McPhee
“Photographing in the burned forest was one of the great, joyful experiences of my life,” Laura McPhee has said, “finding that catastrophe to be so beautiful,… so stunningly unexpected.” In […]
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CommunityDiscoverLearnWrite Around PAM: Catherine Opie
How can we bring new understanding, new light to something we already know so well? Catherine Opie’s Untitled #1 (Yosemite Valley) offers us a place to start. Opie’s photography gives […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Cowlitz artist
Plateau basketry traditions encompass several techniques including coiling which we see with this delightful Cowlitz basket. The vibrant design of this sturdy and well-balanced basket is a wonderful example of […]