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CommunityIn Memoriam: Lee Kelly (American, 1932–2022)
On Monday, artist Lee Kelly passed away at age 89. An artist who helped define Northwest sculpture through his monumental public works, his COR-TEN and hand-polished steel sculptures are focal […]
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LearnWrite Around PAM: Robert Goodnough, Grey Development, 1969
Robert Goodnough was an American abstract expressionist painter and part of the New York School of artists in the 1950s and ‘60s. “Goodnough’s gatherings of floating, overlapping planes fluctuate between […]
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CommunityDiscoverLearnCollective Process: The Artists Behind the Metamorphosis Mural
“The focus on the collective within art and art-making has shaped and inspired the community partnership work for this exhibition.” Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism from the Jacques […]
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DiscoverThe Northwest Film Center is now PAM CUT // Center for an Untold Tomorrow
The Portland Art Museum announced tonight a new name for the Northwest Film Center—PAM CUT // Center for an Untold Tomorrow. The new name, which was revealed during the third […]
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CommunityDiscoverLearnWrite Around PAM: Jason Hill
Jason Hill is an artist and educator currently living in Portland, Oregon. He took this photo in winter 2019, during a day in Eugene with the off-Broadway cast of The […]
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ConnectDaily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Valentine’s Day
The Feast of St. Valentine’s Day has been celebrated in many different ways for well over a thousand years. No matter how you may feel about our contemporary version of […]
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Brooke Jacobson In Memoriam
It is with sadness that the Northwest Film Center and Portland Art Museum share the passing of Brooke Jacobson, co-founder of the Northwest Film Center. Along with Bob Summers, she […]
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CommunityConnectDiscoverLearnWrite Around PAM: Dan Flavin
Artist Dan Flavin used only fluorescent tube lights arranged to create light, color, and space. He explained, “One might not think of light as a matter of fact, but I […]
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ConnectDaily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Judy Pfaff
Judy Pfaff is an innovator, acclaimed for her groundbreaking work in installation art during the 1970s. At a time when minimalism was prized, she approached spaces with maximal intention, filling […]
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CommunityDiscoverLearnWrite Around PAM: Zhang Hongtu
Zhang Hongtu’s Ongoing Shan Shui series explores categories of “East” and “West” in a distinctive way, reflecting his own life lived in two cultures. Here, he reimagines an album leaf […]
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ConnectDaily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Jess Perlitz
Jess Perlitz’s Burned Beast is a mismatched creature, resembling an ill-fitted hobby horse with visible seams and dowels. The basswood has been hand-chiseled and sanded, and burnt in the final […]
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CommunityDiscoverLearnWrite Around PAM: Jeppe Hein
We are venturing into a new year, and while our resolutions may not last, our intentions can, especially with the help of a pen and paper. Danish artist Jeppe Hein […]