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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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ConnectDaily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: William H. Walker
Curiously, this photograph is one of only two in the Museum’s permanent collection that includes “New Year” in its title. Made by Portland-based photographer Will Walker, it depicts people selling […]
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ConnectDaily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Frank Okada
Frank Okada once described his work as being “dedicatory in nature.” He said, “My parents, through good and bad times, always placed the first portion of newly cooked rice before […]
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ConnectDaily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Lewis W. Hine
I think of photographer Lewis Hine every Labor Day. He was deeply affected by the long hours and low pay he earned while working to help support his widowed mother […]
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ConnectDaily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Dan Powell
Drive-in theaters were a staple of American popular culture during the mid-twentieth century. According to the New York Film Academy, more than 4,000 drive-ins dotted the landscape during the 1950s […]
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CommunityConnectDiscoverWrite Around PAM: Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams took this photograph on the side of the highway, after glancing out the window while driving. It has since become one of his most famous pieces. We invite […]
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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, […]
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Daily 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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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CommunityDiscoverLearnWrite Around PAM: Ansel Adams
How do you feel when you look at this photograph of the Grand Tetons and the Snake River? Today and over the coming months, our Write Around PAM prompts will […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Marian Wood Kolisch
Education was a central component of Ansel Adams’s photographic practice. He established the fine art photography program at the San Francisco Art Institute in 1946, the first of its kind […]