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Stop Asian Hate
The staff of the Portland Art Museum and Northwest Film Center are deeply saddened and angered by the murder of eight people, including six Asian American women in the Atlanta, […]
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CommunityDiscoverLearnBack to School Resources
Welcome to a new school year unlike any other! Here at the Museum, we feel sad that we will not see throngs of students jostling to get in the front […]
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CommunityConnectDiscoverLearn1,001 art kits and counting: Sharing an extraordinary time through Journal On!
Last spring, as it became clear that the pandemic shutdown would stretch through the summer and beyond, and that most in-person camps would be canceled and pools closed, PAM Learning […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Elizabeth Malaska
“Elizabeth Malaska has continued her focus in painting with a feminist view exploring the place of the female body. Oftentimes looking to art history and the female form, Malaska nearly […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Claes Oldenburg
“We all deserve a treat during the dog days of August, and who better to serve it up than artworld prankster, Claes Oldenburg? Oldenburg humorously transforms familiar things through shifts […]
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CommunityLearnMuseum Supports Youth Art Experiences This Summer
This month the Portland Art Museum will begin to distribute several thousand art kits to youth throughout the Portland region as well as into more rural communities of the Columbia […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Auguste Rodin
“In honor of #BastilleDay, I offer you one of the greatest French objects in the Museum’s collection. Rodin conceived and modelled it in 1879 for a public monument to commemorate […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Guercino
“Drawings give us an intimate look at artists at work. Among the finest drawings in the Museum collection is this sheet by Guercino, one of the greatest draftsmen in the […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Lorenzo Triburgo
“I began ‘Transportraits’ when I came out as TransQueer in 2008—a time before the proliferation of trans representations we see in dominant media today (for better or worse) and before […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Katsushika Hokusai
“Last summer I hiked to Ramona Falls in Mt. Hood National Forest for the first time—and immediately thought of this print. Water cascades down the rocks, forking into powerful branches […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: American flag
“Monuments are on my mind. As we are seeing statues of racist historical figures being toppled in cities across the country, my thoughts jump over to the American flag. A […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Elizabeth Catlett
“Not all art belongs on walls. Artists’ books are designed to be held by the viewer, creating an intimate and tactile relationship between the art and the onlooker. Often paired […]