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CommunityLearnThe Numberz Juneteenth Teach-In
Juneteenth Teach-In 2020: Blackness in Focus June 19, 6 a.m. – 9 p.m. June 19th is Juneteenth, the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Vaginal Davis
“Vaginal Davis describes herself as a ‘doyenne of intersexed outsider art,’ working across, around, and between artistic disciplines: she is a performance artist, painter, curator, composer, writer, and musician. She […]
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Daily Art Moment: Isaka Shamsud-Din
“For several years I sketched at a bar next door to my studio with the idea to capture some of that life, the meshing of figures/shapes, personalities, and my reflections. […]
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CommunityConnectLearnBlack Lives Matter
We at the Portland Art Museum stand in solidarity with our staff, partners, and community members to demand justice for the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, David […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Cherokee Mask
“Some objects in our collection are a bit of a mystery because they were acquired with limited documentation. One of our challenges as curators is to determine if the information […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moments: Albert Besnard
“In late nineteenth-century Paris, morphine, a powerful opiate, was both legal and widespread. Although addiction afflicted all classes of society, artists were particularly fond of depicting fashionable women as part […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Joe Feddersen
“Coming upon Joe Feddersen’s Blue Horizon, from the series Rainscape feels like the perfect embodiment of our elongated spring in the Pacific Northwest, and much like the very weather we […]
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DiscoverLearnA Bird’s Eye View of Mount St. Helens
Adapted from a Portland Public Schools Arts projectInspired by the exhibition Volcano! Mount St. Helens in Art Download the PDF or follow the instructions below. In the centuries before the […]
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CommunityDiscoverLearnWrite Around PAM: Heidi Schwegler
During this time, it is important that we all take moments to pause. Writing is a great tool to reflect, de-stress, #breakforjoy and heal. Join us for a writing exercise […]
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CommunityDiscoverLearnPPS Visual Arts Virtual Gallery
Congratulations to Portland Public Schools student artists and their teachers! PPS has announced the winners of the 2020 HeART of Portland Showcase Poster Competition and launched the new PPS Visual […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Bue Kee
“Bue Kee’s ‘Self-Portrait’ is currently a part of the exhibit, Portraiture from the Collection of Northwest Art, and it is a work I am eager to see again in person. […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Payne Studio
“Most U.S. colleges, universities, and high schools (and, increasingly, preschools and grade schools!) hold commencement ceremonies in May and June. Photography has long played a part in commemorating the celebrations […]