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ConnectDaily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Trude Parkinson
Emerging Zodiac is an exceptional example of Parkinson’s work and her dedicated interest in the human body in relation to the greater cosmos. The model of the dancing figure is […]
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CommunityDiscoverLearnWrite Around PAM: Marie Watt
Seneca artist Marie Watt created Companion Species: Ferocious Mother and Canis Familiaris with the help of over 200 people who participated in two sewing circles. These collective efforts generated a […]
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Write Around PAM: Wally Dion
Wally Dion created Green Star Quilt out of computer circuit boards, brass wire, and copper tubing, rather than the fabric squares of a traditional quilt. As Native American Art Curator […]
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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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Write Around PAM: Lynn Aldrich
Earth Day is this Thursday, April 22, and this piece by Lynn Aldrich feels like a fitting companion as we explore our relationship to this planet we call home. To […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Diane Jacobs
Diane Jacobs is drawn to wool, hair, and paper pulp materials in much of her work. For Jacobs, hair is a material that incorporates our humanity woven into the material’s […]
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ConnectDaily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Terresa White, Mark Tetpon, and Don Johnston
Seal Vision: Shared Spirit celebrates the inter-related lives of seals with the people and animals of the far north. Echoing the format of Yu’pik dance masks, this striking mixed media […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Lynda Benglis
“When you visit the second-floor of the modern and contemporary galleries, you’ll find a group of works by women artists: Judy Chicago’s Pasadena Lifesaver Blue, Judy Pfaff’s Untitled, Dorothea Rockburne’s […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Wally Dion
“With the vivid, sculptural work, ‘Green Star Quilt,’ artist Wally Dion has cleverly transformed ordinary materials that most people rely upon every day, but do not notice, into a bold […]
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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: 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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CommunityDaily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: John Outterbridge
“In his Containment Series, John Outterbridge combined industrial materials with handcrafted pieces and found objects. In form and concept, he explores what makes up boundaries: structural ones like frames; material […]