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CommunityConnectDiscoverLearnWrite Around PAM: Dyani White Hawk
Dyani White Hawk’s suite Takes Care of Them was inspired by the Lakota practice of four veterans being asked to stand and face each of the four cardinal directions during […]
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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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CommunityDiscoverLearnWrite Around PAM: Gail Tremblay
In this piece by Onondaga and Mi’kmaq artist Gail Tremblay, 35 mm film finds new life, transformed into a woven basket. Tremblay adapts Indigenous weaving practices, traditionally used to make […]
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CommunityDiscoverLearnWrite Around PAM: Nan MacDonald
As we shift our clocks back to standard time this weekend and our bodies adjust to the change, it feels like just the right time to pause and reflect on […]
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CommunityDiscoverLearnWrite Around PAM: Silas Aittauq
Spirits, by Inuit sculptor Silas Aittauq, carries an energy that seems fitting for this season of Halloween, of harvest, of Dia de Muertos, and of remembering those who have passed. […]
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CommunityConnectDiscoverWrite Around PAM: Kuna artist
The Kuna are Indigenous people living in present-day Panama. Mola, the Kuna word meaning “to cover” are hand-sewn, embroidered blouse fronts and backs made and worn by Kuna women. Artists […]
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ConnectDaily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Nez Perce artist
With the school year beginning, I began to think about children and how objects such as dolls are so universal. This Nez Perce doll was surely made for children in […]
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ConnectDaily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Playing Cards
The Native American art collection of the Portland Art Museum contains a number of surprising objects that have fascinating but little-known histories behind them. This set of Apache Playing Cards […]
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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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ConnectDaily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Jingle
The jingle is a symbol of Native North American women. This blouse with matching skirt, a possible precursor to the jingle dress, is an example of the ingenuity of Native […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Alison Bremner
Alison Bremner’s sculptural work, Two Dollars, slyly plays on the concepts of money and exchange. This small work, only 2 × 1.5 inches, emulates the shape of large copper shields […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Cowlitz artist
Plateau basketry traditions encompass several techniques including coiling which we see with this delightful Cowlitz basket. The vibrant design of this sturdy and well-balanced basket is a wonderful example of […]