Community partnerships are vital to our exhibitions and programs. By connecting with diverse, vibrant cultural arts organizations, we hope to make our programming more welcoming, inclusive and representative of communities in Portland and throughout the region.
Spotlight
- Disabled Hikers: Disabled-led organization celebrating disabled people’s experiences in the outdoors
- Elbow Room: A virtual and community based program supporting Portland artists experiencing intellectual and developmental disabilities
- PHAME: Fine and performing arts academy serving adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Our work together
- Local Teachers gain hands-on leadership skills
- Adelante Mujeres!
- Student Leaders Program returns to the Museum
- The Nature of Seeing @ the Portland Art Museum
- Wait, What? Your brain on art!
- The Rake’s Brain @ PAM!
- A celebration of Portland Public Schools artists, performers, and educators
Community partners
- Adelante Mujeres Chicas Summer Camp
- Albina Vision Trust
- Art Center East
- Arts in Education in the Gorge
- Cascade African Film Festival
- Design Portland
- Elbow Room
- Friends of Noise
- King School Museum of Contemporary Art (KSMoCA)
- Literary Arts
- Multnomah County Library
- Native American Youth and Family Center (NAYA)
- Native Wellness Institute
- NAYA Many Nations Academy
- North Pole Studios
- PHAME Academy
- OK You
- Oregon Black Pioneers
- Oregon Commission for the Blind
- Oregon Historical Society
- Portland Institute of Contemporary Art
- Portland Public Schools, Gresham, David Douglas, Reynolds, Beaverton, Hillsboro, Park Rose, and other regional school districts
- Portland State University School of Art and Design – Art + Social Practice
- Rejoice! Diaspora Dance Theater
- Write Around Portland
- Wishram REACH program
- The 1803 Fund