Welcome to PAM’s new and transformed modern and contemporary art galleries! The Museum has reached a historic milestone with the grand opening of the Rothko Pavilion and we are eager to activate the new galleries for learning. This program will focus on exhibitions in the north wing of the Museum, including Black Art and Experiences, Pipilotti Rist: 4th Floor to Mildness, and the Art of Mark Rothko. Enjoy brief presentations and informal discussion with PAM curators throughout the Museum’s north wing galleries between 4:30 and 6:00 p.m. Visit the new Silver Family Youth and Community Gallery and Finley Learning Studio. Then, come to the Fields Ballroom for educator-led discussion and workshops, including the launch of the 2026 Poster Project, featuring works from PAM’s newly installed permanent collection. Make connections with fellow educators and come away with ideas and materials to share with your students in all grade levels and subject areas. Bring the energy of the transformed Museum to your classroom—Everybody Is An Art Person!
- 4:30 – 6:00 pm Meet the Curators in the Galleries—Drop in and join us whenever your schedule allows.
- 4:30 pm Welcome in Rothko Commons
- 4:40 pm Pipilotti Rist + Here We Are with Sara Krajewski, The Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Senior Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art; Prints by Black Artists with Mary Weaver Chapin, PhD, Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings
- 5:00 pm Tenderhead, Do I Look Like a Lady?, and Black Arts PDX with Jaleesa Johnston, Curatorial Coordinator, and Amber Edwards, Head of Public Engagement & Programs; Silver Family Youth and Community Gallery + Finley Learning Studio with Stephanie Parrish, Director of Learning, and Hana Layson, Head of Youth and Educator Programs
- 5:20 pm Prints by Black Artists with Mary Weaver Chapin + Art of Mark Rothko with Sara Krajewski
- 5:40 pm Tenderhead, Conductions, and Black Arts PDX with Jaleesa Johnston and Amber Edwards
- 6:00 – 7:30 pm Educator Connections in the Fields Ballroom, Mark Building—Poster Project, school tour information, discussion, and workshops
Free admission. Registration requested. PDU credits available. Light refreshments provided.
