OPENS: 2016 Contemporary Northwest Art Awards

Calendar
When:
February 13, 2016 all-day
2016-02-13T00:00:00-08:00
2016-02-14T00:00:00-08:00
Exhibitions
Willem Volkersz, Vincent in Paris, 2013
Willem Volkersz, Vincent in Paris, 2013, neon, wood, acrylic, latex paint, and found objects, image courtesy of artist.

The Museum’s fourth biennial awards exhibition, Contemporary Northwest Art Awards 2016 features eight outstanding artists including a two-person artist’s collaborative. Four of the eight artists are immigrants, coming to the Northwest from Asia and Europe and contributing to the exhibition’s conceptual strength with a fresh view of America. Works in the exhibition address global and regional humanist issues —prejudice, belonging, war, the evolution of power, omnipresent technology, and the environment. Ranging from large-scale installations to intimate ceramic portraits, the multimedia exhibition showcases works in combinations of neon, video, glass, drawing, painting, and clay with innovative approaches to both new and traditional media.

Learn more about the exhibition.

Accessibility

The Portland Art Museum is pleased to offer accommodations to ensure that our programs are accessible and inclusive. All spaces for this program are accessible by wheelchair. Assistive listening devices are also available for lectures. All restrooms have accessible stalls but no power doors. There are single-stall all-gender bathrooms available. Please ask staff for directions.

We will do our best to accommodate your needs when you arrive, however, we need 2-3 weeks advance notice for some specific requests. Please email requests to access@pam.org, or call 503-226-2811.