Portland Fine Print Fair 2026
You are invited to attend the Portland Fine Print Fair, now in its 13th year in the historic Fields Ballroom. Peruse and purchase prints from 16 top dealers from across North America. These knowledgeable art dealers welcome your questions, whether you are a first-time collector or a seasoned connoisseur. Prints from the Old Masters to contemporary emerging artists will be on sale, and excellent works can be found in all price ranges. This is your chance to browse and buy at the largest and most comprehensive print fair on the West Coast.
Benefit preview
Friday, January 23, 6 – 9 pm
Advance tickets
$65 Museum members
$75 General public, and night of the event
Free admission
Saturday, January 24, 10 am – 6 pm
Sunday, January 25, 11 am – 5 pm
Free talks and tours
Saturday, January 24, 10:30 am
Curator’s Choice: Mary Weaver Chapin, PhD
Sunday, January 25, 1:30 pm
Curator’s Choice: Mary Weaver Chapin, PhD
Printmaking demos – Saturday, January 24
We are excited to announce a special collaboration with multiple printmakers and studios during Fine Print Fair at the Museum, bringing live demonstrations and hands-on experiences into the art galleries and Finley Learning Studio. These programs will be included with regular Portland Art Museum admission.
- 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., Schnitzer Overlook: Etching, Woodcut and Linocut Printing Demonstration with Atelier Meridian: Join printmakers Daniel Webb, Jessica Hartman and Chelsey Hawkey as they demonstrate using etching, woodcut, and linocut printing processes.The artists will describe the technical processes involved in creating fine art prints such as the ones you can see in the Inkling exhibition in the Gilkey center, inking up plates and blocks and unlocking the mystery before your very eyes!
- 12 – 3 p.m., Finley Learning Studio: Monotype Prints with Atelier Meridian: Learn from printmakers Jane Pagliarulo, Emerson Mitchell, Olivia Noguiera Wheaton, and Sam Weese to make drypoint etchings on plexiglass, and create your own monotype prints to take home.
- 12 – 3 p.m., Black Art and Experiences Galleries: Artist and educator Melanie Stevens will demonstrate how to create patterns on fabric that convey dynamic storytelling through form, symbols, and color, via block printing. She will cycle through the entire process, from drawing designs to carving them onto rubber blocks and arranging visual motifs on fabric. Melanie is the creator of the graphic novel series, WaterShed, as well as the studio director of black whole Press, a printmaking studio that hosts free workshops and provides resources, funding, and residencies for BIPOC artists.
Participating galleries
- Armstrong Fine Art, Chicago, IL
- Aspinwall Editions, Hudson, NY
- Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
- Azuma Gallery, Seattle, WA
- Catherine Burns Fine Art, Berkeley, CA
- Conrad R. Graeber Fine Art, Riderwood, MD
- Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts, Pendleton, OR
- Egenolf Gallery Japanese Prints, Burbank, CA
- Georgina Kelman—Works on Paper, New York, NY
- Jeannot R. Barr, Northport, NY
- Mullowney Printing, Portland, OR
- Pia Gallo, New York, NY
- Roger Genser: The Prints & the Pauper, Santa Monica, CA
- Stevens Fine Art, Phoenix, AZ
- The Tolman Collection of New York, New York, NY
- William P. Carl Fine Prints, Durham, NC
Sponsors
The Exhibitors of the Portland Fine Print Fair; The Graphic Arts Council of the Portland Art Museum; Greg and Cathy Tibbles; David and Anita August; Dan Bergsvik and Don Hastler; The Blair Family Foundation; Framing Resource; William Gilliland; Pat and Trudy Ritz; Selby and Douglas Key; Ann Flowerree / Flowerree Foundation; Robert Trotman; Pacific Northwest College of Art at Willamette University, MFA Printmaking Program; Lee Stewart and Chris Sherry; Barbara Delano and John Wyckoff; Christine Hamm; Richard and Diane Lowensohn; Dan Mueller and Joann Pari-Mueller; Jan Quivey; Marcy Schwartz; Kelly and Michael Sievers; Janet Williamson; and Neal Morgan Framing.
