2025 HeART of Portland: A Portland Public Schools K-12 Arts Showcase Opening Celebration

Thank you, Portlanders, for supporting the Arts Access Fund (a.k.a. the Arts Tax)! Come celebrate the extraordinary work of student artists and over a decade of funding public school arts! 

The Portland Art Museum is proud to partner with Portland Public Schools to host the 2025 HeART of Portland: A Portland Public Schools K-12 Arts Showcase. This annual event kicks off with an evening of student dance, music, and theater performances as well as the opening of the student visual art exhibition, including over 100 works and highlighting the diversity of arts offerings across PPS. Guests will also experience the student collaborative art project Breaking the Grid, inspired by the Portland Art Museum exhibition Psychedelic Rock Posters and Fashion of the 1960s. 

• 5 – 7 p.m. Free admission to Portland Art Museum exhibitions, Main Museum
• 6 – 8:30 p.m. Student Visual Art Exhibition, Miller Gallery, 1st Floor, Mark Building
• 6:30 – 8 p.m. Performances in the Kridel Grand Ballroom, 3rd Floor, Mark Building

This event is free and open to everyone! 

Related events

• The HeART of Portland Visual Art Exhibition, April 16 – 27, 2025, Miller Gallery, Mark Building. Open during museum hours.