The Poster Project

New posters celebrate the grand opening of the Rothko Pavilion!

The Portland Art Museum is pleased to provide free, educational posters to educators in Oregon and Washington. Posters feature artwork from the Museum’s permanent collections and represent a wide range of cultures, time periods, and mediums. Hang them in classrooms, hallways, and libraries or take them out for specific activities and lessons. Our goal is to provide educators and students with artwork you can study and enjoy wherever you are.

Click on the artwork icons below to see the poster content and additional resources or to download PDFs.Printed posters are available for pick up at PAM Educator Programs and by mail here:

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We are proud to partner with Relay Resources to package and mail posters to you. Please allow 2 – 3 weeks for delivery.

Spanish-language PDFs developed with the support and collaboration of AB Cultural Drivers, LLC.

Posters available in print and online

2026 Set

  • Linocut of a person playing piano.

    Alison Saar, Queen of the 88s, 2021

  • Painting of a an angel wearing colorful garments.

    Unknown artist, Archangel Gabriel, ca. 1730

  • Colorful abstract woodblock print.

    Yoshida Chizuko, Arizona Plateau, 1959

  • Large, colorful bowl on a metal stand.

    Elias Sime, Tightrope: Eyes and Ears of a Bat (1), 2020

  • Painting of waterlilies on a pond.

    Claude Monet, Waterlilies, 1914–1915

  • Black and white photograph of six people inside a vehicle.

    Ryan Weideman, Six-Girl Crack-Up, 1982

  • Sculpture of a masked face surrounded by polar bears, seals, and a person in a boat.

    Terresa White; Mark Tetpon; Don Johnston, Seal Vision: Shared Spirit, 2020

  • Mixed-media collage with a group of people surrounded by bands of color.

    Sharita Towne, for us, 2019–2020

    • 2024 set

  • Print of a fluffy cat laying on its back on a patterned red rug

    Beth Van Hoesen, Bugs, 1985

  • Photo of a group of Black dancers

    Jason Hill, Lion King, 2019

  • Two etchings with fanciful figures of children, a blue elephant, and fairies

    Leticia Tarragó, Teoría de Conjuntos & Elefante Azul (Blue Elephant), 1974

  • Image of a wooden rooster

    Phoenix-shaped Kkokdu for a Funerary Bier, late 19th/early 20th century

  • Image of quilt-like artwork made from circuit boards

    Wally Dion, Green Star Quilt, 2019

  • Painting of a pastry cook in a white chef's coat and chef's hat against a red background

    Chaim Soutine, Le Petit Patissier (The Little Pastry Cook), ca. 1921

  • An African American man stands in the foreground with a colorfully painted garden beyond.

    Isaka Shamsud-Din, Rock of Ages, 1976

  • Poster for Will Wilson, Auto Immune Response No. 2, 2005

    Will Wilson, Auto Immune Response No. 2, 2005

    • Posters available as online resources only

  • Poster for Elizabeth Catlett "A Second Generation, from For My People"

    Elizabeth Catlett, A Second Generation, from For My People, 1992

  • Lynn Aldrich (American, born 1944) Biophilia, 2007

    Lynn Aldrich, Biophilia, 2007

  • Poster for Sang-ah Choi, All you can eat—Holiday everyday, Transcontinental flower and bird painting: NY to OR, Rainbow, 2007–2012

    Sang-ah Choi, All you can eat—Holiday everyday, Transcontinental flower and bird painting: NY to OR, Rainbow, 2007–2012

  • Poster for Leopoldo Méndez, Las primeras luces (The First Lights), 1948

    Leopoldo Méndez, Las primeras luces (The First Lights), 1948

  • Poster of Utagawa Hiroshige, Fukagawa Susaki and Jūmantsubo, 1857

    Utagawa Hiroshige, Fukagawa Susaki and Jūmantsubo, 1857

  • Jean Michelin / Gabriel Revel, A Peasant Family / Group Portrait, 1650–1660 / 1686

    Jean Michelin / Gabriel Revel, A Peasant Family / Group Portrait, 1650–1660 / 1686

  • Poster for Dyani White Hawk's "Wókaǧe | Create"

    Dyani White Hawk, Wókaǧe | Create, 2019

  • Emmet Gowin, Ash from Mount St. Helens at the Confluence of the Cowlitz and Columbia Rivers, Washington, 1984

    Emmet Gowin, Ash from Mount St. Helens at the Confluence of the Cowlitz and Columbia Rivers, Washington, 1984

  • Diego Rivera image cropped

    Diego Rivera, Los Frutos del Trabajo (The Fruits of Labor), 1932

  • George Johanson (American, born 1928) Under the Volcano, 1984 Color etching on paper Plate: 18 x 47 3/4 inches; sheet: 21 1/8 x 50 5/8 inches Gift of the Artist © 1985 George Johanson 90.29.3

    George Johanson, Under the Volcano, 1984

  • Sonya Clark (American, born 1967) Penny Loafers, 2010 Copper and pennies Each: 2 1/8 x 11 x 4 inches Museum Purchase: Funds provided by Barbara Christy Wagner 2017.76.1a,b

    Sonya Clark, Penny Loafers, 2010

  • Wendy Red Star (American and Apsa’alooke, born 1981) Indian Summer, from the series Four Seasons, 2006 Archival pigment print on Sunset Fiber rag 21 in x 24 in; sheet: 23 in x 26 in Gift of Loren G. Lipson, M.D. © Wendy Red Star 2017.25.1b

    Wendy Red Star, Indian Summer, from the series Four Seasons, 2006

  • Southern India, Tamil Nadu, Shiva Natarāja (Shiva as Lord of the Dance), 12th century or later

    Southern India, Tamil Nadu, Shiva Natarāja (Shiva as Lord of the Dance), 12th century or later

  • Buson print cropped

    Yosa Buson, Thatched Retreat on Cold Mountain, early to mid-1770s

  • Diriksen painting cropped

    Felipe Diriksen, Portrait of Infanta María Ana de Austria, 1630

  • Feddersen-cropped

    Joe Feddersen, Magpie, Guy, Wolf, and Flat Screen, 2012

  • Joseph Hirsch (American, 1910–1981) Banquet, 1945 Lithograph on beige wove paper Image: 9 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches Sheet: 12 x 15 7/8 inches Gift of Christopher Russell 2015.21.1

    Joseph Hirsch, Banquet, 1945

  • The Forest in Autumn, ca. 1970 Oil on wood 38 x 52 inches Gift of Blount International, Inc. Public domain 2012.112.27

    Amanda Snyder, The Forest in Autumn, ca. 1970

  • Kuna artist Child’s Mola Shirt, ca. 1970 Cotton and synthetic fabric 20 x 23 inches Gift of an anonymous donor 2016.3.1

    Kuna artist, Child’s Mola Shirt, ca. 1970

  • Representing-Portrait-of-a-Couple-cropped

    Nottingham Studio, Untitled (Portrait of a Couple), ca. 1898

  • Durer-cropped

    Albrecht Dürer, Die wunderbare Sau von Landser (The Monstrous Sow of Landser), ca. 1496

  • Unknown Palmyrene artist (Palmyra, Syria) Funerary Portrait: Yarkhai son of Ogga and Balya his Daughter, 150/200 CE Limestone 21 x 32 x 7 inches Gift of Mr. Aziz E. Atiyeh Public domain 54.3

    Unknown Palmyrene artist, Funerary Portrait: Yarkhai son of Ogga and Balya his Daughter, 150/200 CE

  • Amalia Pica (Argentine, born 1978) Procession (Reconfiguration), 2016 Acid free paper, acrylic, wood 91 x 290 inches Museum Purchase: Contemporary Art Purchase Fund © Amalia Pica 2017.2.1a–k

    Amalia Pica, Procession (Reconfiguration), 2016

  • William Cumming (American, 1917–2010) Three Kids, 1968 Oil on Masonite 23 1/2 x 35 5/8 inches Gift of Sandra Stone Peters © artist or other rights holder 86.70.5

    William Cumming, Three Kids, 1968

  • Charles Heaney (American, 1897-1981) Mountains, 1938 Oil on canvas 33 3/8 x 38 inches Courtesy of the Fine Arts Program, Public Buildings Service, U.S. General Services Administration. Commissioned through the New Deal art projects. Public domain L45.3.4

    Charles Heaney, Mountains, 1938

  • Farrell-Smith-cropped

    Ka’ila Farrell-Smith, After Boarding School: In Mourning, 2011

  • Flavin-cropped

    Dan Flavin, Untitled (to Donna) II, 1971

  • Bonito-cropped

    Giuseppe Bonito, Il Femminiello, 1740/1760

  • Woodruff-cropped

    Hale Woodruff, Sunday Promenade, 1939

  • Fujikasa Satoko (Japanese, born 1980) Flow #1, 2011 Stoneware with matte white slip 26 1/8 x 27 x 23 1/8 inches Museum Purchase: Funds provided by the Asian Art Council © Fujikasa Satoko 2013.15.1

    Fujikasa Satoko, Flow #1, 2011

  • Corita Kent somebody had to break the rules, 1967 Color screenprint on Pellon 29 7/8 x 36 1/16 inches Museum Purchase: Print Acquisition Fund © Corita Art Center, Immaculate Heart Community, Los Angeles, CA 2016.89.1

    Corita Kent, somebody had to break the rules, 1967

  • Kehinde Wiley, Likunt Daniel Ailin (The World Stage: Israel), 2013

  • David A. Boxley, David Robert Boxley, Zach Boxley, Tribute Chest and Panel, 2012

  • Michel Corneille, the elder (French, 1601/1603–1664) Cleopatra and the Asp, 1650/1660 oil on canvas 55 x 71 3/8 inches Gift of the Dr. Henry Victor Adix, Jr. Trust 2001.13

    Michel Corneille, the elder, Cleopatra and the Asp, 1650/1660

  • Elizabeth Nourse, Femme aux Fagots (Woman with a Bundle of Sticks), ca. 1899

  • Paul Elie Ranson, Tigre dans le jungle (Tiger in the Jungle), from L’Estampe originale, Album I, 1893

  • China, Sichuan province or neighboring regions, Money Tree (Yao qian shu), 2nd century CE

  • C. S. Price, Winter, 1940

  • Carrie Mae Weems, Untitled, from the series Kitchen Table, 1990

  • Chaim Soutine, Le Petit Patissier (The Little Pastry Cook), ca. 1921