Ashley Gifford
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Three Great Portland Just-a-Quick-Drink Dates
Three Great Portland Just-a-Quick-Drink Dates
Bars that can help you settle your first-date nerves.
Three Great Portland Dinner Dates
Three Great Portland Dinner Dates
Portland restaurants for every dating mood.
Art & About
Art & About
is creating a platform for art in Portland, OR
My always-in-progress Pacific Northwest Art & Culture map
My always-in-progress Pacific Northwest Art & Culture map
Art We Loved in 2025
Art We Loved in 2025
Here are three (now-closed) shows we loved in 2025—and three you can still check out.
Plus Plus Festival Is a Multisensory Multidisciplinary Celebration
Plus Plus Festival Is a Multisensory Multidisciplinary Celebration
Portland Art Museum’s Center for an Untold Tomorrow kicks off festivities ahead of PAM’s grand reopening.
Justin L’Amie’s “Dismal Nitch Polyphemus Moth” Continues the Northwest Mystics Tradition
Justin L’Amie’s “Dismal Nitch Polyphemus Moth” Continues the Northwest Mystics Tradition
L’Amie’s eighth exhibition at PDX Contemporary reveals an enchanted forest of delightful bugs and flowers.
Sara Siestreem’s “dance apron”
Sara Siestreem’s “dance apron”
Siestreem’s new multidisciplinary show exhibits Indigenous craft and social issues at Elizabeth Leach Gallery.
Time-Based Arts Festival 2025
Time-Based Arts Festival 2025
More shows will start earlier this year, thanks to audience feedback.
Mini Interview: Margaux Ogden and Tess Bilhartz
Mini Interview: Margaux Ogden and Tess Bilhartz
Blonde on Blonde beautifully showcases how these two friends, with their distinctive styles, are united by their creative process and a shared desire to create. A reminder that art can transform both the ar
John Brodie’s “Friends of Doom” Makes Sense of Chaotically Colorful Linework
John Brodie’s “Friends of Doom” Makes Sense of Chaotically Colorful Linework
Jodie Cavalier and Alley Frey turned their garage into Portland’s latest home-based art gallery.
Portland Art Museum’s Annual Cinema Unbound Awards Raise Funds and Morale
Portland Art Museum’s Annual Cinema Unbound Awards Raise Funds and Morale
Sarah Sherman, Marco Brambilla, Carson Ellis and Colin Meloy join PAM CUT’s ranks of award-winning auteurs.
Puppeteers for Fears’ “Robopocalypse: The Musical!” Is Not Your Kid’s Puppet Rock Opera
Puppeteers for Fears’ “Robopocalypse: The Musical!” Is Not Your Kid’s Puppet Rock Opera
The Ashland-based troupe brings their “Muppets-Meets-Tron”-style show to Alberta Abbey for a July 10–19 run.
Spring Gallery Shows in Portland: Art About Work and the Upside Down Server Case We All Can’t Stop Talking About
Spring Gallery Shows in Portland: Art About Work and the Upside Down Server Case We All Can’t Stop Talking About
Looking at this season of spring gallery shows, we are reminded that art is all at once political, speculative, and personal. At the top of our list are interesting curations: Jeremy Okai Davis presents work by his contemporaries at Nationale, and Morgan Ritter pairs up painstaking hand-punctured cotton abstracts by Ash Wyatt with Jean Isamu Nagai's textured landscapes at ARTspace. The interdisciplinary cohort show of past and current gallery workers at PDX Contemporary feels full...
At Portland Fall Art Shows: Flemish Snack Bags, Sculptures of Daily Detritus, and Other Wonders
At Portland Fall Art Shows: Flemish Snack Bags, Sculptures of Daily Detritus, and Other Wonders
Fall 2023 Visual Art Picks: Converge 45 and Other Portland Art Shows That Look Good
Fall 2023 Visual Art Picks: Converge 45 and Other Portland Art Shows That Look Good
With the perceived hiatus of summer—and all its art fairs and group shows—it falls to galleries, museums, and unconventional art spaces to keep our cultural blood pumping. This year’s biggest art party is likely the Converge 45 Contemporary Arts Biennial, which takes place throughout the city at multiple venues. Even as you check out those interconnected events (we recommend quite a few) don’t overlook the new, earnest restaurant with good taste and / or the...
The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This Weekend: Sept 8–10, 2023 - EverOut Portland
The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This Weekend: Sept 8–10, 2023 - EverOut Portland
The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This Weekend: Sept 8–10, 2023 - Belmont Street Fair, Chapman Swift Watch, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $15
The Top 39 Events in Portland This Week: Sept 11–17, 2023 - EverOut Portland
The Top 39 Events in Portland This Week: Sept 11–17, 2023 - EverOut Portland
The Top 39 Events in Portland This Week: Sept 11–17, 2023 - Jungle, Modest Mouse and Pixies with Cat Power, and More Top Picks
An Incomplete Reintroduction to Portland's Galleries and Visual Art Scene
An Incomplete Reintroduction to Portland's Galleries and Visual Art Scene
Caesura: Fawn Krieger in Rebus Principle and Mouth of the Cave
Caesura: Fawn Krieger in Rebus Principle and Mouth of the Cave
A Sneak Peek at the Portland Gallery Shows You Can See During the 2022 Spring Season
A Sneak Peek at the Portland Gallery Shows You Can See During the 2022 Spring Season
Curation - [ Patterns do Furnish a Life ] Mohammed Murshed
Curation - [ Patterns do Furnish a Life ] Mohammed Murshed
Exhibition Essay - [ Cairnatopia ]
Exhibition Essay - [ Cairnatopia ]
Arts Festival TBA Ends This Sunday—Don’t Miss These Two Stand-Out Experiences
Arts Festival TBA Ends This Sunday—Don’t Miss These Two Stand-Out Experiences
Our Favorite Virtual Events at the Time-Based Art Festival, Happening Now
Our Favorite Virtual Events at the Time-Based Art Festival, Happening Now
TBA Is Back With Some In-Person Events—Here Are Our Picks
TBA Is Back With Some In-Person Events—Here Are Our Picks
Review: Iván Carmona’s “tierra de GIGANTES” at PDX Contemporary Art • Oregon ArtsWatch
Review: Iván Carmona’s “tierra de GIGANTES” at PDX Contemporary Art • Oregon ArtsWatch
Nature and nurture: Stacy Jo Scott at Holding Contemporary • Oregon ArtsWatch
Nature and nurture: Stacy Jo Scott at Holding Contemporary • Oregon ArtsWatch
Fertility figures get an update | Oregon ArtsWatch
Fertility figures get an update | Oregon ArtsWatch
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