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Holiday Nostalgia

Whether it’s for your own or your visitors’ Oregon travels, WPA-style posters capture good memories.

08/06/2012 By Kristin Belz

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Milton Glaser Cuts a Rug

Portland’s Lapchi collaborates with the eminent, octogenarian graphic designer as he applies his creative spirit to a new medium, carpet.

07/30/2012 By Kristin Belz

Art Stars

Meet Your Makers

Meet the newest stars of stage, screen, and sculpture, like the members of our favorite local rock band, Blitzen Trapper.

07/24/2012 By Martha Calhoon, John Chandler, and Bart Blasengame

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Dear Ida, Will You Paint My House?

Honor your humble home with its own custom-drawn portrait.

06/04/2012 By Kristin Belz

Insider's Guide to the Gorge

Maryhill Museum Expansion

Mansion turned museum Maryhill gets a 21st-century makeover with a new wing and outdoor pavilion.

05/25/2012 Edited by Kasey Cordell

Feature

A Portland Artist's Portraits Layer the Ambiguities of Photography and Gender

Lorenzo Triburgo merges transgender men and corny, Bob Ross–style landscapes in portraits that playfully puncture assumptions about men, women, landscape, and photography.

05/18/2012 By Aaron Scott

Slideshow

Slide Show: Human, Nature

05/18/2012

Schnitz Blitz

The Arlene Effect

After trying out some art classes because they fit her schedule, Arlene Schnitzer went on to exhibit, sell, and collect Portland art like no one before.

04/27/2012 By Randy Gragg

Gift Giving

Prints of the City

Indulge in affordable art as graduation and wedding gifts this spring.

04/22/2012 By Kristin Belz

Out and About

Artists Show and Sell

It’s time for Buckman-ia, the 22nd annual Buckman arts magnet school’s fundraiser and festival of artists young and old.

04/08/2012 By Kristin Belz

Out and About

Tile One On

Explore "A Glaze of Glory—the Artistry of Art Tile" at the Architectural Heritage Center’s new exhibit.

01/16/2012 By Kristin Belz

Road Trip

Weirdness Carolina Style

Portland isn’t the only city keeping it weird.

01/02/2012 By Kristin Belz

DIY

Prints Charming is in the House

Yellow Owl Workshop helps stamp out boredom over the long school holidays.

12/19/2011 By Kristin Belz

Out and About

Eames: the Architect and the Painter

Charles and Ray Eames – and their innovative designs – star in this vivid new documentary.

12/03/2011 By Kristin Belz

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Temporary Beauty

Portland Art Museum lets you bring home fine art without making a long-term commitment.

11/27/2011 By Kristin Belz

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Seasonal Countdowns

Exquisitely rendered illustrations of winter’s bounty offer solace ‘til Solstice. They’re also great gift-giving ideas.

11/20/2011 By Kristin Belz

Out and About

Documentation of Home Life

Nikki McClure is a DIY maven, but her art is museum-worthy; see it at the Museum of Contemporary Craft.

10/14/2011 By Kristin Belz

DIY

Mudsharks Play Well with Red Clay

A grass roots online design contest company enlists fabrication help from some Portland guys who like to get muddy.

08/30/2011 By Kristin Belz

Editor's Note

Art's Footprint

First Thursday celebrates 25 years of art walking.

08/19/2011 By Randy Gragg

the hive mind

PAM Awards John Grade

A Seattle sculptor wins the Schnitzer prize for pieces that weather in the elements.

06/21/2011 By Anne Adams