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Interview with TBA's Gender Terrorist Christeene

Austin performer Paul Soileau talks about his booty-bouncing, trash-rapping, grill-wearing, gender queer alter ego who will shake up the Works tonight at 10:30pm.

09/07/2012 By Aaron Scott

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Time-Based Art Festival Preview

TBA celebrates its 10th birthday with a global lineup, some returning stars, a new curator, and a fancy new late night setup at Washington High School. Here are our picks for Week 1.

09/06/2012 By Aaron Scott

gallery grazing

First Thursday Sampler

Industrial and rural landscapes, masked men, abstract fleshy forms, and more!

09/05/2012 By Anne Adams

art is about looking at the world differently...

A Tour of PAM's Ellsworth Kelly/Prints Exhibit with Kelly's Partner

Photographer Jack Shear, Kelly's partner since 1970, gives us a tour of the famed abstract artist's print exhibition at the Portland Art Museum—and shares a few stories along the way.

09/04/2012 By Aaron Scott

murals & monuments

August Arts News

Winners, movers, budgets and boards! Find out which arts orgs did what with whom.

08/29/2012 By Anne Adams

fall is in the arts

Fall Arts Preview 2012

This fall, we profile six dynamic collaborative partnerships in the arts, and of course share our top picks for the season.

08/29/2012 By Aaron Scott

FOOD EVENT SPOTLIGHT

TBA's New Foodie Focus

Start honing your sense of taste for this year's interactive culinary events at PICA's 10th annual Time-Based Art Festival.

08/27/2012 By Allison Jones

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Fall Arts Preview: The Collaborative Way

08/23/2012 With Randy Gragg By Aaron Scott

Mudroom

Painting a Broader Canvas

A national art-college boom expands Portland’s creative palette.

08/23/2012 By Camille Grigsby-Rocca

Dwellings

Inside Connection

Conceptual artist MK Guth and her husband bring the outdoors in with a savvy addition to their Mount Tabor cottage.

08/17/2012 By Camela Raymond

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Rock Star

Terry Toedtemeier quarries Oregon history to get pictures of the near and ancient past.

08/14/2012 By Camela Raymond

Desirables

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

Desirables

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

Desirables

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

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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

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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