Articles
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.
By Randy Gragg
Works of Heart Videos
Holcombe Waller, Rachel Blumberg, and Shirod Younker pay tribute to the Portland Art Museum's permantent collection.
Terry's Gift
One man. Thousands of photographs. The late Terry Toedtemeier helped shape the city’s art scene like no other.
By Tim Appelo
Chemical Reaction
A Portland State University scientist believes her new lab can save some of the Northwest’s precious art.
Artful Lodger
Part hotel, part gallery, the Nines, downtown’s newest château, becomes an unlikely showcase for Portland’s creative class
Long Way Home
Oft-displaced artistic powerhouse Disjecta settles into more permanent digs on the edge of working-class Kenton.
You Need Art
You're a grown-up. You live in a grown-up home, wear grown-up clothes and sit in a grown-up chair.
The Shape of Memory
As Maya Lin creates seven landscape installations retelling the Lewis and Clark story from the perspective of Columbia River tribes, the legacy she charts is partly the region's, and partly her own.
Recovery Mission
For these Northwest soldiers, after their tour of duty ends, another battle begins.
Meet Your Makers
You saw them here first: Portland’s up-and-coming art stars.
By Randy Gragg, Martha Calhoon, and John Chandler
Trial by Fire
A freak conflagration reaffirms a noted Northwest landscape artist’s ties to his home ground.
Inside Connection
Conceptual artist MK Guth and her husband bring the outdoors in with a savvy addition to their Mount Tabor cottage.
