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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Leopoldo Méndez
“Today marks the anniversary of the historic Battle of Puebla of 1862, in which underequipped and outnumbered Mexican troops defeated the French army under Napoleon III, who were fighting to […]
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DiscoverCinema Unbound Heroes: Amanda Needham
Amanda Needham makes folks look good on screen. Like really good. And it has not gone unnoticed—she’s a two-time Emmy Award-winning Costume Designer. She has a way of putting characters in […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Chaïm Soutine
“Let slide the weary art-historical narratives that lock Soutine into categories of style and sequences of influence. Only look.” —Peter Schjeldahl, art critic for “The New Yorker” “I adore this […]
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Daily Art Moment: Subok Screen
“Two auspicious characters, meaning longevity and good fortune, repeat in seemingly endless variation as the main design of this Korean textile screen. Across ten panels, with three columns of eleven […]
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Daily Art Moment: Minor White
“This photograph by Minor White has long been a favorite of mine, and it resonates more deeply these days. In 1938, White, who moved to Portland from Minnesota in 1937, […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Jean François de Troy
“As we come to the end of National Poetry Month, here is a reminder of the perpetual power of poetry and art. Jean François de Troy’s ‘Allegory of Poetry’ was […]
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CommunityLearnAn Art Imposter in the Museum
Teachers across the country have been rising to the challenge presented by this spring’s abrupt school closures due to Covid-19. Here in Portland, teachers are not only adapting their lessons […]
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CommunityDaily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: John Outterbridge
“In his Containment Series, John Outterbridge combined industrial materials with handcrafted pieces and found objects. In form and concept, he explores what makes up boundaries: structural ones like frames; material […]
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CommunityDiscoverCinema Unbound Heroes: Todd Haynes
When Todd Haynes premiered Safe in 1995, he could have never foretold the moment in time we find ourselves in today. While the film was firmly set in 1987, the […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Corita Kent
“Corita Kent—artist, educator, nun, and social activist—was a woman who faced the turmoil of the 1960s with courage, wit, and strength. This screenprint exhorts us to HANDLE WITH CARE, which […]
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CommunityDiscoverLearnMake and Keep an Art Journal at Home
Think of an art journal as your own personal paper world where you get to be 100% YOU. However you want to express yourself, whatever you want to say, in […]
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Daily Art MomentDiscoverLearnDaily Art Moment: Victor Jorgensen
“In early 1945, Lt. Victor Jorgensen (1913–1994), a Portland native, photographed on the hospital ship USS Solace. During World War II, the Solace traveled between Pearl Harbor and various South […]