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Conductions: Black Imaginings II <\/a><\/em>opens 2026 with a performance by exhibiting artist Noah Beckham titled Ode to Dimorph<\/em>. In this piece, Beckham works with sound, symbols and objects in a reflection on the space between the immaterial and the material. Join the artist for a one hour performance where they activate objects and play the piano in their installation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artist Bio<\/strong>
Trekked from the Great Miami to the Willamette River, Noah collected an MFA from Willamette University in 2023. Since\u00a0then,\u00a0they have been making Art for life’s sake, pondering the next river to rest at. Dimorph is Noah’s visual motif, an obsession that is slowly infecting everything they own.<\/p>","excerpt":"","slug":"noah-beckham-ode-to-dimorph","image":{"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Noah-Beckham-scaled.jpg","id":16635,"extension":"jpg","width":2560,"height":1440,"filesize":271556,"sizes":{"medium":{"width":700,"height":394,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":32867,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Noah-Beckham-700x394.jpg"},"large":{"width":1308,"height":735,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":96824,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Noah-Beckham-1308x735.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"width":270,"height":270,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":12627,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Noah-Beckham-270x270.jpg"},"medium_large":{"width":768,"height":432,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":38057,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Noah-Beckham-768x432.jpg"},"1536x1536":{"width":1536,"height":864,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":125458,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Noah-Beckham-1536x864.jpg"},"2048x2048":{"width":2048,"height":1152,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":194998,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Noah-Beckham-2048x1152.jpg"},"small":{"width":375,"height":500,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":25835,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Noah-Beckham-375x500.jpg"},"medium-large":{"width":900,"height":506,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":51156,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Noah-Beckham-900x506.jpg"},"card":{"width":904,"height":565,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":58800,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Noah-Beckham-904x565.jpg"},"post":{"width":975,"height":500,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":52985,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Noah-Beckham-975x500.jpg"},"hero":{"width":1894,"height":1080,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":176111,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Noah-Beckham-1894x1080.jpg"}},"original_image":"Noah-Beckham.jpg"},"all_day":false,"start_date":"2026-01-10 15:30:00","start_date_details":{"year":"2026","month":"01","day":"10","hour":"15","minutes":"30","seconds":"00"},"end_date":"2026-01-10 16:30:00","end_date_details":{"year":"2026","month":"01","day":"10","hour":"16","minutes":"30","seconds":"00"},"utc_start_date":"2026-01-10 23:30:00","utc_start_date_details":{"year":"2026","month":"01","day":"10","hour":"23","minutes":"30","seconds":"00"},"utc_end_date":"2026-01-11 00:30:00","utc_end_date_details":{"year":"2026","month":"01","day":"11","hour":"00","minutes":"30","seconds":"00"},"timezone":"America\/Vancouver","timezone_abbr":"","cost":"","cost_details":{"currency_symbol":"$","currency_code":"USD","currency_position":"prefix","values":[]},"website":"","show_map":false,"show_map_link":false,"hide_from_listings":false,"sticky":false,"featured":false,"categories":[],"tags":[],"venue":{"id":290,"author":"1","status":"publish","date":"2023-03-28 10:28:29","date_utc":"2023-03-28 17:28:29","modified":"2024-03-07 10:38:06","modified_utc":"2024-03-07 18:38:06","url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/venue\/portland-art-museum\/","venue":"Portland Art Museum","description":"

The Museum is conveniently located on the historic Park Blocks in the center of downtown Portland, which is easy to get around by public transit or on foot. The Portland Business Alliance has installed way-finding signs which direct you to the cultural district, where the Museum is located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parking<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There is generally plenty of street parking surrounding the Museum. These spaces range from 1 \u2013 4 hours and can be paid for using a credit card or the Parking Kitty app<\/a>. There are also surface parking lots, and parking garages within 1 \u2013 4 blocks of the Museum. The closest surface lot is located at SW Main St. between SW 10th Ave. and Park Ave, and there are dedicated accessible and van accessible spaces. This lot accepts credit card or the Reef app<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public transit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Getting to get to the Museum by public transportation is straightforward and economical. The bus and streetcar travel directly past the Museum, and the MAX light rail has a stop only four blocks away.\u00a0TriMet\u2019s Trip Planner<\/a>\u00a0gives you step-by-step travel directions from your location by bus, light rail, or streetcar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n