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Pretty in Plush: A Few Minutes with The Flower Shop
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Pretty in Plush: A Few Minutes with The Flower Shop
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Elizabeth Arzani
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Elizabeth Arzani
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Yuyang Zhang
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Yuyang Zhang
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Satpreet Kahlon & Kristan Kennedy
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Satpreet Kahlon & Kristan Kennedy
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Ruby Webb
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Ruby Webb
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Emily Elizabeth Wise
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Emily Elizabeth Wise
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Letter from the Editor: Goodbye for now, Lumber Room
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Letter from the Editor: Goodbye for now, Lumber Room
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What’s Happening @ARTANDABOUTPDX

View fullsize Yo hablo español — Diego Morales-Portillo 📍 Paragon Arts Gallery at PCC Cascade 🗓 Nov 13, 2026 – Jan 22, 2027 ✨ Opening reception: Friday, Nov 13, 5–8pm In his new body of work, Guatemalan multidisciplinary artist @dmorale
View fullsize Cicchetti & a cutie ✨ That chandelier, the mismatched floral china, a table that turned into a still life. @barsprezzatura gets the moody date night just right. #andabout #dinnerandamovie #portlandoregon
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View fullsize A day set aside for grief, held together through art. Grief Holiday comes to The Lantern on Saturday, November 14. Step away from daily life and move through artist-created spaces, soundscapes, ritual installations, visual works and participatory st
View fullsize Found textiles, family folklore and a little danger. Ashley Anson returns to One Grand Gallery for her second solo show, Home Sweet Home. Drawing on quilting and embroidery, Anson combines textiles with painting and small sculpture to imagine the un
View fullsize What if grief didn’t have to be carried alone? Grief Holiday is a one-day immersive art experience at The Lantern, made for anyone holding loss. @thelanternpdx Step away from daily life and move through artist-created spaces, soundscapes, rit
View fullsize Objects that tell stories, and drawings that keep coming back to paper. DRIFT SLIP LAPSE brings together Russell Borne and Drew Laughery at Carnation Contemporary, opening tomorrow. Borne’s work builds a dialogue out of the way objects interac
View fullsize NEW MINI INTERVIEW with Elizabeth Arzani @elarzani This time it’s Elizabeth Arzani 🧵🪨💙, who calls her studio practice “consistently inconsistent.” Ceramics, tin assemblages, screen-printing, embroidery, paper pulp: make up her m
View fullsize If anything can be a photograph, can anything be photorealistic? That’s the question behind Joe Rudko’s Photorealism, opening this week at PDX Contemporary Art. The Seattle artist starts with fragments of found photographs (flowers, skie
View fullsize Holiday crafting, but make it vintage and handmade!🎄 Amy Rowan’s is hosting 2 Vintage Ornament Workshop at A Sometimes Gallery, 🌟Sundays Nov 8 and 15, 1–3:30pm 🌟 You’ll make ornaments from vintage felt, sequins and pipe cleaners
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View fullsize ✨ First Thursday is THIS week, Portland! ✨ The North Park Blocks are lighting up again for a night of art, joy, and community. For decades, First Thursdays have been the heartbeat of Pearl District nightlife, and PNCA is bringing the goods. 🎨🍷 🥂
View fullsize MICAH KASSELL: NOUN Gallery WDP · November 5 – December 31 ✨Opening reception Friday, November 6, 4:30–8 PM, with an artist conversation at 5 PM 📍Weedman Design Partners, 1905 NW 23rd Place, Portland A lot of us grew up understa
View fullsize Mini Interviews submissions are officially closed ✦ 86 artists sent in their work in just two weeks. 91% are based right here in Portland, and nearly half work across more than one medium. Painters, ceramicists, photographers, fiber artists and more
View fullsize 🎨🧵 Tapestry/Therapy by Olivia Johnson ✨ at Gallery 114 (1100 NW Glisan) 🪡 About the Exhibition: In Tapestry/Therapy, textile artist Olivia Johnson translates social and political data into hand-crocheted tapestries. The continuous, repetitive mo
View fullsize 📸🌿 New Billboard Installation: Billboard No. 3 featuring Kristina Barker and Francisco Vigo 🏙️ Rubus Discolor Project is pleased to announce its third billboard installation in a brand-new location at 433 NW 5th Avenue (billboards located on NW G